The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-04-06

WINCH Ne nNQ taken On ltN Soul the nDllgullOn
If an oath faithfully to execute. requiring him
Ia move forthwith to restrain the Treasurer, aud
save the bublic funds; but, sir, he never moved
land or foot This robbery Of the Treasury. Is
allowed TO 90 on with his knowledge, and with
out interference on his part. And had not the
defslcatiOR been discovered. as It was Ia June
following, Heaven above US only knows how
beng Gov. Chase would have allowed the Treas
uIer 90 proceed. Ii is fair to presume, from his
guilty aud gross neglect ofsworn duty between
January and June, ls47, that he would never
have nterered, and that Gibson would have
gone on piundsring the State to the end Of his
term. without let or hinderance. Now, sir by
,ais negligence of Governor Chase, the Stale
has lost S3+,OCU at least, ard it is by no act Of
his that the loss IS not inuch greater.
Whatdo the gentlemen on the other side now
think oftheir doctrine Of SuhcGps crjmtais!-
Sir, T"apply the poisoned chalice 20 their own
lips. I" let them drain it to the Gregs.
But again. We are toi by the gentleman
from Csy.hegl that John .. Bresiin : now up
on a foreign soil. beyond the reach Of process,
with. S2UlOUO available assets in his possession
the property oftte State, that he refused to give
them up, and defines the authorities and people
.ofthe State. Well. sir suppose that to be all
true, uh6se faults is it, thSt-B ,eslin thus stands
on a foreign jurisdiction with the money Of the
people and deties them? Alter the great def
cit in the Treasury was discovered, John y.
Breslin was allowed for the period OF two weeks
20 walk the streets Of Columbus unmolested,
and then at his leisure, without hinderaace, to
wend his way to Canada. What wa your able
and eBiciest Governor doing all this lime! In
stead of Seizlng the keys Of an empty Treasury,
why didn't he arrest the thieves that had plum
dered it? Had Gov. Chase done his duty in
this. crisis, John q. BreSlin would have been
imprisoned and would have been compelled to
disgorge this 100000, over which the gentle
man from Cu.ahoga mourns. lie we''ld not
lave been quite so defiant il, instead ct standing
on foreign soil, he had been tUraisAed lodgings
in the Columbus jail.
Now, sir, when a public officer wllfui'y per
mits a burglar or thief to escape with his plum
der, the interference all henest minds draw is
that the officer is a confederate, or at least an
accessory. How do the gentlemen like this
doctrine ofpayiifps ct$mjniS?
Again, sir: The Report ofthe Investigating
Committee, Just laid before Us, shows the as
tounding fact that nine months after Gibson
had been coeaEeiled to resign the Office otTraas
urer, aud eight months after he had been in
dicted for embezzeling the funds ofthe Treasu-
ry, he proposed to the Acting Fund Commits
sioner, Auditor Wright, 10 borrow from the
Treasury, in an indirect way, the sum Of S1A,-
OeO, and succeeded in making the loan, Now
sir, Gov. Chase was consulted by Mr.. Wright
on the ~propriety Of making this loan; and the
Governor, instead Of scouting the proposition
aivised the Au litor that to make the loan would
be advantageous for the State. And, in def
ance of law, Gibson was again allowed to thrust
his hand into the Treasury OF the State, Yes,
sir. a man whom Gov. Chase had deemed unfit
to hold the keys Of the Treasury; a man whom
as he boastod, he had compelled to resign; a
public plunleler, at the very time under indict-
ment, such a man, i'll the face and eyes OF the
law, the Governor allows to lay his lands upon
the treasure Of the people, and to bear 1t oil
from its proper place Of deposit. 1t may be
true that the State suffered no loss by the trans
action. The circumstances, however, proves
one fact; that Chase was in the power of Glib
son, and did not dare to deny him. Let the
gentlemen on the other side again apply their
doctrine OF p~Oytcepes crimiaiS.
Once more. No man suppoSes that the dc.
~falcating TreaSurers, actually took from the
Treasury and used for their own purpose the
immense sums missing from the Treasury. The
great loss arose from the fact that the deposit
tories Of the public funds, failed to pay back
when called upon to do so. No sooner was
Breslin elected Treasurer, than he was Snrr0un-
dcd bv crowds of bankers and brokers eager to
receive a portion Of the public money for SAFE
ksepjng. Now, sir, while | have no word ofex.
tenuation for Mr.. Breslin; while on the con-
trary | denounce him as lost to all honor; as 4
man who abused the confidence Of the party
that had cherished and honored him; who be-
trade the interests of the people whom he had
sworn faithfully to serve, yet. sir, the loss the
State has suffered by him IS not wholly attribu'
table to him. The cormorantS greedy Tor plum
der, who surrounded, sednced, and betrayed
him, must take their share Of condemnation.
And there is still another class who must bear
a portion OF the odium due to Breslin's conduct
! tAnie to the men in high station who aided
and abetted these plunderers in their designs
upon Breslin. In this latter class | am sorry to
find Gov. Chase. Ell
1t appears that, Immediately upon taking the
keys Of the Treasury, Breslin made large de-
posts with the City Bank of Cincinnati. The
State lost through those deposits irrevocably the
sum of$79,8l1 IS.
Now. Sir assert, and in making the assertion
measure my words that on December 80, 1851
lust tsco iyecks befne Byesljn assumed the duties
Of his office. Gouernor Chnce recommended to him
the SAID City Btnk Of Cincinnati as a safe insti-
tuition for the deposit Of the public nancy, ,ohsn
at the same time he kneoU it aO1s rotten to the cure.
Here is the proof call the attention of the
Honse first to the following letter of Governor
Chase to Mr.. Breslin:
.'PRIvATE." CINCINNATI, Der. 80. 1851.
amy DEAR SIR:-I enclose Mr.. Heaton's
letter which speaks for itself. | take it for
granted, that so far as the Treasury makes de-
posts in CINCINNATI, they ill not be continued
with the Trust Company. The City Bank is
have no doubt, a safe institution and is mana.
ged by excellent and liberal men. | speak the
more impart.ally, as ! never borrowed u dollar
FROM them.
/ presume that your arrangement as to de
posting here are already made. IfLot, though
] am bound in justice to say what Ihave for the
City Bank. | should feel still more bound to ask
your favorable notice OF the Machines and Ira.
der's Bank, with which lido all my own business
but in which have no interest as stakeholder OF
other wise. Yours truly
S, P. CHASE.
P. ST. suppose it rather too late to con
graduate you on your election, which, never
theless, ! do most cordially as | id also VIVA,
lay in my power to secure it. Mag your i'm.
portant duties be SO faithfully and ably dischar.
ged as to Justify the confidence Of your friends
and add to theirs that of the whole people,
Who was Mr. Heaton, whose letter was en-.
closed with Gov. Chase's? He was the Cashier
Of the City Bank of Cincinnati, an abolitionis'
after the approved Chase model, and one Of hie
particular and political friends.
Now, to prove that Gov. Chase at the time
he wrote that letter hneW that the City BanE
was not a safe place OF deposit for the public fund
] call the attention of the House TO no Demo
cratic libels." SIR, I quote from the Republic
cm report Off. w. Faylor, G. g.. Smith ant
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