The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-17
SPIRIT THE PRESS.

cflh1 VI II y X kESS.
The WAi9 has leader on "Mr. Wise's Last an
peal" Itsays, that not content with devotins ave
months to speechifying 10 every portion Of the
State he deems 1t necessary to issue sort Of fare
well address" to the people of Virginia. In Il be
ssys that the stakehoiding Republicans Of vrsinia
are organized and aroused This II a little aun-
oiguou' but u, By the stake holding Republicans
ne means the Native Americans and Whigs, he is
right. They are organized and aroused, and have
determined to send him back In humiliation TO the
saades OF Only, near Onancock. Az for the idea
mat the Democracy are organized, every child
knowst6 the contrary. In his address he goes on
to enunerate good many things that he and bis
friends intend to do when he occupies the Gov
ernor's chair but he aisns have saved himself the
trouble. Hh political race IL run, and neither his
speeches or his letters win save him
The Enquirer has an article on Know Nothing
ism In Nav Yorklsnd proceeds to prove, from the
New York Herald, that the Know Nothing party in
that State did not adopt national platform, The
Enquirer also has an article on Governor Gard.
ner. Of Massachusetts, and says that If the Know
Rothi1ssof Virginia deserve applause for the lau.
dable conduct Of their associates 10 the North.
they must share the shame and odium which at
tsehesto the villany and treachery of the bulk OF
their party If they are entitled to credit for the
acts OF an Individual member, much moru are
they rssponsbls for the general policy of the party
They cannot repudiste Hiss and Wilson while they
hug Gardner to their bosoms; they cannot clsiua
credit Far the refusal of the Governor of Massachu
sstts TO remove Judge Loring, without incurring
raurAaad from tho nf In
OF his removal 1t says that Governor Gardner
votsd to expel Judge Loring from Harvard College,
and has only delayed his removal from the judi
eiary, until the elections In Virginia are over.
The Penny Post has an article on Pope Henry l.
and says he has issued from bis Vatican at Wash.
ington-s bull to his most loving subjects In Viz
ginia, which will rank with the most singular pro-
ductions OF the day. He speaks of his broken
health in his canvsssing exertions, which use.
less, for the people of Virginia remember the
treachery of 1912 too well to believe that he would
leave any means unemployed to secure the spoils
He says the party was never better organized and
calls the Democrats sound and conservative. If to
gerrymander State as TO deprive minority,
reaching at least to twoths of the population, of
all share in the Government OF the country, be a
proof Of conscentousneas, then the democratic
party of Virginia Is fairly entitled to the praise of
conscientioutness. If to own one-ifth of the land
snd slaves of the State, while the opposite party
own the other four.ffths, be evidence of the fact
that party is stake'holding party then the claims
of the democratic party cannot be disputed. But
when 1t is added that the democratic faith was
never stronger and the democratic prospects never
brighter we take the liberty of expressing the be-
lief that he states wlfully, deliberately, and Of
malice aforethought, uhat he knous to be false!
ARcHBIsHnp HUGHES AND SENATOR BaooKs-
Archbishop Hughes has come out with his pronis
ed "crusher" of Senator Brooks He commences
camy to recite to the public how the affair between
himself and the Senator commenced, how he at
first wrote playful letter to the Senator with just
enough soemnity in it to let the Senator know
that he must prove or retract his assertion, and
how the Senator chose the former alternative and
proceeded to carry out his object by alsifying the
public records and telling base fslsehoods. The
Archbishop by such recollections as these, then
becomes little excited and uses the terms "de!ib
crate falsehoods." "perverting" and classifying"
with some frequency. He goes on to show by fg-
ures, that his property amounts to only Sl39, ,4l0
and is no is than the funds for another Asy-
lum belong to the trustees thereof.
He also cites an instance where the Senator WIS
guilty of counting property twice, SO as to make
the sum larger. At this instance of sharpness on
the part of the Senator. the Archbishop becomes
highly incensed. and says it would take small
volume to develop the "meanness which charac-
tsriz es the falsehoods Of Mr.. Brooks" The Arch
bishop then makes a wipe at thepress of the coun-
try who have sided with Senator Brooks, without
hearing both sides; and gives them the alternative
of publishing his three column letter. or submitting
to be called dishonorabls men The Archbishop
also complains of the newspapers putting dagsers
before bis name instead Of crosses. On the whole,
after patient perusal of the epistle, the reader
comes to the conclusion that Senator Brooks has
been guilty of some rather small tricks, and that
the Archbishop's conduct Is rather too vindictive
fer one occupying the position he does in one of
the largest christian churches In the land.
EFFECTIVE MILITARY FoncRs ENGAGED In Dr.
FKREkr WARs.-The following statement of the
effective military force engaged 10 tho different