, 1870-09-27
NEW YORK..
IsN },,= ! :
Further Of Tamnany HALL
It's Responsibilities,

W..
It's Respectabilities,
Theory or: IL. Dom,nton.
.1s Relations With the Pres.
Possibilities OF Its Overthrow.
PROM QUE OWN ooRnEsroSpEs1.t
NEW YoKk, Sept Il.
To rasuma upon Tammany Hall: havo
already related to you that IT ras a grand
lodge of city of8ee~holdesz which had finally
Jteldsd to m absolute Dictatorship, that Of
Bill Tweed. and that his counsellor, was Peter
B. 6seaney, and bis diplomatist, Richard B.
Connolly. You Win observe that Twesd'a
nzms indicates Z Scotch extraction, waen-e
probably his more straightforward and per-
tinaclnns energy, while tho other two are Of
1iah blood
How TIE TWEED RING AROSE II THE cITT.
The rfse of T*eed and Sweeney Vas rapid.
but not sudden. They found Tammany 4
large neat Of Celtic heEpents, feeding upon
each other, betraying each other. torn by
Jealousy, md frequently beaten By its o~n in
testine feuds, and they resolved that .:.s fret
stop to produce organization in it would he to
govern Tammany itself BY ring Within itself.
They first cast about to ascertain what parsons
actually controlled the Democratic vote Of
patueo10 Natos y. paris o. "afas. and a. IN
.e.. .. essas sAee 'ans pessoa "4s some h9aos
seoaos' menAn' ponee 9usuee' OK polce cou:t
1aH3es. II "Aa proposed 10 bum TO poll the full
vote OF his adhesenta within Tammany, ind,
BY more stringent discipline. to concentrate
,ha hsr.,e.r. e,unc;, t,-s 49, ~, -. ors u:n.
"et o44.c.' eoo4s' u" 'ao notes oe fHte
u Inc nc" 1otk 0emocfacs. poesssslou OF 1t
constituted the presuppositlon Of 1egi1im.cy;
but to carry the wards by the ballot w.s quite
a. -:hsn;o1 ~ T,~M."r % Is.s, 49, $500 - e:"'
~ !"oe'"on A."Any hAt 1atu, IN
neceo1nH Anu III from deaple1pIs body OF
sschems, known as Mozart Hall, and controlled
b. Fernando Wood. Tiara ware, therefore, ad-
noitted 3nto th- T,mm,nv r,no sa- 49, ;af,ns1s;.,
.s...s... 1870. -. =. 49, ~! t.us 80" .t1aeo'aA
80 te3".'s ~ @o'' sno ..so Several deapef-
axe "Afa nogleAdaSs, eucb, TOT example, As
Matt. Brennan, who went down into Ben.
Woods ward On election day with band Of
- = "A0 Auo
ssS'u' - Hns u.n ~. sa,u 10 ne' Jew
ian pofllena ~ese couclltated by milking u
Bachem OF Emanuel D. Hart. tho hrother-in-
| ian of tho late murdered Nathan. relative of
Ratbss, and populs. in the s,u.eorues. AMI
mus .ne Keen eye and ufeless energy OF
Tweed kept gradually tightening his power
! within Tammauy, aud expanding it aruuud
I the city. The city Ia divided into email oIec.
ton districts, and rnglesder placed In eae,,
| sna "oe De 70 hin Tho did net cultitate hid
i leu tn1o tno power OF THeeds ring and be-
| ems psit OF me same se'entiess ma
| enana{i me eaa1aea and 1aua were
uce courts pnnlaheo WITH tstIabIe sentences
4ny oee1&ye1a VI enemies of IammanT tho
District Attorneys ofdce delayed or precip-
i.a.ea 1ashc1 Indictments e1 a. Iammany Villed; ;
e,1t. s,+g ham!p Keeper q gtn,mi'l gauing-tsble
that in Tammany lay his only salvation; tho
emiGrAat boarding houses were governed
tAronBh Iammanys commissioner OF Emigra-
tton, mn office which ought to be Federal
ope; and thus, while Tweed was ove1awing
IAmm2ny within It's valls,-1ike another Louis
NJ cutting down the Arisiocracy, his hench-
men ana osefseeta amongst the wards, gentle
Olivier the Barber, and Tristan the Hangman,
we're 1ene"lng tho teudal sEstem- At the top
sat Tweed, TO Th9m S owed allegiance the eiEht
each Of these propfietors 60 many reignors Of
precincts we're tesponaible, and thus tho system
exteDded down TO minute localities and inal-
yidual groggeries. II any agent WAS useless
no Has sst aside; 4 be was febei'ioas, he was
tim,aated or huahed, he was compromised
With. The mutual treachery Of theso yarlats
lore to the ears Of Tweed all the gossip Of
tho organization: the superstition of his
knowleaGe and vengeance grew; in cases OF ul,i-
mate resistance, he took the ftaid hirnsalf a
sort Of Artevelde IN the eyes Of his layiea.
but In Intelligent eyee, combination Of ia,
Straw and 1ack Falstaff. Meantime, Sweeney.
the Awyor, was reorgani1ug the CITY.
creating new necessities for taxation, axtand.
