The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-11-07

blaudnis NV witch cant be described, "yoo
he'd better put in n re. oloosheu dcnouncn
the prohigacy nvvthc managemc NV
matters in Moo York City, but maxim it,
mind yoo, ez the legitimate result of
Radical legislashen four years ago. Draw
up this resolooshen so as to make it plain
thatit's me yoor drivin at, without cx-
aetly namin me
"Why, what shell We"
ABORT 10 on, my friend" scd Tweed,
smiin Il smile which for blanduis excelcd
the most delishus Joon morning, 'its
much better to hev the corrupshcn de-
nounst by us than by the enemy, partiker-
ly ez we know more definitely about it,
And l would sejest that 700 hev a rcso-
looshen, boldly challengin comparison
between the Republican and Democratic
administrations NV the State and City
Governments, and there he smiled with
blandnis witch wuz heavenly, ez he fin
gered most gigantic diamond on the
little finger of bis left hand, and slipped
glass of champagne) any little thing witch
700 kin throw in ez to the necessilp NV
a return to the simplicity NV return to
the simplicity Nv our Puritan fathers
wood be WE'LL"
The Chairman wuz too affected too say
word, but he made the necessary notes,
and castin one look NV establishment at
the greatness of his chief, who sat there
smilin blandly, retired from the presence.
But the great mans work wuz not yet
done. He promptly TELEGRAPH every
prominent Democratic editor and poll.
tishun in the State to denounce him in
the bitterest terms, and then telin the
Convenshun who to nominate and what
else to do, went home.
There is a greatness and grandeur in
this man wich | can't sufficiently admire.
Some men wood be so pulled up with the
possession Nv the twenty-five millions
wch he hez made ez t. insist upon an
Endorsement by the party through witch
he made it, but not so with Tweed.
There amt no vanity about him. So
long ez he hez the control NV the party,
he don't care cent whether he is pnbli-
ely recognized or not. Ez he remarkt
to me eff the way to my contiuuashen in
power is in denunciashen NV me, very
good, denounce me. I kin stand it. |
amt the first man who, to get on, hez
trampled over the dead body of his rep.
utashen. I'd jist ez soon pull the wires
behind the curtain ez to manipulate the
puppits in front Nv it. amt goin to
let personal vanity stand in the way NV
the grand success. I'm hoping for next
year. I'm rather heavy load for the
party to carry just now, and I'm going
to relieve 'em-till after the Presdcnshel
elecshen."
Then | saw wat motive wuz actooatin
the Amcrikin Napoleon, and 1 wuz agin
lost in wonder Whoever the Democrat
ic nominee is, he will simply be a shadder
Nv witch Tweed will be the substance
Tweed will be the power behind the
throne, witch is greater than the throne
itself. And what a glorious prospek
opens to us Think NV Democratic
President in 1874, with Tweed behind
him Think NV Tweed maxim collectors,
and assessors, and postmastcrs, and all NV
EN- bein responsible solely to him IF
he hez made Nv himself the revenues NV
one city, wat will he do when he hcz the
nashen to bleed
| shell to wunst cultivate pleasant re-
lashens with Tweed.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty, y. NJ,
witch wuz Postmaster.)