Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-07
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN AN
ABOLITION MAGAZINE. v
1.reasurer Dorsey Blown
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In the denunciation of Democrats, as ''cop-
perheads," as "butternuts," as ''sympathis-
ers with the Rebellion. and as "disunion-
ists," have been illegitimately, or, to speak
with more direct precision, have been dis
honestly, somehow or other making money
off Of the people. So, when we heard
Treasurer DORSEY endeavor to impress up
on the returning soldiers, in hisspeeches,
that he and his political co-laborers, al
thuugh they were not to the front, did sig
nal service for the country BY lighting
"copperheads" IN the rear, the idea flashed
across our mind tlau'this man DORSEY had
made aIcAgood thing out Of the War, and
that his self-extolIed patriotism was a sham
OF the worst PETER FUNK sort. In looking
round we obtained sufficient Information
touching Mr.. DoRsEY's operations with the
funds of the State Treasury to justify us in
making the following notice on the 10Th OF
| August pngiHN .frgp nHo aoiiG1ioi
. c. yoLNEY Dorsey. Y.LYou know, Mr.
/ Dorsey, that this is a somewhat malicious
world. ou, doubtless, know that II Was
the opinion OF Sir John Falstaff that this
world is given to lying exceedingly. This
Is by way of saying 10 you, that the state
ment Is gaining currency, that you have
some how or other made a snug little sum
of of the money you received Into the
State Treastify--a matter of some THIRTY BIZ
forty tItousdnd dollars. Is there any truth In
J this statement, Mr. Dorsey-that Is, Is there
any truth In the statement, that you have,
while Treasurer Of State, realized from of
of the funds OF the State anything over and
above ydur salaryp y II you have not, il will
afford us a great deal Of pleasure to publish
note from you saying SO. '!.-i =. ~ = 'f3lll'
\ To this notice, the Ohio State Journal re-
pliedlinthe following editorials ii1ius sdi a
IF anything more dastardly than the fore.
going has appeared In an Ohio newspaper,
for ten years, it escaped our notice! Mark
its character. The coward who wrote IL
does not make any charge. He insinuates
grave imputation and then impudently
proposes to take pleasurein In the publication
of note from the gentleman insulted, de-
nying that there is cause for such insinua-
tion. He knows that by this e8ecrable
course heputs himself beneath the person.
sl notice of any man who entertains de-
cent respect for his own character, and he
expects that he has given occasion for de-
party that the State Treasurer has been un-
lawfully acquiring money by means of his
official station. fWhenIa political party
must resort to such bushwhacking, il Is low
indeed. The dregs of treason are not low.
er; and the editor who indulges in itllis a
disgrace to the profession. Decentralization
resulting from sympathy with slavery and
anxiety for che success of the slave power,
by means of rebellion, could alone debase
even an originally mean character so low.
To this we responded as follows: r . .ilyl -, ~,
There was nothingip our notice of G.
VOlney Dorsey calculated to excite any
body's wrath, unless the rumor to which we
referred was bottomed on truth. The ruinor
was not created in The STATESMAN office.
1t came to us outside of the office, and we
thought it due to the public and to Mr.. Dor
sey, to state that such a rumor was obtain
Ing currency, ahdlto give him an iopportu-
nifty Of contradicting it through our col
umns, If it we're false. In these days of
wholesale swindling and corruption, of de-
falcations and forgeries by men who have
worn the outside Of unchallenged honesty,
the affectation of wrathful indignation is
hardly up to the demand Of the occasion.
1t don't meet the case. What is the history
of the Treasury of Ohio? 1Bliss'i accounts
were not In a satisfactory condition when
heIeft it. sBreslinIisfn exile, because of a
misuse Of the funds in the Treasuryy Glib
sou did not leave ithonorably, it Stonesis nm
derstood to have left 1t carrying a heavy
load OF liabilities. o1 The editor of the
State Jo,tfiidlo by re-readiDg his editorial,
win ,findothat IL is allitakenl up in the
abuse of the writer who wrote 9the i"G.
,yolney Dorsey" editorial, and that one
word is said In refutation Of the trumorp
or s'ihsinnation" therein contained. iUfr-
doubtedly, this was an accidental omission;
for we presume that the editor of the State
journal started out with the intentionJof
srefuting it3 Or 0flsaying there was no truth
whatever In 4t; bus his passion and indig-
nation getting the control Of him, hSferg0tI
It altogether 9publicihave n0kn0wl-l
edge as to what the editorDo of the Journal
usually means; they accept his editorials
as reAectfng his actualitiews, opinions and
knowledge in regard Ito any subject upon
which he may treat. This being the case,
the editor of the State Journal will see that
his editorial leaves Mr.. Dorsey, uninten-
tionally, Of course,oin q worse condition
than our editorial left him; and I'VE shall
expect him TO make a distinct denial of the
tfuthfulness of the trumor'' or tinsinua-
9tion" referred to- Die I'9tdns II y19Ffis
- :, Since the publication of the foregoing,
once-a-week we have called Mr.. DoRsEY''s
attention to the prevailing rnmor of his
misuse of the funds of the States but from
him we could get no response, nor could we
get any further response frem, the State
Jotrnal In relation TO the matter. The State
'Jo,aual Of Wednesday, September6. 6. con-
tains the report Of Mr.. P. OpLM and VIM
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