The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-06-25
From the Newark Advocate.
STUPEND0US DFFALCATIOFS!!
THE BLACK nrsrpLIcAN ''nEronMnnso Ar woni
T'he State Treasury CoIgapsed!!

!
The newspapers, telegraphic dispatches, and
other advices from Columbus, received within
the past few days, bring the astounding intelli-
geuce that II deGtlcatlon exceeding HALF A
! MILLION OF DOLLARS has been discovered
in the accounts Of w. H. Gibson, the Eepubli-
can State Treasurer elected in the fall Of 1855
under the allurjng banner Of "hETRENCu-
MENT and REFORM" aea
The pIbc ann Juuccment OF this enormous
delalcat on has fallen like thunder clap on the
ears oil wonder struck community and honest
Republicans as we'll as Democrats; sare filled
with intense Indignation at this startling evil
d .nce Of dishonesty in those who CRYING "St2y
Ihief'' sought and succeeded in gaming posses
sion ot places where they might piagc and
iFhihler TO their heart content.
! This nah Gibson is man OF ability, a law
yer, a brmer Bank President Railroad Pres
ltent, speculator in stocks, and political de
claimer OF tact. power and eloquence. In the
last Pres;d9n;ial contest it was the boast of his
special admirers shat he had stumped forty
counties Of Ohio previous to the first Of Septem-
bar Daring the disastrous contest of 1855,
which resulted in the election of Chase g. Co.,
his speeches all over the State were distinguish
ed for their intense bitterness and their foul as
the Democratic State Administration then in
power. He appealed 10 the people to drive the
I"THIEVES" and "IMBEClLES' from power,
and to elect Chase and other men who had the
intellect and integrity essential to the proper
supervision Of the States best interests. I'm,
der the excitement and delusion which then un-
happily peryad I'd the length and breadth Of the
country, these impassioned appeals fell on will
| iiup pnr The llpnppr1Fu Tlrvap from,
power, and the people, mised by false lssues,
and confdng in the sincerity Of the pledges of
the Republican leaders, surrendered the State
into the keping OF Messrs. Chase Ford, Gibson
| Il Go. And now, at the end Of bare seventeen
months-BEH0ED THE RESULTl
) ArefeBce has been SET up, that this enor-
nous detaication Of S541, 900, is in fact the de-
fault OF Mr.. John q. Breslin, who was the for
mer State Treasurer and the brother-in.law of
Mr. Gibson. "D,oVnjng men catch at ma,cs,"
and desperate politicians may seek to save them
selves by clingng to this imposture. But it
won't do---it is fallacous. 1t may answer for
awhile still further to deceive and misead the
lconiiling, but it won't bear the test OF intelli-
| gent examination.
/ Its utter impobabHity, If not transparent fal-
| sity is established NOT SIMPLY bS the last anhu-
al report Of Mr.. BreSlin III which he infinitely
particulaIiLed his LOSSES buG by the annual re-
potts Of the present Republican State officers,
by the message of Gov. Chase, and by the spe-
cial report OF the finance Investigating Com
mittee (Alessrs Taylor, s nnett and Smith, J
who devoted months during the summer and
fall Of 1856, to a thorough and searching exam
nation Of the past and present. condition OF the
SAFE Treasury. AL Of these authorities estab-
Ii IN The fct that the outsdn aiihtf fflq 4 from
and not yet paid by Mr. Breslin, was some
S2l2 800 OF thereabouts. III an additional sum
Of over haf am llioaa Of dollars, was then mis-
singh how came il TO escape the detection Of a
COMMITTEES Of inyestig Ition who it is not to be
presumed worked lbdnlfolded, or suppressed
the etiuthf
But in addition to the contradiction which is
given to fins prctehce by Gov. Ghase'S message,
isy The annual Report Of Auditor Wright, and
b. the special repurt of the Investigating Com
mitlee, we hly5 still an hjtheraustority that is
Il n;luAys and overwhelming. III is the report
Of MrsAEed Kelley Apil I, 1856, aCcompa-