The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-08-27
RFAsUHY OFFICE, OHIO, }
Columbus, OFT. 90 80 [

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erof Stat nnym mt in f of al balances charr
| I'd az .nst hin a, sad Tr a~urer ON the book
of this Office, ia uary IL, 1852, aud all in
deb ednes~ which has appeared against him up t
this da;e. j. G. BRESLIN, Tr of State.
Any one on re, ding this rec ipt would hav,
| Suppos Il tha Mr. Bills h td paid over all the mon
ev du" the STAT. Such was not The fast TIL,
l"ce' pi was false There was b lance of S65 0O(
due FROM MIR Bliss which was not paid until more
than thrae year, after its date
r IN r'sn'ns" 80 'e.ol tion of the Senate o.
Z lSi2 Mr. cs in addressed an official com
mnncaiinn to tha bolv which is equivalent to n
positive asSer'io that Mr.. Bliss had I'D over ia
hIm all the puhllcf nds belonging to the Treas.
urV
The motives which induced Mr. Breslin to ex.
ecue TINS receipt and make this official statement
o undersigned will not attempt to divine fiji
acts were clearly calcul ttpd. and is fair to pre
sumo. intended to misle4d aud deceive It. was
an unfortunate commencement of an official ca, epr
Iruth Is quality viii n the people lave a right
to expect i'll offic al statements of their sworn SER
wants.
The reporr Of Mr. Breslin for the fiscal wear end
ing NOV. 10, 1893. shows a balance of SiS3 574
W at that date in the raasuuy. In the same re
port he states tha: the Commercial Bank of Tole
to- the CITY Bank NJ Cincinnati and W W
Cones d o. h ID lied with an aggreyate of
Si'3 col loof The public money in Their hands
ne subtraction of This from the amount in
the Treasury leaves clear balance of 1859 723
- Upon th" balance there was no extraordina.
ry demand eXcep for tn. payment of .nterest on
the fore On debt due Jan | 1856 which amount
rI WIN tn * lenses as char sed hy him TO x4oI
32' 20 ducring this from he clear Nalance in
the Ire1snrv as shnwn bv his report there ia still
ha'a 'cr OF Sl3S 4O2 81 a sum sufficient with
the re 'hlar daily i"com of the Save, TO meet al
rs linbltie7 until th >ettlrm"n with the Corn.v
r. ,sHrerS IN the February 'nloving Besides
me 'tSt men lon-,i amount, NJ B esl,n had in
h'S hi1d S94 7sS 89--the funds Of tie Crn4
b "k OF Gle el nd whicn he does not notice j.. hi>
'e,i.'rt.
With fund in hi posses ion amplv sd opatc IN
meet al the dem 'nds whr"h cou'd BE- made upon
t'e 'reasury h i su ID circular 10 the Coun,
masnfers' referring them q the act of lS4i. and
huhg upon them tn make the advances required
nv tnat law to enable him tn paw the January in
Ter st La compliance with the demand, the
Cnnntv IreaSurcr| pnid into tn. State Treasury
SOU 40 ~ between the 9th day of Novemh,r
and the time at which he was succeeded by Mr.
Gibson. y
1t is true that in making his demand upon the
county ireasurers, he acted in conformity with
the Provisions Of | W, and the long establish ed
Practce OF the Department, ye. it could NOT have
been Intended that the law or the practice should
continue after the reaso of them had ceased 1t
S "a . peen SHOWN mat he had sufficient means to pay
an the claims against the Treasury. without max
ing TINS demand Why then did he make il p
The testimony of Mr.. Hines lat. Treasurer of
FRANKLIN County. discloseS the fact that the.e was
" tx rA"' uinar anxiety on the part Of Mr.. Bres.
