The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-10-07

dollar went out, and able TO accoun,
TOT u s.s moments warning. What
did they do9 Nothing! Absolutely
nothing! fous money went into
the hands Of your State Treasurer
by the one, two, three anil even iour
millions Of dollarp a year. there being
sometimes two millions in his hands
and never less than five hupdred
thousand. There was not a single
safeguard placed upon it. There
was an old law, passed BY the Leg
islatnre IN 1916, perhaps, which pro-
vided that If the Treasurer should
embezzle the public funds, he should
be punished by imprisonment iu the
penitentiary. and il he took the pub.
lie funds aud loaned them to banks
aud derived any interest from that
loan himself, he should be punished
\ by. a fine, think Of two hundred
gnd fifty dollars, or some such tri.
Hing amount. 1t was u triiling fine;
| don't pretend to be quite accurate
about the amount, but that is the
way it read. The Democratic party
was in power for two years and they
provided no safeguard Of any kind.
None!
| know what they say in excuse
for it. They say that there were
some naughty Wings in the Leg
islature who would not let them Go
it. Why they had majority, and
conll do as they pleased. and how is
it that Il few naughty" Wings could
prevent the Democratic majority
from doing as they wished! | don't
know as to what is true or false
about the Wings voting against it.
/ did not belong to that Church
daughter. but | know this that
the Democrats were in a majority
and they did not do anything upon
this suhject at sll.
GREsLINtsM.
How was it with Mr. Breslin? -
Mr. Breslin was their Treasurer; he
had all these large sums of money
put in his hanls. He would ma
turally be solicited all round the
country for deposits and loans, and
he onght to have made his deposits.
That had been the usage of the state
government. 1t was his duty to find
safe places OF deposit, and then get
sufficient security that every dollar
would be applied to its Legitimate
use. What did he do? He COM
menced a course of mismanagement;
what it was we don't know precise
ly, at this time-bht thero was
enough OF it known to Messrs. Nor
gan and EdgertOn TO excite seriou;
suspicious in their minds in regard
to his management OF the treasury
am now speaking of the state gov.
ernnent, and it is concerned in two
things, to wit: in collecting and dis
bursting the public moneys, and car
rying on the public works. Their
suspicious were excited. What was
it their duty to do? 1t seems to me
their duty was plain. 1t vas to
make their suspicious known to the
public; to let the people know what
was going on. DID theyl Not at
all! They said nothing about it.
1t secr,, that they talked OF it among
themselves, in their own political
conclaves, but not to the public
They kept it all perfect secret
They did something, however! What
was that something. They nomi-
mated Mr. Breslin for re election, and
they supported him. From the
Spring OF 1852, within tour months
OF his inauguration, ! was out of tho
connection AMI had nothing to dc
with him, whatever, and when h,
was re-nominated in 1853, | was one
Of those who oppose his re election
bnt these gentlemen who knew wha
was going ON who had the mean.
ofknowirg, not that say they knew
everything, but they say themselve,
that their suspicious were excited =
these gentlemen went into tho can
vass and endorsed him before til,
} people, and reelected him.
DEMoRtIIzATIoH.
This closed two years, and theI
came two years further of Demo
cratic administration. What wa
) done this time! You have stilI in
creased taxation--still increased re
venue, and still Increased expcndi
ture. Have You any law tor the re
ceipt and disbursement OF the publ
iuads! Have you any law for tn
safe keeping of the public moneys
Nonel The Democratic party is no,
more demoralized than ever.
has reached the period OF 1888; it i
in the period when the Nebrask
> Eill is before Congress-, and the Mi
, souri, prohibitio. is being broker
down. The party is more demoral
lied than ever, and mora incapabl
than ever of rendering public service
' The Legislature meets and holds il
long session, and goes home. an
your public moneys are LETT at s'loos
ends' in the hands OF Mr. Breslin.