The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-03-08
NUMBER :.46.I

tnereloT. ulu not 90 70 New I ork
with the Treasurer at the time said
bonds were to be delivered, for the
sole reason that my duty in the prem
ises had already been performed. sd
We had in April negotiated sale
OF the bonds to the highest bidder,
and had taken HazIeton's bond to pay
the fall amount of the loan, including
premium, to the State Treasurer, on
the first day of July, and it seemed
more than folly for me to perform
journey to new York at the expense of
the State, simply to witness the cere-
mony of seeing Hazleton & Co., pay
the State Treasurer the amount of the
loan, for the law required the payment
OF the money to be made directly to
the Treasurer On Mr.. McKinney's
part of July, / met him in Detroit city,
and in answer to my inquiry if he had
received from Hazleton E Co.,1the
money on the canal bonds, he assured
me he had.doThis is the substance of
the conversation that passed between
us on that subject. / did not inquire
of him as to what disposition he had
made of the money. 1t would have
been impertinent in me to have made
such an inquiry. ] had no reason to
suppose that the full amount of the
loan and premium was notthen in the
Treasury. From that time down to the
latter part of November last, / had no
reason to think, and never heard it in
timated or suspectedath that the full
amount of the canal loan and premium
was not in the Treasury. The first in
timation to the contrary that received
from any one was in the month of No
vember last, in the city of Lansing.
Mr.. Mckinney was then in New York
city, and did not return untilsometirne
net far from the goth of December
last. / saw him upon his return in
December in Mr. Howard's Office, and
he then 'and there, in the presence of
Mr.. Howard. gave me, as believe, a
full and frank statement of all the facts
in relation to the Hazleton loan. The
Board Of State Auditors, on the 9th
of December, closed their settlement
with the State Treasurer, and Iupon
the 29th day of the same month, served
upon me a copy of such settlement
and upon the next morning the Attors
ney General and / started for New
York city, with view if possible to
obtain security of g Hazleton & Co..
for the $4,000 loaned them by the
Treasurer. We obtained from Halle
ton & Co. the best security we could,
and such as We think is amply sufficient
to secure the re-payrneefof the full
amount, with princip and interest
into the Treasury of the State.
The above and foregoing is fun
statement of all the facts connected
with the sale of the canal bonds and Of
the Hazleton loan, and the part have
taken in the transaction so far as il
within my knowledge gE 4lt
| wish to add / did not know that
8" E. II. Hazleton g. Co." intended to
competete for the canal loan until the
sealed bids wee opened at the Artf
sans Bank on the said 25th day Of
April. ss,o efso7aT
/ never knew who composed the
members of the firm of ssE II. Halle
ton q Co." until their names were dis
closed to me in the city of New York
on the first day # january last past in
taking the security for the repayment
of said $50, 900. / never knew that
they designed not to pay the full
amount of said loan upon the first day
of July last past, or that they had not
paid it, or that they had loaned from
the Treasurer any sum of money what
ever. until / as so informed by Mr..
Mckinney in the city of Detroit in
December last, except as ] heard ru-
mors to that effect in the latter part of
November previous. / never had the
slightest business relation norconnection
with E. Fl. Hazleton e. Co., or with
any member OF the firm in my life, that
| can now call to mind, with the single
exception that was employed in my
lproftssi, n by George NJ. Dewy, one of
said company, some TIL, ee years since,
to prosecute, an action of ejectment re-
Gently tried in the Circuit Court for the
county of Saginaw. hold myself di-
lrectly responsible to the people for
each and every act of mine, and court
the most rigid investigation into all
srch acts. l have no reply to the many
ISLANDERS upon my private character,
that venial Democratic press has
sought to heap upon me within the past
! three months. My peighbors where l
have lived for the past twenty years
must be my judges. Icannot, howev-
, err in Justice to Mr.. Mckinney, close
, this article without adding that / be-
Iieye him to be as honest man as
ever lived, that in the investigation
made by Mr.. Howard and myself in
New York in regard to the Hazleton
loan, saw nothing that led lne. for
one moment to think that Mr.. MckIn'
ney in that transaction was actuated
: by corrupt orselfish motives. entirely
. RPexonorafe him from all intentional
? wrong in regard to that loan. The
|, reasons and motives that led him tc
f take that step are for him to explain
and not for me-. Ishall not act either al
his accuser or his apologizer. 9
q Pardon this long communication, but
in Justice to myself and friends l do no
know how could have said Tess.
Respectfully yours, &C.,
, NJ. WISNER. !
Pontiac. Feb. 90. 1860.