The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-09-25
LANCASTER, ( OHIO;

loss oihe ,stslef- Facts Eor ths eonsIders-
tion OF Tax payers.
We have Just had our attention called
10 a matter that roUghtt6 be khdSh t0sS'
eryfeilizen Of thelStste!u I'VE have ffm
TINE 10 time warned the tax, payers Of
EOhlo agelnst the consequences Of trust
ling the management Of matters TO the
leaders Of fthe LocofDco party. B6tli'ib
national aud State affairs. the 'teedttls d
baud anlly shiiw that, while protesting
great love for the dear people J ihey are
lproverbially esreless and indifferent 10
every thing except the emoluments and
spoils Of office, and that willie they have
held the feiis Of government. The State
has s0ffsred losses To a vssuamouut, both
by Needless, careless c9Ddpdl,i taDi by q
more positive application Of the Propen,
| sity To pifer from the public CRIB. A lew
days since, We published long list Of
The enormous steafiNgs by lhe leading
men Df THAI Party.fr'm the trehsury ofihe
nation. One would thij'k tba; SO many
millions taken withor, ;iIe least excuse
or palIiaiion, except the propensity 10
steal, would forever shut the mouths If
Locofocns oftlfe fStatesmah stripe aboot
GatpAiaisma But enough of the past II
hasde emnnslrated, 10, the, people what they
4expeet, ,I il Pl future ffr9p the, the same Ig,
Isource.'
To return. We fi0w proceed To lay
befnre the public transactlon in this city
OF Columbus, whereip. the Staie,has. prob;
ably lost from THIRTY TO FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS by the blundpring, to use no
harsher term. Of Locofoco Office holders
i, On the 26ih of March, ISl7. an action
of EJectment. was commenced on the
part of GILBERT & SWAN, against E N,
'SLocpM, Quarter Master General of Ohio,
to'obtaih possessinn Of the Arsenal aud
the ten acres Of grOuIId on the bank Of
the canal in the Southwest part of this
city, being the old Penitentiary lpl. 1t
was claimed on. the paIt Of the plaintiffs
in SUBSTANCE. that. this ten acre tract was
decided tn the State for the purpose '0f Il
Penitehiiary GRAND alone; aud that wlleit
the State moved this institution To it's
present location, the grnpnd reverted to
the prigi0nal owners, The building now
used as the Arsenal j. on that lot. and
was IN the possession at that Time, Of the
defendant, E, N, SLocUM., as Qaarler1
Master. General Of the State The Dec,
laralnp describes the land as ten acres,
commonly known as the old Peniteptiary
lot, in Section &C.. Township s, Ran e %
Of Refugee lands. The Declaration was
served on E. n Sl,oGUM who was theu
| in possession Of the premises as State
officer, April 18Th, 1S47, Henry STAN
Berry, as Attorney General for the Stale,
filed the Conseut rule. From that day
tpthe time of his going out of office. last
Spring, he has, been. ready for trial, and
the cause, has been continued generally
atthe request of the plaintiff attorney,
E. BacKps, Esq, oflhls ci,yt.JT og,l;.
About the title of this land there is
really but little doubt onon afieryihe
announcement nfthis suit, we think dur
lug the session .of lS47-'S Mr. .SrANBRRY
mddesa report TO the Legislature, where
Z in be demonstrated that the title. of the
State to the land in dispute was perfect,
aud few Lawyers will doubt it who will
4 take the trouble to examine IT, Thisl re-.
4 purt, we think. is among the State pal
psIs of that year, and, cun bs examined
/ by, the curious, ..fy ,y.,,.. ~, s,,i,
In the Spring of 1851, the time tol
A which Mr.. SrANBERY had been elected
( expired. The Legislature failed to pro
vide forihe election fins successor. ant
. the duty Of filling the vacancy deyolveC
+ upon Governor WouD. ........... ....
: We have heretofore fprborne to remarl
+ upon the character OF this appointment
f We know that thousands Of Democrat
were Vexe.l. aud Indignant that the Gov
ernor shouldsmake such a selection as he
I did We heard Democrats. high in the
confidence of the patty, and oGce holders
4 declare that Governor WooD was totally
(. unfit to make any selection. that the ap
{ pointmeut for Attorney General was th'
most miserable of all, and that it woult
DO WIZ pEOdt lVluOtouSO luoi no SOuA'
ever vote. for WOOD again, as-he hat
shown himsef'so poor a Judge of men fn
his appointments. But To the very seri
Gus damage OF the State. Governor Wool
appointed j. McCpRMIcK as the AttoI
uey General, in the place Of Mr., Stan
RERY. We forbear To c0mment upon tn
career Of this gentleman since that un
lucky hour.H We shall speak now ,onI
ofhis acts as connected with the case IN
der cOnsideIatlnn.7 81 .te uIgI 1.;es ai ,f.
81. As soon as McCoRMrCK arrived in ca
lumbus, after his appointment, Mr.. Stan
} Berry passed over to him the dUcket of tn
Attorney General. containing anon
others, the present case, He especial
called his attentionrto it, and gave him
: brief of the points and arguments iha
he had prepared to use in the defence.
At the, Spring term, 1851, of Frankli
! Common Pleas, when the trial was pend
J ling, Mr.. HBACKUs. the attorney for u
I ! claimants, gave McCoRMlcK, notice thg
! he should insist on a trial at the Jul
! term. When this term arrived NJ
BAcKUs called McCORMCK's attention
il while they were in the, ,C9urt. HOUSE
aud he then declined to have anything
!, do with il, or to defend it any further.
The defendant was then called by tn
!. Sheriff, aud the Attorney General was a
! so called. He appeared, and, in pre'
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