The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-08-27
WHO is THE pEFAuLrER9

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/ office.
WHO is THE BEFAULTERl
The evidence against Mr. Gib.on consists of
acknnw 'cdgmeats u1de By HIM to public officer
aud communities of the Legislator in his official
character and under the solemnity Of his official
olth There is nothing in the testimony of he
witnesses indicating that he had embezz ed the
public funds. T olgh We have made ,liyent
inquiry, VT have found trace of any investm nj
mad by him hey ond what his private pecuniry
resources would justify
| The books Of the Office do not show that any
portion OF he ba ance due to The State from Mr..
Bteslin has ever been paid to Mr. Gibson or that
any funds were eve' PLACED IN his andS to redeem
outstanding ce tlfcates tn county treasurers
ln is settlement with County Trea>urers in
lS55, Mr.. Gibson received the certificates OF dpDns
It or receipts ISSUED by Mr. Bresin and charged
hIm-et with them A. cash in hi count. with the
s. veral classes OF revenue Z he act of ls46 re
red the county trea>urers to make the dppos
s to the State Tfeasur-. anil prescribed the time
and manner of making them.
They had been in exact conformity with the
provisions of he stalu e. 1t Wa, not, ther. fore
competent Tor him to pronounce tn m illegal. or
r'fhse To edit them on the account of the several
parties 10 whom they had heru issued
Ia the g Settlement Bo * " these cer,ifc ties
ar carefully marked with the identica! mark or
ull name OF Mr. Bresllu.
Mr. Gibson has KEEP his accounts anil made his
reports in a manner which Implied that Mr. Bres.
llh h1u palu IN lull the balance due rom him to
the State He has been silent about any dpfllra
tion Of his Predecessor. His silence raises The
presumption OF pay ment The legitima e infer.
ence, undrr ordinary circumstance, would he that
lhe Indebtedness had been funy discharged bat
IN the hnanciai transactions of the Ohio at.
Treasury, th's reasoning j. altogether il ,ical
No UlIss transferred al! th balance due from
hi, predecessor "a his hooks vet il was we'll
known that Mr. VII 'ehunse, without authority of
law, ret 'lned Sc 0Oo at these ba ances 1t l. true
and but q n Mr. A bIt IL,
upon close scrGtlny OF his accounts, this sum has
been found really dIe and has been allowed to
him.
Bv the sa'ae process of b b,ok keeping, Mr. Bres-
l'u concealed d felt Of sG5 900 for h predrcrs-
s"r He MT o"il conceal II but iu response to
Resolution OF ,he Senate avere thtt Nj Bliss
had paid over 10 him the b a. ce which appeared
on the books oi the department
IL hlN Dren The uniform nrrctlcn # successive
lreasurers to carry forward the h,ianc-e due from
their predecessors without reu I'D t. the fac of nav
Dent The m inner in which he Il kS Of the ufi'e
have been kept, does tn irflr. prove tnat Mr.
BreNln furn shed Mr. Gth,nn with means with
which TO redeem GU st inding crrt,i IT, ates or paid
hun any portion Of the public funds in his hands
al the expira ion of his otiicl al term.
The It dement's OF Mr. Gibson made on nuner
Gus occaslous IN his official character aud o, er
his othcai signature made very strong case
against him.
Iu letter of March 18th. 1856 addressrd to
Mr. Kelley Char.ndn ut he Finance Committee
OF lhe nate, he ayS; "My predecessor has pro
Vlded means from time to time to meet these Ger
tihcates, aud but $50. 900 arc now ou standing;
when he ia l. to place me in funds will refuse 10
rec i've these illegal certificates
The certificates issued by Mr. Bresin in 1855
lnoInted TO $3.50 5Il 20. The foregoing state
uent Is equivalent to an acknowledgement of the
receipt OF S6 10 us 20 at that late
In m offici i statement of the condition of the
Treasury (Which has not been published, but
which - in our pussesson) furnished by HIM to
he same 'mnittee, he acknowledges thai he had
received from his pred cessor II Office up to the
10Th of February. 1856, the sum of 500, sos ~
his letter Of the 29Jh OF Mach ~ inore exp iciG
and unSqniv0eal THAI either Of the prec-dina
statements. IL il perhaps the strnnse,t item OF
evidence against Mr.. Gibson which - been sub
mitted 10 our consideration IL is So specidc
ni'ute and circumStanfial in its character that
We deem 1t proper to gve,it in full 1t is as fi.
lows:
STAIN TREAsCR'R's OFFICE
Columbus, March ~. 1856
HoS. \. kELLN. CHAIRMAN, &c:
DEAR SIR--Below find statement of the gross
and several sIns of money paid me by John G
Brssln, Esq late Treasurer on account of bal
auces due from hims