The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-03-20

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As no sensible man has vet attempted to de-
fend Mr.. C. |. Walkers course, as author OF the
Resolutions of the Democratic State Convention,
dim, idotic - law student" brings his pop-gun
intellect to bear, through the columns of the
Journal, upon certain structures with regard to
.one of those resolutions, which appeared in the
Republican of week before last.
He did not attempt to dsproye the statements
therein made, probably for the reason that he is
aware they are true. II he has any doubt upon
that point, We refer him to a certain student in
the Law Department of the University who was
q clerk in the Office Of the Auditor General up
TO the first Of October last, and who knows that
the monthly examinations required by the Stat
ute were regularly made, up to the time he left
the Office.
We would suggest to Mr.. Law Student the
propriety Of bringing his feeble powers TO bear
upon the argument in the case, instead OF cast
ing low slurs which happen to fall wide of the
mark.
Mr.. C. i. Walker, Esq. may be popular Law
Professor, and respectable man, but we are
not dealing with him in either capacity. We
are dealing with him a. the author OF the Reso.
lutions referred TO above. IL Is an old trick OF
the Democrats, though not always a successful
one, to induce members of their party, who
have been placed in public positions by the Re-
publican party, to use the influence thus OBJ
tanned to the injury OF the party to whom they
owe their position.
Now, when c. I. Walker, Esq. consents tC
descend from the honorable position in which
he has been placed by Republicans, consent.
also to ignore his manhood, and become the
mouthpiece of as low = set of blackguards as
were the leaders of the late Democratic State
Convention, his conduct is Justly open to criti
cism and rebuke. But we are not yet done with
Mr.. Walker. In his sixth Resolution he saws
"the continuous refusal OF the Republican Adj
ministration and Legislature to allow any honest
examination OF the accounts of the late or pres
ent State Treasurer, taken in connec
ton with recent developments, is proof that the
malpractices of both the late and present State
Treasurers were known and purposely concealed
from the people" This IS but re-hash of az
old and long exploded ftlsehood 1t is wei
known that neither Repub lean Administration:
nor Republican Legislatures have refused any
honest and proper examination of the Treasury
On the contrary, the very material, which they
are endeavoring 70 work up into Democratic
thunder, was furnished by the expose made by
q Republican Board of State Auditors. How
different is this from the careful manner in which
Democratic Administration have always con
cealed their deviltry.
Again; it is well known that the Legislature
of 1853 authorized an examination OF the Treas
ury, and that the only real ground of complaint
on the part Of the Democrats was that il covered
too much ground, as it included as many year:
of Democratic rule as it did of Republican. Il
is true that Mr. Kanter, in mis- minority report
complained of obstacles being thrown in his way
in making his investigations, but this complaint
was only made to conceal the Ettleness of hi:
discoveries. On his return TO the Benton House
the day he made his investigations, he declared
in the presence OF a dozen witnesses, THAT Ii,
Was perfectly satisfied with the manner in which
he had been treated; that everything he asked
for was shown him, and that the members of the
Republican administration were gentlemen"
In his ninth resolution, Mr.. c. |. Walker
charges the Republican party with squanderins
the half million of dollars in the Treasury wher
they scceded to power, that half million being
the result of Democratic thrift and honesty.
The amount in the Treasury January /, 1855
was $i69, 04l.5l. The amount of interest LEFT
unpaid by the Democrats for the five preceding
years was s410, 10000. So that the amount OF
hand at the close OF Democratic rule, and, &C
eording to Sweges, "lying idle in the Treasury,
instead of being "the result of Democratic thrift
and honesty" was simply the result of Demo
cratic unthrift and dishonesty.
As to the charge of squandering the money
left in the Treasury, it is made without shadow
Of truth. The Republicans have paid alone, il
five years, interest upon the State debt more
than the Democrats, s4S2, I67 81
On State Institutions, 579,392 q
Sl,Vll, $50 OF