Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-02

State Treasury by Mr.. Bresin; and Nor
gan knew it and said so. And now this
same Morgan through the columns Of hi.
paper, volunteered to whitewash Mr.. Bres
Lin, charging his delinquency upon Mr.
Gibson-an act which not even Mr.. Bres.
lin himself has the audacity to do, even to
screen himself from blame!
Again, it is q well known fact that while
VIM. d. Morgan was Auditor of State, an
offer was made by parties well able to per
feet their engagements, to purchase the
Stock owned by the State in the Little
Miami and Mad River and Lake Erie Rail
roads at par-one hundred cents on the
dollar, which would have put into the State
Treasury the handsome sum of six hun
dred and sixteen thousand eight hun
dred dollars, (6l6,soo,) and that he re-
fused to accede to the sale, for the reason,
as he asserted, that he knew the money
,could be naisapplied By the Treasurer,
lNr. Breslia, and on his refusal to make
this sale, the State lost some three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. For value of
Mad River stock is now only nominal, and
of it the State held and now holds $685.
200 worth. The loss of this sum may
Justly be attributed to William D. Morgan,
because be refused to sell il when he could
have gotten for it dollar for dollar. His
excuse was that he could not trust Mr..
Breslin acith the money, and now for base
party purpose, he wholly exonerates him
from past delinquency, and tries to fix upon
Mr.. Gibson the crimes which he has hereto
fore charged upon his former colleague, Mr..
Breslin. So much for that. Ban
Again: When the January interest up
on the State bonds, either in 1854 or 1855,
Mr.. Morgan consulted Mr.. Breslin in regard
to the payment, although Mr.. Breslin told
him that the money would be in New
York to meet the demand, he had no con-
iience that it would be; and he made a
Journey to New York to ascertain the facts
in relation to it. To show that Mr.. Nor
gan had no confidence in Mr.. Breslin's
promises or ability to meet the payment,
he himself applied to the State Bank of
Ohio for loan to pay the interest in the
event of Mr.. Breslin failing to have his
money ready al the time and place, and the
bank agreed to furnish the amount fequir-
ed. Mr.. Breslin did have the mony ready,
and therefore the loan from the State Bank
was not taken. Again I'VE know ofa manu-
facturer in this city had contract for iron
work on the State House, who, upon pre-
senting his bills at the Auditors office,enter-
ed into conversation with Morgan, in the
course of which Mr.. Morgan said he had
no confidence in the honesty Of the Treas
urer, and that "ke aoas as corrupt as He'll"
or words to that effect, We give these
facts to show that Mr.. Morgan knew long
before Mr.. Breslin's term expired, that the
public moneys were wrongfully used by
Mr.. Brcslin, and that large diicit exist
ed; yet he kept it from the public, and not
only acquiesced in the denomination of Mr..
Breslin, but suffered his name 10 go on the
same ticket with Breslin, and did what he
could to re-elect both himself and Mr.. Bres-
lin. El~ 4 .-nsHc o,I .5@ .1rsaI
We now come to the article number
two, in which, viper-like, he attempts to
throw discredit upon Governor Chase and
Auditor Wright, for not acting under
the law of April s, 1856, in the appoint
ment of persons to examine into the state
of the Treasury, from time to time. Itap-
pears from the speech Of Mr.. Cox, night
before last, that he had been reading Mr..
Morgan's paper, for he repeated the same
thing from the City Bank steps. We
have complete and perfect answer for
both the Congressmanand the ex-Auditor,
and it is this: Neither the Governor nor
Mr.. Wright thought there was any occasion
for an investigation as provided for by that
statute, and therefore they did not wish to
put the expense upon the State, and the
reason is obvious. re. '''s'
The law in question was passed on the
9Th day of April, 1856. Two days after,
that is, on the 10 of April, the Legislature,
notwithstanding the united opposition of
the Locofocos in both Senate and House, |
and notwithstanding their caucus deter
not to allow a member of their
party to serve on any investigating COM
mittee, the Republican Legislature appoint
ed committee consisting of Mr.. Taylor,
of Mahoning, of the Senate; and Mr.. Smith,
of Knox, and Mr.. Sinret of Licking, of the |
House, to sit during the recess, to exam
inc the Treasury, with power to make q
and complete examination into
the state of it, to demand statements to be
made under oath, and with power to send
for persons and papers. va1 a,sa ..a
That committee was in session off and |
on, from that time until the meeting of the
Legislature in the following January, when
they made their report, sometime, we be-
lieve, in February. It would have been the
height of presumption and offolly for the
Governor, at the request Of the Auditor,
TO have appointed during that time per-
son to make an investigation, and to thus
have usurpel the powers of the Committee
of the Legislature. The report of the
was full and explicit, and show
I'd what was believed to be the true condi-
ion of the Treasury. The Report of Mr..
Taylor was the only one of the three made
which appeared TO commend itself to men
If all parties. He had done bis work
thoroughly. The Legislature remained in
'ession until the middle Of April last, two
months ago. In each branch during the
.ntife session there was committee of FL