New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-28
THE Gypsy CANVASS.

MI Holman II again with ms gypsy keepers.
and has received, we understand, an afiecticnate
welcome Mr.. Tweed cOmplimented him upon
having taken good care OF bis clothes,
while Mr. Sweeney counted his pocket money,
and was delighted TO find that he had not
spent more than his allowance. He was then
taken over To Brooklyn. where he made a new
speech He would have made the old one, but
District Attorney Morris lives in Brooklyn.
and IL was feared Mr. Moris would ask
ugly questions.
Mr. Hoffman will be sent into the rural dis
trcts at IN early day. possibly into
PENNSYLVANIA. Mr. Oakley Hall will accom-
pany him. Our country friends will
please to give Mr. Hall the reception due
10 the great fence" and thief-protector Of
Ncw-York Mr.. Oakley Hall. 10y virtue of his
Office, is the prosecutor of evil doers-while by
virtue of his Tammany alliance he
is the defender of every rascal that
votes properly. Mr.. Hall is the scouting gypsy
of his tribe. II is his business to watch over
the gipsics, to keep an eye on the police,
and when Father Tweed and Mother Sweeney
come home tired from the Albany Hen RoOsts
and the Supervisors Barns to sing songs and
make merry jests. These antics are perfectly
harmless Mr.. Hall is clown by profession,
and he merely follows this company Just rs he
followed the Republicans very recently His
wear is motley, and his business Is TO make
tests aud turn sOmcIsaults Tor his employers.
lie will be very much enjoyed, rs he has
some new diversions which are quaint and
pleasing. For instance, his prank that Mr..
Hoffman is an "honest man. and will make
ut
Nobody is expected to believe the clown here,
any more than to believe him when he
assures the country plowmen that the Ring
master is a nobleman in reduced circumstances.
and that he himself is willing but badly used
follower. Many honest yeOmen give their dol
lars because they think the clown "a clever fell
low and that the Rngmaster wears elegant
embroideries which, cost him thousands. They
do not know that the money goes to the hard
faced creature who keeps the gate and that
the wit of the clown and the elegance of his
associate are salared virtues. In the same
manner these yeomen are asked to reward the
"dcpormentp of Hoffman and the antics of
Hall with votes, under the impression that the
votes will inurc to their personal benefit.
1t Is q mistake! The votes will go to the
nun at the gate and his name is Peter b.
Sweeney Hoffman is paid actor put up to
draw" and dressed for his part with care.
His speeches, his movements, his attitudes,
an all written down for him. He
is the heavy" man. He must not
smile. His look must be pensve and as
he appears before Rochester, and Buffalo, and
Brooklyn audiences it is his duty to speak of
public virtue and economy and the Consttu-
ton and taxation. He must fly into passion
about Radicalsm. and summon the pit with
tngic energy. Hall, with his banjo, will make
them merry again. There is as much difference
between Hoffman on the rOstrum, and IIOfi-
MN III the ante chamber of Mr.. Sweeney as
between the tinseed Richard who sits on the
| csIpeted throne and the poorly paid actor who
coaxes the manager to pay him his salary We
lave no objection to these performances, if the
people will only remember they are performances.
Far he it from us to interfere with our
worthy Mayor earning his bread. He has good
powers Of speech, round, pleasing voice, much
expression, and rccites his speeches huently
and with carnestness. Having been raised,
and clothed, and fed by his keepers, he can
make them no less a return than loyal graft
hile lie has made money for his keepers.
The success Of Mr.. Bateman with his merry
French people of Mr.. Whcatlcy with his
slightly dressed women, and of Mr.. Hayes
with his " llumpty Dumpty,' is nothing
compared with that of Sweeney,
Tweed, aud Purser, and their unparal-
"lelcd' attraction. All this money has been
made in the narrow field of New-York City.
Give them the State-plant Sweeney aud his
gang in the Treasury-and the wealth of the
lately deceased Mr.. Stevens will be as drop
in the bucket to what will open before them.
TAsa Napoleon Tweed will show vs. that