The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-10-05
CITY OF EVANS VILE:
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 5.

THE DESPERATION OF THE LoCoFoCos.-We
ask the attention of the honest. upright, truth
loving yeomanry of the country, TO the follow
ing scandalousIy abusi article which we
copy from the Democrat of yesterday. We
know the locofoco press, and especially OF this
State, would SANDER Gen. Taylor, and distort
his reports and letters TO suit themselves, but
we did net believe they would resort to abuse
to calling the honest, upright, brave old pa;
triot filthy names as is done in this instance.
We hoped he would escape that at least,
and we do not believe there is a locofoco paper
out of this State, and with the exception of the
Democrat, and State Sentinel from which il
learnsts lesson, perhaps not another in the
State, that would descend TO such course
And it cannot be that the honest people Of this
State will stand by and see a brave old man
tstly for forty years, branded BY these defamers
as an ''infdmous liar and a stubborn old
sreich," No! We do not think so meanly Of
people. We know they will hurl back
these oPprobrious epithets in November, and
stamp those men, liars and wretches indeed,
who have dared TO do this foul wrong against
the purest man that lives.
We beg the reader to note the following
from the Democrat:
The State Sentinel, in noticing the fact that
the Federalists oil this State, in their desperation
are sending TO Kentucky for whig orators to
help them, most truly saws: "Let every Ind-
anlan remember that in voting for Gen. Taylor
he votes his orn disgrace for all time and that
the world will so regard it, Bear il mind that
by Taylor's orders the gallant First Regiment
OF lndlaniens were kept at the Mouth of the
Rio Grande TO guard the bread and meat
Tor his regulars TO eat, during the whole OF
their term of service, while others no more
worthy were advanced before them; that the
Second lndlanians. for rctreating at Buena Wis
Id tn obedience to orders were branded by Tay-
lor as cOlC0rds and tugitives in his official re-
port, and 10 this day the stubborn old lcrctch
sticks TO it, though the most of them afterwards
rallied and did as gallant service as any men on
the field though it has been proved BY sworn
testimony and an abundance oft, that it was in
obedience oorders that the regiment was rallied
and did good service, and that according to
Gen. Taylors report "ihe gallant Col. Bowles"
and handful OF men who joined the Missis-
sippi were all that Regiment who returned 10
the field at all after The retreat By the infa-
,nous lie contained in this report of Taylor's
the history OF our State is falsiied and our brave
volunteers sandered. Men Of Indiana, shall
we submit to it? Let il be remembered Also
,hat Indiana's gallant Third Regiment, which
never fell back, never faltered, and under COW
er of which other regiments when beaten back
by the enemy repeatedly formed, aud which
by all impartial persons Is acknowledged TO
have contributed more TO the gaining of the
great ba tile of Buena Vista than any other en-
gagged, let it be remembered we say. that this
Regiment is passed by in Taylor's official re-
port with the cold and formal remark that it
performed its duty "creditably." We have
therefore said that in view of these things no
honorable lndianian acquainted With the facts
of the case can vote for Gen. Taylor, and this
is tue light in which it is looked at 0brodd.-
Every ludianian, then, who votes Tor Gen.
Taylor votes his own disgrace
The above cannot need reply from u.s.
There is not voter in Indiana but is capable
of giving the lie 10 almost every word contain
ed in the extract, and as to the abuse heapej
upon Gen. TAYLOR. we believe it will be resent.
ed by every honest man in the State as it should
be. We know that our opponents, seeing Ger
t,in defeat starring them in the face, are grow
ing desperate, but they will not be pardoned
for this outrage. The people will not suffer
their pure hearted old candidate to be vililied
by these demagogues. twill react upon them
selves and they will be laugh; lesson in No
yember that they will not soon forget.