The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-11-15
"A Choice Political Di.hg


considered his sct yesterday, OF hosting the
name of Joe. Lane at the head Of his paper
for the Presidency in 1856, FIRST rate joke
or bitter piece VI satire on "the Marion OF
the Mexican War" But when everybody
isoghs at our neighbor, the public may rest
assured he 10 trying most not to DC iAughed
at. We certainly have no objections to any
exercise of political taste or preference in
which this neighbor may choose TO indulge
for his own qualification or for the enter
tainment of the public. fin politics, like
certain Indians in their actual subsistence,
he prefers stewed pole-cats and fried rattle
snakes to mere civilized dishes, no one should
NEEDLE with his taste. although we might
feel some disgust in accepting similar fare.
And -four neighbor, in looking over TIE coun.
try and making mental review of the distin-
guished services of our great men, and dis.
section of their respective abilities and
qualifications for filing the highest office in
the gilt of the American people. place
higher than all monarchial thrones and more
glorious probably than any other earthly
political station--if, we .sy, after an exam
instion OF the claims and merits Of the
greatest men in our nation, he 10 satisfied to
choose Gen. Lane as his preference for
President OF these United States two years
hence, we shall insist he has right to his
own taste, and q right to even expose his
preference 90 far as to place that preference
at the head OF his paper.
But we do object to his Offering so re.
msrksble q political dish to the palates of
1is community. It may do where the as
tonishing qualities of the stew and fry are
not known, or with those few who knowing
the dish, are ready to nauseate their own
stomachs to secure favor with the "big
chief" and thus secure his influence for
some Office or patronage. II is very proba-
; bic that even while our neighbor is smack.
ing his lips and rubbing his stomach as if in
full enjoyme of the dish he has so careful.
~ prepared, and recommends so highly to
his friends, he is internally nauseating him.
self to the core, just so as to have the big
Indian look at him with an approving grunt
and ask him if be wouldn't like to have q
mail contract or job Of advertising by way oil
desert! Who knows!
But it appears to us the party, or remnant
cfs party, with which this precious neighbour
and his still more precious preference, arc
connected, a few years ago were much dis.
posed to find fault with the Wing party. 10,
running . Candidate for the Presidency oil
such admitted ab,li,y"as Gen. Taylor-,ha,
he was utterly unfit for go high position
incapable. ignorapt, &C., &c. And later
they spoke much in the same way Of Gen
Scott-he knew nothing but war-had'n
the qualities to govern . nation -was WI al
minded, &C., &c. Yet now, in the eyes u
this most remarkable neighbor OF ours, Gen
Lane possesses every attribute that could
be demanded Of q President Of this great Re
public! Il is true, and we do not say il tt
HE disparagement az q man, that he is too
illiternte to pen letter which tor its Tor.
biography, etymology and syntsx," would
not shame school boy, or speak dozer
sentences without the grossest grammatical
errors, and possesses only the shallowes
knowledge of home political questions, with
IN almost utter ignorance o! our foreign pol
icy-yet he, in the opinion Of our neighbor, i:
sdmirsbly adapted for The Presidency of the
United States, while Taylor and Scott were
most PrePosterously Unqualified for the place
But we beg leave to decline interfering
seriously with the tastes of this neighbor al
illustrated yesterday. The people of thi.
segion know the General far better than the
editors Of the Enquirer do, and many of then
have had from experience q keener apprecia
tion ofthst remarkable honor, honesty ant
-sbility, Of which they prate as characterizins
4his mighty man, than these editorial gen
demen can possibly possess. We do no
regard the placing of his name at the heat
o! the Enquirer, a. it's choice for the mex
Presidency, a. a matter of sufficient impor
lance, nor that the gentleman himself Cal
be thus rendered Of sufficient consequence
for serious discussion Of his "claims." w,
haze already 4 fourth.rate man occupying
the Presidential chair, and we do not thinI
any gentleman infinitely his inferior. cal
possess the least possible claims for posi-
tion which the other has proven himself 8,
unhappily Incompetent to properly sustain
W We ere asked half q dozen times
day, what 10 the difference to NJ between tn,
old rates Of Daily subscription. and the new