New-York tribune., 1878-10-15

dodge The course Of that journal nnd the temper with
which 1t spreads out its hierogyphcs IN orlDeis are
not ealcnla ed 10 inspire public confidence IN what
Gays We meet the case fairly and sqarely 0n s mer-
its. Most Of the dispatches which TIE TRIBUNE has
published and deeiphered Of little account anyway
They probably such communications az. tricky
forhrate politicians OF Oh parties are 90 neh ID Lhe
habit ~ making Doubtless were the dispatches that
passe between Chandler, Moves and the other emlss
ries 70 Florida and their principals At mace
ptude than THE TRIBUNE has tried to asten on Marble
4 o. But they show low Stage OF political morality
and the utter absence Of dignity and selespect III the
minds of the participants II. however. FGens agents
sctnay negotiated FOR the purchase Of the Returning
Board for $4,000 or If they seriously considered
proposal to buy that body at any price, hOtmhg they
can say viii save them from everlasting intany, ana
Tldeu IA doomed with them. Unfortunately for 1lden,
this sort Of unprncibed secret dcKerlsf ls III L'UnE
was known to go straight anything. He never yet
looked squaTely in the face. He was always an
underground manager He carried on ms cahpalgu
by "still-hunt" methods, instead or dealing openly
and bOnOrably with the public, hhe an non
est man, worthy OF confidence and respect HE career
has Dcen marked by unparalleled CTookedness BE has
burrowed like a cowsrdly fox instead OF walking erect
like honest man with c0nvcto0s he would uie Inr'
and a character he priced more than money or Office
And his unmanly evasion in the matter of his income
tax however legal BIS course may have been; an9 ms ms
susected completely u tee stealing Of tn, 6ooks Of r.. S
was, Jend to confirm the very worst thAt ne mas 9een
charged with In the Florida business and thnt oi Ore
and has paid the terrible penalty. Aud the men who
egRed hun and acted as hB willing FOOLS Ia TINS base
business doomed beyond the possibility OF resusci-
taton.
Try HARD TO MAKE TIE BEST OF IT.
From The Richmond stat, tDem) -.
These cipher telegrans may he all IHE
TRIBUNE pretends they are, and It's ntei citation oil tHe
cipher the reading; and II this he iully eSaD-
lshed viii be compelled TO admit that II was most
VanOus piece OF business on the part or these engaged
iu IT, All manner Of ndirectiOn and croosedness mas
come 10 DO so common in our politics that the hOral
sense is greatly bunted aud the people DO net now
look with proper indignation upon these doubtful
tSsG would have marked their disPleasure IN
other times. and IL IL perhaps safe TO say mat hry
w0ud look with cOmp0cency or 0t least without nor
rOr, upon any means OF obtaining once no n"Vtti nov
rrVtFalKf hort n
delivery OF money. But vulgar purchase OF
honors for Grhy luore is something 50 vile
and mereenary, the public turn from - WIN l0atbhg
disgust. And so IL II be fully esabshed thst MI
MantOn Marble with the authority Of Mr. Tdon, agreed
ay $50 coo money Tor the Presidency, ihen irt-
eiDa ant agent II is proper 70 say that thoSe was
very bad csse OF "nephew OF his uncle III lhls bntl-
one nephGws have anything TO do with They are ReaJ
stumbling blocks in the way OF their trusting uncles'
and almost invariably ruin the ayuncular prespeoIs'
from the Of mistress TO the possession OF en em
pire PeltOn the nephew in this case ana VIII per
haps the seapegOa should the cipher telegrams turn
to be the great bonanza 1HE TRIBUNE eFdebly pc
lleves II has discovered Ia them; but II VIII
be hard tO OOnVlDoo the people tnht the
nephew acted Without consultation WIN ahI tno
approval OF the uncle 10 large commercial trasac
tOn tbis might have turned Out, bat Tor the iata
sOWnes5 at the Gramercy Park end OF the wires BuI
there nothing yet proved against either MI lceh
or hrs nPnbew or Manton Marble snd the public viii be
very right in thinking until they ARE hssureu OF my
truth tbat Is but clever attempt on tbe part VI nm
TRUKR and the Radical party 10 excuse thor OVID part
in the great Presidential steal by casting deeper ana
OdiOus SUSPICION upon the Democratic leaders MI
Tiden speak cut, ana so must MI. Mhthlcs dnu
tell the truth the whole truth. concerning these sls
pcIOus telegrsms for nothing but the uulh VIII ever
satisfy the people, no matter OF wha pSrt tneS ' M G
COncement viii not do now, and silence VIII h"' De
uerpreted injured iUnOceUce, but as nesslOh
The charges serious and grave, and must De ealcd
with all the gravity the high political ana moral lhkeI
ess stake demand. Therefore let us hear IRON MI
TIden anu Mant0n Marble and at onoe.