The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-21
Geo. d. Prentice.

The following from the Memphis Eagle and
Enquirer we heartily endorse. Every word
of it we make our own, and if necessary for
the vindication of Prentice from the aspertions
of corrupt partjzan opponents, or even to fur
Their illustrate, that no hatred of his enemies
can be hearter or deeper than the love of his
friends, we should add columns to the tribute
of our Memphis contemporary. We can at
least pay it and its subject the poor compli-
ment of making the Eagle article oar leader
of to-day:
SAG NIGHT WAR en- GBo. ID. PRENTICE-
No man of great endownments, whether Illus
trated in politics, war or literature, has lived
in any age Of the world without mourning, dur
ing his career the hatred of his contemporaries
to whom Providence has been less prodigal Of
gifts. Even Washington, now universally adj
mitted to have been the purest, the greatest,
the best of mankind, had his traducers. Clay
and jackson, illustrous forever in our history
were the best abused men Of their day. We
do not mean to say that great men sometimes
do not deserve to be abused But we do say
that the loud voice Of abuse never fails to pur-
sue distinguished man, whether lac be pure
or otherwise. His purity is no protection from
SANDER. That very quality, combined with
great talents and great public achievements,
provokes the bitterest of all enmities, and the
blacklist of all SANDER.
These reflections are suggested by reading
L. IL l.,
heaped upon Geo. D. Prentice, the accomplish
ed editor of the Louisville journal. From
Maine to Texas, from the metropolis to the
meanest village, wherever a Locofoco or Sag
name of Prentice is illuminated. 1t would
seem that the very children of such people are
taught as first lesson in their catechism, to
despise him, and tune their stamme ring
tongues to detraction. No man in this Union
is farther known than Prentice. There is not
Locofoco who has not heard of him as the
great antagonist ofhis party. There is not man
of any prominence among them who has not
made the experiment of attacking him in some
way, and it is not too much to say, that in
every such case the assailant has hobbled off
from the contest, MANNED and dishonored.-
Each ambitious youth of the party, failing to
profit by such examples no sooner feels the
down of incipient manhood upon his chin,
than he boldly stride into the arena for con-
test with Prentice The result is that his
pride is humbled, and his body covered with
sabre thrusts that never wall heal. Discom-
flied and disgraced, the most intense hate
takes the place Of youthful ambition. Such
a champion the American party ought tc
cherish. He is one Of the first stars of the
American constellation, and though encom
passed about with the dense, rolling vapors o
Sag Nicht slolghs, shines all the brighter fol
their attempts to eclipse. We do not pretend
to say that Mr.. Prentice is free from faults
no one is; but we do say, that ne is just such
q champion of the American cause as we would
have him. In the midst of the calumnies am
abuse with which his foes are assailing him, il
must be peculiarly gratifying to know that the
American heart beats fondly for him. Hurrah
for Geo. D. Prentice!