Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-30
ssG~vern0r Morton and the slower
E. a.


FRAUD"
His Excellency directly, by attorney. mani
tests a good deal of irritation article in
the Sentiaei of Wednesday. upon the Slower
fraud. and retoIts by charging in the Journal
yesterday that il was ! malignant attack upon
the officers of State including the Governor.
State Agent. Loan Commissioners and Attorney
General" We deny the soft impeachment. We
made no attack upon the Officers of State" but
simply commented upon the statement made by
the New FORK Herald as to the arrangement
nude with SLOWER for the return and cancellation
of the bonds frauduleu;ly issued. Whatever may
have been the ultimate intentions Of the Governor
in regard TO the prosecution of the parties impi.
Gated in the crime, there can be no doubt but
SrovER lei to believe that if the over issu Is
we're returned TO the State Agent in New York
that no public exposure OF his misdeeds was To
be made. The Governor saws he was advised OF
tue fraudulent issue in February last and imme
diately placed the matter in the hands of the Dis
trIct Attorney of New York, where the crime had
been committed. for prosecution 1t appears by
the telegr,phc report in our columns this morn
ing that the committee appointed by the
New York Stock Board to investigate the
affair, report hat the fraudulent issues will
amount To IL 100000 Yet. according TO the
testimony of the Governor, at least three months
trausprel after he knew that the fraud had been
committed, before the matter published to
the world. The Governor must have been cog.
niz,nt OF the arrangements raade with SrovrR
OF else he was singulafly remss in the discharge
Ct his official duties. During these three months
he knew those bonds we're ia existence. and that
innocent parties were liable TO be imposed upon
by purchasing them. not citizens OF other States
alone. but those OF our own. There nay have
been urgent State reasons. and some may vet be
developed OF singular character which justified
the withholding OF the knowledge OF the fraud
from the public. and perhaps even private inter
ests We're best subserved by this policy II such
WIS the ease Gov. MoRroN deserves no credit
therefor lie saws that he desired and insisted
that the guilty parties should be promptly
exposed and prosecuted and that he he'd no put
Va the arrangement with SrovER to return the
irregular issues" The parties 10 The trans,c
ton were al in New York. so that the Cover
nor's plea that public exposure would have
given them opportunity to escape amounts to
nothing. The Governor nv failing to inform the
public Of the fraud himself. aud BY permitting ii
10 be withheld, consented thereby to the arrange
mspts made 10 shield the guilty parties from an
exposure of their crime He knew that tire
fraudulent bonds " ere received through the Agen-
g in New York the same a. the genuine. thus
making the State or n least the officers OF
state Who knew these facts. parties 10 the fraud.
suppose that ''the Governor, State Agent, Loan
Commissioner and Attorney Gene.al' were in
formed that there htd beeu pat ia circulation a
million and a.h,lt of counterieit notes on the
Bank of the State. For fear OF inJuriug the
credit OF the Bank sn arrangement WAS mado
with those guilt, - the crime not to expose
them. II they would retire SOS 600 or more Of the
certificates weekly. AMI that too through the
Sank Would not the knowledge that such an
arrangement had been contaminated and its con
cealment. make those Who knew il parties to tie
frandr
We understand the Governor feels quite indig
nant our article and thinks it UNJUST that his
Official acts should be criticized. especially n
those cases where the interests Of the State are
Involved. We have no disposition TO do so. bat
il he permits his organ To use such acts to ad-
vance the Interests OF his party. be cannot ex
peci that his political opponents viii remain
silent or fail 10 retort Eminen, Republican pol.
iticians Who have had the confidence OF the VA
uonal Administration are implicated ia the $40.
fraud. Whether that was the reason why an
a,teInp, vas made u retire the fraudulent bonds
without exposure. il i for "a u say. We
knew nothing OF the matter until last Sunday.
ithout regard TO the partisan ~ympathie- OF the
parties engaged IN the fraud. Ne called upon the
State authorities Ia nse every effort punish
them with the utmost risor OF the law There j.