New-York tribune., 1878-10-11
THE POST REALIZES THE SITUATION AT LAST.
F1on The Nete. YORK Ersnina Post LLnd. Repl

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From the Netc. York Erenng Post tTld. Rep.)
The TRIBUNE's publication of cipher dis
patches rum the reputation OF some persons
aud to put great many more persons into false posi-
ton II scarcely s necessary TO repeat what we said
the other day OF the ON the face OF Il, as 1t now
stands. II these cpner dispatches were really sent and
received, II they correctly translated aud ii there
missing which modify their meaning, II the
transaction relating to the purchase Of the florida elec
toral yoto really WAS what it seems to have
OF all the connected with it, but Will
also brand them with Ddeble disgrace. Nobody whose
moral instinct Is not hOpoessy duh needs argument
tins point The right tO treat the case ~ there
fore plain Every whose name hgs been assOcigted
with these dispatches should not wait an hour 10 clear
hilnscf from completely with them IL he can do 20. LIT
hnn show that he knew nothing about them bo really
a Thc k0T % morning. l ana src is i SnG" @ II not sy
bin; TnE TRIBUNE says It has -" learned from
the slightest knowledge OF the mraDiug OF the
DeIphc that pouring in upon him :" hat
thIu To The Democratic Lcadduarters Odyert slspl-
c0n." We snail be glad to believe this hut Mr.. Have
meyer Should not have DELAYED fOrty-eight hours 10
make II known upon his own authority aud under his
own name. When he met Irqul1es with the answer.
nothing about t6e Gsootrlrs lot them sx.
uI,n them ,onsi.tepIv with their own limo
ccnce, II that - possible We are DOund TO
pl1natlon OF tho most thorough sort is needed The
longer n Is delayed ho less likely Is the explanation 10
cum,idnccs silence Is dlmning Yet, with the exceD.
from cyI !pdirrcIy ILey are not in wnon called
'or. They cannot bo found. 1hry ought not TO
wait fnr a cilL They should not have to bo
sought Their faiure to furnish proofs OF innocence,
ar even tn pirud nor oiuIty will be taken by
tie public to mean that they say nothing be
s com4cis ihrln to arccpt ~ silence their scwrought
uiH, TO bear tie ndeDle brand best they may But
tho ght for WHO not implicated IN the
treat 70 is equally plain No honest man can
hesitate in his opinion the corrupt transaction 10
ought to hesitate ~ make his opinion known the most
decided ashiGEe5pccaly II he Is public man Or inn,
entail tn Iolltcai ahails l! Is worse than absurd
ior Mr. Belmont, fer instance, to get angry
when his opinion Is osheg foT ana 1 70
los Editor. That paper told many LIED about
me-" That ~ not the question Mr. Belmont Tue que5-
zion Is whether or not that paper has told tho truth
about your party nicnds associates wuO are cOu-
crrucd florida dispatches and II II has told the
tuth whether or nos you propose 10 peht part o to
shame OF the crime by refusing TO rebuko IT, Another
other SIDE h Just as bad Weae surprised 10 see tn!t
the Stgdts-ZeittEg, Tor which MIR. OLteDd0rftr Is
sdd facts " just what THE TRIBUNE represents
them Jc they are not any worse tLan other Things
on, illustration OF bluntaess OF moral perception. Nj
OfteudOgicF, b.iirye, had something 10 DO WITH
breaking up the old lamnany Ring. When he found
evidence Of TWrod's tuCfs, ne dld not make light Of
te because Connolly and sweeny stole mucn, or be-
cause Ierlaps, somebody wIO was not named at all
shared me prgcetds OF tue rooOeIle7. iHe iu M
OF TIC SjIGtS-ZcitRg be explained only upon the
makr ght. Bu; whir treat all Electoral frauds win
exact and impartial justice, let us not get confused
the Florida transaction as 1t deserves, D at me
time iE regrets the probable loss OF teegrapme
other Republicans. Now, In the hrst place We must
dca VITA cases one at time, a. they come up Wheh
any evidence IA furnished that Zach" or Bill" or any
Otler Republican was concerned in teeRraphic OF
other negotiation for the purchase OF an ague-smtteh
unran" OEer Pr sideutial eloctOr, 1t VIII Dc time
consider suCh Let MS not forget, how
ever that would not he SO serious a.
the urpAsnt ore. II, besides cODvcting themsclvo-,
AZ should appear that Zach" and "Bil
Ead the amazing erOutey to send thoir dispatches
Ia the house of Mr. Hayes with an infamous intent To
mlcatc him In vile business, We should call uD0n
the trends Of Mr.. Hayes tO denOunce the scOunures
His friends won,d be SIN gulary weak II they remained
silent on subject or II they got angry at The Ndton
o. n they coIruted themselves with saying Oh, the
o her side IL Just bad They ought not TO be treated
In a narrow way at a-easJ OF al IN partisan way.
The growth OF independent opinion has been
often illustrated OF late, but never more stFik-
ingly than the of Secretary sherman
and his ce ebrnted louisiana leter or alleged ettrr
Nowhere was the matter freely considered mo-
where Mr.. sherman urgently called upon Tor
"A full answer the charge preferred DY the POtter
Committee, aud here his course an regard 10 AZ
more Sharply criticized than in the columns Of Republic
can newspapers the case Of the Florida dispatches
shuud bc treated rs independently. We should Teoiee
with these dispatches cleared from suspicion In the
matter. Every Republican who Is anything more than
mere partisan Will With for such result, because the
injury aud disgrace which out OF transaction 80
corrupt as tue described IN the dispatches out
weigh any possible party advantage which might now
from IT, ON the other hand, II the transaction Is ruth
mlly described no Democrat who Is anything more
imam afford to overlook IL or 10 Tor
give any Of the concerned IN IT,