Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-03-31
Democratic and Republican Vigil.
ance-a Contrast.


On Wednesday we gave to our readers
documentary proof, the authority of " hich
has not been, and can not be successfully
denied, of the folloging facts:
That Messrs. Morgan. Edgerion and slI
the Democratic executive officers oi The
State knew, as early as November 1854,
that there was deficit in the Treasury Ui
over half a mi hon Of dollars.
That, at The very time, when Auditor
Morgan repored to the Legislature that
there was balance in the Treasury OF
S5s4.6So, he was illegally converting The
Sinking Fund, set apart iur the redemption
OF the State debt mo money to gay the
January interest, amounting 10 S433 4S3.
being less by Sl5l .297, than he stated was
~ the Treasury.
That during the whole of Bresln's last
officially reporting the Treasury to be oser-
flowing, and when the balance could not
have been, honestly, at any time below halt
million, the payments of interest on the
public debt were only made by the most
desperate "shinning," BY the illegal use OF
funds required by law to be held sacred for
the redemption of the State bobds, and b,
various other Gisgraceiul financial make
shifts, ali OF which were for the dishonest
purpose of concealing from betrayed and
plundered people the fact that there was an
enormous defalcaton n the State Treasury
That during all these troubles the reports
OF the Treasurer, Auditor and Fund Com
missioners constantly concealed them from
the people, end fraudulently represented The
financial affairs of the State as in the most
prosperous condition.
We have also shown in q previous article
that Gov. Mediil was guilty ofa gross and
criminal neglect Of duty in allowing near;y
hslf of Breslin's second term of Office 10
expire, without exhcting from him his Of.
fetal bond.
Thus al Of the Democratic State Officers
Of the administration preceding the Repub.
lican administration OF 1856 betrayed Ireu
trusts, and violated their official OBJ bigst ions
in the most shameless manner. But this ID
not all.
Governor Medill and Auditor Morgan
Knowing Bresl!u's guilt-the latter Certain
ly. and the former probabl bly-aIiowed them.
selves to be renominatrd upon the same
ticket with the de:aulIer, and used their III.
most exertions to secure their own and hi:
election.
We now come TO the period Of Republi
csn asrcndency, and mark the contrast. In
June, lS47,. Treasurer Gi6svn announced Il
Auditor Wright his inability to meet the
July interest. Two years previously, the
same sunouI cemenr was mad by Tr, asurel
Breslin TO auditor Morgan. WhaI did Nor.
gan dol He at unce proceeded 10 couer uI
Ehe defa Lcaiion ,,by forwarding 10 Z CERT N
she securities which he held as Fund Com.
missioner Tor the redemption of the publ
debt. for hypothec4t 4tiuu to raise money ia
meet the interest. Nov cynysre this " ith
the curse OF auditor Wright. under similar
circumsibnces. The istter, al the earliest
possible moment informed Governor Chase
of Gibson's disclosure, Tae Roman firm
pess OF Coy. Chase ,ieysf sas more con.
srfcuously displayed than ID that trying &C.
cssinn. Mr. G BISON Eas political trieud
an associa.e In the Bdminietr atioh OF the
Stale government, aud upon him The blow
was 10 fall. Yet the arIB of the ExecuIIye
diI o,t aiL ch, :or 1t was asrveI BY duty