The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-07-16
More LigElt---'Fhe Journal i'm the
Dark--The Peoples Money COun-
ted, and ALI 'EheTe-- Where is il
MnnNl.-AlEcEnn AMSNnrS tNNh0rni'

ted, and ali 'EhcTe--WheTe is it
NOw!--''EchO Answers, 'Where!'
The Statesman don't like the promised state
Inent of Mr.. Gibson, relative to the recent de-
f.lcation, and seeks to discredt it in ADVANCE
This is hardly in accordance with its pretended
anxiety to find out 'Who has got the Peoples
Money!" Let us have light, neighbour come
from what quarter it may.-O S, Jomnal
The journal is entirely mistaken. We re
gard the promised statement" of Mr.. Gibson
with neither ''like'' nor dislike Nor is there
the slightest necessity of "discreditng 1t in ad-
vance" Mr. Gibson most effectlally did that
for himself, and the State journal assisted him
materially.
When the State Journal advised the people
relative to the State Stocks, and especially
those Of the Seneca Bank, that all Was right
when it was not right, it became participant
in the fraud upon the public. When it said
that the Seneca Bonds had been placed i'll New
York to be exchanged for other bonds, and that
it was so done to enable the Seneca Bank to
change the nature Of It's securities, to come in
under another charter, it did not state the fact
but it furthered the duplicity with which the
attempt at concealment was managed. More
recent developments have shown that the Sen
cca Bonds had not been placed there for any
v
loan or advance to Gibson.
In response to the call for eight as to ''who
has got the peoples money" we have most
cheerfully accorded all in our possession; but
unlike the Journal, not having the ear Of the
Executive, nor sharing his councils, and those
who have the matter in hand not being com.
municatve to US, we are without any additional
data. We believe, however, that the matter
stands in Stostu quo. The Grand Jury have had
it before them, but up to this morning, had not
sufficiently heard the evidence-or at least had
not heard it all We shall take the earliest op-
portunity to lay its determination before ouI
readers, among whom we take it, may be found
those who manufacture paragraphs and dla-
tribes for the journal.
Meanwhile to refresh the memories of the
slight" seekers OF that paper and all Others
whom it would illuminate, we quote paragraph
from the Report of Mr.. Auditor Whright, da-
ted Dec 3lst, 1856, made for the contemplation
of the late black republican legislature at its
adjourned session:
"The amount of the available balance in the
Treasury, on the 10th November, 1856, has
been stated on a preceding page. | deem il
proper to say that the accuracy of the amount
reported was aseertained, not only By the booAS o
this oGfce and those Of the Treasury Impairment
but 5g personal examination and couatof the tund,
IN the Ireasaey's vauHs, as required by the pro
visions of the act of April 9Th, 1856"
Four weeks nearly or quite have elapsed
since this defalcation was announced. Commit
tees of investigation with all the authority o
State have had the matter in charge. We can.
not ascertain that anything has been discovered
more than was known at tiIst--that the money
was gone! The process by which the truth car
be arrived at even after Gibson's statement shal
be forthcoming, must be slow and tedious
A full unravelment alone will satisfy the public
Fact must hinge on fact so closely that not a
doubt must intervene even "by the poor scru-
pie Of hair" to give satisfaction.
To those who carp at the Statesman for moi
disclosing more of this mystery, we frankly
say we have told all we know and even what
we have suspected. There is no secret thai
has come to US in any shape. We are not il
the confidence Of either party. We have mo-
sought il and it has not been volunteered. Bu
we have felt as deep solictude as any that full
aud thorough investigation should be had ant
any intimation that we have attempted to plac'
the slightest barrier in the way, no: only doe
Us gross injustice, but is absolutely false
Statesman.