Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-03

past, and past praying for, too. The
natlon which has and must have the yerv
largest list, both Of pensioners and pau
pe4rs, to be supported by public justice ia
the one case, andby charity On the other
which Is on the earth or that ever was on
eafth) must make up its mind 70 cease ia
cant about its having mona and about the
false Prides Of its independent poor. The
t1eedmens Bureau nus tell its true story
of the pauper charity for. millions. The
records OF our Soldiers Homes and Hos
pitfalls must expose their armless and leg.
less vietim-heroes Of this awful war, Is
the expression, of our pensionary justice.
Or else some Of them, perhaps not a few,
VII, at much greater expense to u, SILVER
and stsrvey get drunk gbowriotOu8 CONF
mt crimes, and gil our prisons, OF, 1t may
bel alas shame US from the gallOws in
every village and at every cfoss-roads
throughout the land GThes lives trust
become q cruel burden to themselves, and
a burning disgrace to US, so long as they
shall live And is this q fate which we
are willing to see and cause for these
noble patriots? 1 cannot believe it.
R~etrenchment in our enormous ex-
penses is indeed an especial desireo of mine.
Buthereas in our benevolent institutions
Is not the plsce for false econOA5yt 1And
that the economy is false, let any man
who may be frightened at the numbers at
these Soldiers Homes, and the consequent
startling sums necessary in the aggregate
to maintain them, propose his alternative
schemes for their relief or support. Let
him calculate and show his own CON-
paFative expenditures 81 other plans.
Wpuld he divide them among the county
-popr-hOuses for economy Division does
not %extinguish the quantity divided.
WPuld he hide them away in private
life, to subsist as they may on private
charity? Coneealment does not suppress
a~nlevil. It were as wise so to scatter and
conceal, in the general mas, the inmates
Of the smallpox hospitals, For, be it re-
membered that these vices Of your volun-
teer paupers made so by your neglect)
would be as contagious, too, as that dis
ease. As already suggested, that evil will
re-appear, in spite of your closed eyes, and
with horrid increase of your taxes, at all
the centres of Misery and crime. It Is no
econOmNitis downfight extravaganeeA
to undertake to support large classes of
beneiciaries upon retail instead of whole
sale principles. I trust, then, the General
Assembly will found this noble institution
of b%enevolence aud Of justice, wisely and
generously.
THE ARREST OF THE sTATE TREASURER.
d The Hon. Peter Odlin, a distinguished
and the most efficient Chairman of
the Committee on Finance of the late
House of Representatives, was appointed
by the late Governor Brough, upon the
12th'day of June, 1865, TO examine into I
and inspect the condition. Of the Staza
Treasury. This and other powers of the
Governor, and the duties of such ap-
pointee in the premises, may be seen IN
the "Act to establish the Independents
Treasury of the State Of Ohio" and in
the " Act to provide for the better regula-
ton of the receipt, disbursement, andsafe
keeping Of the public revenue" IRE
vised Statutes, pp. 1908, 1909, 1899, 1906
and 1910, 16II.)0n the 18th day of June
Mr.. Odlin and the Secretary of State pro-
TO perform this duty, and filed
their report thereof on the Path day Of
August following. Various causes, con-
ne4ed with and in addition to the painful
and protracted illness, and the eventual
death of the Governor, delayed that action
upon this report which the Statute i'm
perhtively requires, until the sth daF6 q
September. < copy Of the report and =
testimony is hereto appended with
other papers in the case. A reference to
them will greatly and more than usually
aid in the proper understanding Of this
statement. "Finding, with the concur
renee of the Auditor OF State an1
Comptroller of the Treasury, mat there
had been +" breaches of trust and embezzle-
ments committed by the Treasurer of
State" as contemplated by that act, and
as reported to the Governor, by the ex-
aminers,I made an order for the arrest
of Goodwin Volney Dorsey, Treasurer Of
State. In the temporary absence Of thu
Attorney General, l engaged the Hon.
r. Swan to give me the benefit Of
his legal counsel in behalf of the State, and
to prepare the form of this order or war
rant. This officer was, thereupOn, imme-
arrested and put under bonds for
his appearance to the Court of Common
Pleas of Franklin county, in pursuance Of
the direction of the Statute. He now
his trial in that tribunal.
In proceeding now to make the state
ments of facts and remarks, which follow,
as to the further history of this matteEand
Of the in which I have discharged
this my most painful, but official duty, I
wish distinctly to protest that it is, in no
my purpose to add one word
which might u~njustly or unduly affect the
rights of the accused to . fam and impar-
tial trial. 1 especially desire, indeed, to
the whole case, without prejudice ,
to the court of justice now having juris- 3
over it.
The propriety of this course must not be-
however, with any necessity
for my silence before the General Assembly,
apOh those questions arising out of or in
in these matters which concern
.i1iers fzs7saiateTsst Of the people