Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-10-23
Those "CiUher Dispatches, d

lHN' H'~pNPHN9 NHlhH WV ''i'HnN
has been publishing, Mr. Manlon Mar
bio completely delroys tho iorce and
effect which The authors Of their pub
lieallOn desired aud intended, OF all
the 1870 odd copies Of alleged Clphel
dispatches which he Tribune has
Published and attributed their author
ship TO Mr., Marble, Mr. llayemeyer
Colonel PeltoL aud other prominent
democrats aud friends 81 tho election
OF Mr., Tllden, with all tho distortions
that ~ ingenious mallgnlty could DO
wise 10 10 translate them rs IN some
way 10 inlure Mr. Tilden aud his sup
pOiters, tho one numbered seventy
eight In the series ID considered the
iniIlalory Ia The series which are de-
clared u. be tho most condemnaloly
and tho easiest aud plaireFt translated
80 ~ 10 carry evidence Of guilt with
them, From these, starting tho nego'
tialiOns glth No, IN, tho Tribune fig
nrGs out IN IL cipher u direct PROPOSE
ton on Tho part VI some democrat 10
influence the action 81 the Returning
Board Of Florida by tho use Of money,
This N tho charge that such u prop
ositiOn was made, but II N nowhere
charged that the thing WIS done or
even attempted, IN the light Of Mr.,
Marbles denial, even this must lum'
bio 10 tho ground, Mr., Marble not
only denies sending such despatch
10 Mr. llayemeycr, ~ the Tribune
charged, but declares that lao never
sent any kind Of II despatch 10 Mr.,
llayemcyer In his life, Furthermore,
he declares that the statements ~ that
pretended despatch were false, known
by him at The time 10 be so, and utter
~ at variance with the numerous de-
spatchcs which he was sending TO the
New York, Chicago, Cincinnati aud
Louisville newspapers, aud which
were published At the time, aud which
would have sell convicted him of false
hood had no scnl the alleged despatch
10 Mr. llayemcycr or any other Of
similar import, Mr., Marble goes
even further than this on his denial
lest some loopholc might DO found
through which it might be alleged he
had sought to escape. lie solemnly
ayers; II never attempted, llirlhered
or executed IN any manner, direct or
indirect, or even asscnled to, or con'
cured in any proposition, purpose,
scheme or effort 10 buy the State can
yasers' certificate Of the vote OF Flor
ida, or even to hire them to certify
that the vote as il WAS cast by the
people for the Iildcn electors
Could language be plaincrf Could
a stronger denial be framed ? The
people who know Mr.. Marble and his
high reputation will believe that he
never entertained such n proposition,
and that he is now telling the truth in
his DENIAL of the Tribune SANDER
Yet he declares that political brokers
made such proposition, and the IN
ference from all the circumstances is
irresistible that 1t was accepted by
the Republicans, who bagged the
game. Mr.. Marble says he never sent
information Of these propositions to
the National Democratic Committee,
for he regarded them as entirely out
of the question, tor he never had a
word OF conversation with any Demo
Gratis which favored or even tolerated
the acceptance OF any such base and
undememocratic proposition. That
the state was carried by the Demo-
Gratis no one now seriously disputes,
and that the decision Of the Board OF
Canvassers was corruptly influenced
and wrongtully rendered, there is
abundant evidence to prove. If brib-
cry was resorted to, it must certainly
have been pelpetrated by the Repub
leans, who received the benefits of it.
The Tribunes charge is that the
Democrats attempted to bride the
Board of Canvassers and failed, or
made propositions of this nature
which we're not carried into effect.
It's evidence IS copy ct an alleged
cipher despatch, untranslatable to
which it a guesswork key to make it
say something bad. The Democrats,
on the other hand, aver that the de
cision of the Board was traudulenlly
given, and that if no direct bribery by
a positive payment Of specified sum
of money was made before the con-
summation of the crime, the alders,
ahettors and perpetrators OF it nave
all been rewarded by appointment to
lucrative office by the man who was
most benefited by the crime. ''Wbat
American citizen could conceive that
President de facto by means of che
forged and two false State certificates,
himself the chief beneficiary of their
purchase, would reward every known
agent and accessory in the crime with
a share of its fruits, and that this SOW
ereign people would be obliged to tax
themselves $4,000 for the apnnal
wages of that successful fraud ?" The
Tribune's cipher business must now
decline. It's forgeries are too bung-
ling. The denial Of Mr.. Marble is
too pointed. The facts and circum-
stances OF the affair all point the other
way, to Republican bribery to induce
the commission of the greatest crime
ever perpetrated against tree peo-
pie Boston Daily Globe, Oct. 18th.