, 1869-06-05

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VI. Tweed lawyer, and In munlepni
nd statute law Of the State II would be nard 10
satch hlzn N 1anlt Not aonach good hunor ~ fol-
licking nSacsfy distinguishes him but Whne Jon
watch him you viii See hss .a.xe, keen gray eye |
grow OF Sfeel bfne In some OF IT. Bc1nrrlstton1t
ana h1s great hAp Of mouth ooEtespoudingiy |
closes up, nfe pasr oa,nils1oneA chewing the cod
fou WI panbshty feel, as you ne very suspicious.
that this huge, mu71shouldered 1uan u tahuR
the measure OF you. to ascertain whether Jo0
nIe Of my nse to Elm or cser nay become 10, |
aud no sooner does this make you uncomfortable
thao AE. Tweed. seeing It, viii perhaps order up
bottle Of wine, and hustlly tell .ou 10 10 In.
But you will notice that vi. Tweed d5tuH never |
drop. or, drop, II u = most demoustfatiye
drop, walle Jon, meantime, empty your gass, md
grow talkAufe, md 1au 10 observe how NJ.
Tweed. with hts steel blue eJe goes on 10 ueasutp
you again. Els confidential talk Ia certainly re-
Ea1tahle. No heed does he pay TO Jour opinion, |
but secns 70 be merry unarirsos, with |
no shame IN htg wor81 ehlc1nesies
And Jet be u . vezJ cuupanionable nAu Out
Of towa he has 4 nice estate aoI lives 1ne aeu~
tsen4n. In town he holds 1eseee singular leyeos
they art, with rather hang dog attcadants-now =
brutser, now "repcater," now something
worse, now great contractor OF some sort, Ills
otnce-door Is surrounded with group Of caEt-on
WaEd oE2anizera or e1-memhers Of the Leg4s-
lature. To all he speaks With frankness, 80 long
- thsy are worth tiuoes but to some he Is con-
teuptuous ana despotc as 4 military onlecr 70
slave. This gentleman Used 70 hc chair maker.
The seerct OF his EucceAa In politics 1s thia: Ha
has bu6inets habits: no heart; wonderful health;
and he knows the average political mankind Of
New To1k. In that sort Of Learning which makes
man polite, philosophtc, and unhappy, Mr. Tweed
is not vtrred, but Ee knows how TO h:cak the
spirit Of a Baya1l and how to read the P1yotA
principle u5 a Talleyrxud To geo him powerful
marx hin With some whining criminal u hls leef,
over whose head he holds the state Prison,
whilc he curses hira for failing In 4one desperate
Grand, To see him sweet md dcxterous, cool a.
! cucumber, Jet Buodued 10 perfect concord, nsfk
| him talking with Peter :. 6EeenJ NJ MS sac.
No such man Ia Peter Y. Sweeney: Athlck-set
.no.t-legzed, beeue-orowed, lowe1tns-|oos1ns
| man. Ike m enraHed copy Of Edwin Forrest, cut
| down from spnrtctus TO kit Burns People who
are net IN the pleasant mood Of you and me, some
! times say tha1 he looks like the very-deyiL Hla
hair u 90 black: his eyes are 80 black: his coun-
tepance and noustache ara 70 black; ha ioo4l
Ike blacksmith with his are IN his bowels,
pniled 70 blaze every Tine he draws breath,
and th1a sectns 10 bum him In there. Some
people think thai he IA In real an, the result Of
shtnkn9 about himself, sensltiveDess 10 opinion
unfortunate IN ability to do a. Nj. Tweed doea
and eaSe ~ Nttsr about Il II Mr. Tweed. Fol
Sweeney Is Z nan Of requirements, literary tastes
ntrosnectAonx 11nt Of conscience but Of aepsthili
-. T~s.],s nuas l.. ~ r-nrndI,r. srr+neyS NJ
ts~,sr ~ shsn nv ~ oT " tsnos1oo. Despite hn ia,
tIddtnR ApptArauee he il 4 pleasant coin
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