Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-10-18
SAN. DENIAL.

toy OF the attempted purchase OF the
electoral vote OF Florida by Mr.. Manton
Marble and the other confidential agents
OF Samuel J. Tilden. in the shape oil n
series OF cipher dispatches which passed
between New York and Tallahassee in
the Fall and Winter Of 1876. For ten
days Reformsr Tildsn opened no, his
mouth ; but on the eleventh day he
speaks. Like u Whispering ~schoolboy
accused OF u fault. he blubbers out (:
81 didn't do II :" and there the matter
rests, SO far as his defence Is concerned.
II Is the privilege OF every scoundrel to
plead no, guilty" when brought to
the judgment bar and confronted with
the punishment due to his crimes. The
plea does not act as m acquittal, but 1t
forces liz acs,sers TO make good their
charges. The Tribune has produced Ger.
tain dispatches proposing to purchase
a member OF the Canvassing Board OF
Florida for the sum Of $4,000. The
offer Is made by Mr.. Manton Marble.
It 10 accepted in another dispatch by
Colonel Pc lion. the nephew anu private
secretary Of Mr.. Tilden. To these
damning proofs Of corruption, the Great
Rsiormer. after eleven days Of silent
agony whimpers out "I didn't do III"
II Mr.. Tildsn has no answer to make
to such a grave charge as this, except .
simple denial. he would have done Tar
better to have taken refuge in the
ale nee which has stood him in hand so
often to good advantage in the past.
Had he said no thing the few citizens OF
this country who still have faith in his
ertr sme honesty might have found COM
foa in the belief that his noble nature
was too proud to allow him to even
notice such a vile Islander as these dis
patches, II they were never sent. or II
their Interpretation is incorrect. con-
stitute. His friends nigh, have pointed
with admiration to the silent contempt
with which he treated the accusation
that he. the pure. the upright. Apostle
Of Reform had stopped to secure an
e,ecto raj vote by means OF bribery. But
Sammy has deprived his ardent friends
OF even this poor comfort. Ip the face
OF proofs which cannot be eontroverted;
in the face Of documents bearing the
signatures Of his party managers. and
body guard. so to speak. he boldly takes
the stand. and sobs. 81 didn't do it,
And his party friends look on with i'll
disguised disgust. and his party enemies
with mocking contempt. And they all
know. each aud every u OF them.
friend and foe. that Sam nlden LIES.
In determining the amount OF credit
which Is to be given to n witness. a
court Of law will always take into con.
sidsration his past reputation for truth
and veracity. What status Is to be ae'
corded Mr.. Tildsn in accordance with
this standard OF judgment ? What is bis
reputation for truth and veracity2 Let
the records Of the United States Courts
answer. lie stands to-day convicted OF
perjury in making a false oath in TO
gard to his income tax. He Is not wor-
thy OF being believed when placed under
the solemn obligation Of an oath. wha'
weight Is the simple denial OF a man like
this to have against the damning proof
OF his corruption furnished by the cipher
dispatches which are now the property
OF the world None whatever. His
card Of denial will simply add to the
contempt with which the. entire civilized
world looks upon this model Democrat.
Some respec, was felt Tor Tweed. even
in his downfall. for he was courageous,
and bore himself like a man to the bitter
end. sTilden is bold enough to commit
q crime. but he is too much Of q coward
TO bear tho responsibility when 1t Is
brought homo TO him by the work Of his
own hands. That is the only difference
between these two great examples OF
modern Democracy and Reform.
The capture and publication Of these
dispatches has laid Mr.. Samuel J. Til
den permanently ON the shelf. We
shall hear no more OF his remarkable
honesty" and purity" and II is
more than probable that the party OF
Reform" will die with its great High
Priest. In the meantime. the Tribune
has distinguished itself by this most re-
markabls piece OF journalistic enter
prise OF the age. Too much admiration
cannot 10 given to the nan or men
whose patient, scientific researches were
crowned by the discovery Of the key to
the cipher used by Tildsn and his
hsnchmen. They have contributed to
the political history OF this nation a
chapter which may well call the blush
OF shame to our cheek a q people. but
which the world could not afford to have
left unwritten. Il is n disgraceful, but
u necessary page in the story OF the
American Republic. 1t is nov eminent
ly in order for Charles Francis Adams
TO treat US to q short essay on Fraud
First Triumphant" etc.. etc. Mr..
Dana will also oblige by a few remarks
on the "Great Fraud"
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