The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-29
The (iipSy Canvass,


From Me NJ Y. ZrtomIe. ..
Mr.. Hoffman is again with his gypsy
keepers, and has received, we understand, an
aheotiOnRte welcome. Mr.. Tweed oompi-
mented him upon having taken good care OF
his clothes, while Mr.. Sweeney counted his
pocket-money aud was delighted to find that
he had not spent more than his allowance.
He was then taken over to Brooklyn, where
he made new speech. He would have made
the old one but District Attorney Morris lives
in Brooklyn, and it was feared Mr.. Morris
would ask ugly questions.
Mr.. Hoffman will be sent into the rural dis
tricts at an early day, possibly into Pennsyl-
vania. Mr.. Oakley Hall will accompany him.
Our country friends will please to give Mr..
Hall the reception due to the great 'fence,"
and thief-protector of New York Mr.. Oakley
Hall, by 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. MIR. Hall is the scouting gypsy
OF his tribe. 1t is his business to watch over
the gipsies, 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 as
he followed the Republicans very recently.
His wear is motley, and his business is to make
He will be very much enjoyed, as he has
some new diversions, which are quaint and
pleasing. For instance, his prank that Mr..
Hoffman is an "honest man. and will make
an honest Governor is intensely amusing.
Nobody is expected to believe the clown here,
any more than to believe him when he
assures the country ploughmen that the ring
master is nobleman in reduced circumstances,
and that he himself is a willing but badly-used
follower. Many honest yeomen give their dol
lars because they think the clown ga clever
fellow" and that the ringmaster wears elegant
embr0ideries 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 salaried virtues. In the same
manner these yeomen are asked to reward the
''deportment" Of Hoffman and the antics of
Hall with votes, under the impression that the
votes will inure to their personal benefit.
It's mistake! The votes will go to the
man 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,
are all written down for him. He is the
"heavy" man. He must not smile. His look
must be pensive; and as he appears before
Rochester, and Buffalo, and Brooklyn audiences,
it is his duty to speak of public virtue and
economy, and the Constitution and taxation.
He must fly into passion about radicalism,
and summon the pit with tragic energy. Hall,
with his banjo, will make them merry again.
There is as much difference between Hoffman
on the rostrum, and Hoffman in the ante
chamber of MIR. Sweeney, as between the tin
seled Richard who sits on the csrpeted throne
and the poorly paid actor who coaxes the
manager to pay him mis- salary. We have no
objection to these performances, if the people
will only remember they are performances.
Far be it from US to interfere with our
worthy Mayor earning his bread. He has
good powers of speech, a round, pleasing
voice, much expression, and recites his
speeches fuently and with earnestness.
Having been raised and clothed aud fed by his
keepers, he can make them no less return
than loyal gratitude. He has made money
for his keepers. The success of Mr.. Bateman
with his merry French people, of Mr.. Wheat
ley with his slightly dressed women, and of
Mr.. Hayes with his Humpty Dumpty is nothing
compared with that of Sweeney, Tweed, and
Purser, and their Gun nparalleled' attraction.
All this money has been made in the narrow
field of New York city. Give them the State
plant Sweeney and his gang in the Trea-
sury-and the wealth of the lately deceased
what will open before them. Then Napoleon
Tweed will show us that his Court House
achievement was but the Rivoli of his splendid
career-the mere shadow of what his genius
can accomplish.
Tweed and Sweeney are the men to beat
Hoffman is not in the canvass. He is the
Trojan horse of the Tammany ring Admit
him into the Executive chamber, and we shall
see the day OF wrath. Our gypsy from Sing
Sing will give us thoroughly Sing Sing ad-
ministration