The New York herald., 1877-10-02

which the State recovered over $1,000
vs henry A. Mann. treasurer OF Saratoga county, 10
which tho people recovered over $1,000 1 notice
n1 State has save.
NEARLY $40 o00" notice other expenditures In tho
OF TIE People va wasson IN winch the state has
been saved nearly 81 900 and about len years interest
thereon. notice retainer 10 Barlow Olncy, in the
case Of Tho People vS Bank OF North America which
the people have recovered judgment oil over 500 000
$500 600 RKoovERsD
These sums aggregate over $780, 600 instead OF mot
rel. stout VS. Chapman. as tho result oi which case
many thousands Of dollars kept in tho Insurance
Department tor tho solo benefit OF policy holdera ]
notice other expenditures IN the case OF Henry d.
Denison and others action for the bringing Of which
the present Attorney General is Responsible and
In which ihroc eminent referees havo decided
that there is Law which permits the State
TO recover when pundered upon its canals,
and in which tho State will ultimately, IN all
human probability, recover many hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars l notice expenditures IN tho
matter OF the iudic,men OF George d. Lord. whcrc
certainly the TACT Of his conviction being tho nrst
conviction Tor legislative bribery In this Statc. is -
return OF somo kind 70 the State" and tustines my
ncion In causing his arrest aud IN making these ex-
penditures. Neither the prescnt Attorney General"
nor the Dlstrict Attorney who tried MIN, can be held
which you 1.-Two withhods the decision o mp.
peal from Judge Daniels rulings upon questions Of
pun,shmen. which Rs deserves. notice small pay
mcnt 10 the Sher OF Albany county for tho arrest Of
TO the statc'' that he Is driven for her servIcef
There arc other expenditures caused by nm
enort made 70 punish tho la'o Auditor of tho
Canal Department. Has mo return OF any KIND
been made 10 the State" when he no longer
IN hor State Hail. cxactng toll from tho creditors Of
tho Snto before paying her just cebtss notice the
expenditures The OF Charles II. Phelps. who 10
now IN tho Albany Penicntiary serving term which
will probably last hts lite. For this result the spres.
cut Attorney GeusraI" is entitled TO crcdlt what
ever; but on the hcr hand he does not nerit pub
lic reouke because the State mas without his know-
rho conviction OF Phelps.
oxK MILLION PROM rnE "RisG."
ThaVa hn (sAtr 0fA IL In
which the state mas been thus far defeated. These
cases were not brought by the prescnt Attorney Gen.
they ARE successful. that ne has caused thcm
TO be brought TO trial and pressed on Tho prcscnt
any responsibility for those actions He believes that
they ~crc well brought and that that brave and faith
iui M public t, oaicer, A..or0sy General BARLOW did
Barlow nor tho "present Attorney Gcncra,"
ought to bc held responsible, II legislatures have
passed laws, II other officers havo done acts and an-
other Attorney General has gwen stipulation which
tho courts shall hold Iorbd the people from recover
ing for frauds which ut the time OF their prrpcraon
scanializcd tho Stac. One return there will surely
be TO tho State from these actions even n II shall bo
eventually dccatcd in Tie mere recovery OF money in
these actions, and that Will be, that the people will
ook 10 Il In tho futurc that their public servants
arc men who will not barter AWAY the right
OF the State TO In her courts of law
when she has bccn robbed. Is there no return TO ths
people In the Tact that under the present Attorney
General ovcr ST. 000 600 has been aud will be pate into
tho treasury Of The city OF New York, monoy
cred that had been stolen from tho city,"
raraeleh deinquenccs, frauds and robberics in State,
Guy and pubic lducinry trusts have imposed high
dutics upon tho prosecuting authorities Of tho Statc
Is horo return the State IN tue fact that during
such time, although exposed to the bitter epmity OF
men desperate IN their efforts 10 escape punishment
or TO retain hcr ilgoticn gains although under tho
calcium glare Of an unfrcndly pross; yct no act or
OMISSION to act has been or can be stated which casts
oven shadow upon the fair lame OF the office oi At
torney General OF your Slater hope, sir that am
a belief which have that you know nothing
oi this resolution, but that u was ono OF thosc
moro familiar than yourself II, however 1 am
incorrect IN this belief, thcn may truthtuy apply to
you words which nt Rochester effectively silcnced
predecessor 0i m,nc, '.sir, you have not your
honors by SO misreprcsenting your opponcnts." Bnt
II am correct In my belief and II tho author or this
resolution Is he whom suppose, then to him may
with equal truth say you have won your onors, all
your honors, by thus misrepr rcgenting your oppo.
ncnts. Very respectfully your obcdicnt servant
CHARLES 5. FAIRCHlLD Atlorncy General