TN. To- receive the s 20 00n dit fr,m that Couptv
he called twice at the cffr re of the County rr.as
nrer before that officer, for reasons assigned in his
u"poHlt'on, very reluctantly aid IT, If there was
a. the books showed there should have been more
IN IN 'Ait million in the Treasury. there was no
this instance "
ne cts disclosed in he deposition Of Mr..W
u Dr-hlrr, Tar iSrts un"quivural evi ipnce of an
r'npt. r'a:nr5 towards the clnse Of Mr. Br 81 ms
Il 'm'nl't"a'ion. Fhe hooks of the office AZ bef re
st tel, showed more than one ha f million in his
"ahd ,Fti nc nntonlr requested he holder 10 post.
pane the p'eSrntati' IN of a draft of $50 600 but
Whrh II was ultimately presented paid only Dor
i'h "t me amount. Though frequently i'm por-
Iuh"h tr the h'lancc il was not prid for more
tn.sH l" weeks fter It's tir,t pr sentaton 1t was
ma. .ly re- ie"mrd i" funds which CT, arly ndicat
,hnt the rr'l mr. was lependen upon its da "
receipt to m1rt it, current expenses
condnc' of party is alw Tvs Of rrert i'm
,a"c, IN determining his guilt or innocence,
IN" hl5ht OF on accused of crime i. a circnm-
stance n licat"rv of gu It An innocent m an does
not rs,o1 o. It In'rea nf NV id'n he court. ir.
qurv in'n h'sc nduct. Mr. Bre-liu was rpuuast.
Ell by 'r't"r cory Of W ich : her.t, a'tachcd)
-" o. ,'rh.-h n, =" h th" r''ripts "X"cnt j by Mr
GlnS"n +" nam AMI to be pre- ent at he m ma
non Oi the Witnesses. Hp has neither conn led
WIN our rlqu'S nor replied to oar letter H. ha,
He'd to n foreign jurisdiction His fiybt was no.
c"mp1n"d with de iara'ions clearly proving that
n, r'sortad to it toayoid inquiry He sid to one
of ihe witnesses tn 1t he w6uld not be taken his
person They should never have under any cirum
ST
II Mr. Prrsliu has paid his successor all the
F'''' ! onevs rhi h were in his hands he must
we vv den,e of th" fact. To the request mad. of
MN % pr'hnce The rec9irtS ex cu'ed by NJ. c ID
-on he has not thought proper to reply
Not being abe t. obtain the best evidence of
tn amounts which he paid 20 his successor a
aniilar l'gnl principe au' hnrized to resort to
mat OF Inferior quality On application to Mr.
"lhson we wer" furn shed with copies of the re
celpls hev confirm his statements 0fthA amounts
submitted van
1t appears that Mr. Breslin had some interest
IN tn" Green>boro Bank of Maryland and it is in
evidence that he spent 900 in contesting and
resisting the repeal Of y charter before the
Legislature of that State Il is clear that within
the last year, he was the holder of $4,000 of
he Cumberland Savings Institu ion of the same
State
Hr loaned 500 1000 tp The Sanduskv Mansfield ,l
Newark Railroad COmpany-On which he received
but So ,o0r aud compromised the balance by IA.
KING the bonds of the Company for S., 500, ,payabe
in 1888 1859, so and 6l
IL" a-o loaned 10 rha Cleve1nd GAINESVILLE k
CincihnHt Railr al Company a large sum. ihp
0rigina' an"ant of which we have rot been ali.
- learn In December Ia-, there was due n,,on :,
the sun OF S2S $40 So VIII ch was pa d in the hond
at The Company payable in N"vonbcr 1853, with
rer cent interest,"
Mr. BreSin >o1ght interviews with two of The
W tn"sses VIII m We have eXamiDed and in com
Vrr-allon with them, male acknowledgements
" ch demons'rate that the dpfa' cation acc rrod
d'rl"g his administration Of The Treasury
Ia ,"nversaiinn wi'h Col. Sc"onlrr shen urged
o. make pub &c EXPOS nn Of the matter, he re-
Plied that -, wo i'd 10 no gOnd ""ihat h. could
not make th- disclosure without involving the
character OF Other, and the happiness of their fam.
'lles-and THAT he W uld not d. " He pronounced
thr attacks OF the press upon Mr.. Gibson unjust,
aud said tn t his (Mr G's) statements ia re.
gardtn the deftcation were true - that if Mr.
"'b,on was to blame one pat in hundred IN re-
gard to the matter l am to blame ninety min, narts
IN hundred
His CONVERSION with Mr.. Follett. though evi.
DENLY more guarded, was of similar import The
material part Of il il well narrated that We >hall
not attempt an ah'trsct Of il hut give it in full
Mr. F"lieit, says - Mr. b. affected To attach i'm
portance 10 my npinions. and proceeded TO test
the sincerity nf this profession nv recommend ing
that there bhuuld he lns. nf tina nm ,ha ,ar, al