New-York tribune., 1878-11-09

HOW ONE GENTLEMAN TILhN TO ANOTHER
1t is unnecessary to ask anybody to give an
attentive reading to the letter from Mr.. c. A.
Cowgill, of Florida, which we print this morn
ing. Mr.. Cowgirl has the faculty OF speaking
fOr himself and on this occasion, at
any rate, he is sure of an attentive
audience. 1t is not impossible that 4" echoes
more or less NOISY" from these plain
statements of member of the historic
Florida Returning Board may even wake the
profound stiffness of the Ark of our Self
Government, where Mr.. Manton Marble dreams
of past cOmplOts and cOparcencs, and may
induce that extraordinary statesman once
more to run out III head for Il moment and
deny some trivial detail of an allegation
against his personal honor. In one OF Mr.
Marbles dispatches "'TO Tilden," dated NOvem
ber Q, he states that he has wasted three
- visits on Controller" that officer being Mr..
Cowgirl. 1t was not difficult, knowing what
Mr.. Marbles business was in FLORIDA,
to divine what he meant by vast
cling" visit; but Mr.. Cowgirl leaves
the public under no possibility oil
msapprehensiOu as to that point. Mr. Mar
bic, he tells u.s. drew up q char. and intro
ducing his remarks with the engaging preface,
"NOw, you are a gentleman, and l am an
"other," proceeded to hint very broadly
at the possibility OF a pecuniary arrange
ment That Mr.. Marble was capable OF
making such a proposition admits Of no
doubt, since the publication of the dispatches
in which he transmitted the particulars of a
corrupt bargain to Gramercy Park. and urged
that 1t should be carried out immediately.
That Mr.. Cowgirl WAS capable OF entertaining
it, nobody who knows him Will believe. lie is
a man of excellent repute, and it seems to
have been made clear to the vote-buycrs
at an early stage Of their operations that he
could not be approached with brlbes. On the
receipt of Marbles announcement that
he had "wasted three visits or Con-
"troller,' Colonel PeltOn replied: ut is
"advised by Judge Ashbcl Green that
"you see A. H. Cole;" and the next day
Marble telegraphed that Cole had arrived.
Now A. IL. Cole is a prominent Democrat i'll
Florida, friend and near neighbOr of Mr.. Cow
gill, and there was doubtless Il hope that his
visits to the Controller might not be wasted"
But if Mr. Cole did propose to his friend
criminal transaction which we do not believe
he was no more successful than Moses, and
attempts upon the integrity of the Controller
seem TO have been abandoned.
The visiting Democrat from Baltimore who
waited upon Controller Cowgirl after Moses
gave hlm up is now entitled to the floor, and
will no doubt be heard from promptly. While
the world waits for him, let us improve our
selves by the contemplation of one gentleman
talking to another. That Mr.. Marbles gentil.
ity is of peculiarly fine and expensive
quality is well known, and when he
assures us that there Is no danger of his Oe-
ing misunderstood if he offers a bribe to
another gentleman, we feel sure that his judg-
ment is correct. But society has a prejudice
against such transactions. 1t has cOnspned
to apply unpleasant epithets to those
who corrupt as well as to those who
are corrupted; and if Mr.. Marble has
any enthusiastic friends now. they may
have to say of him, as Montague Tigg, Esq,