The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-03-25

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The April Number of tho LADIES HOME
MAGAZINE. comes to us we'll illustrated, aud
with an interesting table OF contents.
Rep ort of the Committee on the Breslin
Frauds.
The report Of this committee. which was
prcsunted to tho Legislature last week, has
Doen the subject OF considerable comment.
With tho report, Governor Chasu sent a
brief message to tho General Assembly.
showing. that while that body has perfect
right to demand such cOmmittGe, and to
legalize its acts, tho State constitution do
clares in the most positive terms that the
duty OF appointing belongs sulely to the Ex
ecuIve Gov. Chase with characteristic
wisdom places himself right un the records.
! When this report and message woro receiv-
| cd by the Legislature, tho Democratic ma
jority of that body by their action commit
! ted themselves to II trick more contemplate
even than We were prepared to expect from
men who have proved themselves 50 ready
| in tho execution of moanGess. Contrary to
all usage and to egory principle of dnconcy,
and losing sight of that manhood which
ohOud characterize their position us states
men and representatives OF the pooplo, thoy
allowed their minds to be so contracted by
party feeling that they refused to publish
! tho message of Gov. Chase, in connection
with tho committees report. IL is due tho
party TO state that there arc many Demo-
Gratis who denouncc this US disgracetul ac-
ton.
| ne hn Ia ipfn I,l
as a Democratic electioncerng document.
IL is not an impartial statement of the re-
suit of tho duty they were appointed To
perform. such as the public worry naturally
I expected of them but laborcd attempt
to justify tho doings of Democratic robbers
by strivSg to implicato men who are unfor.
tunate enough TO differ with them in politics
IL somo instances without shadow oi
ground for suspicion, they slash and cut al
tho characters OF men, in u dOminecrnl
spirit which was hardly equaIlcd by members
: Of tho Spanish in9uistiOn. The report il
such as wo might expect from tho commit
toe, which is composed of two Democrats
and one man who is interested in no party
The two Democrats arc notorious as party
men, they are willy and long headed. ant
without doubt prepared the report. Oneo
those men was implicated in tho robbGries
and it is very property said ho should have
been witness instead ofjndge in the prem
ises. MIR. Morgan was acquainted with the
yilaiDy of Breslin. the Democratic Treasur
or, long before Breslin was discovered, anC
instead of protecting tho peoples money he
took advantage of his position as Auditor o.
State to repeatedly shield the robber. thus
duplicating bimsclf. THIS The rrpOr, admits
Yet this man Morgan is placed on tho com
! miltee. Is it not reasonable to suppos,
, that he would make such report. not Oni,
to benefit his party but to savo himsSlt
Though tho committee labors to screen tn
principal rascals, because they arc Domo
Gratis, and endeavOr to make Republican
responsible for nearly all, they are condemn
oil 10y their own report. We will vt presen
notice briefly what tho report proves, AN
shall in future have more to say on the sui
ject. Nearly threo quarters Of II million c
; dollars are missing from the State Treasur,
u This committee is appointed tofnd who stol
:, the money, and where it now is, The re
~ cOVery OF tho money was the man Ohjuct i
:, appointing tho committee. Tho report tho
~ proves -
- First, That it had been tho custom fC
y. mary years for State Treasurcrs to loa
," public funds TO responsible parties, and NJ
proprate tho interest to their own use. Tb
70 was generally known. and tho money tn,
" accrung to the Treasurer was regarded
~ part OF his salary.
IT. That in 1852 and 1868, attempts we
:" made to protect the Treasury, when Il
w conseq uences OF this evil were predicted 10
'0 that in zach case the Legislature which W
" largely Democratic refused, and the mi
10 who asked for the reform were denouDc
10 by Democratic papers for doubling tho no
NO nsty of State Treasurers and that il W
OF not until ,he Legislature was RepubIicu
go that any provision was made for the prote
no tion OF the peoples money.
10 That MIR Bliss, Treasurer previous
'eS Bres.in, used some of tho money as was t
custom, and tnat when he lott office the
w was deficiency of u few thousand dolla
a' but that he paid the State in full that {
'P' State is not loser ono dollar by Mr. Bills
That Broslin, the Denocratc Ireasur
rm was tho first and only man that applied l
ret money teoniOusly to his own use that
"a has robbed tho State OF about 5000 0C
hIa that no has run away from tho country, a
rad is now in Canada that he admits he ST
w nearly all the money that some OF il
'"- wont account for he coniesses to tho co
'x' mitteo that $500 900 of the money is in
'riy hands of three of his friends, but he refu
M to tell who tho men are that have the mon
The That Bresin swears Gibson knew noih
nly of the condition of tho Treasury when
ols (Gbson) entered upon the duties of
ded office; that tho crime committed by GibS
tied was in not promptly reporting the condit
ing OF tho Troaaury, aud that he deserves
.six seyerest censure for this but some allc
nav auce is made for this error in the fact Il
q Of he was relative OF Breslin and beioy
:, that Rraalin coulh and wnuid in n shnrt ri,