The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-02

has used his paper as
means through which to abuse many
OF the most respectable citizens of the
place, In the most contemplate man
ner. He and his paper have been de-
nounced by leading Democrats, and
by some of the Democratic journals,
in the most bitter terms, as has been
shown by the JOURNAL from time to
time.
The first man made the special OBJ
ject of his venom and abuse was the
Postmaster of our city, who was
always an unfinching friend to the
soldier, and who labored night and
day for the best interests of the brave
boys in the field, and at the time of
the abuse partner in the Journal
Office, an establishment that now gives
employment to more discharged Fed
eral soldiers, in comparison to the
number employed, than any two
establishments in the city. What do
soldiers think of man who abuses
tried friends? Boys, look at the pic
ture. htI
The next thing that called down his
vengeful ire was the Library Associ-
alton, going out of his way to make
the attack, the association having
done all he had right to ask or ex-
pect, and that was to place his paper
on file in the Office. In this attack it,
was shown clearly that he had made
a dozen false statements, which the.
JOURNAL proved to be such, by a
statement made by the librarian.
That evinced the interest he felt in
useful knowledge, and the love he
bore for the soldier and the poor man,
the mechanic, &c, who were not able
to purchase a great selection of books
themselves. a5He
He next attacked the City Council
and published in flaming headlines
that thousands of dollars" had been
squandered by that body, without the
.leastlshadow. of evidence to sustain
him in the slanderous statement. He
sneaked out of that by attempting to
throw the responsibility on the should
ers of "three heavy tax payers, who
have been nameless to this day, leav-
ing all to reasonably infer that he had
trumped up the charge himself, and
when he was met by honest men
sought that miserable subterfuge to
avert contempt and scorn from him
for attempting a base calumny on a
body of men composed of our best
citizens, who were all friends to the
soldiers. Boys, how do you like the
picture?
He was next found attempting to
lead the honest sons of toll, the me-
chanics and laborers of our city, to
vote against their best interests, and
to pervert their organization to base
| political purposes, conclusive to the
interests of such home traitors as
| Vallandingham, Milligan, Bowles,
and Horsey. But he failed in that.
/ Next he was found writing letters
to his paper from Kentucky, in which
he denounced soldiers as ladies ward
robe and sewing machine thieves, F"
signing himself an Unhung Rebel"
He next published an abusive ar
ticle about new Englanderssand the
| Puritans. f6-5s
He next published statement that
the bowldering of the streets would
cost half million dollars, and, on
the following day tabular statement,
published in the JOURNAL, gave the
lie to that assertion.
: In his calumnies even the ladies of
our city have not escaped, for he
charged them with having intoxicat-
ing drinks prepared for them at parties
and soda saloons, which he knew was
not true. He did not stop there, but
in his last Saturdays issue he charged
that some Of our most respectable
white ladies visited a negro school for
the purpose of getting husbands. I
have the names of several ladies who
attended the examination, amongst
whom l find two of our best female
teachers in the white schools.
Last of all, he has discovered a
private letter written by myself, which |
he keeps standing and repeats each
day, making that the theme of his
editorial matter from day to day,
which is about the only decent thing