The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-04
SPIRIT OF PRESS.

The Examiner has an article upon the "copye.
n'ent provision In the secret constitution of the
nnow Nothing Order, (not promulped In their pub.
'isnea BASIS frinciples,) allowing their grand Ma
',oha' council to grant dispensations to the Coun-
o"s 10 the states, exempting them from such pro.
VISIONS OF that instrument as may not be locally
popular" and states that in Louisiana. the Know
No'ning councils have a dispensa,ion from ali
tnose articles OF the constitution which are nro.
scriptive of Catholics.
IL quotes an article from the Dublin Tablet con-
cerning the temporal power of the Pope. and saws
'n"' 10 al paper means ''to assert only some such
power Tor the Catholic Christians, under dispen-
sations from the Pope, all free people claim In
regard to the civil authority"
An editorial on "the decay of Know NOTTINGHAM >,
contains the following paragraph:
"A reaction, the most extraordinary, the most
powerful and glorious we have ever known is 60
Ing on, and we now begin to see that our victory
Will be total rout and annihiatiOn of all the
forces that have banded to crush US. Democracy
arousing from its long sleep, WILL in May, initiate
the youthful Hercules in crushing the twin serpents
OF Federalism and Know Nottingham
The Penny Post proceeds to prove that the Ro-
msh Church s opposed to liberty and Is essentially
despotc. 1t refers to the histories of Spain Italy
Austria and France, and says that every page of
them prove that "popery Ia the police OF despotsm
and that its priests are its achmen," while its sub
Jects are degraded, Ignorant, ground in poverty,
stepped in crime and of all classes and conditions
OF humanity the most deploraby wretched. 1t
then quotes from Protestant who was formerly
Roman Catholic Priest, TO show the effects of
Popery In Rome-its citadel and head quarters -
n he Of a-,sna ;L,J
the Rouish Church, the editor asks chow was that
exposure made, which Henry A. Wise, to his eter-
nal shame, ls circulating over this State Who
hired the spy2 Where did the money come
from 2"
In another column the Post contradicts the as
sertlon that Know Nothings desire to prescribe
Jews as well as Catholics.
The Enquirer replies to an inquiry made by the
Wig relative to Col John D. Mualord's vote
against the admission OF slavery into the State OF
California 1t says there was no such issue az
slavery or no slavery before the people of the
State. The constitution was submitted 10 the peo.
pie ior approval or rejection without regard 10 its
details, and Col Munford private citizen,
voted for its adoption, just a majority of the
people OF Eastern Virginia voted for the present
constitution, notwithstanding their repugnance to
some of its features. The issue before the people
of California was, whether they would have an
anti slavery constitution or no government at all,
and they resolved by an overwhelming majority TO
accept the proposed form Of organic law. Col.
Muntord, candidate for the office of Attorney
General, made speech in San Francisco, in which
he denounced abolitlonism, and gave utterance to
the sentiments of true Southern man
1t also has editorial upon an article in the N
Y. Times to the effect and deduces from the fact
that 'the moderate and sincere men of the South
are under the guise of Know Nothingism, expected
to aid In the contamination of the conspiracies of
the ireesoiers at the North, against the instItu-
tions under which they have lived and thrived
since they had their political being.
The W6ig publishes letter from Col John D
Munford, in answer to its enquiry of Monday.
whether he voted for the prohibition of slavery In
California or not, and thus remarks upon it:
''As Virginian and Southern man, we think
his duty was-though he should have stood solita.
ry and aone-to have voted AGAINST the Consttu.
ton of California, because it prohibited slavery 1t
Is no excuse TO say that this question was NOT
raised at the time of the vote bv the naonIa