The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-04-19
Brig. Gen. Grcathouse Taking q Poll
ticaI Flight.

Brig. Gen. Grcathouse Taking q Poll
ticai Flight.
The Enquirer has at last got some "aid
and comfort" in its support of the Nebraska
bill. We congratulate our allnos, forsaken
neighbor on the remarkable encouragement
he has just received. Vow happy must beat
his heart when he reflects, tina, two of the
great men of the first district Of Indiana are
side by side with him Smith Miller and B.
b-b-bll G-g-g-gr-great-h-h-house. He can
now cheerfully grid ep his ioins and 60 a.
head. Supported by the intelligence, ripen-
ed judgment and maiurcd craftsmanship,
so happily combined in these is u gentlemen,
our neghbor must certainly feel himself in
the right, and all the rest of mankind wrong.
Gen. Bill Greenhouse has written letter
TO the Enquirer and declared hia.ses: in favor
of the Nebraska bill! Ii that don't make
both of these Bills pass, then it will be re-
markable indeed But we cong atulate our
Bill on having come out fat-footed, and in
the very nick of time to save our amable
neighbor from total dependency. We per-
ceive by this that our Brigadier General has
still an eye to seat in Congress. Revelng
among the snags and sawyers of the Missis-
sippi, he yet iondly hopes he is no, forgotten
at home by the cherished Democracy. De-
priyed of pretty much everything in the way
of newspapers, and with but scant means Of
obtaining information relative TO the great
Nebraska question, or any other question
agita,ing the public, our Brigadier General
seems to have calmly sat himself down on
tie snag boat, and with the vast faculties oil
his own gigantic mind, pondered, Investigate
ed and unraveled the mysteries OF this part-
cular question, and sent the result to his agi-
tated and suffering friend of the Enquirer, for
the benefit of Vanderburgh county in partic-
ular, and the first district of Indiana gener-
ally. He seems to regard this himself az a
"poiticaI fight" and asks to be excused for
such. Well, we don't know whether he 1,
excusable. We don't know whether any
sensible man like our Brigadier General
should be excusable for coolly sitting down
and without any informatiou, natural or ac-
quired, resolving to maze such a buzzart
fight as this at the FIRST smell of politica
carrion. But probably ike the buzzard, hi,
natural instinct teaches him more certainly
than reason the path to tske-or he is bleset
with such keen political smeler az to an
swer for both instinct and reason. However
the General is an Office holder, and he has
probably learned enough 10 know that every
Office holder, if he is aware which side of hi
bread is bu;tered, is expected 20 60 for IN;
Nebraska bill.
Now we wish tie Greenhouse Bill TO un
derstan nd, that if he INDUCES in any more sucl
"poltical flights" we shall not hold hira eS
cusab!e. The Journal has b.cn his organ
everybody knows, and lis particular mouth
piece fer talking to tie pab.i:--and ", pre-
tend 10 have little ia.herly care oyer.Lis pc
Utica, moral and military welfare. IN; i
he goes to disgracing Cur precepts aud ex.
ample in this manner, and indllgng il, suct
astonishing political fights" az this, W;
shall. drop him Ike hot potato, and apollo
gize to the public for ever taking him under
our care. We hope he will leave that snae
boat. We don't believe his morals are safe
there. He either has bad company or ba(
wnissey. While he is removing snags down
there, he is planting snags and sawyers in
mis- own moral system, that Ave years reading
of the Journal on his return may hardly Grad
icate. Moreover, we hare kindly feeling
toward him. The Enquirer here has not
II is bought up by other interests, and woulC
gladly see almost any other man than hin
nominated for Congress. We are for The
Brigadier General. We believe he can bet
ter represent the Democracy Of the first dis
trict OF Indiana in Congress than any othe
man in the district. Indeed, we believe ht
is the only man who could entirely repressn
, them in the whole length and breadth oftheil
political intelligence. To-be-sure, we should
little prefer a Wing, but if our next
Representative is to be Democrat, the Gen.
eral is the man.