Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-04
The journal and onrself Again.

The Journal and Ourset Again,
The Journal Of this morning treats its read
ers to rehearsal Of the falsehoods and calum~
nies, in reference to ourself with which it
graced its columns yesterday. Having in the
Empire Of last evening, nailed its infamous lies
to the counter, SO far as we are personally con
cerned, it is not necessary to go ove' the whole
Of that ground again, There are, however,
some additional statements, in the Journals
article Otto day, so utterly devoid of truth aud
honesty, that few words in reply may not be
amiss
The editor Of the journal asserts that he has
the authority Of the county Audit or for saying
that part Of the alleged increase of taxes "was
levied for the express purpose Of paying of a
part Of the Indebtedness of the county caused by
Clark's defalcation" Now, pe haze the
iOOrd Of Auditor Dryden for saying, that he
never gave the Journal any such information
at all, thus showing that this statement of the
journal wss a miserable lie, manufactured out
Of the whole cloth, for no other purpose than
to subserve the meanOst and basest of partizan
purposes According to the statement of Aus
ditor Dryden, the extra per centage levied this
year for county purposes, was to meet addition,
al county expenses, which had no reference
whatever to what the journal calls "Clark .
defacation," This statement of the Auditor is
confirmed by the Treasurer and Commission,
ers who say that this additional item of the
county expenses, was caused by an additional
levy for the purpose Of paying the expenses of
the land appraisement, which took place the
present year. That operation--required by a
law of the. State-cost The people of the county
about $4,000, and it was for this purpose that
the ad ditional per centage was levied, and for
no other purpose at ALL 1t had no reference
whatever TO the affairs Of David Clark as Coun.
ty Treasurer--nobody ever told the editor of
the Journal so,-and he knew he was uttering
a base calumnY, when he made the statement.
In our article, yesterday, we made no refer,
ence to this small increase Of taxes for 1859,
suppoaing that the very eagacious editor of the
Journal would swallow the bait, and charge the
amount to our account. The bait took, and he
has improved his reputation as a knave and a
fool by parading the matter before the public as
much truth and consistency, the real facts in
the case will abundantly show.
As we have already stated, the amount as
sessed to defray the expenses of the land ap~
praisement of the present year, accounts for in'
crease of taxation. 1t had no reference what
ever to the alleged deficiency in our accounts
as Treasurer, and that matter never entered the
minds of the Commissioners when the assessS
ment was made. In addition to this, we may
state, that the expenses of the Superior and
Probate Courts, have very materially added to
the county Indebtedness.
We have already demonstrated fully and
satisfactorily, that so far from there being any
additional taxation TO pay off what the journal
claims we owe the county, the amount assessed
for county purposes has steadily decreased
since we left the Treasurer's office. We may
also state, without the fear of successful con
tradiction, that during this period, cOnsideraN
BILE portion of the county indebtedness has been
paid off, Notwithstanding the taxes for county
purposes have decreased, while the city levy
has been reduced from $4,000 to Sl7 ,000.-
due on the building fund. AS an evidence Of
the truth of what is stated above, it is only nec>
essary TO say, that the per centage for this fund
has been reduced from seven to four per cent.
since 1858. These facts, taken together are
all that is needed to prove the utter falsity and
recklessness of The charge, that the people of
the county have been burdened with excessive
and oppressive taxation to make up the def>
cheney that the Journal charges upon us.
more wicked and disgraceful falsehood than
the statement Of the journal TO this effect, was
never uttered, and perhaps its unprincipled
author deserves more Of pity than of censure
for having put it forth.
Now, for the sake Of argument, suppose that
all the journal charges, is admitted to be true
In what position does it place the editor of thai
paper, in the present canvass2 Had the present
law for the safe keeping and disbursement O
the public funds--the Sub Treasury law, as il
is called-been in operation when David Clarl
was Treasurer the alleged defalcation neve
could have occurred. He could have been com
PEELED, under this law, if deemed necessary, /,
have made an exhibit of his accounts every weel
of his term This is the case now. Within tn
last three weeks the present Treasurer has beel
called on for this purpose, and the people hav
had the result of the investigation through tn
papers. And yet the editor of the Journal, tn
Republican candidates for Governor and Stat
Officers, and their candidates for Senator an,
Representatives in this County and Distrc,
are all openly pledged TO a repeal of this sal
) utary law, and return to the old system @
depositng with irresponsible banks and bank
r ers-the same system by which the Treasury o
the State was relieved of over half a millio
dollars, during the administrations Of Bliss
Breslin and Gibso n. 1t is for the people to sa
at the ballot box, in the coming election, whett
er they desire this change. If they wish tn
present system continued they should suppol
the Democratic candidates for that is a meal
ure to which they are pledged. If, on the col
trary, they want the old system revived, the
will be certain to accomplish that end by SUI