The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-29
SPIRIT OFTHE PRESS.

The Fnon;ycx has an editorial on the "Grand
resul, In the State" II has one hundred counufs
,adsd nm which give Wise majority OF 'l63 and
a. n.,,,,s counties, II says, give large Demo-
.r.,,, r,s,ortties. In the majority named above
tn. counties of Kanswhs reported as giving 1000
u,.,or,,v for Flournoy, aud Tszeweli reported as
r,,;ny 1000 majority for Wise, are not included -
TIE total II thinks will sum up 10 600 majority tor
WISE In the Legislature the Democrats have ioS'
two Senators and gained thres, and lost eieVen
Delegates and gained thirteen. II says III Is iaoeeu
a mssniacent and glorious triumph over tne "o'S'
par,v tba, ever dared TO faint the SOIL OF virginia
The Whig says, that from experience II can say
.here Il no more delightful stream than Salt XIV
ar uhas lived upon It's banks all its days and Us
,,.rr hes, friends have lived there too-snd It lie
,,,,erlv astonished that 1t should ever have ex
nre,sed wish to leave it for Iess Inviting reg ions
II Gays:
.ro be .ure there are no 'spiles' there to glad
den the hearts of worldly aud sesh'a NATURES ou,
we have never been accustomed 10 inc sp"ss' ~
indeed we feel entirely too spiritual esst "
sbo,;. things so gross and 30 tar oehea'h VI"
ii 10. Of immortais. We are exceeoiokT s'
that we are thus happily constituted 90
If this election should result In coh.nut as A. -
snicurnprs at this attractive retreat II ~ -
more than all preceding eiecVobS ma ", --a,,,,,5
we shall bow to the popular will wi D 'ne ~
ps, reverence and with the best possible leu 20 - :
We shall occasionally drop line OF ~ :, rnch.
Examiner, Enquirer, 5 outh Side letnoG, :, o. ra,,
burg Republican, aud such other .o ,,orId
presses as NAV REQUIRE our services II tuo 49, 49,
at large and the rest OF mankind we VIII ,n',
state that we mean To battle against Jun'ol', .
Locofosnl, and the turin power 10 tols -
long S can wsg a tongue or "ieiN P
Defeat hath no terrors ter our soul.
The Penny Post says lat the American party "SS
bean defeated by foreigners, Roman Ca'6oHcs Snu
demagoeues IN its holy effort to preserve the 0'',V
from their influence. 1t has been shameiuily Sou
by its own coantrymen to the galley slaves OIL D7''
GUM, and the convicts and jail birds OF Ireland
Il says to the Americans:
Had your purchasers been decent Foreigners
had they been men who, Ike many we could name,
are ornaments 10 society-had they been hard
working mechanics of enlightened MINDS capeole
Of taking in and compreheuding our coDsnuuon
ard our 1sws-inteigent merchants, having stake
In the country-well instructed labOrere VINO nh-
derstood our system of gOvernment-iarners,l law
vers physicians of respectability-bad we been
banded over to men like these, we might nave SUD
mted without murmur. But II was not 10 Do So
Our adversariss-we shonld rather say our enc
mies-ysre determined that we should drain the
cup of humiliation to the very dregs In all places
where 1t was possible, every hole and corner was
searched TO bring forward the very refuse OF man
kind and these wretches were not only placed on
y level with the free and independent people OF
Virginia, but were placed BY the assistance OF men
who betrayed their country tor power, IN posiloh
TO rule them with a rod of irori'