The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-13
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SPIRIT OFTH PRESS.

has caught" It's neghbor, the editor OF the Enqui
rer who would have supposed" Gays the Whig)
'hst he had ever ridculed Mr.. Wise, or said aught
against his principles or his docirine4 Who would
have suspected that he had ever charged the Acco.
orator with poaring forth "a torrent OF twadde
"a mush mixture OF mere lustan2 Who could
have dreamed that he had ever denounced the
doctrines OF his candidate for Governor as social
istc, A4ischiec0us revolutionary, and promulgated
Nth d!IH.e seai Of tie redaiest republican p" The
| Wing continues:
Is there human being on earth that could possi-
| bly, have conceived such things OF the present edi
| tor OF the itlchHload Enqurer-oi him who did
| more than any other man to procure the nomina-
ton OF Wise and whose daily avocaton it now is to
aud him TO the s1es to ascT!be to him every excel
ency TO hold him up, above all others in the land
| as tue very man tor the times-as the purest OF
patriots-the most consistent of Democrats-the
model OF statesnanship-the living embodiment OF
the soundest Republican principlesi
After some further expressions of a similar
strain, the Whig brings the editor OF the Enquirer
"to the book by copying article from the
Southside Democrat of 1851, (of which Mr.. Pryor
was then edor,) commenting upon the manner
aud matter OF MIR. Wses speech in the Constitu-
tlonal Reform ConVentiun-and containing the eX-
pressions above quoted. The Wing then INDUCES
in hurrah-thus:
Caught you at last have wea Ha ha we have
indeed we have. We have got you right by the
| Hna5HtcAla, and we mean to hold on to you till 1t
thunders-which is not at all probable until after
| the election.
In conclusion, the Wing predicts that the tune
its neghbor sings in 1855 will be found to be vastly
different from the one ne sang 80 fercey in ISL
| "besone' ut says) "be gone ye miserable and inl-
| pertinent Shadows Of the past '''
| The Examiner has leader upon ''Fealty to
| Party" Ii says the dogmas Of the New York code
OF politics must not be tolerated in Virginia Party
must not be allowed 10 become the conscience
keeper of the citizens of Virginia. The citizen
who acknowledges any other consciancekeeper
than his own enlightened will and patriotic judg-
| ment is a traitor to his country. He who boasts
no better reason for his vote Than that his party
| commended it to be given, proclan1s hmaef a
dot spaniel, and a -lave The Examiner pro
| ceeds--
The man who meets in secret conclave. and in
tne small hours OF the mig ght takes an oath to vote
| In all things as his Order shall command him, des
| picaoie creature as he may be, is yet somewhat
| more to be respected than he who openly pro-
claims big at ject UbseQuiOusncss to party for in
The first case, there is least some show OF shame
tor the despicabc treason, while in the latter there
| ls The brazen leer and shameless advertisement of
prostitution.
| The writer goes on 10 show that while party, or
| political organization, is necessary incident of
free suffrage its cardinal condition is that it be d
rected to The advancement OF yrinciples not men,
| When aparty torge.s lis principles or studiously
Ignores them, or tacitly surrcndo rs them by ad-
dressing itself 10 the dyancement OF men who have
baseiy bartered them away for the sake of place it
oreits that cardinal pledge which alone can sapcti-
fy in the eyes of honest men, or entite il to the
adhesion of patriotic citizens The Examiner
then asks who are to be the judges of the question
whether party is directing it's energies to the sue
cess OF principles, TO the mere advancement of
men Is it the wretched wire workers. it the
driver, employed to set on top of the omnibus of
Place, PIunder, Patronage, & Co.. to catch the fps
thrust up from passengers within, who NAV flip
PANTY order citizens into his concern, and mper.
tlneny crack his whip about their ears as flip
10 their alacrity. Or is the citizen to be himself
the sole Judge OF this grave question touching his
conscience as patriot, and self respect rs a man
The Examiner contends that none have the right to
coerce the citizen into unwilling support of party
Moral suasion it says is the appliance best suited
to rally freemen to party organizations; while
thumb screws, cat o Mines the reins and the lash
to the Longitude of Cronstadt than of Richmond.
The Enquirer defines Its position relative to the
proposed overture of mediation to the contendinc
parties in the present internecine war If the
people of this country are interested in the dscon.
tiauance of hostilities in Europe, it would seem
| natural and proper that they should express that
interest," and the questions at issue are suscepti.
bic OF amicabie soluliosSft would seem commen
dabe and proper that the government of the
United States should tender their mediation for
this purpose. On the other hand, (says the Enqui-
rer it TO be remembered that the sphere of this
government is at home; and that its influence upon
foreign countries and its control and direction of
the fortunes of mankind, shall be exerted rather
through the moral influence OF its example, than
by the direct and immediate agency of its execu-
tive power.
The writer regards with apprehension the prece
dent that would be established by an ofer OF me-
diatiGn. The government of the United States Is a
naked political fabric, properly instinct with only
that life which sovereign States have seen proper
to breathe in it, Within its sphere it is harmless
and emlnently servicable, but if accustomed to
magnificent sphere of international intercourse
and emit usted with the exercise of enlarged discre.
tionary powers it may acquire strength of ndivi.
dual constitution and become encased in an armor
of defence strong, that it may lay its iron hand
upon the States themselves. The Enquirer as
calm observer, would be glad II the belligerents
could find way OF mutual accommodation among
themselves; but says this republic has no proper
place as umpire, arbitrator Or mediator upon ques
tions which belong exclusively to sy stem of 60
vernments more less despotic in their character,
but all monsTchcal and which relate to their sew
eral proportions in balancing the system which our
principles reject altogether
The Penny Post has leader on Know Nothings:
introducing extracts from the New York Herald to
show that the new American party, throughout the
North and throughout the Union, stands upon the
safe and national ground of absolute non interven.
tion on the slavery question. 1t appears to the
Post that the Herald is correct aud that If coaii
ton does really exist it's not between the Know
Nothings and the anti-slavery societies, but be.
tween Seward in the North and the Administra
ton in the South agains. this new American party.