M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17

NeTG tucIc lUeui WHO lOOh lncil Out
Again, on the 9th day of April, 1857,
in accordance with the Treasury law,
. Gibson made ont and published in the
Ohio Statesman a statement ofthe
condition of the Treasury, which he
swore to before r. Hume, Notary Pub
lie. He mado oath that the total bal
ance in the Treasury at that time was
$G7S,O31,04.
This was only two months previous
to the discovery of the defalcation.
Ifthe money was gone on tho 18th Of
June when Chase crushed to the
Treasury and locked itup, we want
to know who is responsiblel
Thus, the several sworn Reports Of
Gibson, the Annual Report Of Audit.
or Wright, who counted the money,
and the Smelling committees Report,
all prove that Gibson stole the money.
To show that Breslin is the guilty
party, we have the opinion ofThomOS
Sparrow, who is mixed up as securi-
ty for wild cat bankers (who have Dor,
rowed the States money and an in.
tcrestcd party, probably, in clearing
Gibsons skirts; and we have the
"opinion "of Auditor Wright, who is
interested politically in clearing Glib.
son and white. washing Gov. Chase's
administration; and we have, also
the declaration of Gibson himself, un.
sworn to. But Wright confesses that
he was deceived once-may he not be
50 again ? Gibson has perjured him
self, and who will believe him9
; We confess that the attempt of Gov
; Chase to clear Gibson from a crime il
which he was SO unmistakably a par
ticipant, in order to securehis (Chase's
election, is one of the most humilia
ting and disgraceful acts, under the
the circumstances, that man in hii
position could be guilty Of. lie ex
poets Republicans to believe that thi:
, Sparrow is more worthy Of belief, anC
less liable TO be mistaken BECAUSE HI
) Is A DEMOCRAT, than all the sworn
statements and investigations of some
dozen Republicans and on this evi.
dence he asks the people of Ohio to
say by their votes for him that Gibson
is not guilty of embezzlement and
that lie himself has been a vigilant
guardian Of the Treasury.
In conclusion, we give the opinion
of VIM. D. Morgan, Of this Sparrow
report, which Gov. Chase praises be-
cause made by democrat:
AS a single though palpable Speci
men OF the unreliability of this report,
and Of the kind of notions which are
held by tie examiners, we may refer
briefly to the fact, that they solemnly
declare to the public, that Mr.. Kelley'S
examination ofthe Treasury in March,
1856, and the examination Of the In
vestigating committee in the fall of
the same year, failed to bring to light
"ANY SERIOUS OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT "
on the part of Gibson! This declara.
tion is made in the face of the fact
that the Investigating committee
brought boldly to light the infamous
transaction between Gibson and the
Attorney General by which 100000
Of the public money wastaken from
the treasury and given over to the
chici law officer ofthe Chase admins
tration for the purpose Of starting
private brokers' office in the city of
Cleveland 1t is made, too, in the
face oi the fact, that the same report
SHOWS that tile pubic money was loan
ed out all over the State without the
security which the law expressly pro.
vides shall be taken before single
dollar leaves the treasury tits made
in the face Uf the fact, that the same
report shows that in July, 1856, Glib
son converted to an illegal use the do
mestic State bonds of Ohio deposited
in his Office for the security of the
note-holders ofthe Independent banks!
In the estimation of these Treasury
Defalcation Examiners, none Of these
shameless acts amounted to "ANY Sc
RIoUs OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT" Men
who can thus think Of such lawless
proceedings, must themselves have
very perverted notions of right and
wrong, and upon unprejudiced minds,
their opinion Of Breslin, Gibson, or
any body else, will have but little in
tlacnce.-[ Newark Advocate.
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