The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-05
A QUESTION OF VEBACETY
Mr. Van Riper, the White Mans
Friend

The Courier of Saturday contains
the followil article. which VIC copy
in full. Mr.. VAN RIPPER has placed
himself, it strikes US, in no very
pleasant position:
The JOURNAL of yesterday has the
following double loaded paragraph
standing at the head Of its editorial
column:
STAND ASIDE, WHITE MEN!
Let it not be forgotten that mir. Van Ri
per discharged no less than seventy or
eighty white men and omen in 1865, TO
aive their situations - negroes W-Iile
Iaborers ought 10 remember that fact
when they goto the polls on Monday.
The JOURNALS authority for this
statement is one VIM j p. Mills,
who was foreman Of Mr.. Van Ripers
stemmery at the time 1t Is charged
the white men and women were dis
charged. 1t is not known what III
duced Mills to give the JOURNAL any
such statement AccOrdi, to the
paper's own admissi0o, a number of
the women, WHO. as it Is alleged, were
discharged. called at the Office OF the
/ JOURNAL ao1 threatened 60 make It's
/ yrOprie 0rs suffer II they published
| heir names to any statement. This
| threat had the effect OF deterrlng the
! JoUREAL from doing SO. Were there
| no other evidence, however. OF the
untruthiuluess of the above para
graph, the following statement OF Mr..
Van Rper, which appeared In the
Deal0L:rot, yest erday, would be quite
sufficient ! question of veracljy be-
| fween 5he latter gentleman and the
JOURNAL, oliy mas to be stated to be
| decided.
Mr.. EDITOR You are hereby requested
TO say that the c .arge made in the Y Il "a
OF day before yesterday that at one time
DISCHARGED nv white Iaoorers and engaged
negroes In their stead is entirely unjust
md fal~e. There is not a word of truth IN
I. and whoev asserts anything of the
K ud knowingly utters an untruth
E. g. VA, hIPER.
The SuANKLIN B3S~are funny fel
lows. Trey enjoy jokehugely, and
are always getting their h<ends into
trouble for the pleasure of laughing
at them. We think Mr. VAN RIPER
has been persuaded by these inveter-
ate jokers to so far forget himself as
to deuy our statement with regard tc
the discharge OF white latOrers il
1865, and supplying their places with
negroes. We derive no pleasure il
furnishing the following certificates
which convict Mr. VAN RIPPER o
falsehood. Yet to substanIiate oul
charge, we are compelled to do so
We ask our readers to examine tn,
names and afidavits. All these wit
nesses cannot be mista ken in a mat
+ ter which occasioned them so mucl
4 trouble.
The following are the certificate
q and aft hdavits.:
EvANsvILBE, Ind, /
Il March 20, 1869
We, the undersigned ci,Izeos O
Evansville, hereby certify that durinI
the mon b of May, 1860, We were EN-
: p!oyed as stemmeTs IN the Tobacc
Warehouse on Water Street, in Ev
) ansyIlle. and that we were discharge,
by order of Z. q. Van Ripper, Agen
Of Fatman & Co., and our places sup
y piled with negroes:
Henry c. Newman, Rosetta Kinsou,
George w KensOn, l. uisa Lawb,
% IOun NOzer SaiiIe 81 ewart,
f,dear D. Mis- EiIz LoYeli,
of George w Mills Dorotha McGirk,
Edw II Mills lilly C4erard,
IA Joseph Carson, Mrs Rhyme.
Mary A Jaus Hannah High,
:. I W. Carson, Fred. Struck.
STATE OF INDIANA,
80 Vanderburgh County,
rs William j 2. Mills. being 0ul
a. sworn on his oath, says that lie hs
heard each aud every one OF the De
sons hose names are signed to tt
foregoing statement, make said STATE
nj ment, aud that the statement was rea
to each and every one OF said uelsop
II aud that they, each and evelv on
ty signed or author,z ii their resoecti,
K names to De signed to said statemeu
= WILLIAM j. T.. Mills.
- Subscribed aud sworn to before 10
ny this 30th day Of March. A. ID. 1869.
c. CHAkLEs'H. BUTTEkFIELD.
Notary Public.