The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-06
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Neto IorL;, Dec 1873.

Heto 4 OiIc, Cfc 1913.
" hen noxious weed is cut down. it
Is not always sure that it IS extprnlinated
The roots must he dus up and cast out
| before the work should be cons dered
completed II hen Boss Tweed was ar
| rested, tried and sentenced to Il e peni
tentlary, The gond people of New To.k
fancied they had cleanse1 the Augeon
stables, and that henc,-inr,h all hey had
To do was to i,ld their hands aud sil
down to ;he enjoyment tf good govern
nent- Mistaken souls Tweed Was SIM
ply The trunk. The roots exist as vigorous
aud full Of life as ever, and new shoots
are showing their heads every day.
propose to devote this letter mostly
to the Ring for it is one of the mos
cuIious chapters in the history of :hi,
country. The ring, was. OF course,
Democratic invention. The Tammany
Snclety had control of the City of New
L ok. and, consequently. OF the State.
1t became we'll known that the solid
mass Of Ignorance, ruin and crime in the
city. having but enc head, could noinin
ate whonsoever it pleased, aud then
elect or defeat. Every Democratic poll
tician IN the State swore allegiance 10
| TamnaEy. II became the party. AT
the beginning this strength was used
| simply for he purposes of plumber in
rather moderate way but when VIM
| VI. Tweed secured the contro he was
not content with that. He aspired TO
tie control not only Of the City and
State of New I Iurk, but the nation. AS
the politicians ,f' The state bowed to him,
because he could control State Conven
ton, the politicians of other Stat. 8
cour'ed his Influence. for New York is
Il large State and has power in Nation
al Convenilon. Doubtless tie great
Tweed had an idea that after making a
| President or TWO. he might i'll that great
office himself
1t Is not TO be denied that he played
his game >hrewdiy. He first got control
"t his own ,',rty. and then Proceeded IT,
| debaunch the Republican larty of the
State. lie found enough veuia Repub-
hcans who were willing to share his
steailngs. and he organized Tammany
ring inside the party. Editors nt pron,i
nent Republican journals, Republicans
OF intiuehce In all parts of the State.
came To a private understanding wlth
him, the service required being the dem
orahZatIon OF the party hy bolts and
splits. and the consideration being a
share, proportioned to the service, in tie
millions of steaiings he had control OF
New York City and State was thu
bound hand and foot, and Boss Tweed
Welded more active power than any man
In the United States. lie stretched far, h
his hand to New Jersey, Pennsy Iyania.
and Connecticut, and had commenced d to
work ia Ohio and ,he States farther
| West when he met his Waterloo aud
went down.
Boss Tweed is in the penitentiary, on
RlackweliS Island. but Twecdi-m is nei
ther killed or >c,'cled, 1t Is rooted in the
rnmmi.t>, the foreign vote. the gamblers
and thieves of the city. and it is as strong
aud vigorous to-day as ever For the
material IL all there, and other men, just
"a strong as Tweed and as INSCRIPTIONS,
aie there tn mould IL and use i.
Several of the principal men ia Tweed 5
ring are out OF the way. Conan, Miller,
Nike Norton, John II. Walsh are il,
hiding; Connolly took flight in time and
went into hiding Connolly, it will be
remembered, put the Salt say between
him aud prosecution shortly after pro-
ceedings were commenced against Tweed
He took with him not less than an even
mi lion, ani is living in great ~rlendor IN
ireland The others me ntioned got on,
of the way "a soon as they were canvinc.
ed that the prosecution of Tweed was Ia
earnest, and cannot be found Harry
Genet. one of the most brazen of III.
thieves, was caught. tried and eonvictes
and on Monday last he was to have been
sentenced to join the throng that moves
toward Sing Sing, but on Monday MORN
ing he was not to be found. Mr.. Mat
the : Freeman Is Sheriff of New York
and Mr.. B. is a Tammanyi,e. whose term
is nearly out. and who desires a re-elec