The New York herald., 1878-10-21
MR. TILDEN'S ANSWER.

Philadelphia Inquirer :-"rnis is what Mr. riIden,s
defence amounts to:-'fhe cipher dispatches
genuine bus had no pars in them. Il Is also true
they were sent 70 aud from my residence but
was IN another room and kaew nothing Of them.
They smanated from and we're received by my wicked
political parsass., not from me. ! am a reformsr--
ergo, could not send wicked cipher dispatches Ny
nephew, Mr. Peiton, 10 NOT q relormer may DO ho.
sent them Please shy sticks ana stones vt Mr..
Psiton.' BAH Mr.. Tideu, your soun,rymsn arc not
children and they can detect trcksler tn ough bel
ter disguised than you are. lame defence Is worse
than frank confession, and your defence could mot
be IaIncr."
Albany Aygus:--'srhe card In this high sense Is q
touchstoae, = revsalcr OF quality. Thank Godi the
great majority Of all parties United States are
honest and honorable bo,h. Tnsy Will rsaiiss With
she moral. inIuitonal Instinct OF ualhoviug hearts,
The strength, nobility aud ethical grandeur Of this
statement
Bos.on Herald. --"xr. Tiiden not only makes q
general particular donal of any knowledge OF tho
o,pher desp chos printed BY the Tribune bu. cafriss
the war into Africa. he meo,s tho case much more
clearly than Mr. Marble ~ IN his denial. and makss
strong statsmcn Tor himself but does not reiievo
tnc democralc managers mixed up with the do
spatcnes They are seriously Involved"
springfield Republican.-. Tue circumstances i'm
piieats M. Tiiasu deeply, but do convict They
ecu, aod eonspsuoas Instance IN Amsr,eaa lie m.
probabilities OF guiit heavily ovurbaAnce
tons oil innocsncs resting tho basis Of character
Albany EveniSg Jourwai: '.TiIdcn wiggss under tho
bistering rays oi the cphsrs as desperately as AN
an,malcuIe undor the screening Iight OF the solar
microscope. But ips no use. HIS obituary 10 writ
ten. He ssss nothing which hs chooses not 70 See
aud hears nothing whish ne chooses hear. He
10 the perfect flower, the absolute incarnatioa or
apothsosis VI Know Aothibgisin.D
Newark IN. ~ Journal. -.fhe only lasting effect
these forxsres Will have 10 70 help sam j. lIldou
Inc immediate elect Is TO cover tus ropubncans wiin
shame aud notification and TO drive people sliii
further IRON tnenL Those cipnors are a good many
votes ior tns democratic uckeL " We mistake not"
Troy Whig.-"who could u have bosn that was
In Florda ior Presidential eiectorfn
Springfield Republicaa.-"A Tiidsn investigation,
next winter, Is noe unavodsblc. rhe cipher aos-
patches Will DO warmed up with spice oil crossox-
animation oil tho cboi parties implicated rhe re-
puUncnns will deman0 The caliing vi iilden, Marble,
Pciton, Wesu, Havsmeyor and others some OF
way which no may thinE demands Investigation 10
cIvar MIN aud cover me whole ground. Weeds
efforts 10 change the attitude oI the supreme
Court In sootn Carolina, and also suDse-
queDtIy 70 buy quorum tor tho Hampton Legisia-
ture and to instigate quo varranto proceedings
against the electors through the Supreme Court
ougst also 20 sotus under scrutiny. Tue republican
majority IN the senate and thia investiga-
tton, but the democratic majority tho House
not anord 10 oppose IL Neithor party con asesnty
svadn ths fullest nvsstisation OF the electoral pro-
cosainga IL 10 doubi bowsvsr, II the republican
asspatehss can be produced." 80