The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-02-20
Ground ana Lofty :.Tum bling.

Ground and Lofty ..TumbItny.
Our active neighbor is rapidly acquiring
a reputation as a turner Of somersets, that
bids fair to throw the Chinese in the shade,
and make ordinary tumblers die with envy
There never was greater tumbler physical
ly, than is this neighbor mentally and moral
ly. He seems all the time in the air perform
ing some wonderful feat Of political gymnas-
tics, and we are in daily expectation OF MS
neck being broken. First his head is upper
most, and he appears taking sensible view
Of ,hings-then the next thing he is turned.
ard very plainly shows-his feet, while he
kicks the empty air in vain attempts to re-
gain his equilibrium. But truly, and testing
aside, i, is very hard. to put ones finger on
this fellow. We catch him in certain po-
stion on some question, and commence vi
gorous attack upon him, when the first thing
We know, he turns a somerset, and we find
him next occupying some precisely opposite
position, and probably right at our side.
Now our readers doubtless very well re-
member a little dispute we had with this fell
low a short time back, on the fiIibustering
expeditions. We had him precisely in this
position, which placed him certainly at our
mercy-he was supporting the Locoioco
abuse of Fillmore for issuing his proclama-
lion against the Cuba fillibusters and trying
to stop their expeditions--and cdmiring
Pierce's proclamation to stop just exactly
similar expeditons-in other words, what
was a most monstrous and horrible and hid
eous wrong in Fillmore, was a most delight
full and refreshing and loveable thing in
Pierce. He said the expeditions were en-
tirely differen,-,hat of Lopez was in the
name of liberty, and to give freedom to
slaves-whie that of Walker was for plum
der, rapne and destruction. We tried &c
. convince him Walkers was as worthy in ev'
cry manner and form, and was as much
u crusade for liberty as the other in its preten
ces, although we regarded both as having
= been prompted by selfish ends. NO'c, thi'
II neigh5or says-"Walker went forth openly
Il to give Lower California a new and belte
: government" This is the same paper which
- declared not three weaks ago, that Walker
was a piratical expedition only intent OIL
e plumber! But such somerset as this in on
: neighbor is becoming too common for notice
Yet We want to bring him back to tn
original question. According to his owl
words aow, this expedition has just as worth
an object in view, as the Cuba expeditions
:. Yet the Enquirer has been abusing Fillmore
or supporting the abuse of others, for oPpos
Ing the Cuba expeditions, and upholdin
n Pierce for opposing the Walker expeditions
Was there ever such ridiculous and gross in
consistency, or was ever such rascally incon
20 .i.,ancu fnnnd outside of n I.acaCsrur rnruK
nop of Pierce's proclamation. We suppos
ne thinks it most an admirable documen n,
but that the President should not try to pu
;, in foree-very good for reading, but not tn
right thing to put in practice! We shoul
\ not be at all surprised if these enterprisin
=, Locofoco editors in short time dentifie,
>, this Walker expedition with the Locofoc
4. party, swearing that Pierce was only joking il
% his proclamation, and never intended to op
e pose such crusades, and finally run Wake
d for the Presidency. The Enquirer has al
j. ready placed the name of Walker by the sid,
Of Cortez and Pizarro. rather giving the pre-
ference to Walker, and we are determine,
not 20 be astonished at any other effort t,
back up the man who few weeks ago, wher
:. reported unsuccessful, was a monster in tn.
eyes of our neighbor.