The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-10-05
Benjam min Huber Charged with being a
Defssiteri-An Eiectioueering Lie
Mailed to the Counter.

i DefssI,eri--An EIectioneering Ii
e Mailed to the Counter.
!. Old Benjamin Huber q defaulte
Such is the cry that has gone out |
o every township and school district /
y the countyl How desperate mu,
= be the chances Of party, when the
e last hope of success depends upo
I wanton ISLANDERS such as THE. Th
: story bears the lie upon its yer
t face. When did he become a dc
v fsulterP -Four years sRoi VIII
0 have we not heard of it betorel-
Why did not Mr.. Vsnlue, his sut
: cessor in office, come out upon hir
at the timei Why did not ou
: County Com missioners, two of whor
we're Democrats, and honest men a
that, come out upon him at the time
Why are not the books produced an,
the whole thing exposedp Why wa
the factkept from the people so long
Will the malicious slanderers whc
circulate this report, and claim tha
they knew it all the while, tell th,
people whyl
But whence, at this late day
comes this miserable charge agains
q man who, both in public and ir
private life, has so fairly won the
confidence and unqualified approba.
ton OF his fellow. sitizens2 Upon
what foundation does it rest, and
who are the parties most busy in
circulating ia
We shall give a statement of the
facts in the case. and our authority
tor them, and let the public judge oI
it for themselves.
Mr.. Huber, at the close of his
term OF office had S1l91 deposited
with the approval of the County
Commissioners, in Hazlett's Bank.
The checks for the amount we're
readily accepted by Mr.. Vanlue,
aud the banking books of Mr.. Hsz-
lett will still show that over 5000
OF the money was paid over on the
day the check was given, that the
whole Of it was paid within few
months, every check, as Mr.. Iazlett
declares, being promptly paid when
presented. These are the checks
that we are now told Mr.. Huber was
compelled" to give instead of mon
ey--checks which were regarded at
the time by Mr.. Vanlue, and which
would have been regarded by any
one else, az just the same as cash
checks which were redeemed as fast
as called for. Was lie a defaulter
for this! Is he any the less honest
any the less worthy Of confidence for
having placed portion Of the public
'unds where he was advised by our
Comm issioners to place it, or where
at least it was placed with their
knowledge and consent Tor safe
keeping! And yet this is the prin-
cipa! foundation for the charge Of
defalcation.
But there is another himsy pre-.
tense for this trumped up charge.
started on the eve Of the election
agtinst this man whose iair. open
and honest dealing has passed into
n proverb amongst men OF all par.
tics. There were some notes Which
he was compelled" 10 give. Com.
PEELED ! What kind OF compulsion
was il! Ask Edsor Colt, ask Henry
Brown-good, honost Democrats,
both Of them. Here is what Mey
say about it, and their account agrees
with Mr.. Huher's perfectly. There
were two notes passed to Mr.. Van
lue, one on Colt and Brown for a
small amount. another on Dr.. Bal
Lard, on which Colt and Brown were
security, the two amounting to a
little over 5000. Mr. Huber went
to them before his term expired, and
requested them to settle it before he
went out. They wanted further
time. and went to Mr.. Vanlue to get
bis consent, which was given. Mr..
Vanlue does not deny that the ar.
rangement whereby they were to
have further time was made with
himself, that he chose to take their
obligations in place OF cash, for the
amount in arrears. How, then, vas
Mr.. Huber in any way responsible
Tor the transactionl 1t WAS an &C,
OF accommodation on the part Of
Huber, for which they both acknowl,
edge themselves under lasting obliga.
lions to him, and openly denouncc
the whole charge as a vile slande,
upon one of the best men in Han
cock county.
And this is all This ia tn,
$500 deialcation which the Courie,
Of last week assumed the responsi
bility Of spreading before the public
This is the defalcation which anoth