Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-16
Exploding FalsehoOds.

To puncture all the C0Irter's false
hoods is about as wearisome and unproht-
able task as for school boy to attempt
with a pin 10 impals all the flies that
annoy him with their buzzing in Aytime.
But as we said yesterday, tits necessary,
new and Chen, 10 dispose Of few of
them. in order to take the conceit out of
the individaal sent to this city by the
rebels of Kentucky to teach our people
Democracy.
The Courier of yesterday contains a
response to polite question we pro-
pounded to Sergeant White, as to where
ws could find his white slaves. We were
ignorant Of heir whereabouts. Weknew
they did not live in Evansville; for, only
few years ago,1a distinguished citizen
of Memphis gentleman by the way
Of the same political views Of the
Courier Editor, as regards the righteous
ness OF the rebellion, but with four
hundred per cent.s more brains, I've
refer to Mr.. F. X. CarliIe)-came very
near swinging to lamp post in our city
for calling some Of our honest German
citizeas white slaves. Thus, being
ignorant of the location of these white
slaves, we asked for information. The
Courier does its best to enlighten us,
and we copy its statement, bad grammar
and all, because were we to correct the
syntax Of its articles people would not
recognize our extracts as emanating
from that paper 4. liz al GEIO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are these
slayes2 "-weH tell a. Some of them
are right III the Journal Office Part
of the money it lounges about ON was
extorted from oVerworked and badly
paid women in the Journal Office book
bindery For years past, and until
lately, when they secured the services of
very honorable mechanic, Mr.. Gorse,
who IL has been unable to use," 1t
paid women wft2 did work worth to ii
from $50 to SIS. per week, the sham eful
prices of $5, "a and IS for their labor |
Here's your " who-when--what-
where Women have been required
to take such wages as IS, "a and $5, or
starve, because Ii wanted little extra
change on Sunday to drop into the hat
at Church, that At { might be seen of
men," These poor girls earned three
times the sums they received but it
belongs to the Church, and rolls its
eyes up at the poor who sit in the
"charity corner" Did it ever occur to
IL, as IL looked upon the faces of the
poor girls IL robbed of just compeE-
ton, that hell was brim full of such by.
pocrites2
We have paid little attention to the
workings of our Bindery, having always
regarded it as in competent hands. We
called on Mr.. Tabor, our cashier, yes
tsrday, to know the truth of the above
charge, and he at once examined his
books and gave as the following
sEea CERTIFICATE.
COUNTING ROOM, JOURNAL OFEIoE, I
February, Is, 1866. !
This 10 to certify that / have been
book-keeper and Cashier of the JOURNAL
Office for the past zeven years, and have
paid out ell the money due employees
for wages; that since Mr.. Gorse has had
control of the JOURNAL Bindery, precise
~ the same soGges have been paid fe-
males > employed in ! it Z that was
paid them before he took charge of the
establishment, with one exception, In
which a woman employed in the Bindery
previousto his arrival, was allowed fifty
cents more per week than he has since
paid any woman employed by him.
EDWARD TABOR.
The truth is, the Courier man . sel-
dome opens his mouth but what he puts
his foot in it. II, as be says, "Mr. Gorse
is a very honorable mechanic, whom
we have been unable to use,' and who,
90 an honorable mechanic, would scorn
to cheat poor girl out of her hard
earned wages, and pay her only three or
four dollars for doing seventy-6ve dollars
worth of vork-of course the JOURNAL
proprietors are more honorable still, in
paying girls the same, and euen higher
salaries, before Mr.. Gorse took charge Of
their bindery. or
We never heard of more interesting
case of hari kari on the Japanese Is
lands, than the Courier editor commits
in his vain efforts to spite us. Even his
wrath is constrained to praise us.
We would like TO see the Courier eds
tor tell one of oar bindery girls to her
face that she was white slave. We dare
say, somebody's ears would be made to
Jingle, if he did.