The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-23
Governor Chase and the Report.
from the Ohio Statesman.1

From the Ohio Statesman.1
Each little clique or squad of the vari-
GUS factions that make up the Republican
party has its favorite Representative among
the State Officers; and each is willing that
justice shall fall upon the heads of all the
rest, provided their particular favorite can
escape. The Report has raised fearful
storm around their bark as she labors on
the political "deep," and it is manifest that
all cannot come safe to land. The ques-
tion is, who shall be thrown overboard?-
The State journal, giving up the case of
CHASE, GIBSON, BOWEN, KHMBALL, &C., as
hopeless, made valorous though unsuc-
cessful, attempt to deliver Auditor WRI-
CHIT That gentleman now suffers the pen
atty of being in bad company, and over
confidence. If his morals have not been
corrupted by those of his associates, his
vigilance has been mesmerized by their
manipulations. He is like man found
in company with q gang of fcounterfeiters:
the onus is upon him to explain fully every
suspicious circumstance; and then, though
acquitted of guilty knowledge, he will be
held to have exhibited strange want of
prudence and penetration.
The Cincinnati Commercial now comes
toward in behalf of Mr.. CHASE, and is
ready to give over the other State Officers,
if it can exonerate the Governor. We
shall speedily show, that no vicarioas a.
tenement will suffice to meet the necessi.
ties of his case. The Commercial talks q
great deal about Mr.. REEdELIN not being
much given to defend his friends; and al
leges, that the other Commissioners are
Democrats. Well, what of that? Here
is the Commercials own endorsement Of
the character and value of their services,
in its paper of March 10Th:
"The report of Messrs. Edgerton, Nor.
gan and Reemelin has agreeably disap-
pointed the people. 1t is as complete as
it is unsparing. and may yet lead to the
recovery of large sums abstracted from the
State Treasury. But it is in the mora
effect of so thorough and fearless an ex
pose of corruption, in what have hither
to been considered secure places, that tht
State and the whole country has the lar
gest gain, and cause for profound congrat
ulationn
This was the, honest impression of tha,
paper. Tue report had agreeably disap
pointed the people. 1t was complete
and unsparing-a thorough and fearless
expose of corruption, in what had hither
to been considered secure places. 81,
days afterwards it is discovered, that thi
Thorough and complete expose Of cor
ruption, in what have hitherto been con
sidered secure places" has hit Governo
Chase severely; and then the cause 70
profound congratulation" suddenly ceas
es, SO far as the Commercials concerned
The frequent references to Governo
Chase are, the Commercial says, to be Sc
down to malice. Itgives no reason, bu
that Mr.. Reemelin is not famous for vol
t unteering Quixotic defences for his friend
and that Messrs Edgerton and Morga
I are Democrats. 1t would have bee
S much more to the purpose to show. tha
o the Commission had misstated singl
Q fact, or drawn an erroneous inference, j
reference to the Governor. This th
Commercial was unable to do, and there
fore, it twaddles about the extension
the slave power, and Capitalization of til
9 powers of the government, being the frs
principles of modern Democracy. 1t
not true; and if it was, it would be tota
ly irrelevant. The peoples jury are try
;. ing the fact of corruption, completely an
q objectionable neglect of duty by the r,
i. publican State officers, in the matter
). the Treasury defalcation. The Couns
for Mr.. Chase offers testimony to pro,
"a something about niggers and centraliz'
i tion, as regards the Federal Governmen
q This will not do. Neither will it ser,
!. to allege. that sit is believed" Mr.. Mo
!. gan had guilty knowledge Of Breslin
- defalcation. Who believes it? Nobod
pretended to believe it, until this repol
! "agreeably disappointed the people,"
- "thorough and fearless expose of CO
!. ruption," except those clearly implica
ed.
is Some of the men who had Il
!. money, and for whose use it had bee
d taken by Gibson, insinuated as much b
g fore But this report establishes beyon
II all question, that much of the allegation
ID protestations, publications and evident
: of these parties is "false as dicers oaths
or Their wretched suggestion. now for Il
,e FIRST time caught at with avidity by ot
ii ers in the desperate emergency of the r
r. publican Party, is utterly groundless.-
u. Until the Commercial or some other
Or Governor Chase's apologists and defen
It. ers can take up and controvert the sp
r. ciiic facts and conclusions stated by Il
te Report, he mast be held implicated. !
g. is very well. and quite true to say, as Il
er Commercial does, that the Republics
IN Convention as soon as it had nominal,
to Mr.. Chase, fell into the hands of cor
,ir pany of sharpers, and was made to su
en- serve their purposes Of public plunder.-
o, But how does. that disprove the fas
d, stated by the Report in connection wi
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