The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-10-24

a reporter Of the n. y. 4imes ba,
an interview recently with Samuel ]
Tilden, and following is an account o
a part oft:
The reporter said Mr. Field make
the following statement ..I3ut whcr
MIR. IiIden came 10 testify before th,
Congressional committee, he admit
ted that at this very time he knew
(although the public did not know roi
months afterward) all about his trans.
actions IN regard to the cipher dis.
patches. Yet, knowing this, he pre-.
sented To me "A man whobad attempt
ed bribery, and NO been guilty of n
crime, as one worthy OF my conf.
dence, and the one whom he specially
chose To represent himself.D
MIR. TiLDEN. Tho moral andacity,
or rather the immoral audacity, 4
amnzine, OF tho man who could de-
libcrateiy assert Ia written paper,
under his own signature, that aa.
mitted before the Congressional com.
mittee that, 1at this very iime7
June, 1870 ~ knew nil about his
transactions In regard io the cipher
dispatches" ] testified before that
committee that | never knew OF the
existence or contents 81 uny of tho
cipher dispatches uptil their piblira-
tion in September, 1878, AMI every
witness eXamined aud every fact ellie.
tied go ilrmed my testimony. II
was further proved that wher I wa,
informed by Mr.. Edward Cooper that
colonel Pellon was receiving, or WIS
about 10 receive, the communication
OF the first offers, aud the only one
that eaine TO my knowledge, 20 give
to the Democratic Electors their GER
liiieates for a pecuniary inducement,
! instantly interfered. broke up The
conference and crushed the Inclpient
negotiations. II was proved before
that committee that certificates for
nineteen votes were Ia the market.
while only one was lacking 10 defeat
the fraud by which the Presidencv
was wresllel from the majority cfl
the American people. 1t T. now
known, beyond controversy, that the
four votes of Florida belonged 70 me.
and were diverted from me hy cor.
rupt inducements, since partly uer.
formed. II Is nov known that the
eight votesof Louisiana also belonged
10 me. Even Judge Miller, the mas. |
Ter spirit Of the Electoral Commits |
sion, Is reported to have admitted the 1
lact In recent interview published /
IN the New York Sun. The frauds |
pcrIuries and forgeries by which the
'alse certificates were supported we're
numerous and complicated. To these
we're superadded the forgery os three
'ieciral votes 10 supply The place OF
he original votes sent from Louisiana
nd found to be Illegal. Tho actors
md agents Of these wrongs have been
ppointed To, or continued in. all the /.
're'lt civic trusts OF the United States
within the State OF Louisiana. Itl
vas proved that I refused 10 enter
sto this shameful competition. Itis
nown that | did not obtain any one
the certificates ascertained To be In
he market. They were all cast
satnst meas well as against law and
Ight. Mr.. Field, pretending 10 think
hat ''poor Peiton," as he calls him
as been harshly aud unjustly dealt
ith by tho public, ia the next breath ,
lys That he .'had adattemptad bribery" ,
nd chad beeu guilty of erime.D I,
his IL an exaggerated untrnth.
olonel Pelion, neither Initiated nor '
'nsumated anything. lie merely ,
stened TO offers from officers TO do
hat they admitted and he believed
be ther lawful duty for hire before
'ey violated that duty under corrupt a
uucements. His wrong did not 90 t
'yond futile dalliance. The bene- b
'iaries OF the consumated wrong, its
stigaters and patrons, are high in
G seats OF governmental power and c
NOR. Shocked AT lesser wrong o
hlch died in its nero meditation. G
the great crime, actually consuma- d
L. Mr.. Field "cruol5s the pregnant =
nges OF the knee, that thrift may
low fawning." a