The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-06-25
Greenhouses ana little cabins.

creature. IN other words, he evidently means 2
to insinuate we are exceedingly little and
most significantly nsignifcant-much indeed
below notice. ifnot great deal lower-u;ter-
ly too contemplate to be opposed to such
mental, moral and physical castle, as Great
house-a mere thing that could be taken
between our Ex-Legislator's great mental
fingers, and squashed mid the racks and tor
cures of bad grammar, into a nothingness ev-
en- more unnoticeable than our present rather
favorable attempt at nonentity. Our expec-
tation OF surviving the terrible strok IS of the |
G eat Elk Representatives pen are too feeble
to permit US 10 endeGUor TO hold mp our head. |
by retaating TO his = Reply" as he good hui
moredly terms his article. What ii replies
TO- Of course he knows, although we DON'T
The fact of it is. we are only convinced it uses
US up in some dreadful manner, but hol0 is
gloomily mysterious. The art Gle, however.
contains several remarkable assertions that
should not be passed over.
Now Greenhouse says most distinctly, he is
not /; lawyer! We want erideuce to back
this. We ask the community-those who
/ have heard Greenhouses fervent eloquence
hose who have noticed the consummate
shrewdness marking the man in his inter
course with society. especially when he wants
votes-those who read that letter in which he
unhesi;atingly declared, and with that bold
ness which will not admit of doubt or contra
dction that woman is the soul stirring
cause Of nuns ambition "-we ask all who
know Mr.. Greathouse personally or publicly.
politically, morally or mentaIly-if evidence
must not be brought forward to support the
startling assertion, that he is not q lawyer?-
Come, row, you are candidate, Bill, and so
let us have no lodging. Give the proofs
submit the documents.
Mr.. G.. again asserts thut he was at Ind
annapolis last winter, engaged in " official du-
ties" In all his abhcrrent statements, we
= did not think he would have the face to faith
er s-ch a rash declaration this. We do
not deny that he was at Indianapolis last
winter because we heard so from an hundred
residenicrs there, during orr late visit Even
the ladies showered the flowers Of eulogy on
the greatness Of Greenhouse. Broken hearts
us well ee broken bottles, attest that he lru.
at indianapolis. Aud we admit, TOO, that be
: was there the legal Representative Of the un
terrified Democracy of Vanderburgh county
So now we come to the denial Of his asser
lion. that he was engaged in " ofici,l dulics'
We made strict inquiries while at the Carl
- toll what Greenhouse had been doing during
his stay there last winter, as we know ht
u h.,s- OF
e for the life Of us we could not tell what fren
the journals ofthe House One sober citlzel
u replied thus Oh, Greenhouse, you wer,
speaking Of Yes, do remember llim. Why
:, !, sir, you have prize in that young man
" greatgenius, sir--cuItivated mind-such hu
'e NOR, sir Why, sir, I may venture TO say, a
! IA WING, that if it had not been for Great
I house. our p"rty would have been ruined
J Indeed sir, the Legislature might have ac
Z complished something Greathouse h
1 kept the fun alive. The most serious matter
a became subjects offolly. When others wan
AZ cd to work. Greathouse was for play.
. fact. sir, l consider hin the greatest naiur;
y clown ever saw in my life. He was to tn
nc Legislature what Bill Lake is to the Amer
can CIRCUS, only Il tue more So
D" We inquired of another. "Bll? why h
d did much, sir. He eat more oysters, drar
more whisky and had more Airtations tina
=, any other man in indianapolis. " Finally,
despair, we asked an cid citizen, whom W
=, knew lad kept "A close eye to things {" Ma
- - I ask in return, - sand he mildly, " if you al
- one of Mr. Greenhouses cons itucnts ?n "
., am 3" exclaimed we ra her proud AT the Ide
ri. Then sir " replied he very gravely ape
nit me to say most respectfully, that V
=, must be IN internal little TOOL, if he represen
,rs you. " and he walked OF. We were indl
al nant-we have been so ever since and M
en we Indignantly ask Greenhouse TO bring lc
an ward the evidence on this subject.
He says again he is mo noaster or bra
gern Now tins is an assertion that we
Sc not feel disposed to dispute, for what in t
,gp world has Greathouse to boast or brag of I?
es We shall not deny his position till we find o
Try that he has some single thing TO boast or bri
the Of aud then we are bound to make him bril-
is the proof 10 substantiate his position.
in He ventures on the doubtful decIaratic
he that his politics are well known througho
bly, this county" We shall hardly doubt tn
us Bill claims TO be 4 sound and unterrifi
Democrat. Tie only thing we object TO
ag- that he should be about the only man in t
er- county who is not acquainted with the pr
er's ciples Of the Honorable Mr.. Greenhouse.
ov- Bill will believe u.s. he is man Of shock
ing bad principles
The He concludes with asserting in the nj
up unblushing manner, that he owes his frier
nj