The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-28
SPIRIT Or THEpRrss.

one headed aMr. Wlse q King Wilnam." n,
writer understands that Mr.. Wise, ID the courss d
an effective speech q King William Court House
last Saturday declared In substance, that .fhs Ez
ssiner had endeavored to force the Issue Of tbt
Hunter Land BIN on him; that he did not intend 4
beforced Into appetite declaration Of opinion o.
that BIN, - he had not examined II with cars and
that he would let us make our issues In The present
canvass, and should make his own for himself
&c, &C. The Examiner contends that Il has never
attempted to force the Hunter Land Bill upon Mr..
Wise ~ test When he made his declaration a
Lynchburg, that he was opposed to every disposi,
ton OF the public lands that was inconsistent with
their character ~ sacred trust fund held by the
federal government for the common benefit of on
the States, the Examiner cordially accepted the
language, and pledged itself to stand BY through
out the canvass. The writer continues
It was not until Mr. Wise himself seemed to have
declared quasi approval Of the bill at Warrenton,
ana himself seemed willing to make an issue upon
us which we could have made upon him and Mr.
hunler at Staunton, and at all times since, but
magnanimously declined to do, that we protested
against bis views upon that specific and very dead
and odorous measure. s-,4
The Examiner now understands Mr.. Wise 10
have positively declined, at King william, taking
any position with express reference to the Hunter
Land Bill; and, a. the bill il rotten dead, and be-
heving Mr.. Wise to be actuated by laudables sen.
timent of kindness towards It's author in declining
to discuss the obsolete MEASURE the Examiner win
make no objection to bis views on the land subject
which It really believes to be sound. The writer
continues at some length, concluding that a. the
Hunter Land Bill is dead can afford to let It sleep
In its grave. asa si 5af ~ Il :
The WhiS reviews the discussion In the q. s.
Senate on Friday last in which Seward, Sumner.
wade, Fessenden, Gillette, and Wilson, the aboli.
ton hrebrands of that body, took occasion to make
manifest their disunionist purposes and their
hatred Of the South. The writer compliments, In
the highest terms the patriotism and valor exhibit
ed by Senator Douglas, who throughout the whole
OF the Nebraska controversy, has had the mani.
ness 70 beard Wade and his confsdsratss to their
fscea, and tell the cowardy traitors his opinion Of
them and their motives. During the entire discus.
sion it says, he has stood up to them like q man
and patriot, while they trembed and skulked like
towards and traitors as they are. The writer also
aiiudes approvingly to tho language of Senator
Jones, of Tennessee, which we copied ON Monday
last Mr.. Wilson, 'the slippery abolition dsma-
gogue from Massachusetts," comes In for q share
OF strong denunciatiou; the Wing saying of him
We have regarded this man Wilson from the
first as one of the basest and dirtest Aboitiouists
10 the Union; and the purposes he has lately and all
the time avowed are In strict accordance with the
character we have attributed to him. ssa97
The Wing concludes that If the doctrines of VIII
con and Wade are attempted to be carried out by
Congress, there viii be an end of the Union. Az
rpuch aa 1ovaa and 81.
rather see it shivered into thousand pieces than
submit to the degradation which Seward and his
vile confederates propose to heap upon the South
The Enquirer has an editorial upon s.the Nation
ality OF Know Nothingism-its platform in Penn
sylvania." The nomination of Simon Cameron for
the U. 8 Senate, 1t says, was greeted by the Know
Nothngs in this State with intense satisfaction and
enthusiastic applause The eresult of recent elec
tions in the North had awakened suspicious In the
South, and the Order was rapidly losng Its hold on
the confidence of our people. At this critical
juncture the nomination of Cameron was heralded
as conclusive attestation of the nationality oe
Know Nothingism, and triumphant vindication
of the Order from any alliance with abolitonism
To prove, however, that Mr.. Cameron eatertains
opinions h,stile to the Institutions of the South the
Enquirer introduces letter written by that gen.
tleman, assuming positions which it sums up
thus: rf, yt4r--.
First, Is protest against the Nebraska bill with
apledge to contend for the restoration of the Mis-
souri restriction. The repeal OF the fugitive slave
law is next in succession after which Know Moth.
ingism promises to exclude slavery from the terri
tories, and to oppose the admission of any other
slave State. Ageneral declaration of hostility to
the rights and interests of the South is succeeded
by the subject OF party politics; and we discover
that Know nottingham pledges its members to sup.
port of the old Wing measure of Protective Tar
lit and Internal Improvement by the Federal CO.
vernment. .g lsfi ~ ~ = + es.=J.l ss u
The Enquirer remarks that "if any Know Moth
ing Democrat thinks to reconcile membership of
the Order with fidelity to the principles of his par.
ty, he will learn from this letter. he is not already
taught, that Know Nothingism is Whiggery in mas.
querade-is Whiggery without any redeeming
quality of honest conviction or manly csnder-is
Whiggery skuking from popular indignation, and
striving to creep into the public treasury with a
dark lantern and false key 4se,fff} =
The Penny Post comments freely upon the con.
stituticn Of the American ORDER published in the
Enquirer of Monday. After arguing at some
length to controvert the Enquirer idea that the AZ
sociation Is conspiracy against the people, the
writer thus concludes: ss41s
For our own part, we are glad that there has
been scoundrel among US, and that that scoun.
dreiha made this publication. The people can
now see the very utmost Of the objects of this as
sociation. The Infamous lies that have been pro.
pagated BY the panders of foreign and Roman
Catholic influence to its discredi are triumphanty
refuted. The charge that it contemplates any thing
against the constitution or laws il shown to be ut
terly unfounded All its deeds-an It's PURPOSES
all Its endsare shown to be strictly legal 1t can
have enemies but the dwellers among the
heshpots.
THE MEsILLA VALLEY.-The San Diego Herald
has correspondent who had just travelled through
the new purchase. He says that the whole of the
Mesila Valley Is not embraced In the recently ac-
quired territory. He took particular pains to oB-
serve the country through which he travelled, with
reference to its practic ability for railroad, and
says there can be no practicability of the entire
route.
That this valley 10 rich, 10 true but that It d ex-
tensive or surprisingly beautiful Is not true; Il 10
narrow, and extends for few miles only along the
Rio Grande. 3s1 asas
He further ssys that the mineral wealth of North.
ern Sonora and chihuahua Is south Of the line OF
this purchase, and that years must eapse ere any
benefit can accrue to our good Uncle Sam from this
ha runin He will eOou find that he has - maid too