Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-16
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On the l5 day of November, 1855, Mr..
Morgan, then Auditor of State, reported a
balance in the bands of Mr.. Breslin as
Treasurer of State, of S7O3, $40 OS. On
the same day Mr.. Breslin, as State Treas
urer, reported to the Governor that he had
on hand in the Treasury the sum of $685.
574 90. The difference between the Au-
ditor and the Treasurer arose from certain
claims Of Breslin, that were not allowed
as correct by Morgan. -@ F.
But we will take Mr.. Breslin's own state
ment as correct He had in cash $685.
574 80 on the fifteenth of November, 1855,
Just two months before he gave up the keys
of the Treasury to his successor, Mr.. Gibson.
OF this sum he claimed that S2O4,635 66
was in the hands of the Commercial Bank
of Toledo, w. w. Cones q Co., Cincinnati,
City Bank of Cincinnati, and Daniel Beck
ell of Dayton, and was not then available.
Deducting this sum, and the actual ayaila-
bic cash on hand, according to his own
showing, was s47s,93s. '..'s,'''i
Six weeks after this report was made
to wit: on the first of January, 1856, the
semi-annual payment of the interest upon
the public debt became due. The total
interest on the foreign and domestic debt
for 1856, was eS27, ,9o2 26. One half of
this sum was to be paid on the first of JAN
uary, 1856. This would be s41s,951 IS.
After deducting this payment from the
S4fs, ,93s then on hand in cash, the Treas
ury would still have S64,9s7 in its vaults.
This, with the various receipts constantly
coming in, was abundantly sufficient to
meet the ordinary current expenses Of the
Government for the two months that Mr..
Breslin was to remain in the office as
Treasurer of State. 'z's'i
But with means to pay the January in
terest, and with s64, ,9s7 surplus on hand
after its payment, Mr.. Breslin, between No
vember 18th and January 10th, of that
year, drew on the several County Treasurers,
in advance of the time of their settlements
for the enormous sum of $76O,00O. There
was at tho time law authorizing him to
draw, IT IN has opinion 1t acas necessary in
order to pay the January interest. He
did SO draw, and his drafts in the shape of
certificates of deposit for that sum are now
in the Treasury. He received that amount
of money in addition TO the large sum of
cash which his report shows he had on
had at that time.
Now, the question we wish to ask, and
to have answered is this: Why did Breslin
then draao upon the County Ireasurers
for one dollars II his report was true, and
the money was in his hands, why did he
call for this enormous sum-? He had no
authority to do so, except it became neces-
sary to meet the january interest. He
had reported TO the Governor that he had
ample funds for all purposes. No such
necessity existed, if his report told the truth.
Yet, in the face of this he did draw, and |
r ceived, between the 18th of November
1856 and the 10th of January 1856, two
months time and just before going out of
office, over three fourths of a million ofI
doUarsi 4 81. s..s7.r.-,h -.fy liz i-.r-.-5 |
Mr.. Breslin afterward paid portion, of
this to Mr.. Gibson, but the latter declares
that there remains unpaid by Breslin, of
the proceeds of these drafts the sum of
$3.50, 1000, or the amount of the present de |
fleet. His published statemnt has been
made for weeks, and Mr.. Breshn does not
deny its truth. 10 .srs-os-suo3 rairs.l
We submit these facts from tie official
records to the people. They can make
such deductions and comments as they OBJ |
viously warrant.- s. Journal. 81 II
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