The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-17
Chase's Letter 10 j. G. BrcsIm.
The SALESMAN says:

The State has a right 10 expect. 10 the
language ofthe immorta! Nelson, that "every
man will DO his duty" Ours of to-day is
unpleasant but iHrcrstive. Wewould have
been much better pleased if Salmon p.
Chase had been sufficiently modest and not
too lypocriticul TO suffer us TO leave some
parts Of his record unpublished. His fears
and apprehensions of defeat, however, have
driven him TO the verge of desperation; and
he challenges the proof of his dOmnng inia-
my, as 4 madman ce6eS the lightning. The
fanatic, whether in religion or politics, we
can almost respect; the unblushing dema-
gogue, who expends in the pursuit of
phantom, energy and talent sufficient to
mike his fortune in any other calling, we
can tolerate and pity; but the willy hypocrite
who plays the part Of Satan in the garden of
Eden, the cool calculating villain who glides
in aid encircles the unsuspecting with his
snoky evolutons and devilish suggestions,
we cannot but hate end despise.
Whether we regard the conduct of Salmon
P. Chase as The more Otrocious in bcsettiDg
Breslin when he was unsuspecting and mex.
perienced, or in denying, and procuring 9th.
i'ers to deny the existence of his own 'handi.
work, we must all come to the conclusion,
! that he is vile counterfeit OF or honest
man. 1t is n sorry sight to see the Cover.
nor Of the great State ofOhio stripped Of all
his Pharasaical DISCUSSES and held up before
the people, the cowardly falsiier of his own
acts, and traitor 10 his former confdants, as
well US the general pimp' toutor and runner
for set of swiniug in5olvent banks
Who Heaton is, who wrote the letter deny
ing Chase's acti0n in this matter, we DO not
krow, and we 90 not want to know. That
he was the Cashier of the City Bank Of Gin
cinnati is sufficient to enable any one to cs.
innate his honesty; that he is compelled by
Chase to bear false witness in his favor, is
qnite enough to indicate his necessity. We
had not supposed that MIR. Chase's letter was
anything more than business letter, with 9
brief and general endorsement Of the City
Bank; but it turns out to be document, such
as the planncr OF EarglorY or midnight
murder, woIld wrto to some bold and not
very scrupulous man, whom he designed to
lure into The commission Of it. Mr.. Chase
vouches for the liberaliiy of the City Bank
men but protests that, che never borrowed a
dollar Of them" lie is instant aEd earnest
in recommending the Merchants and Ira
ders Bank, but finds it necessary to assert
! that he has no interest as stockholdcr or
otherwise. He bcsets the Treasurer of Ohio
al the instant Of his taking oAice, and endeg-
vors to Cnmcsh him with two rotten banks.
both Of which soon after break. lie sue
cccdcd in Turing him in to 4 deposit in one
Of them; and but for the SuspicioVs protesta.
Of his own disiiio:cstedness, lie would prob.
ably have succeeded in scducing him into
dealing with the other tottercd cheat
These Protcstatiaas Of honesty to Brcslin,
are the worst Of the matter. What man Of
prothy finds ]: necessary to begia n confer.
ence with smother, Us to the public funds, by
saying and repeating, "row 7 am not Their
We DO not mean ~ di5sect infinitely This dis.
graceful letter. 1t tells il own ta,c o. hv-
po"acy ana tcpraylty. We print the letter
Of Mr. Chase, written from Cincinnati. to
Jyhn G. DGcs.in before he had t4ion cfTIcc;
and when tie rUttcnesS Of The City Bank
must. is the Republican committee say, have
been known to erciy man OF ordinary i:rIl.
gence who lad long resided there. After
the name"S !mou y. Chase )" there is post.
script to The lcttcr--a Kind Ct Johnathan
Wild, Gadshjll, "ict IFS share" sort Of argu.
ment, Which the writer evidently thought
Brcsiin would be unable 10 resist. He
"most cordial]y' congratuatcs him Tpon his
election, and assures hin that "he did all that
lay in his power 10 secure it," Now just
compare this man with John G. Dfesin, end
then say who is the worst, Our mother
Eve was guilty, bot what God,would visit
punishment On her and yet forgive the Dev.
il? Brcsia is poor. He has none OF the
Punder. lie is the victim, not the coutri.
yer Of the system set agong to enlrsp him,
before he had entered his Office, by Galmon
p. Chase. 1t is Ch0se'and Gibson who have
grown unaccountabIy and enormously rich.
The pcopIeof Ohio must forgive US fo
exhibiting Salmon p. Chase before them
stripped Of his usual sanct;mo'nious and hy.
pocritcal disguise. 1t is as humiIi1ting to
US as it can be to our fellow citizens, to see
the Governor Of Tie State in the fatherIy
character Of Fagn the Jew, but the certain.
ty that lie will soon be told in tones Of thun.
der, TO 'get hence and give the place to an
honest man." somewhat reconcles us to the
degradation, 10 which for brief period we
shall all be compelled to submit.
PRIVATE.
CINcINXATI, Dec. 80, 1851.
My DEAR SR:-I enclose Mr.. Heaton's
letter which speaks for itself. ] take it for
granted that SO far as the Treasury makes
deposites in Cincinnati, they will not be con-
tinued with the Trust Company. The City
Bank is ! have no doubt safe institution,
and it is managed by excellent and liberal
men. i speak the more impartially, as
never borrowed dollar from them.
presume that your arrangements as to
depositing here are already made, If not,
though | ain bound in Justice to saw what |