Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-06-24

been committed in some of the depart
ments examined, have not been ascer-
tanned, and probably never will be, in
such form as to justify a report thereon:
and they trust that such measures may
be adopted by the General Assembly, as
will prevent their recurrence.
The State Journal says:
The original statement made by Mr..
Gibson, that not one dollar Of the peo-
Plies money entrusted TO his care had
been lost by him, or by bis acts, stands,
up to this time, without contradiction,
and the original charge that the defalca-
ton existed when he came into office,
and was caused by his predecessor, also
remains uncontradicted. So far as the
examination into the Treasury by the
Commissioners appointed by the Cover
nor has progressed and has produced re-
suits, it confirms, as we understand, the
statements made by Mr.. Gibson.
The well informed Columbus CORES
pondsnt of The Sandusky Register writes:
Breslin had, as l have heretofore hin.
ted, during the November and Deem
Der preceding his surrender of Office,
drawn, in accordance with a law then
existing, somewhere between 500, 600
and $500. 900, avowedly TO meet the
January interest on the foreign debt
This amount never appeared as a charge
against him or the books of the Auditor
of the State-fer the simple reason that
the law under which Breslin made his
drafts p~IecIuded him from any inference
with the Treasurer in this matter, and
placed the movements and dcings of the
latter beyond the control Of the Auditor.
To the dangerous operations of this law,
Auditor Morgan had repeatedly called
the attention Of the Legislature, and
earnestly invoked it anew in lis last Re
port. page Is. In the proceeds of these
drafts lay the bulk of, if not the en-
tire defalcation Of The former Treasur
er, which Mr.. Gibson is now made to
bear. After Mr.. Gibson had been pre-
vailed upon, by the hopes of saving
Breslin's s~ureties as well as the State
from loss, and by the specious assurances
Of Breslin 10 provide in season to meet
the amount of his dsfalcstiou, he was
irretrievably entangled 10 the snare laid
for him, until too late TO retrieve his err
ror, By occasional payments from time to
time, until some $500, 900 was paid over
to him. when the payments ceased, and
Mr.. Gibson found himself obliged TO &C
that the treasury was bank
rupt and himself ruined-politicslly, if
not pecunisrily--by his misplaced reli-
snce upon a promise and engagement he
never have listened to.
The Journal is in error in stating that
when Mr.. Gibson ''came into Cfice he
'ound Mr.. Breslin 10 be a large defaul-
.er." The truth is, that he was not "a
ware of it for some two months after, as
Mr.. B. was occasiOnly paying moneys
nto the Treasury; and about the month
If March and not before, Mr.. B. infor
ned Mr.. Gibson of the outstanding
on his drafts in the hands OF
Treasurers.
This matter will nov be probed to the
and the PluiH Dealer, and other
,apers of TIE same class which have
copied its article, charging this defalca-
ion upon the Republican Treasurer, will
earn at whose door the deepest guilt of
his transaction will lay. We have no
wish that Mr.. Gibson shall be screened:
He has been greatly in fault, whether
lie has been the primary cause of the
oss of one dollar of the peoples money
r not. He should have exposed the
matter at once, and no considera-
ion of friendship or relationship can be
.rged SIS an excuse for his concealment
{ Breslin's defalcation.
We suppose there is no question but
hat the s~ureties of Mr.. Gibson are IL
5le, as well rs those of Mr.. Breslin, and
/ the bondsmen of either or both. are
God for the amount, let il be collected.
If it shall prove that Mr.. Gibson has
Ised one dollar of the peoples money.
re shall be as ready TO expose him as
be our Democratic neighbors. If it
5 proven that the fault is Mr.. Breslin's,
them do the same.