The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-07
SPIRIT THE PRESS

Tho Ub;o sne.ks of the time when democracy
nae WON, =, reward unflinching fidelity. aud capa-
s;,v IN q. ranks by promotion. Intrigue and DEM
k.,.,, xxere then of no avail, and honors were
..,.rasd 70 merit alone, Political Charlataus and
,.nn followers, then were only the subj ects oil
ohloouv and contempt But now a-days, how
changed 10 the scene. Look at the Hiumvira'e'
which the Democratic party have elected to the
highest ofhce 10 the State. What was the poiitlcal
position of these men ln 1870 when the Democratic
edifce was tostering to its fall Where was WISE
then He was among the very van ofth oesiege,
with bis Wing battle axe clesving right and lev
sr.ons the faithful sentinels of the Democratic
party. and had 1t been left to bis voice TO deter
mine the contest, he would have crushed them
under his heel a viper. The Wing also cites the
case of Chas James Faulkner and asks what
waters have washed his leprosy clean' 1t takes
Occasion to give notice TO those Wings whose pc.
lical garments hang loosely about them that their
merits will not be overlooked by the Democracy.
The Penny Post inclines to the opinion tina. al the
beginning of the session OF the Philadelphia Anne.
rican Convention will undergo a series of violent
commissions incident to admitting the Massachu
sets delegation with Senator Wilson at its head.
The next step then would be Tor constructing
platform which must be national, conserv alive and
express acknowledging the institution of slavery
In terms which 1t is impossible to mistake. The
question will also come up OF eDlargtng the circle
of membership as to admit foreign born protes-
tants. The Post says:
sit is true that the great object OF the Order Is
to prevent the reins of power from passing into the
hands of Roman Catholics and foreigners. as they
will most undoubtedly do il the present rate of
immigration be not reduced and the Immigrants
continue TO be of the same material. Yet we know
manv native-boru Catholics whom we would will
lipeiy trust though it for that may sound
very much like 3 solecism-that is, because they
are In point of fact Catholics only In name, and
have no faith in the temporal supremacy of the
Pope, which the genuine Romanist 10 bound to
have"
The Post also favors the removal of the injunc-
ton of secrecy from the Order.
The Enquirer says that the hostility of the Abo-
I ition presses TO the Know Nothing party arises
mainly from the fact that j. is rival anti slavery
organization
'sThe Abolonlsts and the Know Nothipgs appeal
10 the same sentiment and solicit the same support
and 1t is not strange that they regard each other
with Jealous haired The struggle between them
Is for the sympathy and support of the ant-slavery
feeling of the North, and as the Aboitions.s have
been displaced from their precedence and dis
tanced in the race, they manifest very natural
resentment against their successful competition
They regard each other with the dstrust and dis
like of rival lovers and their antagonism no more
implies that the Know Nothing party opposes the
movement against slavery, than that one of two
aspirsnts for throne Is necessary nimical TO the
Interests of monarchy"