The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-18


oi the influence Of The Bank power, ant
its Press everywhere, which Throughout
| the State has sustained Mr.. Breslin in hi
course. We know also that moderate
Democrats, men who regard nothing N
Democracy but is name, and the "spols
profession ofiis principles and alliance
with its honest masses bring, woulc
scarcely approve ofan act, tha, so Eat as
il had effect, would disturb their meaning
less quiet. There was another class
found everywhere, and in all parties
whom We knew would be eager 10 de-
nounce us,--ihs hearlless knaves, that
bask In the sunshine Of party success
ever ready 10 ROB the party, and betray
the true principles 10 which they are only
hypocrites, and which they seldom take
the pains 10 understand, tho men ever
ready 10 defend corruption for ctn
sideration. We expected, we say, that
such would use every means IN
scrupulously TO make us "cave," in their
power; but still we are surprised, and
gr;eved, 10 find our own Senator, false 10
the principles Upon which confding
constituency elected him, bclraying their
confidence, and giving the influence Of
the position with which they entrusted
him, 10 The sustenance Of a gross wrong
upon their best interests. His attack
on us, We can easily forgive. His self
complacent and utterly empty boasi that
he could make US retract our position,
we can treat with The contempiit merits /;
for we are not unaware that many young
men, like himself Of no fxed principles,
and foe social qualities, find influences
10 misleod them at Columbus, which few
are able 10 withstand. But we cannot
pass over his misuse o! his position 10
such purposes in the Senator, though We
may have no hostile feeling TO the easy
won credulily, and "afier dinner" vapor-
ing of the man.
Had Senator Mungen confined him
self 10 an exposition Of what he might be
told was erroneous iD our article, and
proved that in anything we had misrepre-
scented facts, we should have endeavored
TO sustain our positions, or abandoned d
them, for we do not harbor the slightest
hostility to MIR. BresIin personally.
What we want, and what we understand
our people to demand, is, that the Lesis-
lature shall secure the StateTreasury from
all reasonable chance from loss on pecnla
tion; that, rs was demanded by tbs Con-
venion Of the 9Th January last, an Inde-
pendent Treasury system shall be organ
lied by our laws: and that the emoluments
OF tae Stale Treasurer, shall not exceed
The SALARY Of Foreign Minister, and 60
beyond thai Of United States Cabine,
officer.
The Democracy Of the Northwest will
ask higher and better authority then Sena.
tor Mungen, and some facts, before they
will concede that Auditor Morgan has
been actuated by motives Of corruption.
We have but slight acquaintance with the
man, but the henest men Of the State
have most unbounded confidence in the
incorruplible integrity ofihe officer. Nor
will i, be easily conceived that the elo-
qnent and radical Democrat, Attorney
General, George e. Pugh, is a mere
angry and disappointed msrcenary, an
xous TO abuse his office to the bases
Nor will they readily believe
aught againl DR.. Trevi,t without proof
Of another kind than Mr.. Mungen's
We tell him that in compari--
son with the trusted integrity Of these
public officers, his own is subjected to the
gravesi suspicion. We Tell him tina, what
is required is an exoneralion Of Mr.. Bres-
lin from the charge Of usurpa,ion in office,
from imputed designs OF pecula,ion, and
corruption, and not the ready recritnina-
lions Of subservient tools in office, What
ever may be the misplaced position, &C.
cdent OF intrigue, and moi merit or ca
pacity, may have placed them in.
The truth is. neither is Mr.. Mungen
at faul, originally for his assulls upon
some Of the best Democratic officers the
State ever had, or Mr.. Breslin for the
Objectionable management Of the State
Treasury. Both are but the ready instru-
nents of the Unseen Power behind the
csnes which rules and guides them.