The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1860-02-22

against the charges contained ID '"e ,ae' "
annual report of the State Auditor Coi. tt
poaeersoS. Here, where our distinguished A
s,rov-citizen is 80 we'll known as one al. n
,o,e,her governed by sturdy honesty and =,
impeIled by honorable instincts the VIM ""
aicatiou may be considered as unnecessa- a
70. vet it is proper that the public should r
have an opportunity Of learning the points 4
at issue:
ADVERTISEMENT.
H. A CARD.
rb. law require. the State Treasurer to hand in
VI. annual report to the Governor ten days before
the meeting of the Legislature, sad the fourth Sec
ton of the act of 1856, de6ning tie duties OF the
Auditor requires him to make his report to the
,Geeeral assembly at the commencement OF each
,soplsr session." not only compiled literally with
this law in 1859 by sending the report OF the oper'
.,oOs Of the Treasurer daing the preceding year
~ the Governor, but delivered to him the printed
renort in full as it was sent TO the Legislature. /,
in common with others, WAS astonished at the IN
dcfcaey exhibited by the Auditor in 1859, in the
Iaoorious effort be made in his annual report TO
expIsin away some Of his official misdeeds to which
i had alluded in my report Of that year, to which
h. had obtained access. This year sent the Gov
,e.nor oly the manuscript statement OF the receipts
md expenditures OF the preceding year, ~'t"''''"g
py remarks. Ny report in full was ready Tor DE-
~nserv to the General Assembly Oil the second 'ay
oftae,r meeting, when il was discovered mat ny
aceden, an important part of 1t had been oms''eo'
which made it necessary to set up!a portion OF ~
anew and rebnd it, 1t was, notwithstanding, COM
Mated By the printer and delivered to the members
Of the Legislature in the latter part OF the hEs'
week of the session. The Auditor did not comply
withrtLe law either last year or this; but held
back bis report this year from the printef until the
last Of January (the Legislature met on the i6th,
with the view OF taking advantage, OF my eon'ph'
snce with the law, to answer, or attempt TO an
aver the exposures which might make OF his Of
fetal acts.
On the 9Th Of February, twenty.tour days aeF
the meeting Of the Legislature, and nine days after
7 had gone out Of Office, his report was delivered
to the members In this report the Auditor again
attempts reply to the official report OF another
State officer, presumed to have been delivered SIM
uitaueoasly with his own, andhy so doing proclaim
ing his contempt for the law aud his incapacity tc
appreciate the indelicacy of the act. And he die
l.. nf MI
fce- whom be knew would be out of Office before
his report would be made public and consequent!
having no right to ask OF the Legislature the ap
poiutrncnt of a committee to do him justice, by en-
sb!ing him to prove each and every statement
made By him to be true, and the statements ant
ias,nuatiors contained in the Auditors report II
reference TO him to be untrue in every particular
By reference to the last page Of my report it will
se seeu that invite any party who may feel him
self aggreved by any statement of fact contained
therein to seek Justice by asking an investigation
By the Legislature. Why did not the Auditor &C
-. a.. .,:,..0@, i Ma It"stI>c re "cN ".H'
that every st4tehent 9! nIne III regard 10 nj
official acts was literally true, and would be pro
ven bv me to he so, aud much more than haV
ALLEGED lie preferred, with his characteristic du
pcity to attempt to msiead the public by his sim
PIE denial of facts which am ready to prove, ant
b, garbng and supprcssing the records in the onl
two instances where any record IL referred to b
him. have therefore 20 other recourse but th
TO DO myself Justice, and to defend my official OCT
whilst il Office The public ! am convinced woul
not require from me the production OF evidence I
prove tAe truth of any statement Of mine, which
simply denied by E. W. Robertson. Matters (
public nooriety during the years 1858 aDd 1859 4
well as recent developments, would I feel col
WINGED, ronder such course on my part altageths
Superfuous.
The Auditor only attempts in t,Uo instances
contradict my statements by the Introduction
documentary evidence to back his assertions. Tt
many other evidences contained in my report
his las1pacity or corruption he does not attempt
explain, and they are therefore admitted. One
the report made to him IN July, Of the amount
The Treasury belonging to tie Trust Funds, an
other is the insertion in report Of his OrdeI
the 2Sd of February, 1858, for the del
ofcertiin bonds, for the purpose OF
to cut from thenrthe coupons.
read N! report and his own, viii
no" he has lodged every thin
show that tho product of tha
nent would be l.;Sniled if
he evidently thinks tat
nATins committed an c;l
The amount OF Trust Fl
10 Investment; bu,
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when isisHea lhe
lag of the cane"
Fron it, and
Governor few
plate will bel
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