The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-04-12
Personal Abuse, &C.

PoLIrICAL VIrUPERATIoN The great
forte of some politicians consists in their gilt
of vituper alton. To slander an opponent is
second nature to them. Deprive them Of
subject for dissection, and like Sampson
shorn Of his locks, they become weak like
other men. Such is emphatically the case
with Sanders, of the Evansville Journal, who
is furnished with a subject in the person OF
Senator Petit. Such direct personal abuse
as the following which we copy from the Ev-
ansviIle Journal, while it may serve to brace
its author, as human blood satiates the hum
cry nav of the jackatl, will fall like sofiest
dawn upon the head it was designed TO "cave
in."-[Lafay. Cour.
All the little dogs of editors in the Loco
foco party appear to be barking at"Sanders
of the Evansville Journal now a-days. We
wish them merry time Of it, and hope they
enjoy the sport. But we are accused Of abus-
ing John Petit! Abuse that living abuse up
on human nature! No sir-so long as the
disgracefu and abominable speech he made
in Evansville in the fall of 1852, rings in our
ears, and so long as We can recall to memo
ry the many beastly things of which this
man has been guilty in private and public
life-we recognize no such word as abuse in
connection with the application of proper
terms to John Petit. We did use the follow
ing language, which we presume is that
which the Courier quoted, and those who
know Petit best will know how much abuse
there is in it. We may abuse thief by cali
ing him a pickpOcket, abuse swinIler by
Int he's he'll
simply calling this man political knave, al
arrant demagogue or a BLACKBOARD, is abus
ING him. In quoting Pettit's remark, tina
the moment he heard Gen. Cass had used hi,
name in the U. s. Senate in certain con
nection, he knew the star Of his destiny wa
fixed, and that destiny would call him TO TIT
Senate, &c., &C., we said:
Could impudence and presumption 60 far
ther than this! Mr.. Petit never had any as
pira atoms TO become a Senator, till his nam
was used by Seuator Cass in the Senate
and then, he hailed that alluson as the sta
of his destiny-from that moment he kne'
he would be elected an u. s. Senator fror
Indiana!! That he ever had any aspiration
fer that position, shows the opinion he had c
the Indiana Legislature. But his oPinio
was correct. 1t dared elect to that hig
Office as great political knave as there is j
the West, and as arrant a demagogue-
man whose sole recommendation was ability
and that obscured by vulgarity and mora
corruption. He knew that he would get tn
first vacancy, and that Senator Cass coul
not die till he met Senator Petit; face to face
As though the will Of high Heaven might b
stayed to propitiate the low passions of
blackguard. Will this Petit never cease
be less a bad odor in the nostIils Of decene
than he now isl Cannot even the Senal
chamber restrain his natural vulgarity al
blasphemy!
Why has not our neighbor dared defer
Petit, instead of quoting the first parograI
above from the Courier! Is he afraid U
"abuse" will be extended to other and less
subjects! Is he afraid We shall continue
call things by their right names, and tn
again subject ourself to the charge of indul
ing in abuse! He need not fear. We pu
sue different course with different persor
Some men it is not necessary TO prOre til
which we call them-others it is not nec'
sary to call that which we prove them.