The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-02-22

lDle tlraue OF LOcOI0c0 DliiinSsSdae eSoihes
the Wing party generally, and oozes out the
usual measure of vile, defamatory filth, false
and unsupported epithets, against the great
men of the party, as argument, as it con-
ceives, meet for the support of its favorite
of all pets, the Nebraska bill. This has been
the kind of argument resorted to by all who
support this bill, from Stephen A. Douglass,
down. down.. down!!! to the miry wallow
of the Enquirer, which gurgles back a feeble
echo in willing response.
We do not propose to follow the meander-
ings of the miserable course pursued by our
neighbor, toward Wing statesmen, both living
and dead, but we should feel that we were
untrue to our position as journalist, 20 our
party, and to decent respect for the memo
ries of The mighty dead, as well as to the great
living statesmen Of the age-did we admit
such aspersions to go unanswered, even
though they emanate from heart SO dcprav-
ed, soul so lost to the minutest sense Of
shame and self-respect, as to essay to wan
tonly attack the ashes of Henry Clay. The
following is specimen of the general char
acter of our neighbours language in refer
ence to the Wing party and its distinguished
men. r.
They are quarreling in Kentucky as to
whether Major Breckenridge said 'false glare
or bright glare when speaking oil Henry
Clay. If Major Breckenridge did not say
false glare lie should have done so. We
hat sba cku have
independence enough to contend that Ken
lucky was led astray by the false glare of the
old man eloquent We would suggest an
amendment to an amendment and have
the sentence read: "She had been led
astray by the false and bright glare of that
man which seemed to her the light Of heav-
en- it might be added, "whle it was only
the light of deluded federalism and con-
tracted craftsmanship"
The amendment suggested" in this ex-
tract, and the concluding remark are peculiar
ly the product of our neighbours depraved
nature. No other Locofoco ever had the
temerity to brand Henry Clay as secluded
federalst' while living, and no other Loco
foco ,souM dare assail his slumbering ashes
with q charge ef"cOntracted craftsmanship"
The .utterance Of such infamous epithets
should consign their author to merited ig-
noble oblivion, in the memory of every lover
Of this great and good man. We will not
attempt to repel the unsupported assertion
that the Nebraska bill proves the Wing par
ty to be devoid of all patriotic aim. or of any
love of country" The Nebraska bill, proves
ANYTHING to our neighbours entire satisfaction n.
1t has become a sacred book TO him, upon
which he swears to all the libels he pleases to
heap upon any man who has dared oppose it.
He can prove by this bill, that the great pat.
riots whose ashes now lie Wondering al
Marshfeld and at Ashland, were the only
men Of the Wing party that would have dar-
ed to emulate Brutus in the present emergen.
cy; or he can prove by it their contracted
craftsmanship, land that every act of their lives
was "mere time-serving putty Architectural
In fact, this Nebraska bill, whose only object
rs to invite and induce the extension of the
curse of slavery, into territory nearly a.
large as the whole confederated States, is the
alchemic stone by which our asstute neighbo
turns everything into gold or dross. He cal
prove most satisfactorily to his own mind by
this bill, that Mr.. Everett was annihilated by
a two-stick paragraph in the Washington
Union in 1850, and that he is now only
wrecked mass of rhetorical fourishes; tina
Fillmore is a mere shadow, and that. Clayton
has been most essentially "diddled.n
This is the kind Of argument that the sup
porters of this nefarious bill use. Douglass
with greater experience in Locofoco sophis
try, DISCUSSES his arguments, and leaves thei
inconsistency a little more concealed thar
our neighbor, and both below constitutions
consultation! to the top of their voices, to en-
deavor to convince the superficial Observer
of their sincerity.
The association of Seward, Greeley ant
others, with the authors Of the Compromise
in opposition to the Nebraska bill, is by
no means an unnatural transition. 1t only
proves the soundness and proper appreca.
ton OF the Compromise measures, and the
Importance Of maintaining them inviolate
against Southern encr Iachments If mem.
bers of the Wing party who have hitherto
only acquiesced in those measures, come now
warmly to their support, they will be thus far
warmly received by all Compromise men,
Talk about changing faces! Why your
whole party have changed faces on this sub.
iect within two short months, Douglass him.
self not excepted. The Enquirer has chan.
ged faces at least four times during the
same period. 1t has been for and
and against both Compromises at least twice