The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-07-22
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John G. Breslin The Duty of the De-
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From tie Cincinnati Enquirer

John GaBreslin -th Duty of the De-
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- ae;t4e From tie Cincinnati Enquirer. p
az Although the late Treasurer, Mr.
Gibson, has publicly charged that the
late dedication Was the work Of Mr..
BresliB, his 'brother-in law aud predeccs
sor-that he depleted the Z Tfoasury Of
| S550. .e00-Mr.. Breslinl has made DO
denist .tsi, or N, response of any kind He has
been in Columbus and 10 the State, yet
has not deemed it necessary to vindicate
his name aud rep1tati ion from he charge.
This, how tnat SO le5g time lIasaeiapsed
and such ample eioppqrtunities have been
afforded him for denial, is proof com
elusive 20 our mind that he is CORRECTED
with Gibson in bis irascafitieg, aud a
guilty participant insthe whole defaieaI
ton. No innocent or honest man would
have beeu silent under such charges as
have been made through the whole State
forithe last three weeks Mr. Bres!i :
political and personal fr;ieuds may wen;
therefore. give up ali hzpes thatlthe fu !
ture- will d spell the, dark. charges, that
| have been made against him Reluctant
! ~ they must confess that he has utterly
degraded himself, by a scahdalous breach
of trust to the State ard to the Demo
cratic organization that elected s,hims
The latter cannot hold him la too 7se1
we're account abiiiiy or mete out to, him
too hard sentence. Having elected
him to The 'higr station which he prosti.
tuted and degraded to the most uHw6rg
thy .purposes.it .ithey feel resting upon them
u esponsibilityr which can. only be met
in. a proper spirit by repuidating him
and bis acts and 'eonsier'ins both to the
everlasting 'infainy which they fierit and
will deabtless receive 1.-The D.. mncraeyl
haze Tar deeper interest aud feeling in
his .conde than in that of Glib.
SOP, the choice Of q party which does
not usnallyregaru these deff relations up b
on the people S treastile with such intense
hostility ard aupmipgIc5 disguseaoo eds
We do rot know of a. baser act, of ina
gratitude and moril terpitnde than this
de'rayal offhe cihfi1cuce Of his ii,fi ling
aud generous eopstitdeticy, wlfo;U befit "
ing Lin to lie man of honor andlchars
acter, placed him IN Que of the highest
aud most responsible positions sin. the
State. The creed Of the Democratic
party is especiaflysrisid In the accountal
bility which it .iexacts; aad dexpeetss of
public Office IS. and when oone uf its ap
ppintees thus violates its, requirements . a
his perfdy should be The subject oflopd
and general execration. Itis the only
way thatTthe orgahization can be kept
pure aud the confi deuces of the ooInin u
nifty be maintained in the Feotitude iatd.
honesty of its mem bers. = None. of Mr..
Bresfid's late friends, we imagine, after.
his long silence aud aequiescence in the
serious charges against him, withed an
eff1rt at denial or rJexplanatiou, 5wilh have
the hardihood or desire to shield ham !
from the Consequence of his misdee5s.
Equally with Gibsoa. he is proper sub
.ect for the most Burning Pubic in,dig- 4
nation. Neither, of them will explain
what has become of the money placed
in their custody: ,T6eylo not prej,end,
even, that II was loaned out to friends
in spirit of mis- placed confidence Ia fact
which raises suspicion that they made
a niu h worse use of the funds, han would |
have been such a procedure. They main
tain an. obstinate SILENCE aud are regard !
less Of. Consequences, since,7as they i'm
agine, they are free from, c, iminal Iro
secution and iGdci iment =
It's most uufortunate, indeed, that the
Republican Legislature of 1856 should
have repealed the law of 1916 against
embezz;ement, which would have covered |
this case, and ;. doubtless, punished tBed
defaulters.. The statute which. they.
passed in lieu of it, does not cont. IL. ia a
provision, .savi g criminal prosecutions,
~ I.
of time. The Language they
used is too weak, and is not plain enougb !
f,r.that purpose, inasmuch as5alI crimipa5
law must be construed .strfc.Iy le1ying |
n thing to. Implication. It looks as If /
the change. in the law was made With es, i
pecial reference to these discoveries and
developments, .,.s, p. \, lrg-.rs, ,,.-.,.,g
In.vietgwv " Of the desperate efforts which |
b ave been made to shift the responsib1I,l |
ts eptiFely from Gibson to Breslin, there
are. those wis, thiGk it's becaus. the
latter cannot be tried criminal ", while
the former may under tn law of 1856
1t is mauifestly for the interest of the
partnership that b esiip should appear,
to be the sole guilty party L is time
that em bczzIement and plunder in hight
places we're treated criminaliy, and tha'
justice. was smeted out with the same
stric ness it is to smaller nlalefacfors
This casesl6udty c1lls for such a course,
for there has never been 50 great aud; IN,
mitigated aswindle in he whole Union.
It is too bad to see triekery. aud fraud
triumph, but we fear that in this instance,
there,is no criminal remedy for the des.;
poiled and oppressed tax payers against
those wto have vieiate1 their ccnfdeuce,
The report Of the Investigation Commit
tee has not been made; but We are conf
dent that. whatever may be its charac
ter, it viii not .alte the general conyic,.
ton that the brothers n-isw were par
ties in the defaleatio4, that they, have
shared in the proceeds, aud inutudlly
stood by and protected each Q; her. -.
The attention of a little girl. being
called to a rose bush. on whose topmost