The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-12-16
A Few More Words.

, The Enquirer Of yesterday has long ar
ticle on the subject of sheriff's patronage
This article seems more particularly address
ed to the sheriff himself, than to the commu-
nity, and deserves but little notice. Those
90 shallow ss to think for moment, that the
Enquirer opposed from principle Mr.. Gavltt
for sheriff one week, and after too, he, a
Wing, had received the nomination of
Democratic convention, and then just before
the election wheeled around and supported
him, and opposed an old Democra;-are
little too shallow to be blessed with ordinary
common sense. And those shallow enough
to think tina. Mr.. Gavitt. after what the
Journal had done for him, and after acknowl.
edging repeatedly to US, and within the last
week, We had done him favors he should
never forget, has thrown his patronage into
the Enquirer Office merely to reward il for
services, and not for any personal object, re
even shallower gentlemen indeed than those
who believe the Enquirer has been acting
from principle.
Mr.. Gavitt has laid himself quietly in the
Democratic bed, and there let him Sleep
He has already done more injury to his
friends by calling himself Wing, than he
can ever do them by acting with their oppo-
'nents. We have no doubt the Enquirer ia
right in saying-"We think that we may
safely promise that Mr.. Gsvitt will be found
shoulder to shoulder with US in the ranks oil
the latter party, and we promise him to make
no inquiries as to his political antecedents.'
The slater party"t to which il alludes, car
be nothing else, and 10 nothing else, than the
old line Machine Democracy. "Shoulder t.
shoulder" then, we are hereafter to see FRIEND
Gavitt letting himself loose with his old en-
emies. He need not lay the sweet junction
to his soul. that in this course he is merely
warning against Know Nothingism. Know
Nothingsm belongs as much 10 the Demo
cratic party as to the Wing party. One o
its principles, as we understand it, is undyin
opposition to demagogues, and probably 10
that reason Mr.. Gavitt is SO continual
troubled by its phantom.
But we had not designed abiding turtle
to Mr.. Gavitt We had merely intended I
say to the Enquirer, that when it remark
we "a'e publicly supplicuting for patron
age" it has purposely misconstrued III
whole tone and object of our editorials o
this subject. 1t appears to us they hav
been anything but duplicating in tone. w
have spoken with that force and candor, an
have told such unpleasant truths 10 Mr.. Ga,
lit, as to certainly prove most emphaticall
that duplication was the very farthere.
FROM our thoughts. We merely intended I
do what we hdve done-to tell this commun
ty plainly the position Mr.. Gavtt occupie
relative to the bestowal Of his patronage
To do this, we had TO explain the positio
the Journal Las always assumed toward hin
and mention a portion of our labors, the
point out the course of the Enquirer. w
have done that Now our object is accom-
plished, for no part of that object was
suPPIicate him for patronage. If he is sa
listed with the position he now occupies
the community on this subject, we have Z
disposition to envy him that callousness
feeling which despises the opinions of got
good and upright minded men.