Ing the radius Of operations, aud adopting rFu.
aentia1 measures to bustraaa up the ting and
ward OF 1ustaoe. OTe1tures were mado to the
conductors q the pross, reporters and editors
paper became the property OF the ring, aud
sNeeny iabored hard 70 give reputation and
excuse for It's eno1mitiss. In time the legis-
!Ause eussdnment OF NeW Aofk WAS reduced
to a9oat ne s.me co1sequencs ~ tho Muni-
c1Pa4 SEaat9 o1 Fapa Rome; Every victory
maoe 1Msea more 1mpfegnaole and TsmmAny
1oo3e snaaow. .
TIN. !a.t:s aoW 1nk RING Rrso COT @ Tue g; STATE.
,ulae. 1aas matters s~ept elong all, during the
| aa@icletIanon Of doFe1nor fenton, several
| u IMesa gaeg we're summoned TO Albany
~ W,s III. M VI SosIopLoa preferred oy
th the New iotk C'nkens Assoc1at.on, anongst
1ncn SMee9e5t au0tAee TIC AA{oft frank
noole, Matt Nennan, and John =. Hoffman.
nc uIqoest "ss 1iaua, eeFeIsl stupid Demo-
cauc tA"Sets Appeanog 1or the tat1zana As
soesan1n ,;aa Ma.n 10 @ nstae evidence ready That
hmany pe'esed Rey aaa 500 out before
1.nos pass JAMES :. htaoY neienasd' the Hing.
fenton osalt 50 mtld!y with tho whole
set that =; mas had theH everlasting gratitude
~" " soa paesant ams- bos, atha4 ~ were
the c9anse1nsnses q of this fs1sica1 impeach-
mem. " @ aeas.en 70 scaIe Bf.nk Boole crazy,
aug ne oeo "!Ioln t"o years N the azyiu1u,
snd It showed Tweed md Sweeney Tho abeo.
NE. M necessary ss q mas.et1nx Aso the State oi
| Ne" LITE. tasy Nou!o 1eep Inc city. !
n9 nese niue 20 ooqu! PM Iha. shis WAS primarily
saGs.Sa =; y an;da 1!aans s'epunlican politicians,
snd =, H. ~ c,;rn. 1rae ,sn 5ne nepan soqnsas
mlcs IL tue pols-
8oAtA eoLCe'oas.
sS;a Int so1ao m' ttug taet1 Nese tTo disuncs He-
pautn paun;t. nrteea raaien.: ~ HcW 1oIk. fefus'ng
H. - G:9;tea1S ~ iessoasles. ~ oatena-
oHetf;on + n9t wh;ch e1 a1 u tho,s o'es aae
snsn +, LAY ~. WY Nle 1smmanys 8
I'LL fn - ~ eutn ~ =. ZEN Amqusss tne. queer
.11n6e " Us n1tuAuoa "as tne1act unAt, With
.s-vao ..,c,.., ~ 1aete ~ yol pre-
m.te Fsutan e n.* nepaooh tfns'saaase 70
s;sa.ta1' sn1a. num- ana 5nas neverneless. TIC same
},1 III 10 H. ~ sosed s peny annys @sroe1ons tax
Wy y & ae ~ - .. - nePGoncane: gt.a a..
r.sn1 ssneS 9,eu.r ~ ms S9nTeeuy n.esentts that
sp.en taeRauneAus pet1Ie u tentutea upon
1E tuT "u.e 99esoe1Hse paslnees OF esofn'uy the
Pons IN Ne" 1o1k eaty and daring the
i'ensey' Wannn1;asny ne nonest ieaaefs Of the
nepuonea:u p@ty "a SeT 3ol1 are men Of
1Gas eenslIlse, Ifeeonellaole character, with
.' Mnan 70 qIasei onse 1s 10 concilate nsyer
a .n9s ,sd napsns p ~. .naf ~ ar Greeley