The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-15
PIRIT OFTHE PRESS.

| the new Governor elected by the Know Nothinps-
| the theme OF its leader. 1t quotes from the adj
dress the passages Recommending that no foreigner
| shall be allowed to vote until he has been ,,oeaty
| one years resident Of ths country that no per-
son be permitted to vote who cannot read and write
the English language; that no person who is not a
regal voter under these restrictions shall be al
io"ed TO hold Office that none but natives should
DC enlisted IN the army and navy aud proposing,
with the appreciation of the Executive Council to
disoand ali military companies In the State COM
posed OF ioresners, and that ali foreigners be ex
eupt from military duty.
Upon these passages the Enquirer comments,
and quotes, with appreciation the comments of the
Philadelphia Pennsy ylg ganian and Boston Post The
Pennsylvania thinks that such law as that pro
| posed by the Governor of Massachusetts, would
dsiranchse third of the voters of this country
| In Pennsylvania there are 10000 $4,000 who
| cannot read or write and thousands who cannot
| read and write the English language, though hav.
| ing German educations. Such law, 1t SAYS,
would deprive the honest Dutch farmer of Berks of
n vote, while negro would enjoy that right. The
Enquirer regards this denatonaliz alton of foreign
| citizens as Of the most pernicious tendency; ma
|
| friend. and 'co-workers in our national destiny,
as they now are" The Pennsylvanian says that
Governor Gardner mas drawn his theory from
India, where the army, far back as history runs
was made up entirely Of the natives. and where
business was transmitted from sire to for ages
and yet it has submitted to every country that ever
| invaded it, The Boston Post quoted approvingly
| by the Enquirer, pronounces the inaugural OF
Governor Gardner the pronunciamento of the
secret order 1t saya;
The policy is TO be severely proscTp ptve on our
| foreign population and on religious sect and g.
severe as TO amount to "a declaration of war upon
them The party purpose here boldly set forth Is
hard, indscrimlnatlng, iron Recommendation to
adopt IN THIS mansion house asylum for liberty.
tue policy as TO aliens OF monarChial Europe This
proscriptive policy lie nothing new. 1t can be seen
IN the alien law dsys IA the railing at Jefferson on
account OF the appointment Of Gallatin to be one
OF his secretaries; and III The doines of the Hart
| lord convention against 'Madson's war;
The Enqnirer aledges that Gov Gardner's In
au2ural furnishes "ample proof of the existence
of cordial alliance between the Know Nothings
and the Abolitionists This proof is in the Cover
nor's bitter denunciation of the repeal of the Mis-
souri, restriction Ia the act admitting Nebraska and
Kansas, and his remarks on the habeas corpus and
trial by jury which it scontended refer directly to
the fugitive slave law, and looks to such action as
will bring Massachusetts and the General Govern.
nlsnt in collision.
The Enquirer as a further proof of its assertion
quotes from the Worcester Evening Journal. a
Know Nothing paper, long article the object of
which is TO show that the Native American Party
have gained the Northern victories against the Ad.
minlstration-that they are opposed to slavery in
Nebraska and Kansas, and that they have enough
power at the North to make them Independent Of
the slave States, and hat "the temptation or the
necessity for bidding for Southern votes does not
exist"
The Enquirer contains a notice of Mr. Wises
Petersburg speech. One of Its Editcrs was present
and heard 1t and he pronounces it ''the most splen
did effort of popular oratory" he ever heard.
The Wig animadverts upon an article which
appeared in the Enquirer few days since. entitled
'fail into Rank, in which the Democrats were call.
ed upon to take their position, and in which it was
declared that 'the party (Democraic) will not tole
crate inaction or Indifference. Every man must
rally to the rescue submit to the penalty of de-
sertion or apostacy." This article says the Whig.
was intended especially for Messrs Bayly, Smith
and McMullen, and generally for all Democrats
who "ieel the slightest rtpugnance to voting for
'10 icbOSaaC "PIS tlChet proposed at StauntOn. -
The Whig calls it a military edict' says a Dem
Ocrat hay honestly believe, as one OF the Editors
of the Eoquirer did, three years ago. that the "doc
trines OF Henry A. Wise are dangerous to the peace
of society," and that their "perncious tendency
should be counteracted by the united opposition of
all good men,; yet if dare to express his convic
tions by his vote, she must be forthwith excommu.
nicated and driven in disgrace from his party
The Wing INDUCES in a good deal of irony, and
asks if the people of Virginia " are to be intimi-
dated by the insolent threats of a newspaperr-if
they are to be coerced into any against their
own free will and consent" &c.
The Hhig, referring to the account in the Peters.
burg Intelligencer of Mr. Wise's speech in Peters,
burg, inters that that gentleman found it an uphill
business. 1t conjectures much even from the
Democratic paper sin Petersburg, which says but
little"
The Post has a leader on the 'Noctes Ambros
ar5e" 1t refers to the Trbuue's assault on Massa
chusetts Know Nothings; and says the progress OF
the Know Nothines justify all the alarm of Mr.
Greedy; for it adds wherever it has gone il has
indeed struck down. one after another, the agta
tors and aboIitionists."
The Post denounces Know Nothing convention
now held in Schenectady fragment of con.
cern,' which is trying TO head off the real Know
Nothings in the New York Legislature and elect
Seward Quotes the Herald as saying that the true
party will not meet till the LIST of February.
J N. Gamewell, Esq OF Camden S. c., has re-
ceived from the Government of Cuba the privilege
of Introducing on that Island, for five years, his
discovery to free telegraph wires from atmospheric
electricity.
Mr. Henry J. Rogers, Telegraph agent in Balti-
more, has invention for the same purpose
which has operated admirably as we have learned
Some protection from atmospheric electricity has
become necessary. The posts often shattered
by lightning and during a storm the operators
have either to stop operations or be 10 great dan
ger.
The most extensive preparations are in progress
at Harrisburg, Pa, for the Inauguration of Gov.
Pollock tomorrow. The military display on the
occasion will be very considerable