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

GEORGE W. McCooK,
ofJe6erson County.
senator TIungen, the state Treasury
and the Editor OF tho Kallda Ven
ture.
"The bill for the reorganization Of the
Stale Teasnfy was taken up, and thc
question being on striking out all atel
the enaciing clause, and inserting new
bill.
Mr.. Atkinson read m essay on the
management, of the State finances, and
IN exposition of Democratic platforms
and commencing the tidy hohsewifery o
the domestic economy that manifests III
frugal cleanliness by sweeping ou, the
Galphins."
MIR. Mungen replied 10 a spirited de-
nial OF the imputaiions cast upon bis
"Democracy" by the friends of the
original bill, and defended Mr.. Bresin
from an attack upon lha, gentleman in
the columns ofihe Kalida Venture. lie
foreshadowed his de,ermin iion Of max
ing tho editor Of that paper "cave" when
favorable opportunity presented, and
read chapter in The secret history OF the
last 9Th Of January convention.
He thought that If the Fund Commas
sioners had been permitted 10 finger the
money of the State Treasury, their com
plants against Mr.. Breslin never would
have been heard Of, and the bill under
consideration would have been OF a very
different construction. Mr. NJ. continued
al some length, and rdlculcd the scrnm-
ble between the Slate officers with great
pungency. but always aiming his wit at
the heads of the Fund Commissioners"
We fiud the above in the report of the
proceedings Of The Senate, Of the 9th
inst, in the Ohio State Journal. Ii does
not appear in the Statesman. We pre-
sume the report Ia be correct, Judging
from Mr.. Mungen's sensili'eness and
prumpinesB on former occasion, in deny
ing through the Press, that he meant II,
when he proposed 10 TAX war pensioners.
Then he became conscious that he occu-
pied ridiculous position. We presume
from his silence that he thinks differently
Of his position now, and is satisfied with
his arrogant, insolent, and meaningless
boasiIng IN the Ohio Senate.
Mr.. Mungen forgels that elevation TO
the position OF Senator BY the people,
does not necessarily, carry with il the
qualifications requisite to I'll the station,
nor confer upon the recipien,th the required
intellect to perceive, or the honesty 10
correct, official corruption. We concsde
the position to Mr.. Mnnsen, but his
course in that body, forbids us to concede
10 him anything else. The Democracy
OF The Northwest Of Ohio, have long been
known over the State as composed OF men
uncorrupied by the influence of pecuna-
y :orpora,ions-as the stern, unvaverlnS
and incorporating opponents of Banks
Of circulation and Discount, of all forms
Of curreucies but that known 10 tho con
siitu,ion Of lbe United States, Gold and
Silver. Il is well known also that our
Democratic People have ever been oppos
cd 10 official corruption, and to peeulaIion
il public stations, whether that pecula'ion
and corruption was tho act Of Wing OF
Democrat, and that they have no de're
that their press or their Senators shall be-
come the shield or cover for public
wrongs, or official rreachery. Ascertaining
from undoub;ed sources that course OF
official pecuIalion upon the public Treas
ury had been carried on by the Whig
Treasurers, Whi,ehill and Bliss, by which
on msagrs salaries, and With meagre ca
paciiy, they had become possessed, with
out color Of law. Of large means from
their Offices, and ,ha; the latter catering
the Office poor, left it a man Of Oyergrovn
fortune; and ascaraining from the report
Of ihe Fund Commissioners that Mr.
BresIiD, (elecicd as Democrat, and
granted salary BY law, fully equal to bis
due reward for al the service he was
called on or capable Of performing,) was
in all probability ireading the same path
OF Official delinquency Tor personal emolu
meni, we gathered, while in Columbus,
such facts, as We believed We could
sstibIisb the ruth Of il required, inl