The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-20
ITY OF EVANSVILLE.
a Big Ret.

10 Mr.. Add ii. Sanders, Esq, the little red
n headed man way down at Evansville. Sir:
We have read your leader in the Journal of
the 14th, in addition to many other leaders of
yours and we propose to bet old jack knife
$50. with two broken blades, that you will join the
sels old liners in less than six months. Kase Wy?
) You are such an umtigated Know Nothing
Do you accept2-[LGf. Cour.
The leader alluded to was an article COM
mencing with notice of Mr.. Phelps departing
80 for Philadelphia to attend the Convention of
- the 22d, to represent the Americans of this
Isl. District as Delegate in that Convention. We
4# strongly upheld the claims of Mr.. FILLMORE for
the nomination. Does that look like joining
the Old Liners? We declared the people were
.r sick of the Pierce Administration. We de-
sls elared the trickery that had placed Polk and
ss Pierce, two unknown men, in the Presidential
chair, would never succeed again. We con-
cluded the article by recommending Mr.. Fill
more, in case of his nomination by the PhiIa-
delphia Convention to the consideration of the
Republicans, and said-"Unless the Republic
Ha cans intend to adopt exclusively a Northern
10 fight, and make it a question of Northern
President Southern President, instead Of
~ the best President for the ao7o7e Union, we dc
not see how they object to Mr.. Fillmore
We believe as regards men, the choice of the
.,5d as regards sections, it may be different Is
all this anything like going into the arms o
the Old Liners?
!. 80 We forgive our contemporary for calling us
v ysi-headed, although that is falling which don't
belong to our family, and is wooy SANDER
81 but we don't feel like forgving him in chris
tan manner for offering to bet even 'Jack
= knife" that we will 'Join the Old Liners in less
30 than six months" It appears to US he has
aea not read the journal to great advantage
lately. Perhaps he point out single edi-
tor in the State, who has during the last six
50 years labored more zealously than we have
es against the Democracy under whatever name
it might assume. We doubt it. However much
- others may excel US in ability we allow nc
man to rank above or beyond us in Jealous anc
sas enthusiastic opposition to Old Line Democracy
we believe man feels in his heart deep
or detestation of its corruption and dishonesty
Certainly our past course has given abundant
evidence of this feeling within us-and just as
certainly shall our future editorial life trace the
marks of the same hearty feeling. No editor
in this State has abored harder than we in
opposition to Old Lineism, nor to expose its
rottenness and the corruption of its leaders,
And editor has been called upon as we
verify believe, to bear one half the personal and
political abuse which has been leveled at us
probably because no other editor had one hal
such political scoundrels, and infamous truck
sters to equally infamous masters to directly
contend with. s1
sffe We assure the editor of the Courier, that
our opposition to Democracy" has been that
of nearly life time. When fifteen years old
we were President of Juvenile Tippecanoe
club at Dayton O. We commenced then writ
ing against Loeofocosm and we have been al
nearly ever since. We do not expect to con.
tinue it as many years longer, even.if our life
should be spared, because think by the
close of that PERIOD it will be almost forgotten
that's so-called Democratic party ever lived
We trust that hereafter when our friend the
Courier feels in betting humor, he will either
lay his wager where there is some prospect Of
winning, else keep on.bettng worthless
tack knives" 1t won't do to bet on any
change in our politics more favorable to Old
Lineism, that we can tell him.