The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-01
IND.
No. THE Enauirer SAWS II any papel

W The Enquirer says II any paper |
did anything 70 incits the mob against
the negroes, it was the JournaL We
deny that the Journal ever uttered q
word that had such . tendency, and
challenge the proofs. That the Enquirer
was guilty Of the odenss, we will prove
by its own columns. and convict it by
words from its own pen. On the morn
ing Altar the decision of Justice Mills.
the Enquirer contained the following
paragraphs: d, -.~s'ssy- ,ei---s,. s.ssa1 ~
"Fears were entertained by Us that Judge
"Lynch would be called on TO do justice to
I" this black Racial, John Lyles. .
9Justics Mills should not have bald John
"Lyle to bail; be should have incarcerated
a him in tho county Jail to wait tho result OF
"the csssof young Edwaads. But
ssis seems to Us we have fallen upon strange
.s9mess Just such. decisions a. the one IN
the esusof john Isyies mas been the cause
Of alAAh mobs that have disgraeod the sgs
ain which xeive. We are no advocates OF
mob laso, b1} looks TO US as though Uaion
"topnslip wtgxt. do 1<rsslf credit By riddiay
"her~lf of a large nHns6er Of free blacks Vao
"a no,r iafest Il. They are the most trouble
"some aud worthless set OF people we have
"smongst u.s."
Here is Sheriff Of yanderburg coun-
~ rebuking magistrate whose decisions
it is his duty to obey, and condo inning a
decision it is his duty TO sustain. AM,
worse still, here is q sworn conssrvator Of
thu; peace and an officer to whose protec
ton the rights, property and lives Of our
citizens are entrusted. publicly. through
his own newspaper, melting the people
Of township to appeal to mob Law, and
telling item they will do credit to them
selves by lynching and expelling from
their township parcel of poor, defense
less blackA There ia q courage and
magnanimity in this appeal worthy Of
the character of the author of il. And
equally Characteristic Of its source is the
hardihood evinced in the following par
sgraph;
"Thc handful was written by q school
master by the name of Rogers, and the print
ing was paid for by Shapley Neal, both o.
which gentlemen will be indicted at the mex;
sitting of the Grand Jury 1t was John b.
Hall who posted the first bill. 1t was him
who handed them about the town. He was
absent, as conservator of the peace when
the handbills were ordered, and on his return
found the bills printing in the Enquirer office,
and in order that the open treason might be
nipped in the bud, took the handbills ont
upon the street and made public what was
intended to. be concealed in our city, and
when the hour Of meeting came on he was
there with force to suppress it. All the
men alluded to above, except John B., Hall
are Know Nothings, and voted the Black
Republican ticket. Out of the whole crowd
Of mobites from this city, We have been una
BILE to recognize one respectable, good citizen
o. sDemocrat. Know Nothings are instinct
lively rowdies and outlaws
Will it be credited by those who dc
not know the author Of the above reck
less assertions, that the Mr.. Rogers who
is charged with being author Of the in
fammatory handful is the avowed cor
respondent Of the Enquirer, who il
urging thsyholding of county conven
ton to preserve the harmony Of th'
Democratic party. over the signature o
"Young Hickory" And Shapley Neal
who paid for the printing, has his nam
published in the Enquirer as a membe
of the Demo1 attic Central Committee, on
Of the executive body of the Democrat
party. And John B. Hall. the Demo
cratic Sheriff elect of vanderburg coun
ty, prints the incendiary document
pockets his printing fee. and is the frs
man seen posting them upon the streets
IS he says, that /" the treason might b
nippsd in the bud" II this be speci
men of the sagacity, judgment and man
agement that is to preside in the SheI
ifs Office for the coming two years, "
advise the people to look to their right
and their own safety. If it be an il
dictable offense to write in secret hanc
bill of reasonable import, and equal
criminal to give money for it, what
the'crime Of him who prints it, pocket
the money, and goes out and sticks tn
handbills on the corners Of the street.
In all incendiary publications. the erin
is in issuing them; man is as WELDON
to write as he is to think. treason-if
do not utter it. He who puts it fort
to the world is the criminal.
nNeale and Rogers are to be indicte
by the next grand jury, as the, Sher
tells us, we ask what is to he done vii
]. B. Hall, the chief criminal. accordir
to all the law applicable to the case. 4
outrageous as the statements are in then
selves, the chief infarny Of the mott
that prompted them is in the attempt
turn an unfortunate event that all 60,
citizens deplore, to wretched and CO
temptible party purposes. We have n
alluded to the names OF any persons CO
nected with the affair, except tho
WI ich the Enquirer has dragged befo
public, nor shall we mention any other
But good Democrats, incensed at Il
infamous attempt Of the Enquirer