The New York herald., 1879-09-27

Hrapheu TO me III London. The despatch came
through my secretary, aud cost you nothing. YOU
could have made it full ana minute as you
pleased. Why did You not say a word of the goo6
progress you were making in selling out here? No
sir. there concealment all through. and therein
lies the difference between you aud those whom you
try to associate with you. What they did was hon
orable; what you did dishonorable My con
troversy is with you, not with anybody else. and
do not mean that you shall escape by hiding behind
other and better and quote their open transac
tions excuse tor your deception and treachery
But you deny the agreement understanding,
ana VIII have 1t that there was no condition what
ever either expressed implied. This would re-
duce the question simply to one of voracity. your
word against mine. In such cases the public must
decide by weighing the probabilities. Is it likely
that would undertake a negotiation abroad with
the full freedom OF my associate to defeat it at
home? The question answers itself. The thing is
too absurd for belief 1t is contradicted by your
letter and your telegram. which intrusted to my
business matter of Importance, which
should have been the most foolish OF to under
take while leaving you free to ''swing round tho
circle" in tho way you did here Immediately after
l was gone.
That Mr.. Tilden was quite conscious that he had
not done "the square thing" but had taken a mean
advantage OF my absence and done that of which ne
ought to be ashamed. sufficiently shown by the
pains he took to avoid me my return. / did not
mourn his absence. but it did seem little strange
that after following me up day and night tor months
he dropped away suddenly. He says to reporter
that che thinks he sent to my Office to inquire
when would be in" No such message ever
received. But what need OF message? was in
my Office constantly when in town. or at my house
i'll Gramercy Park few steps from Mr.. Tilden $
door. He could have seen me at any time
in five minutes If he had wished. But he was
nearer still. At a meeting of the directors
he in the next room, where he could and proba-
bly, did hear my voice, He hal often been present
at our meetings. He had no W but to open the door
and walk in. But instead OF that he put his hat
and walked out. have not met him since the day l
sailed for England
am we'll aware that of my friends think
show undue degree of feeling in this matter that
that complain OF what is. after ALL but very
mon form of sharp practice. Men shrug their
shoulders and say. such things are done in Wall
street every day." Yes. but they are not done by
a 'President-elect of the United states!"
But 10 matter by whom they are done,
they show low standard of CONNER.
cial morality, and how the greed for money
has eaten like dry rot into the very core OF our
national character. Some think 1t hopeless to raise
the standard in this respect Certainly it never will
be raised so long as men keep silent about it,. And
/ must say in all frankness that "good men" and
honorable men" have themselves partly to blame
for this shameful state of things. 1t is their
cowardice in submitting to wrong that encourages
its repetition. I think it is time the thing was
checked, and mean to do my small part, by Gods
help toward checking it and know of no better
way than by singing out the most conspicuous in
stance in all my business experence-conspicuous
alike by the position of the and the fiagrant
character of the actand holding it up as warming
and an example.
lam sorry to have to speak again OF Mr.. Pelton.
There were matters which ill my letter passed
gently or in silence, from wish not to wound him.
But his uncle pushes him into such prominence. to
my disparagement, that l must needs say a few
words more Mr.. Tilden thinks that Peiton is not
appreciated; that he is man Of great ability, whose
retirement from the company was loss not to be
repaired. He says
with great administrative ability and carried
snrvvs the immense ncapacy "f Mr. Field After awhs
he nenated the directors ny taking himself to do
things without consulting them.
If Mr. Pelton was valuable to the company why
did every OF the directors insist that he should
instantly resign or be removed He knows only too
well why he had to resign. Yet when the necessity
became imperative Tilden still cung to Pelton md
came to my house again and again and begged that
he might be allowed to remain.
THE CIPHER DISPATCHES.
knew that was touching sore spot when al
luded to the cipher dispatches. That is chapter
of history which Mr. Tilden would rather have for
gotten. He resents especially the intimaton that
he knew of them at the time when he recommended
Pelton to me. That may do him no injustice let
me quote him again.
The reporter Field makes the following
:"But when Mr.. Tdcn came to testify before the
time he knew aithoagI the public did not know Til
months all about his , M in regard
man who had attcmpted bribery: and so been guilty
whom % hs specially chose 70 represent himself" M '
Mr.. TLpks-rhe moral andacty, or rather the immoral
assert in written paper under his signature, that
this very time June 1871 Il knew ai about his transac
tions in regard to the cipher despatchss testified be.
Of Of the cipher dispatches until their pub
and every fact elected confirmed my te.timons Il was
further proved that when was informed by Mr. Edward
the Of the rs hs and
S S s & % & to
ducement instantly nterferod broke up the confegence
and crushed tae incipient negotiations.
This language is pretty strong. Mark the words,
''I testified that I never knew Of the existence or
contents OF any Of the cipher dispatches until their
this compares with the testimony before the Con-
gress Committee. Iquote from the report in the
Tribune of February 9. 1879. Mr.. Edward Cooper,
now Mayor of New York. testified as follo~s:-
tha nin hefo laft fo~ n.lk;
lie in the hall of Governor Tdens house. just
ssS sss % the
He said he going Baltimore Mr. weed: shat
graph don't recoec precisely but ae have given
the ns IN but with wors
which had TO be substituted IN it, In that telegram
was very much surprised get that telegram went
Immediately to Governor TIlden's house and told him tho
home immediately.
Aha! Then Mr.. Tilden knew it Immediately; |;
knew that Pelton had gone to Baltimore on some
mysterious errand. which could only be conveyed
in Observation-Disclosures WORDS. Mr.. Cooper calls
thenl-a business which had such an ugly look that
he must be Immediately called home.
But we have better testimony yet. Out OF his own
mouth Mr.. Tilden shall be answered Here are
few questions AMI answers from his sworn testi-
mony before the Committee OF Congress in this city
last winter. quote from the report i'll the Times Of
February o.
o. Whom Colonel Peton returncd from baltimore sum
pose that You him immediately. A. l him tho
next day.
VI
learned from Colonel pelton tina. he had Balt
for the purpose of consummatng plan for u pur-
chase by the action Of the canvassng Board OF South
Carolina which would insure the election of the Tilden
electors in that State a. did not hear that he
mated the arrangement only heard that he received
offer.
q Would you not infer from his having commun nicated
60 Mr. Edward Cooper that ho would probably upon
him the from Sf,b 900 5000 and that he
had gone Baltimore TO meet Mr.. smith NJ Weed and
another gen tean who had sonth Carolina 10
him would you fairly infer that that
he had gone there consummate u purchase A. did
not IN der stand that he said that.
q Did yon nndcrsiand from Mr. Cooper Of
money which lie stately A. Yes.
. DO you rccoect tho amount! A. do no not know
that do understood that he had there
receive. or to look into proposition
q Now, understanding that he had been indiscrcct
enough Baltimore look into proposit ion
for tie sale the electoral certificate of that State
think that called ascertain his
relations to the NATIONAL Committee aud TO ascertain
how far he committing that bodv and how far
committing hmseifY a. thought that the best way
deal with such saction to stop IT. only
have nothing do with self but stop everybody
else from having anything to do with H.
This shows the 'Iioman virtue OF Tilden in re-
sising temptation. But what kind of virtue" does
IL show in Pelton? The testimony of Mr.. Tilden
mere given shows that he instantly apprisod OF
what Pelton about; that he did not learn 1t af-
xard. nj then. Al tiat, "