M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-17
9oGdtaI,
From tho Newark Advocate
Gross Neglect of Gov. Chase.
'tThe King can do no wrong.n

In monarchical governments the
people are taught to speak and act on
the doctrine that "the king can do nc
wrong.p In this free State of Ohio
in this State, where we have heard
lso much vaporing about free speech
lit would seem from the indignant
complaints of Black Republican edi.
tors and politicians, that q similar
theory was about to bo established in
respect to Salmon P. Chase, Cover.
nor of Ohio. Every attempt to ex,
anime and criticise the action of the
Governor under the treasury law of
the Sth of April, 1856, is denounced
as if it were an outrage on right and
decency. Every intimation that he
has neglected any part of his duty
under that important law, is treated
as vile attemptat Misrepresentation.
Free from any desire to falsify Go
vernon Chase, but determined that
neither his own haughtincss nor the
insolence of his tools shall deter us
from our chosen course, we propose in
this article again to fix the readers
attention, on certain duties devolyed
on the Governor by the 18th section
of the new treasury law, passed Sth
April, 1856, as follows:
SEC. II. Ii, from any such examin-
alton, or from any other satisfactory
evidence, the Governor shall ascertain
that the State shall have suffered any
damage, or shall be in immediate dan
ger of any injury or damage from any
illegal act done, or about to be done
by the Treasurer, or from his refusing
Or neglecting to comply with any re-
quirement Of law touching the re-
ceipt, keeping or paying out of any
money belonging to the State, keep
ing or rendering accounts thereof,
or shall haze tGken insufficient secu-
rity for any money deposited else
,ohere than an the treasury office at
Columbus, it shall in every such case
be the DUTY OF THE GOVERN
OR to direct the Attorney General
forthwith to institute the proper pro-
ccedings in the Court Of Common
Pleas Of Franklin County to restrain
the Treasurer from all such illegal
acts.
Here was a duty, both new and
grave, imposed by solemn enactment
of law on the Governor of Ohio. He
was required to stand as guardian o.
yer the Treasury. To save it from
danger and abtse, he was required to
call on the Court to enjoin the Treas
urer from every illegal or hazardous
act. lie did not do 1t! lie neglect
ed the discharge of this high and sal
utary duty. lie thought only of
Kansas, leaving the Treasury to the
sole care OF the very man whom the
law intended to place under his con-
slant vigilance and restraint.
But it may be claimed that Cover
nor Chase was ignorant that there
was any occasion for his interference
with the treasurer. This pretense
cannot stand-it is false. The inves-
committee of Ills OaOa friends |
made him aware that the Treasury
was mismanaged and in danger
Observe the following single para
graph taken from the report made by
that committee early last January:
By the twelfth section of the act of
April s, 1856, prescribing the duties
of the Auditor and Treasurer, it is
provided that "no money belonging
or due to the State shall be deposited,
placed or kept by the treasurer, or by
his direction, order Or assent, elsewhere
than in the Treasury Office at Colum-
bus, without security, as provided in
said section" The Treasurer has par
tally, not fully IN any instance,
with the requirements of
that section"
Here was plain, palpable proof bro't
directly to the notice of the Governor
by committee of his oocn friends,
that Gibson had not execu-
ted the law-that he was putting the
public money in jeopardy-that the
very case. for asking the restraining
power of the court had already occur
red, and then existed. Yet, in the
ace of this notice to the Governor, he
moved not an inch--he sat dumb, as
l man Of wood-only talking and
Of "6Lcedjng HaaSaS-5lee.
ling Kansas !" ." ''''-'"
Nor was the above by any means
he only information placed in black
and white before the Governor. BE.
ow are one or two more paragraphs
rom the same report. We will not
engthen this article by comments OH
;hese paragraphs. The intelligent
'eader will be struck with the facts
hey present. We copy as follows:
"The firm of Kimball & Co., bank
rs of Cleveland, consisting OF the
ate Attorney General, (now deceased)
md his brother.in-law. Philo Cham
,erlin was formed laet snrino and II