The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-03
Somewhat "worr,ed.,

The Editor Of the Allen County
Democrat. IN reply to our article Of
che 18th, manifesto no little sensi.
tiveness. Indeed be seems disposed
to make mp for q want of facts and
argument, In abundant "snap."---
Now he must recollect that he lie thu
aggrcssor. !" He provoked the ex.
pose we, made, by hia previously
charging ne with misrepresentation
and the Republican party with the
responsibility Of the Bresin dofalca
tion.
We took occasion to arraign him
for Q good share Of the responsible
ty of the Breslin robbery, and offer
ed as evidence the testimony OF
r bert j. Atkinson. a leading Dem
ocrat, q member OF the Senate, while
Mr.. Mckenzie was a member OF the
House, and author OF bill contain
ing u section intended to throw safe
guards around the treasury. Mr.
Atkinson positively stated, as we
showed In. our former article, that
this section was stricken out through
the influence Of Mr.. Gest and Mr..
Mckenzie, the latter now Of the Al.
len County Democrat, and hence
Breslin was left to the freedom Of
his own will, to dispose Of the pu' =
lie funds as he saw it. Mr.. Atkin-
son speaks as follows Of the consc-
quence Of the failure thus to protect
the Treasury: ...
"Had that section been adopted, 10000
of the states money appropriated for the
new Lunatic Asylum would not have found
its way into The Canal Bank Of Cleveland
and an infinite amount scattered over the
state, and perhaps some OF u out Of II.
making 1t necessary for the Sinking Fund
Com 'issioners TO convert the United States
stocks into money. out Of abundant pru-
dence 10 provide against contingencies
4owing out OF 'an embarrassment which
oveftsken the treasury Whereby there
NAV N, doubts Of its ability to paw half a
million ~ interest when there ought 10 be at
least a miittea Of money in Il "
Mr.. McKeuis, in his attempt to
evade the force Of this statement,
affects to make very light Of 1t. lie
says:
"And we admit Mr.. Atkinson. falling to
carry his measure, has said that a deposit Of
$4,000 or so got thereby into the banks, ms
q deposit, which even to that extent is q
mistake that a reading OF the Appropriation
Law would have corrected for Mr.. r. J. At
kinson, but the gentleman OF the Jefferson
ian swells this doubtful charge into mil.
lion" u
But, as it happens. Mr.. Atkinson {
ststos that not only So, 900 found Its t
way into the Canal Bank of Cleve.
land, but that the "infinite amount
scasso.ed over Ipv state, and perhaps :,
some out Of it," wasthe result of the :
failure Of the measure alluded to, u
which failure was chargable upon =
Mr.. Mckenzie; and that while there u
should have been one million dol. y
lare in the treasury, had it been pro. .
perly guarded, Breslin could not
raise half q million to meet the in
terest on the state debt.
There are several other matters IN
our previous article, which the gen.
tleman does not deign to notice.
For instance, that the testimony
given before the Morgan .Edgerton
Committee goes to show that Col.
Medary, while Editor of the States.
man. received out of the treasury
$4,000. for aid given Gibson, when
. Republican Legislature was urging
an investigation into the condition
OF the treasury; and that this Col.
Meisry was the very first to intro.
duce Breslin to Bankers.
And he fails further, in making
any defense of his own course and
tkseouSassf the party, in supporting
Bresliu for Office, after he was Known
to be most notoriously corrupt and
dishonest. That this was the case,
we have Mr.. McKenzie's own re.
cord to show. Previous to the nom.
ihatiSn Of Breslin, for the second
term OF ofico, in 1853, Mr.. McKen.
xie had made some remarks in the
kalida Venture, OF which he wa,
then the Editor, rehecting on the Of
ficial conduct of Bresliu, Tor which
he was called to an account by hi,
DeInocratic brethren. He again re.
piled in the Venture of Februar,
18th, 1858, and among other dvclar
ations. we find the following:
i"Ascertsining from the report Of tn. Fund
Commissioners that Mr.. BrrSlin. (elected as
. Depocrst, end granted a salary by law
hily eQasl 70 his due rev ard for all the ser
vtce be was called on or capable Of perform
insO YES in sil probability treading IN.
same path Of oficlal delinquency for pei.
sonsl emolument. VIZ gathered, while in
colsmbus. such facts as we believed We
eonld establish the truth OF. II required, in
oonri OF Justice. and gave them. through
eur press y thesta'e-' ... ,..',.
And again, in the came article, b,
ram arkss "A. Al ~, ,f