M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-03
Gov. CbaSc's Speech--Basc At
tempt 10 Deceive the People!


our State affairs have been managed
under his corrupt administration. 1t
is indeed astonishing that a man of
his abilities will appear before the
intelligent voters Of our County and
apologize for the disgraceful pro-
ccodings of his State officers and the
Legislature Of last winter, and falsely
state that not one dollar had been lost
to the State through Republicans.
Chase, Ford, Gibson, Baker, Wright
& Co. two years ago were the men
the Black Republicans put in Office to
manage the affairs ofthe State. Now
we ask the tax payers Of Vinton coun-
ty to look at them! Chase himself,
recommended the Treasurer to depos-
it near 100000 Of the peoples mon
ey in rotten bank in Cincinnati,
which, a committee appointed by their
own Legislature report was known by
any sensible man to be an unsafe place
for depository of the public money.
No wonder he said the money would
be safer in the pockets of the people.
He told us how he hastened to Colum-
bus in June last when the $40, 900
"camo up missing" and did not sleep
till he had secured the keys of the
Treasury and locked it up safe after
the money was all gone, and compell-
ed his friend Gibson to resign. Ford
secures $4,000 to spend in election
eering purposes in Pennsylvania,
which is never heard of afterwards {;
Gibson, eighteen months after being
sworn into Office discovers that the
Treasury is minus over half a million
Of dollars, which, the Attorney Gen
aral, Black Republican, in commen-
cling suit for its recovery, made and
filed his affidavit in Court, was lost or
stolen. from tile State Treasury du-
ring Gib8On's term ofo6ics. In De-
cember last Wright, Auditor of State,
in his Annual Report (page 15) states
that the money now missing, was in
the State Treasury on the 18th of No
vember 1856, and that lie san and
counted Hthere athat time! So state
tile investigating Committee and SO
S,CearS almost the entire body polite
and corporate OF Black Republicanism!
Wright, Baker and Kimball, as Fund
Commissioners, loan the latter over
100000 Of the peoples money to set
up private Banking or shaving shop
in Cleveland, which is lost to the
State-shaving the peoples notes with
their own money! Wright, Baker and
Wolcott, as Fund Commissioners, dis
pose of over S2,OOO,0OO of bonds, at
103, which they could as easily have
sold for 10 or upward. With all
these facts staring him in the face the
Abolition demagogue has the audacity
to tell us that not one dollar was lost
during his economical o administra-
tion!
If he did bis duty in his official
as he stated, why is it that
the Ohio stocks are now quoted 6elooO
par--at 094, when upon his accession
to office, they were selling at from 100
to 115. Why did he neglect to carry
out the law passed April s, 1862
Here is what it prescribes:
"SEc. l6. All the material facts ascer-
tanned by the examinations prescribed by
this act, shall IMMEDIATELY on the close
thereof, or as soon thereafter as shall be
practicable, be communicated to the Gov.
ernor, who shall lay the same before the
General Assembly at the COMMENCEMENT of
its next ensuing session."
Here is specific, positive, duty
as well on tile Governor as
on the Auditor. The Auditor shall
make thorough examination into eve.
rything connected with the Treasury
and Immediately" thereafter report
" ALL the materials facts ascertain
ed" and the Governor shall lay the
same before the General Assembly at
the very commencement of its next
ensuing session. Did the Auditor
make this examination in 1856? If
he did SO, WHERE is HIS RE
PORT showing" all the material facts
ascertained 2" If lie made a report
such as the law contemplated, WHY
HAS 1T BEEN SUPPRESSED by
the Governors Or, if the Auditor
omitted Or refused to make the report,