The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-08-27

i Treasurer on The books Of this Office, jan
uary l2, 1852. and all Indebtedness which
has appeared against him up to this date.
j. G. BRESLIN, Tr. of State.
Any one on reading this receipt would
have supposed that Mr.. Bliss had paid
over all the money due the State. Such
was not the fact
The receipt was false There was a
balance Of So 600 dos. due from Mr..
Bliss which was not paid until more than
three years after its date.
In response to resolution of the Sen.
ate of Dec. 1859, Mr.. Breslin addressed
an official communication to that BODY
which is equivalent to positive assertion
that Mr.. Bliss had paid over to him all
the public funds belonging to the Treas
ury.
The motives which induced Mr.. Bres-
lin to execute this receipt and make this
official statement, the undersigned will
! not attenlpt to divine. His acts were
clearly calculated, and it is fair to pre-
sumo. intended to mislead and deceive
1t was an unfortunate commencement
an official career.
4 Truth is quality which the people
have right to except in official statements
u of their sworn servants
u The report of Mr.. Bresliu for the fiscal
3 year ending Nov. Is, 1856, shows a bal
} ance of 683, 571 and 9Octs at that date
In the Treasury. In the same report he
! states that the Com mercial Bank Of To-
ledo, the City bank Of Cincinnati, aud
Il w. w. Cones d Co., had failed with an
aggregate of l53, 85l dolls. and Is cts.
OF tie public moneys in their hands. The.
] subtraction Of this sum from the amount
| in the Treasury leaves aclear balance ot
$50, 723 dols. and 70 cents Upon this
Il balance there was no extraordinary de-
mand except for the pay ment of interest
on the foreign debt due january /, 1856,
! which amounted, with the expenses a.
charged by him to Al, $50 dolls. and rs
j cts. Deducting this from the clear bal
ance in the Treasury, as shown by his re.
] port there is still balance Of 1873, 492
dolls. 81 cts, sum sufficient with the reg
ular daily income of the State, to meet all
J its liabilities until the settlement with the
County Treasurers in the FEBRUARY follow
J ing. Besides the last mentioned amount,
8 Mr.. Breslin had in his hands 90. 788 dois
J S8 cts, the funds Of the Canal Bank 81
) Cleveland which he does not notice in bis
J. report.
With funds in his possession amply
adequate to meet all the demands which
J could be made upon the Treasury, he is
sued citcalar to the County Treasurers
referring them to the act of 1e41, and
calling upon them to make the advances
required by that law toenable him TO pay
the January interest. In compliance
} with the demand, the County Treas urers
paid into the State Treasury, S7GO,7I5,
} 20 between the 9Th day Of Nov and the
} time at which he was succeeded by Mr.
) Gibson.
t is true that in making this demand
) upon the County Treasurers, he acted il
} conformity with the provisions oflaw, and
the long established practice of the De-
, partment, yet it could not have been in
t tended that the law, Or the practice
should continue after the reason Of then
had ceased. 1t has been shown that ht
: had sufficient means 70 pay all the claim:
gainst the Treasury, without making tbI.
: demand. Why then, did he make iG?-
: The testimony of Mr.. Hines late Treasur
er OF Franklin County, discloses the lac
that there was an extraordinary anxiety
: on the part of Mr.. Breslin, TO receive tht
il So 900 due from that County. He cali
: ed twice at the Office of the County
e Treasurer, before that officer, for reasons
assigned in his deposition, very reluct-
n Ely paid it. If there was, as the books
o showed there should have been, more
n than half a million in the Treasury, there
S was no valid reason for the anxiety which
: he exhibited in this instance.
: The facts disclosed in the deposition OF
Mr.. W. G. Deshler, furnish unequvoeal
evidence of an empty Treasury towards
the close cf Mr.. Breslin's adm nistration.
: The books of the Office, as before stated,
S showed more than one half million in
his hands, yethe not only requested the
e holder to postpone the presentation of a
: draft of $50, 600, but when it was, uld-
f mately presentated, paid only portion OF
: the amount Though frequently imp6r-
e tuned for the balance, it was not paid for
= more than TWO weeks after its first pre-
sentation. Tt was finally redeemed in
funds which clearly indicated that the
, Treasury was dependent upon its daily
receipts to meet its current expenses.
The conduit of a party is always Of
; great Importance in determining his guilt
: or innocence.
) The fight of one accused of crime is a
circumstance indicatory of guilt. An in
t nocent man does not resort to it. Instead
of avoiding the courts inquiry into his
conduct. Mr.. Breslin was reques-
: ted by letter (acopy of which is hereto
attached to furnish us with the receipts
executed by Mr.. Gibson to him, and to be
) present at the examination of the witness
: es He has neither complied with our
request nor replied to our letter. He has
j fed to foreign jurisdiction. His fight
was accompanied with declarations clear
ly proving that he resorted to it in order
TO avoid inquiry. He said to one of the
t witnesses, that he would not be taken;
} his person they should never have under
Il anV circumstances.