The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-07-23

now exist, TO the truth of which he intends to
m Ike oath and publish it as soon As he arrives At
homo. 1t will satisfy every candid mind that
the money was abstrscted from the Treasury
before he entered upon the duties Of his office,
and were taken, dollar for dollar, by his prede-
cessor, Mr.. Breslin. His crime is simply that Of
conceaIment. His statement we have read and,
taking it to be the exact truth, this fact is made
manifest He denies that he ever had any
knowledge Of Breslin's affairs until after he had
! eutered upon the duties of his Office. He never
had any conviction, near or remote, with Mr..
Breslin in any pecuniary TRANSACTION, while Mr..
BreSlin was Treasurer; that not one dollar of
the public money WIS used in the Tiffin and
Fort Wayne Railroad, to his knowledge. In
short, the statement is a clear explicit and une-
quiyocal denial on the part of Mr.. Gibson Of ey-
er having been engaged with Mr.. Breslin in any
way, or ofever having been consulted by him in
any way as to the use Of the public money, nor
did he know anything of the public money hav-
ing been abstracted by Mr. Breslin from the pub
lie Treasury until alter he himself entered upon
the duties of Treasurer
"Such in brief is the substance Of Mr. Glib
sons statement, which will soon be published
The facts are stated in detail, and dates and cor
respondence given. We have not time TO enter
further upon the matter W. S."
People of Ohio, read this document carefully
and see to what precious set Of rascals you
have confided your most valuable interests
Admit the literal truth Of all that Schouler and
Gibson say, and what does it amount to? That
Gibson did not steal, but "hs crime was simply
that of concealment.' Truly paltry, simple
offence, to know that the Treasury had been
robbed of million, yet keep dark and secret
long enough to let the rogue escaps. And this
is "clear and explicit" "the exact truth" &C.;
and Chase and his editor undertake to white
wash and purify this immaculate republican, 50
as to prepare him for the fall canvass, when he
will, no doubt, emerge as a purified saint, claim
ing some new testimonial of republican favor
and confidence
Now, we acknowledge ourselves partizanS,
and would go far to sustain our party and its
principles but, before we would seek to miti-
gate or excuse the raScalities of these two men,
Breslin and Gibson, we would pitch our press
in to the Ohio River and take to some honester
avOcation.
Between the two; we rather think Gibson's
crime is the baser, as it was by his concealment
and conniyance that the State was prevented
from holding the guilty responsible And in
face of this confession of the guilt of harboring
and protecting thief Gibson expects to be be-
lleved when he says he stole nothing himself
Nobody does beleye-nobody has the audacity
to pretend to believe him but Schouer.
"The most that can be said ofhim is, that he
his own bitter enemyn' And what more can
be said ofany other rascal? Men commit all
sorts Of crimes because they are their own Bit
ter enemies. But Gibson was an enemy of 9TH
ers besides himself He was an enemy of two
millions and a half ofthe people of Ohio, whose
money he suffered to be stolen with his full
knowledge and consent; he was the enemy of
justice and the laws of the State, by covering
and aiding their violation. Talk about the in
nocence ola man who stands by winking and
blinking like old "Fagan'' in OhUer 1etst, while
one ofhis boyswas picking a gentlemans pocket!
Well, We must do Gibson this justice, at
least. We freely make the omende honorable for
taking exception to his alluson to "venal
press" In all that we can say on that point
we freely admit that he is sustained by the most
shameful example Of venality we have ever
known in journalism.