The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-07-14
rzpsas Faiaa

the great prllcl7ie winch every good
American VII surely he the last 70
Hout His creed was very simple ;
IS was that money weald buE every
thing; and he repossd upon his belief
with the sweet security Of The Nus
sulmsn wh9 sees by faith q beaFen q
Hours Certainly his confidence
was not surprising. he bad proved
+ his creed Re had seen money work
miracles. He had seen himself, q
nan Of No clererness and Of DO ad-
Faatagss, rising swiftly by means Of
Il 1rem Insignificant poverty 10 The
coauoI Of q great party. 1t had
made him master Of one Of the great
ciues Of the world Il had secured
for him Governors. Legislatures
couneils, ana legal E7d executive an
sbority Of every kind He invested
il land and judges. lie bought dogs
and lawyers. lie slsuesd Ihe press
With a golden muzzie, and money
made his VIII law
Here was 2 uaa Wh5 Wan.e3
nothing that noney could lot b8y
was Il strange that lie bad unbound
Cd faith in il Every form Ct virtue
was 10 him mere afectatioa, q more
CT less Ingenious and tenacious
strike foE money. i q usa spoke
Of honesty, patriotism. seH-respect
the public welfare, public opinion,
truth, justice, right, Tweed smiled al
the fine phrases il which 1he auo-
E01eer anxious 10 sch himself cried.
Going, gong Argument reason.
deceHev, they were meaningless 10
him If an opponent held OCT, he
simply asked how much The
world was market. Life was q
bargain lie felt himself with pride
to be the largest operator 10 his way,
as Vanderbilt IN his. or Stewart IN
his
In Albany be had TIE finest quar-
ters at the Delava1, and when be
came into tie great dining room at
dinner tine, and looked al all the ta-
blss. thronged with members Of the
Lerislsture and The lobby. be had g
benignBnt, pater1aI expression, as Of
9 patriarch pleased 70 see his retain-
ers happy. II wEs a magnificent
rendering Of Fagin AID his pupils
You could imagine trottiuE Up and
down II The character Of an unsus-
pic.0us old gentleman with bis band
kerc5ief hanging ont Of bis pocket,
that bis scholars might show their
skill in priggiag 8 wipe. He knew
which Of that cheerful company was
the Artfal Dodger and which Coarley
Bstes. And be never doubted that
he could buy every man IN The room
i he were wiling 10 pay the price
So ct the Capitol where sits the
Legislature Of a noble commonwealth
Of fsur millions Of souls be moved
about with an air Of fat good nature,
like the chief shepherd Of the Hock.
: If be stood al tie door Of the A Assem-
by looking IN. Il IS easv to fancy him
saving TO himself TIE state paws
these men tive OF three hundred dol
lars for four months service I viii
give them better wages He did not
doubt il was fair Transaction. What
Is the STATE; It is only four Millions
Of people, he thought, who are all
trying 10 be rieh-st-ugsHng, cheat
ing. by hook OF by crook. every man
for himself and the devil take the
hindmost. 10 be rich. These men
would be fools not 70 take nv money.
And be smiled his fat smile, and paid
ibaralIv for ali that was in market.
There were some papers, whose
price he could not ascertain, which
persisted n speaking III Of him and
bis pals Iftbe fools did not know
their own interest enough 10 be con
tent with q good price-say, Of cor
portion adveTtising-they must be
sileDced. The c5nceu Of virtue must
not be pushed too far. So one day
his Legislature passed o bin virtual
" giving his judges power 70 imprison
editors at their pleasure. But virtue
-thGt Is, the Tweed theory Of lie,
obsti1acT IN holding out for q higher
price-muuered such O really respec-
table protest that the public project
Of coercion failed. and private meth
DDS were tried. Tweed had 10 doubt
that reputation could be bought as
vel Is the power. Peter Cooper
builds an institute for tie education
Of the poor, does be ! You mean
said Tweed. & monument 10 his own
glory. He pays Q certain number Of
thousands Of dollars for the reputation
Of philanthropy. And Mr. Stewart
builds g working womBn's palace
All . and Mr.. AstUr f0unds 8 library.
Indeed and they are benevolent gen
tlemen and benefactors Of their kind.
Not at all They merely invest mon
ev IN q certain kind Of fame That
pleases their taste, as fast horses and
pictures please the taste Of other peo-
pie. ! VIII show you how It's done,
saws The faithful believer IN the Dol
lar. And he gives fifty thousand
dollars to the poor Just as winter Is
beginning. Let the cavilers say
what they VIII, e exclaimed q myriad
Of voices, chat shows q good heart "
Tweed, as II were, tips g wink ]
told yea how It was done, be seems
TO say: what IS there thas money
wll nof buy
Is It surprising that such nan did
not Try to eva1e jnst.cs2 Justice, in
his view. was q commodity Ike legis
lative honor, Ike newspaper inde-
pendeuce, Ike the reputation Of be-
nevolence. The reform movement
was 10 him Q sudden and confusing
furry. in which strikers, at whose
terms he wculd not yield, had some-
bow gained Q momentary advantage.
He had perhaps made mistake II
not buying them at their own price
Success had possibly put him of BIS
guard. He was sure that # az IL
dictment was found, that would be
the end Of it, AID had no feelings Of
shame. His friend Fisk had shown
what lawyers were made O. and he
himself would 5uv LAWYERS and judges,
sherihs and juries. be knew thai
the one thing that IN q needy and
greedy world can not fail IS m0Cey.
He came to his FIRST trial, and tie
Jury disagreed: naturally, for Re had