The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-13
'ITY OF EVANSVILLE.
BOT vet Dead


The anti-American party have been OK
claiming so long and so loud on the death Of
the American party, that their present aston
ishment at the exuberant life displayed by
that party, is anything but agreeable. They
have been rather ''stuck up in heap" by the
prodigious activity displayed on the part of
what they have been SO earnestly telling the
people is only dead carcass. The intense
horror of that bevy of anatomists who in
their first experiments at galvanizing corpse,
were thrilled to their hearts to see inanimate
flesh qulver and move as in life, and limbs
minute before bound in the letters of death
kick and strike with terrible reality of appear
ance, and the face illuminated with CHASTITY
smiles or become lined with agony and an
guish-was very similar TO the feelings with
which these political doctors are now noticing
the exhibitions of wonderful life in the party
they had almost convinced themselves was
dead, very dead.
No paper appeared to be more fully con-
WINGED Of its own assertion, that the Ameri-
can party had as rapidly subsidized as it had
sprang into life, than the Cincinnati Enquirer
1t appeared to imagine that no party could
survive the mountains of abuse piled upon this
by its enemies, and more particularly perhaps,
by the Enquirer itself-and at all events, no
party could have the foreign vote almost en-
tirely opposed to it, backed by the Catholic
vote, and be called Hve party. But the Gin
cinnati Enquirer has been receiving some cleo
itionreturns. It's last Saturdays issue con-
tains an editorial headed-"Know Nothingism
not Dead The November Elections-Change
in the Political Horizon" The editorial COM
mences thus:
Although the results of the November State
elections are not yet known with accuracy,
still one great fact is apparent, and that is,
that Know Nothingism proper is far stronger
than was generally anticipated. On its own
hook, and disconnected with "Black Republic
canism,'' it has carried the State of Massachu-
sets by large plurality, and it has, in all
probability, according to present appearances,
carried New York. the most important State
in the Union. AT the South it has triumphed
in Maryland, and possibly in Louisiana.
The Enquirer thinks "the snake so far
from being killed, is hardly 'scotched!' A
very proper admission, and one that no doubt
cost the writer groan of anguish. But here
is another paragraph of more Importance per-
haps, than the EDITORS opinion of the Know
Nothing snake:
"Present appearances indicate that, after all
it is Know Nothingism and not Black Repub
licanism which is to contest the next Pres
dental election with the National Democracy
1t is the preGominating element of opposition
in New York, in Massachusetts,, in Pennsylva
MIA, and even in Ohio. Itpresents strong
front at the South"
We think our anti-American friends are
sensible in displaying realizing sense of wha
is ahead. "Black Republicanism" and Ameri
canism have both terrors for anti Americanisn
during the coming year. The latter will sc,
more "Kuow Nothing snakes" not ever
''scotched, )" than they ever dreamed of befor,
and some of the anti-American editors hav,
no doubt been chased by snakes, and had the
boots filled with 'em. But jesting aside, W,
are glad to see the Cincinnati Enquirer ha
opened its eyes to the fact, that the Americas
party is not yet dead. At the same time i
admits that, there has been an immens
deal of lying in anti-American sheets abou
the death of that party.