New-York tribune., 1868-03-05
TERRORISM OF TAMMANY NALL.

A Young man holding Office under Tammany
Hall recently found that to pay tax OF some
kind the Tammany Committee had quietly
taken the remnant Of his salary, some ram
many ney-brokers having discounted por-
ton of il for him in advance. He killed HIM
self. This was most absurd proceeding, to be
sure. for there are fields to be titled and huge
forest-trees to be felled and life among them
is worth the living if not here. However, he
killed himself for modification What Tam
many Hall did with his money we.do not know.
Some say it was sent to New Hampshire to help
the Democrats, Others that it was used in AL
bany to secure the confirmation of Mr.. Brennan
as Police Commissioner. Tammany got the
money, and the penniless placeman killed him
self
We wonder il our readers know the terror
ism of Tammany Hall. Look at the men who
control it. William NJ. Tweed-rich with the
plunder of q hundred jobs, fat, oily, and drip
ping with the public wealth-the head, and
center and front of every job that has dis
graced New-York for ten years. In little
time he has risen from obscurlty to wealth and
power, and all by the terrorism of Tammany
Hall. His chief confederate is Peter b. Swee-
ney, who has also risen by the influence of
Tammany Hall. Sly patient, hidden. never
seeing the sun-the man who arranges the
wires. and shifts the scenes, and intrigues-
Sweeney has been the master-spirt of Tammany
and now looks proudly to the Senate. lie would
sit in the seat of Silas Wright and DE Witt
Clinton. He wOuld bring into National politics
the maneuvers of the New-Y York caucus, and,
transferring his genius from the treasury of
New-York to the treasury of Washington,
astonish the world by his fertility and bold
ness. Then we have John t. Hoffman, who is
kept by Tammany Hall as "a kind of respecta-
BILE attache. His humble work is to wear good
clothes and be always gloved; to be decorous
and polite; to be as much model of deport-
ment as Mr.. Turveydrop to repeat as often as
need be, in loud voice, sentences about hon
esty and the public welfare, but to appoint
TO the rich places such men as Mr.. Sweeney.
Hoffman is kept for the edifcation Of
the country Democrats; but all he has.
OF ever can have, comes from Tammany Hall.
Then we have 0'Gorman-the greediest man
that ever came into Tammany Hall, we are
told-elected as Reformer, but like most re-
formers, alas more ravenous and avaricious
than the men they succeed. Then comes the
stealthy and silent Purser - the Tammany
What is Ii who quietly piles up large
fortune out of the old clothes of Tammany
Hail. Purser Ia the Shylock of tho concern,
and is good for anything, from poor devil OF
q placeman's warrant for two weeks salary up
to the opening of Church-st.
So they live, and fatten, and grow rich, and
aim to control the State. All other Democratic
organizations are owned by Tammany Hall.
The Democratic Union, tho Mozart, the Nc
Keon, the Conservative Republican, are all
under the influence of this tyranny. Some
times il is beaten, and popular Reformer
is elected. Tammany corrupts him, and in
fortnight the Reformer is carrying out the
orders of Sweeney, or dividing his fees with
some of its leaders. The leaders make the
money-the followers give it. No one can hold
place under Tammany Hall without being
compelled to stand and deliver a portion OF his
pay whenever Mr.. Sweeney or Dir. Tweed
fanees "the party needs some money. This
is the strength of Tammany. Its leaders hold
the treasury very much as Rob Roy and his
thieves held the Highland passes. Whoever
comes their way must pay toll, for Tammany
must live, and its leaders must revel in wealth.
Some poor devil of a placeman, driven to beg
gary. may kill himself Who caresf Mr.Twecd
viii soon find successor. and Dir. PurseT