The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-09-17

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Whenever a great criminal is arraighed at the
b,r Of Public Justice the iiTSt thing his lawyers
do is TO demuT 10 the Indictment. The Attor-
news OF Mr. Chase, the Editors O! the Ohio State
Journal, thus rciIse 90 plead TO tie charge
that has been preferred against him. Instead
of showing tlathe Is not. they anc trying 10
make the peoplo believe that nn crime Is lald IN
the 6ets alleged. Now, this = an admission o
matters conlaincd m our articles and the speech
of Mr.. Gcisur The journal IS very much
shocked and amazed, because II Is beng
broadly proca med that Mr. Chase has c"nSli
tutcd himself the hacker and bottle holder
Gibson in the legal contest between tie Siaic
of Ohio, and that individual II Is mlS'akenin
supposipg that the petitition real lN UcncIa!
Geigcr at Harrisburg; IS 90 recover the P,nall
for breach OF 6ibson's lonl. II is Ia get lack,
ifpossible, the sum Of aloye S5tNONn, which
It alleges, Gibson has received as Treasurer oil
State and converted to his own Use. And then
follows the vcrifcatiou in which Christopher L.
Wolcott the Attorney General Of the ate, be-
inr duly sworn, says that he believes the facts
stated in the petition to be true. Ono lact stat
ed is. that Gibson has rtcciei ami conUeriri to ms
o,o1, use, aloue a half million q he Pa5t'c n'o''-
en-. and the Attorney General sweais that he he
lieves the matter so set forth TO bc true. There
is also the finding Of the Grand Jury, who upon
their oaths, have returned as true bills the in
dictments drawn by the Attorney General and
the Prosecuting Attorney against Gibson for en-
bezzliug the money oCthc State.
Now Mr. Chase has taken it upon himself to
contradict the allegations in the petition sworn
to by the Attorney General, and the present
ments ofthe Grand Jury, made upon their oathS
The Journal says that General Geiger has ralS,
ed question Of yeracity between the Jurors and
the Attorney General and Governor Chase
1t is avery unfortunate issue for the latter, II ne
has. Between the Grand Jurors and the AttOr
ney General, upon their oaths, and Governor
Chase upon the stump, we have no hesitation IN
declaring or1r reliance upon the yeracity of the
former. We have heretofore convicted MIR.
Chase of the most unmtigated untruths about
the State House lot and fence in the same speech.
We have demonstrated that he wiliully sup
pressed the truth and suggested taSehoods to
the Assembled people. There is therefore, no
more confidence to be placed in what he says
than in what Gibson swearS; and We now state
our unalterable conviction that there Is not Ill
the whole world, one man of sane mind who
will believe GibSon'S evidence before Sparrow
and Wright after careful examination oft,
The charge against Mr. Chase also enbmces
his gross dereliction ofduty as Governor. 1t Is
not alone that he has gone about, as Salmon T.
Chase, stating falsehoods; but as the Chief Exec
utiye Officer of the State of Ohio. he has bascly
betrayed her interests and disgraccd his Office
for electioneering purposes. What right has he
to go about impeaching the Attorney General
and Grand Jurors, who have simply discharged
public duties under the sanction Of their solemn
0aths? What does he mean by stepping for
ward with the brazen impudcncc ofan Old Bal'
ley practitioner and obStucting the course o.
Al A., 1Ft Has Gint,
to obtain a Judgment for the money it has lost
and true verdict upon the law and the tcStl-
mony, as to the crimes charged against Gibson,
when the Governor, the Representative Of the
Sovereignty, volunteers to clear him, and pro
claims his entire innocence with all the hardi-
hood of practced alibt witness, the iacile alSc-
hood Of an exciseman and the impudenee OF
fraudulent insolyent swearing himself through
the debtors Court?-StotcSmoa.