The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-04
TpE nAIJv DISPATCH
wEDN sspAY MORNING. .......APR'L q, 1855

nay or rgE ELEcTIoN.-The long looked
for dav a, last has come The sun of Austen
Htz" has risen but for which party we do not
assume to say. The day of JOY TO some,-th
dies irae" 20 others, has Redeemed the East,
.Jocund day is standing higher Ion tiptoe
than ever. to witness the sport. The sun re-
ioiceth that he will look down upon it. and
.aa the end of it,-what an end it will be to
the budding aspirations which are now peep
ing so prettlv forth from many modest DO
som In how many case will Vauitlng am
bit;on overleap itself land come down on the
o,,ar side with crash that will shake the
solid earth. 1t is ali awful thing to reflect
upon.-the carnage of this day.-the slaught'
cred carcases which will fill up the cutters at
twiIieht,-the scenes more horrible IMAM
those of Sebastopol. which viii greet the III
sing moon The blood curdles at the Thought
Let us turn our reflections to the brighter ana
N ore inspiring features of the day.
Here is the noble prize of the Mayoraity,
and two gallant contestants are about to do
battle for the honor. The Dispatch wishes
them both the most signal success. 1t 1t had
the power. there should be two Mayors OF
Richmond by shutdown, and their names
should be Mayo and Munford. Each ofthem
should be terror to evil doors and an en-
enlargement to those that do well. Each of
them should sit Rhadomanthus in the infer
nal regions of the Old Market House, and
give particular Hades to the bowling spirits
of the cage But as it is impossible to ride on
both sides of a sapling, the Dispatch is free
to say that it will not ride on either side OF
the sapling but preserve, to the best OF its
ability, mastery inactivity
The approaching contest, apart from the
magnitude of the prizes at stake, is pecuiiar-
ly interesting from the fact that this Is the
first election in Richmond in which the new
party of know Nothings,' as they are called
take the field Hitherto there has been no
means of arriving, with accuracy, at their
numbers. Indeed, there are some who still
have doubts whether any such organization
exists. BY shutdown there will be some reli-
able data upon which to go. though even then
the precise number of the new organizati on
cannot be calculated as their ticket may
widen the support of outsiders who sympa-
thize with their cause, but are not members
of their association. For ali practical pur-
poses, however, this will be sufficient as it
will show the strength which the new party
can command at the polls, whilst the vote on
the other side will exhibit the number OPP
posed to them. Curiosity will be gratited
by shutdown, so far as the capital of the Old
Dominion is concerned.
The Dispatch has hitherto taken no part in
this contest. 1t has sedulously abstained
from mingling in the tempting fray. But as
the front of battle lowers, as this grand
battle for, the possession of the political
Olympus approaches it feels its blood burn
it hears the sound of the trumpet, the shout
ing of the Captains, and it cries Hal Ha! il
can no longer hesitate to define its position,
and it now comes boldly out and declares it.
mond, and all the rest of mankind-of Free
Trade and Sailors Rights-Of an immediate
dissolat7on of the alliance between France
and England, and the instant withdrawal Of
their armies from Sebastopol. 1t is also of
opinion, after patient reflection upon the sub
iect, that the Emperor Nicholas died of poi
son or Influenza and that Thomas Watson
the prototype bard, late poet laureate of Nova
Scotia, Is the only living successor of William
Shakespeare. We have now made clean
breast of it, and have only to remark III con
elusiOn,-
Liberty or Death"
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