The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-03-27
From the Grand Trayrrse Herald.
Other Side of the Question.

The Detroit Free Press has'had daily
spasms for several weeks past, because the
State Treasurer had delivered up $4,000
of Canal Bonds OH credit, and had made
some deposits without that security which
the law requires. That the Treasurer has
done wrong, everybody admits, and no.
where has be found an apologist in the re.
publican ranks, His acts have been officially
condemned by the Board of State Auditors
and every Republican, paper has spoken
in terms of condemnation Of his course.
But why should the Free Press be SO
horrd at acts in Others which it once ap.
proved and justified in tho officials Of It's
own party? When a Democratic Govern.
or, contrary to law, delivered up to the
Morris Canal and Banking Company,
(then in doubtful credt) Five Millions Of
dollars in the State Bonds without any
security, and received only 3250,O00 as
first quarterly paymcnt--thc balance TO be
paid in quarterly instalmcntS ola like
sum-,ho Free Press justified the net,
and subsequent Democratic Legislature
r tilted it. The Morris canal and Bank.
ing Company transferred those Bonds to
the United States Bank Of Pennsylvania,
end failed. The Tni'od States Bank hy-
pothccatod them in England, and after pay
ing one half Of the whole amount, that in
stitution went down, and the consequence
was that the State had five millions Of
Bonds ahoat for which it had received less
than fifty cents on dollar. The Free
Press uttered no word Of rop,oog or irdulg.
ed in single spasm.
When six hundred thousand d3llars Of
State fatds, received on account o! this
Five Million LOAF, were deposited in the
old State Bank, (then known 10 be insol-
vcnl,) and were lost to the State 10y the
failure Of that rotten political pet and the
money thus plundered from tie Treasury
was divided amoog leading Democratic
politicians, tho Free Press uttered no
groan.
When Commissioner Humphrey conse-
Grated to his own use thirty thousand dol
lars Of this fund, the free Press made no
complaint, but justified Democrati. Leg.
,laturc III whitewashing him, ard permit
ting him to retain the money.
When the Ponlilc Railroad COMPANY,
through the agency Of the present Detroit
Postmaster, cheated .he State cut Of enc
hundred thousand dollars which i had bor-
rowod, aud which was simply secured, tho
Free Press thought it was all right.
When the Democratic Board OF State
Auditors paid the Phpnix Bank thirty
five thousand dollars on demand which had
been paid twelve or fourteen years preyi.
ou~lv, the FIRE. Press appIaudod. Bat
when Republican Attorney General sGcd
that bank to recover it back and obtain
a Judgement for the state Tor the whole
amount, with interest that paper vas elcc-
trfed with horror at the Republican au,
dacitv, aul has never ceased It's waiiings
When some Democrat connected with
the State Treasury stole sixty thousand
dollars of Government Stock Bank notes
and pat them agaiG in circulation, the
Free Press saw nothing in the act which
was not in accordance with the u>ages Of
it, party; and when late Democratic
Deputy State Treasury was forced 10y u
Republican Attorney General to acknowl
elrc, under OATH that he had taken $3.50
from the Treasury Jhat did not belong to
him, aud WAS compelled to refund It, with
Interest, the FIRE. Press only indul-od in
unmiiigatcd abuse Of tho Attorney Gcuer
al for exposing the frauds anl NAL practices
Of Democratic oiica,,,
The State has never lost dollar by the
acts Of any KrpuJacan o.,i'.al5; while, la
ring the sixteen year0 o! Democratic rule,