Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-03
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

before the work should he considere,
completed. When Boss Tweed was ar
rested, tried and sentenced to the peni
tentiary, the good people of New Yorl
fancied they had cleansed the Augeal
stables, and that henceforth all they haC
TO do was to fold their hands and sit dowr
to the enjoyment of good Government
Mistaken souls Tweed was simply tn,
trunk, the roots exist in a vigorous anC
full ofiife as ever. and new shoots ar,
showing their heads every day.
Ipropose to devote this letter mostly tc
the Ring" for it is one Of the most Gu.
rious chapters in the history fthis coun.
try. The ring, was of course, Democrat.
ic invention. The Tammany Society had
control of the City of New York. and
consequently, of the State. 1t became
well known that the solid mass of igno-
rance, ruin, and crime in the city, having
but one head, could nominate whomsoev.
er it pleased, and then elect or defeat Ev.
cry Democratic politician in the State,
swore allegiance to TammsBy. Il be-
came the party. At the begihning this
strength was used simply for purposes OF
plander in a rather moderate way but
when Wm. H. Tweed secured the con-
troll he was not leOntent with that. He
aspired to the control not only OF the
City and State of New York, but the
nation. As the politicians OF the State
bowed TO him, because he could c0utrol
a State Convention, SO the politicians OF
other States eourted his influence, for New
York is a large State and has power in a
National ConYention Doubtless the
great Tweed had an idea that after ma
King President or two, he might fill that
great office himself,
| 1t is not TO be denied that he PLAYED bis
game shrewdly. He first got control OF
his own party, and then proceeded to de-
bauch the Republican party of the State.
He found enough venial Republicans who
were willing TO share his stealings and he
organized Tammany ring inside. that
party, Editors of prominent Republican
journals, Republicans of influence in all
parts of the State. came to a private un-
derstanding with him, the service requir-
ed being the Generalization of the party
by bolts and splits, and tue consideration
being share, proportioned to the SER
vice, in heimillions OF stealings he had
control Of New York City and State was
thus bound hand and luot Boss Tweed
welded more active powtf than any man
in the United States. Ha -tretched fourth
his hand TO New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
and Connecticut, and had commenced to
work in Ohio and the States farther West
when he met the Waterloo and went
down. -i'- &,---
Boss Tweed is in the penitenuary, on
Blackwells Island, but Tweedism is -nei-
theT Killed or scotched. II is rooted in the
rum-mills, the foreign vote, the gamblers
and thieves of the city, and it is as strong
and vigorous as ever. For the material
Is all there and other men, just as strong
as Tweed and as unscrupulous, are there
to mould it and use it. .','' - -
Several Of the principal men in TWeed's
ring are out of the way. Conan, Miller
Mike Norton, John W. Walsh, are in
hiding F; Connolly, it will be remembered,
put the salt say" between him and pros
ecution shortly after proceedings were
commenced against Tweed. He took
with him no less than an even million,
and is living IN great splendor in Ireland.
The others mentioned got out of the way
as soon as they were convinced that the
prosecution of Tweed was in earnest. and
cannot be found, Harry Genet one Of
the most brazen Of the thieves, was
caught, tried and eonYioted and was 10
have been sentenced to join the throng
that moves towards Sing Sing, but taking
French leave was not to be found. Mr..
Matthew q. Brennsn, is the Sheriff of
New York and Mr.. B. is d Tamn1anyite
whose term is nearly out, and who de.
sires reelection! How could Mr.. Brep-
nan &C before the Democracy Of New
York with his hands stained with the
punishment OF a man like GenetY So
Genets Imprisonment was merely nom.
inal. "Harry" was about the streets of
the city, in care Ofa Deputy, it is true,
for days and he went TO his home in Har.
lem, the Deputy accompanying him. He
retired with his wife at the usual hour,
the accommodating Deputy lying in au
adjoining room on sofa. In the morn
ing Mr.. Genet was not to be found, |
much to the chagrIn OF the Deputy"
The instance proves what stated in
the beginning. The Tammany snake is |
hydra-headed and Tweed is only one of |
the heads. Harry Genets friends, l. 9.
rum-mills, thieves, gamblers, and murder
ers, whom he controls, have power
enough in their hands to beat Mr.. Mat
thew T. Brennan, for reorganization, and |
had Harry gone TO Sing Sing, they would
have beaten him, Therefore, this perjur-
ed plunderer-this conYicted thief, is per-
mitted to- quietly walk of, and the courts
are set at defiance, ...--.
Who are these fellows who ride so
boldly over the taxpayers of New York
Mostly Irish. They organize about grog-
geries, the keeper Of the mill controls
hundred of them for which he receives a
small office. He, in turn, is controlled by
a leader little higher up, whose power
in the government is guaged by the num-
Der he can control, and so on up to the
supreme head. ........-
y -,
Tammany will be killed whenever the
decent men of the city take interest
enough in the politics to vote, and use the
influence they possess. They outnumber
the thieves and can oust them If they
will. Catch New York merchant
leaving his trade to vote, or to do politic.
al work. Not he. He is too busy, And
so New York will continue to be ridden
by the thieves to the end of the chap.
Ter, .1a nE. tu.
There Is q steady regular revival in
business In the metropolis. There new
er should have been a panic-indeed, this
Fall and Winter business should have