The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-07-17

ioubto tiC ChiobVbOS VI thO hChOit pt ]
he time Mr.. Bresliph held the office,
md that it existed when he retired
rom the Office. Add yet this gen
.leman goes back to Newark and
writes an article throwing the whole
blame upon Mr.. Gibspa,t and in
which he pettiIpss through the whole
column to prove that'Mr. Breslin
could not have been the defaulter.-I
We shall not attempt to answer his
iesuitical party plea. 1t is sufficient
for US TO know that Mr.. Morgan,
when in this city last week, said that
he knew Of the existenc@of the def
cit, and that he was not at all sur.
priOod whom the exp&ure yaO made.
"Again, Mr.. Breslin has not, and
will not deny that the deialcation OF
tho five hundred and fifty thousand
dollars was caused by him, and that
it accrued during the administration
of Mr.. Morgan in the Auditors Of
flee, and himself in the Treasury
Whatever may be the weight Of the
blame which shall attach to Gibson
and we are neither his apologists
nor his defenders in this transaction
the past, at least, is secure, that
the five hundred and fifty thousand
dollars were illegally drawn from
the State Treasury by Mr.. Breslin;
and Mr.. Morgan knew it and said
so. And now this same Mr.. Nor
gan through the columns of his pa
per, volunteered to whitewash Mr..
Freshman act which not even Mr..
Breslin himself has the audacity to
do, even to screen himself from
blame!
"Again; it is a well.known fact
that while VIM. ID. Morgan was Au.
ditor of State, an offer was made by
parties well able to perfect their en-.
gagements, to purchase the stock
owned by the State in the Little Mi
ami and Mad River and Lake Eric
Railroads at par--one hundred cents
on the dollar, which would have put
into the State Treasury the hand
some sum of six hundred and sixteen
thousand eight hundred dollars, ,(616,
S00,) and that he refused to accede
to the sale, for the reason, as lie as.
serted, that he kne,o that tito money
,oould have been misapplied By tie
Treasurer, Mr.. Breslin, and, or his
refusal to make this sale, the State
lost some three hundred ard fifty
thousand dollars. For the value o
Mad River stock is now only nom
inal. and of it the State held anC
now holds S375,700 worth. Tn,
loss of this sum may Justly be at
tributed to William ID. Morgan, be
cause he refused to sell it when HI
could have gotten for it dollar 70
dollar. His excuse was, THAT III
COULD NOT TRUST BREsLIN WITH TIL
MONEY, and now, for a base, party
purpose, he wholly exonerates hin
from past delinquency, and tries t.
fix upon Mr.. Gibson the crimes
which he has heretofore charged up
on his former colleague, Mr.. Bres
lin. So much for that.
| Again, when the January interes
upon the State bonds, either in lS5.
or 1858, Mr.. Morgan consulted MIR
Bresliu in regard to the payment
although Mr.. Breslin told him tha
the money wonld be in New Y orl
to meet the demand, he had no con
tidence that it would be; and h
made a journey to New York to as
certain the facts in relation to it,
To show that Mr.. Morgan had n
confidence in Mr.. Breslin's promise
ar ability to meet the payment, h
himself applied to the State Bank
Ohio for loan to pay the interes
in the event of Mr.. Breslin falling I
have his money ready at the tim
and place, and the bank agreed t
furnish the amount required. Nj
Breslin did have the money ready
and, therefore, the loan from th
State Bank was not taken. Agar
we know of a manufacturer in thi
city who had a contract for iron wor
on the State House, who upon pre-
senting his bills at the Auditors oi
fee, entered into conversation wit
Mr.. Morgan, in the course of whic
Mr.. Morgan said he had no conf
dence in the honesty Of the Treasul
,, er, and that he was corrupt as hell
or words to that effect. We Civ
these facts to show that Mr.. Morga
knew long before Mr.. Breslin's teri
expired, that the public moneys wer
wron gfully used by Mr.. Breslin, an
that a large deficit existed; yet b
kept it from the public, and not onl
acquiesced in the denomination {
Mr.. Breslin, but suffered his nam
TO 90 on the same ticket with Bres
lin, and did what he could to e-elec
!. both himself and Mr.. Breslin.
We come now to article numbe
two, in which, viper.like, he al
tempts to throw discredit upon Gov
ernor Chase and Auditor Wright
, for not acting under the law of Apr
, 8, 1856, in the appointment OF pei
sons to examine into the state OF tn
Treasury, from time to time. 1t ar
pears from the speech Of Mr.. Coz
night before last, that he had bee
reading Mr., Morgan's paper, for h
} repeated the same thing from tn
City Bank steps. We have q com
plete and perfect answer for both tn
, Congressman and ex'Auditor, and
is this: Neither the Governor III
Mr.. Wright thought there was an
occasion for an investigation AS pre-
; vided for by that statute, aud there
al C,.c tbo., IA not xvish RI mt the pN