The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-02
a:i6sOT VS.. Gibson,


We commend the following able article
from the Columbus Fact "a neutral paper) to
the editors of the Portage Democrat, and
their Republican friends, who desire to
screen Gibson from the just Indignation of
the public:
"KEEr 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE. of all
the papers we have read, the Journal of II IN
day is certainly the most extraordinary. In
an editorial article it says "KEEr IT BEFoRE
THE PEoPLE-Tlat Gibson has stated diS.
tinctly, and published to the world, that the
defacation was caused by John G. Bre- lin
and that notone dollar Of the public funds has
been lost by him." This is very important
to be so distinctly stated by Gibson, and
should be kept before the people; but let us
see what else Mr.. Gibson has as distinctly
stated before.
Mr.. Gibson "distircty' stated to the Com.
mittee Of Finance that Mr.. Dreslin paid him
from the l4th of January, 1856, to the 5th OF
March, 1856, Eight hundred ard thirty sac
| thousand dollars, and the Journal In its rti.
Gle of Monday says, that since that time,
"the Auditor, therefore, without any previous
notice to Mr.. Gibson, entered the Office and
proceeded to make an examination of the
money ard books Of the department. as re.
quired by law. he counted the MONEY
and papers in the Treasury and found them
! to be correct-just as the Investigation Com.
mttee did subsequently, and be 60 stated to
the Governor"
So the fact is distinctly stated by the Au-
dior, through the Journal, that The "tioNEEY''
and "papers" and "books" acre all riykt af-
ter Gibson took possession of the Office.
Mr.. Gibson himself has stated that mat
ters were all right. Mr.. Kelley, Mr.. Wright
and the "Smelling Committee made exam
nations, and report tie money, papers and
books, all right. And now to exonerate
Mr. Gibson from embezz ing any of the
money, the Journal says: keep it before
the people that Sir. Gibson says distinctly
nc7o, that he did not embczzIe one dollar
On are led to believe that the matter has not
been "distinctly" stated BY any of these par
ties, bef,re now. 1t is therefore verv impor.
tant to state matters s'distinctIy." Mr.. Glib
son may be able TO speak "distinctly" now
but he undoubtedly is troubled with seri.
Gus impedimsnt in veracity, which will prove
fatal to him.
The Journal lays great stress upon the
fact that Bresln will not speak out and deny
Gibson's statement. If he ,catlnot make u
better fist of speaking than Gibson has done
we think he shows good sense in holding his
tongue.
The Journal wants to "keep before the
people" what Gibson says. The editors
must certainly have confidence in the credi.
bility Of (Mr. Gibson) its witness, as it Ger.
tainly would not desire to palm off upon the
people,, a liar, to convict any person of
crime. To satisfy the people that he is an
honorable and reliable man, it says of him,
''Mr. Gibson, in his desire 10 screen Mr.. Bres.
lin, no doubt, borrowed the money for The
time being, from the certain banks, and when
he thought the examination closed, returned
it again" The journal says there is NO
"doubt'' of this. Now, can it be possible
that the Republican party is so far gone as
to require the testimony Of such a Dilness to
be kept"before the people" for any purpose?
We always thought the "hider as bad as the
stealer." The next question is, which are
the "certain banks" that loaned this money
temporarily, for the purpose of carrying ou,
the fraud? AS the Journal says there is no
"doubt" about the matter; it is Important to
know who are all the parties to the fraud.
Will Auditor Wright inform us who were
the drawers of the seven hundred and fiftv
| thousand dollars, "individual" checks? and
on what "banks in Columbus were they
darwin. 1t is important to the State, the
drawers, and the banks, to know whether
they are paid. II they are lost and not paid,
| the banks will be compeled In noy ,bon, ~
protest them. If the individuals" are good
for the money, and it can be proven they were
the property of the State, and lost, they
ought TO be collected. If they were a swim.
die, let the people know it. Can't the Jour.
nal get Gibson to "dstinctly state" so that
it can "keep before the people!"