The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-10-07
CHASE THE INsTIaAToR, ACCOM-
PIlcE AND DupE OF. GIBSON.

CI1A0G If1E INOI4SA1oIky AS&/A-
PIlcE AND DUpE OF, GIBSON.
When We saw Mr. Chase's extraordina-
ry decla ration, to the effect, that not one
dollar of the missing public money hader-
er stained the handssof ally Republican
Officer, we concluded that he had been
forced to make it, by some great and secret
influence. In no other could its atrocity I
and impudence be accounted for He
was the Governor of the State, and he |
his duty, to take sides with a
man. charged with high crimes against the |
Commonwealth. He had tostentatiously
directed the Attorney General to prose.
cute, and he pronounced two indictments
false; found by the Grand Jurors, upon
their oaths, at the instance of the Attor-
ney General to be true. He directed the
Attorney General to bring suit for the
recovery of$549,O0O of the public money,
and he took the first opportunity to declare,
that what the frst law officer Of the State
had sworn he believed to be true, was to-
tally false. He was the representative of
the people, in whose name justice pro-.
ceeds, and he did all in his power to OBJ
struct the course of justice. He was the
colleague and friend of the accused, and he
constituted himself his advocate and cham
pion.
He was lawyer and without a fee
he endeayored to defeat the intent of the
law He was the sworn guardian and
protector of the Courts, and he usurped
the province of the Courts, and forestalled
the decision of the Judge and Jury. The
parallel to his conduct does not exist in
America. To find it, we are forced to go
back to the semi-ba.barous and despotic
times, when crowned miscreants ordered
the acquittal of their creatures by Judges
and Juries, and trampled upon the laws,
which even they had not swernto administer
lawfully. ii sel75 45l 81. E.G. a sate
+. We nosoonery saw his statement than
we pronounced it, in this paper, the bad
blunder of a base demagogue, lor the over.
eager action of an accompliee, rushing,
Iprematurely, to thes relief of "a partner In
guilt. We are now satisfied, that it was
the latter Mr. Chase at thesfiead of3the
Republican ticket, is led in ia halter, by
VIM. HfGibson, aud is compelled to ass
severate the iunocence of the latter, to.
prevent his own denunciation as confed-
crate in the business. Mr.. Chase stood
iby and abetted Gibson in lending the mon
ey of the State of Ohio, to buy up, SUBJ
bsidize, or carry on. q partizan paper, the
Ohio State Journal, published in Colum-
i bus. Whether that able and artfuE ad-
ventu.er concocted the scheme for the
texpress purpose of getting o firm hold on
Chase, is nowiof. little moment. 1t is cer-
tain, that while he was engaged for a year
and a half, in carrying on the most won-
i derful scheme of fraud and deception
\ ever devised and executed by mortal man,
j he did devote part of his extraordinary
but much abused talents,1to getting Chase
into his power. The latter might very
well describe minutely ina his Cincinnati
speech, the means by which Gibson impos
ed upon poor Wright and the Investiga
ting Committee he might very well I'M
derstand and explain how Gibson hat
baffled end foiled that astute fnancier
Alfred Kelly, and the Senators; for he hat
himself stood by and assisted in part 0
these operations. He had not only warm
. ly applauded the. skill of the ostensibl
!, performer of the tricks, but had, at leas
i lin one instance, supplied part of the ma
chinery.. Impelled by his propensities t,
engage in underhand schemes for gettins
money out of the public treasury, as e1
/ empli6ed by his letter carrying and lette
, writing for insolvent banks, Chase eithe
proposed the plan to Gibson, or aushe
! eagerly into the trap set for the expires
purpose of catching him. The bait wa
5 an interest in the Ohio State journal 70
: one of his creatures.
S The bargain, was consummated. Th
II money was paid :, The note was execnte
: payable to a bank, or its order. Tha
I note was delivered to. Gibson; and to Sc
It cure him harmless, he got the guarrante
i of Salmon p Chase. We have not ,ye
: ferreted out all the details of the transac
n tion, for this reason: the men engaged, il
!! lit, knowing its infamy, resorted SO ever
d Iexpedient they could imagine to keep
l. secret. But of this we are certain, tha
:, Salmon z. Chase executed write,
to Gibson, to secure the Ire
ad payment of this money, and we defy, Sal
B. lmon P Chase TO contradict the substap
it ,tial truth of our statements. We ais
it challenge Auditor Wright to deny tha
IS he knows, or has reason to believe, tha
le Chase executed a guarantee for he pay
al ment Of such a note, which gparrante
IS, was. in the hands Of Gibson when he srt
N, signed The Office Of Treasurer of STATE
d We aver, and distinctly charge, that Nj
10 Wright had reason, to believe this. an
le that. he acted on such belief during pal
" Of the Wright and Sparrow Investigator
is We. shall take no notice whatever of II
,r denials amy hacknied falsifer, alternate
s. lly. bought bribed. owned and discarde
by any clique, that chooses to invest
a. him Let SALMON p Chase deny tn.
,e he executed the instrument which afte
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