, 1859-02-12

%%tSt tuS 1A'Ao A'F11oA'a"f y'E'Shl uu44s
h'ore the death of Tie ia,ter, will be :ouud On
lie third paec-
The $50 ,u00 Cauai claim.
fhe psxss AND rs1suSs stacks the Commit
tee Of the Legislature lor arriving 1t the conclu-
sion thss the aotion Of one Of i,s editors in pay
tog DaEid Leavitt $43 200 out Of the Canal Fnnd
was ~ unwise," and cites an opinion the editor
Q! the Chicago journal expressed 70 Governor
Aatteson several yeAr1 ago, ns : part Of the DE-.
fence Of the UAnst Trustee in Tho matter.
If thst faucsiouary Ind paid half Al much al
teution TO the opinions Of the editor Of this pa.
per and others. as they expressed it. be would
never have taken the !" "unwi1e' course Of over
ruling the nctior OF all his predecessors, and
that Of every Governor for the past twelve
SeAss.
On the principle that the laborer WAS worthy Of
his hire, We Recommended tho Goye1not-{we
polntedly refused to sign the Recommendation Of
the Trurlee~)-to pay Mr. Leavtt out Of the iunds
oi thc State. Assuming tue claioi to be just, VIC
advised its payment out Of the State Treasury.
Dr.. Ray deciding It to be rlgh. paid it out Of tue
Canal Fund. Nc recommended 1he Governor TO
{ay it, if IL wss right, and our neashbor Rssumcs
upon this opinion OF ours III 1t it is right and pays
it himself.
Wecondeunned tho payment OF this claim out
at the Canal fund ind By the Stats Trustee ip
tbe8e columns ST tbs tine it WAS made. The in
:. veauRation OF the Committee and the uHantNoAs
AV4FSAV4 VI 4k6 ACfOl< " t0o AoA1es ANo
-4S1,u Do1 % ,uss upon our coiemporares Of
the Pass AND Ta1Rgsx The State Trustees
should fral grateful tha. tho Legislature IN unnn-
imousy expressing its disapprov al Of his course.
characterizes it 10 mildly, aud certainly not
quarrel either with his political frends on the
COMMITTEE, or his political opponents in the
House.-.'vuraa' Of yesterday.
We appeal flom Mr. Wilson, applicant for
the Office OF State Trustee, 10 Mr.. Wilson, ed
itor ct tue Journal III 1854. The above il
what he says no,o the following is what lie
said then:
csissso. Ms5 i. isl !
HoE. J. A. NAr1rsox-U<dr Sir NJ atten-
Gon having been called 10 the matter Of remu-
nerasion OF David L,svist, E.q., iu nego:is'ing
the 'oau Of Il ,G00.00o, 10 complete the illinois
and Michigan CRnal, s=hich effort hes proved 70
entirely successful iu its rssuts. my opinion il
dtcidrdty that he is tntiAed To at tast .tWo and
ons-Aat pr cat. on The amount Of ths loan, Tor
his strvices. Respectfully, DC,
K. L. WILSON.
Ifuuy coincide in TIE opinion odope erprtsssd.
CHARLES l.. WILSON.
From the day tie above letter wsS written
until after the actioa "f the State Trustee
which tue Journal now condemns, not one
word was uttered through its columns hy the
editor in opposition to the laynlcnt Of Mr.
Lcavili's claim. Me. Wilson n9w says &c re-
commended the Governor 10 TO pay the claim
Iii it WIS right" 1u LIS letter above Ie does
not express i doubt as to It's riShttulness-he
assumes, Us Ut lis own persoua1 knowledge,
that il vas right, and adds, Is Ny opinion il
decidedly that lc is entitled to ut least Two
and one half prr cent On the amount Of the
loan," tthe precise amount paid him). Nti-
ther is there any specific recommended II in
tue Letter tdat this amuunt be paid by 4hc
Governor out ui tue funds If Tie St1tt,'' nor
any iutima.iou that il oush MT to h. paid
out ol tue Iunds belonging 10 the Trust TIE
letter isa plain, straightforward expression
u opinion as 10 tbc following points:
l.-1''at tue clrin OF Mr.. Lcayitt is just.
2,-That it ought to be paid.
It is true that after the claim had been
paid the Journal permitted certain cosalauci-
cat1ons-written by John WcptwortA- to ap-
pear ia its columns hut even then The editor
did nc4 stultiIy himself, III view IF Liz letter
recommending the payment of The claim, ly
condcml4ing ,l,c :c. in person. 1t was only
alter his ccs libiisy az Witness had been de-
stloyel by Ills becoming i I'nrty in interest,
that be fell to The Level ot eating his own
hoae:t wo'd,.
Tue journal suys NC attack tue Com.
1niltre," &c. We lave made no "at,agk"
upou it. unless to e:low that by cnninirg il
sell to the public records, necessarily iu1,cr-
fec; as 10 the +ulject under investigation,
and by excluding Alt evidence from every
Other source, it WIS impossible tu :srriyc Ut
a just concluston-c:n IT, construed into ;su
attack. Au opinion formed nuder such cir
cumstances, wtIrtAer by Committee Of tue
Legislature, or ly the Legislature itself, Is
wholly unworthy o1 respect, aud ne douD1
not it is s, regarded by everybody except the
political e1emi.s Of the State Trustee and |
those who Arc aching to OCCUPY his official
boots.
Between the State Trustee and the Journal |
there il, by the showing Of The latter, but this
difference: l1o:h believed the clam of Mr. |
Lcavitt to he just but lhc former thought it
:. ;. ,.,
~ pau ~ ""'1e lus '1'"A 'u'nA' - 0Aou.o
haye been paid from the State Treasury. VIC
believe that t'r people VI the State by whose
taxes the Treasury is rcpensbcd will side
,r;t,, ~. s,,.,. .t. ..; ,.,
"'Aa '"o ''1''e LII 1o'c'so ooou
holders Of courrc agree with the journal, be-
caus.. The nayfn,,ut IF Air. t.ravjtt out NJ tho
n-.
1Fus1 1uuo olh'nls'ea tueif div'dcnd 10 That