The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-04-01

and concealment was as necessary part of
his own protection as it was that Of Mr..
Brcslin.b
Were there ever a couple Of such
base hypocrites9 Lot judgment be
mcted out to therD by their own,rule.
Morgan and Edgerton, Accessories Of
Dreslin.
1t puzzled many to know why the
Democratic Legislature was 80 per-
sistant in placing the investigations
into t1c Bresfin dcfaicarion, under
the control of Edgerton and Nor
gan. They were very properly OBJ.
jccted to by the Republican mem
bers, because having been in Office
with Breslin, it was thought from
their position, they were fully ad-
vised, at the time, of the illegal use
Breslin was making of the public
money, and that they should, there
fore, have been made witnesses in
the case, rather than Jurors. But
the developments which we give in
to.day's paper explains the mystery.
These two members of the commit
tee, it is fully proved, were deeply
involved in the guilt with which
Breslin stands charged; and it was
the evident purpose Of the Demo
cratic Legislature, to place these
men in such position as would en-
able them the more efiectually to
conceal their own criminality. Their
friends were we'll aware that if
brought on the stand to testify, all
this mass of corruption and dishon-
esty set forth in the correspondence
found On the files in their several Of
fees, must be revealed, and much
more Of which no such evidence is
left on record.
From the article we give from
the State Journal, it is shown that
Morgan and Edgerton knew that
Breslin was robbing the treasury,
as early as the Fall of 1854; and
that while there should nave been
enough money in the treasury to pay
the January interest with a large
surplus to spare, Breslin could not
furnish the necessary funds, and
therefore, these two immaculate De.
mocratic officers had to use the
United States bonds. which were
. placed in their care to be used for
sinking purposes alone, in order to
raise funds to meet the January in
, tcrest. And this too, at the very
time when Auditor Morgan was re-
porting to the Governor, under oath
balance in the treasury Of over
, half million dollars. The same
WAS true when the July interest OF
r 1855 became due. There were no
: funds in the "overhowing treasury
to meet it. Bresliu Comes to Nor.
5 gan in June, 1855, and coniesses his
inability to meet the claim, and i'm.
, mediately Morgan sets about to use
the securities in his hands, for the
purpose OF getting the money. And
thus things moved along; and the y
men went out of office, with the state
t interests in such deplorable condi.
tion, without giving the public even
"A hint of the rascality that had been
practiced by Breslin, who is permit.
ted to rHain possession of his i'll
gotten gains, and either apply them
to his own use, or place them where
they could not be reached. Had
Morgan exposed the rascality o.
: Breslin as soon as it came to hi:
knowledge, as did Auditor Wrigh
and Governor Chase in the case O
iGibson, very much of the money tina
, is now irrccoverably lost to the state
might have been regained. But h,
sneaks out Of Office, and does not opel
his mouth about it until the deficit i
discovered, and then he most dishon
estly endeavors to roll all the blam
on the Republican administration. =
. Why did not this miserable hypocri
=" who affects to DO so much concerne,
: about the interests OF the state now
!" have Breslin arrested and prose
1t cuted at the proper time?
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D. The New Investigation.
D. We are indebted to the State Jou,