The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-28
Letter from Gen. Greenhouse.
LOCUST GROVE, Aug. "a 1857.

to see q leader, headed Genuine De-
mocracy," in which am one Of the per-
sons, who are made the especial object of
attack by the Editor, j. B. Hall, who has
time and again made violent attacks up
on me through his columns, which have
appeared to me to indicate desire to get
into personal difficulty with me. Be-
lieving that this party scullion and pc.
litical squibber, was held at his true val
ne by the community, Rave passed by
his scurrilous attacks and pointless allu-
sions with contempt, and determined not
to let myself be drawn into controver-
sy with a man, over whom a victory
would confer no credit, and contact with |
him would leave the marks of his smut. |
In noticing him now, | owe the public an
apology, for l improve the opportunity
not to defend myself with him, but to
place myself in correct position before
my associates in the Democratic party.
In all the great issues between the Dem
ocrats and their opponents, lam sincerely
and cordially-as ever have been-with
the Democratic party. When this mis-
cradle mendicant tool of Jesse d. Bright
who was, doubt not-sent here for a
special purpose--came into this District
three or four years ago, he came as a
pensioner, upon the charity and bounty
Of the party. He has been fed and fos
tered by the party and placed by it in a
position of which he is unworthy and
for which he is unfit. He has grown so
great that he now assumes the leader
ship Of Democracy, and claims the right
to pass the sentence Of expulsion upon
me and other more worthy and true
Democrats from their party. 1t is my
duty-however contemplate may deem
him myself-to show him up in his true
colors to others. / am full grown man
and / hold myself responsible for what
1 say, when pronounce the imputations
of John B. Hall, against me, maliciously
false and slanderOus, and they are such
falshoods as prove the author of them to
be as foolish as he is malignant, for
they are easily refuted by all who know
me. He may find that he has walked up
the wrong customer, without the moral
courage to resent an insult when the
right kind of material calls him to &C
count.
l did temporarily unite myself with
the American organization, in the days
of its honesty and purity-as did thou
sands of other good democrats, who are
now in full fellowship with the Demo-
cratic party-many of whom, because
they now second his manoeuvers, are
daily laudsd by the editor of the En-
quirer and held to be first rate Demo
Gratis; it is subserviency to the schemes OF
the Ehquirer's clique, and not devotion
r to democracy, that constitute true, genu-
inc Democrats in the eyes Of John B.
Hall. Like others, left the American
organization, when its narrow and pro-
scrip'ive policy was developed, and when
designing demagogues got control of the
order, l returned to the bosom Of De-
mocracy and have ever been one Of its
true and faithful adherents. / challenge
any one to criticize my career, both
: private and official which are upon
, record. The Offices have held, did not
provide me with food and raiment from
my party, as those aspired to by Jno. b
Hall, the leech upon his party. On the
contrary my devotion to my party, to
5 the neglect of my private affairs, en-.
!, tailed losses upon me, that deprived me
of nearly all my property, and COM
PEELED me to leave the place Of my nativ
ity to seek the means of being just to my
creditors abroad. Without money OF
a friends landed in New Orleans, and by
). my own energy l have established Z
i. business that i hope will relieve me, ant
: discharge my obligations to my creditors
which is now my chief ambition. 1t j!
b well known to all of my acquaint
s ances North and South that
seek no Office; 1 only desire tn,
honors of q private citizen. On my re
9 turn to my native township, after
t summers residence in tropical climate
n my neighbors, among whom l still CLAIM
my residence and my right to vote
honored me with an appointment as
). delegate to Democratic convention
" and this is seized upon as an occasion t
assail and abuse me because my assail
70 ant knows Inc to be too independent an,
q honest democrat to be used as toe
is by any clique Of intriguers. My felloy
,e citizens have honored me with office
!, when | was much younger and NOR
:, inexperienced as politician than now
- - if any one doubts nv democracy. l ar
II, ready to refer the question to the peopl
sr Of the county,-and if majority Of tn
NJ Democrats refuse to receive the creder
a tials can present, L will submit to ez
~ pulsion from the party.
az / regret that have been forced to us
be language so emphatic towards thi
b. mercenary pensioner of the party-th
NJ imported thing who has gratuitousl
aSsailed me on my return to my littl
y home in my native township, where
n claim all the rights of citizenship.
lis deem it my duty as gentleman to sa
of to him that he has made the issue b,
h. tween US, and that have a sense
honor, that shall be sustained. Tn
Oh cur-supposed by some to be an editt
ne of democratic organ-many again ASA
ng me with his abuse, but shall take Z
n further notice of him. With the autho
lied and sanctioned course of the Dem,
cratic party and their avowed and know
l.. sentiments / agree, and make no W,
~ upon them, nor upon the Enquirer as &
10 as it is an exponent of them,-but to
w B. Halls private intrigues shall ev
in be opposed seek no difficulty vii
We him, though it seems 10 me he has strist
hs hard to create one with me. My i
40 tention is to visit Evansville in few day
ms when / shall be found at one of Il
Dgl principal hotels, and shall be happy