Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-04-06
The state F,uapccs.

say lately about the bad management of the
State funds by the Republican officers, i'm.
plying that they have been derclict in their
duty. We propose to show from official
documents what was the condition Of the
finances of the State when the Republicans
came into power. The Democrats had
been in power for years and glance at
their management of the affairs of Ohio
will prove instructive. At the close Of the
fiscal year. Nov Is, 1855, the nominal
balance in the Treasury, according TO the
report of Mr.. Morgan, late Auditor of State,
was S703,570,s0. To this should be add
ed the Bank taxes due in ls54-5, but re-
ceved in 1856, less the sum refunded as
having been illegally collected $119,7eo.77
making the total apparent means on the
18th of November, 1856, $s23,35O.s5.
In order to ascertain the real cash means.
however, there should be deducted the
amount of debts of 1s54-5, paid in 1866,
viz: 1885, and 100000 as the es-
timated unascertained balance of such debts.
If these sums ($617, 7,379.65) be deducted
from the apparent means (ss8, ,95Os5) the
result will be S2o5,977.2o as apparently
applicable to the service of the State. But
of the balance reported by Auditor Morgan,
the sum of 225,sI92O never came into
the hands of tho Republican Treasurer
elected in 1855, having been retained by
Mr.. Breslin as having been paid for ex-
change or having been placed by him with
depostaries who had used the money and
failed to restore it 10 the Treasury. So
that instead of being balance in the Treas
ury applicable to the service of the State,
there was an actual deficit of available
means of l8,842.10. These figures show
that the Democratic officials instead of leav-
ing balance of $s23,95O.S5 of available
means, as they reported to the Legislature,
actually left deficit of $l9,s45.1O, to be
made up from the revenues of succeeding
years.
This has been the chief reason why the
finances of the State have been in so deplo-
rable a condition ever since. The Repub-
lican officials have been endeavoring by
prudent, economical management to hus-
band the resources of the State so as to re-
lieve the people as far as may be from the
consequences of the wasteful extravaganza
of their predecessors-those prodigal sons,
who now attempt to charge upon the Re-
publicans the sins of which they them
selves were guilty. The figures we have
given are taken from official documents and
speak for themselves They show clearly
that the Democracy, who would fain have
the people clothe them with the power
which they have abused, instead of leaving
balance in the Treasury, on the l5th of
November 1855, actually left to their Re-
publican successors legacy of debt which
they were compelled to contrive means to
pay. They show that Democratic officials
have been the delinqueuts in this matter,
and not the Republicans.
As an illustration of the difference be-
tween democratic and Republican rule, we
publish the following, showing the prodigal-
ity of the Democratic Legislature of last
year. and that of The Republican Legisla-
ture of this year in the item of Clerk hire.
1t was compiled by the official reporter of
the Senate, for the Commercial.