The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-04-24

manded, stlil disguised, for inontior
more; Ills fiifsl efiait for freedom by
leaving. Unba for rfpsin ibr July 1876, a,,j
his arri val andafrsst at.yigo, sepirmber
md. 1876, are all ,mailrrs, well known 40
readers ol The OissERvER, who epuld not
have faile,i ic he Interested in tie long aud
absorbing stofs printed III these columns
some months ag6. Hswas bro0gb 10
New York ami bai,le'i over tpihe Sheriff
ON Nosenlber 23d, 1876 Since tia. daie
.e has been .,;inYcstigaled" many ways,
but we believe that Ills money. ard prop-
erty have long since passed iftoifehands
of lawyers and juises. and investigation
with a view 10 restitution dhas 1een a
failure. faaAilg4 ttahau sld sual9 nus.
s At last his eventful life has ended in a
prison cell in u crowded New York street
lie was robber, i thief, int not asneak
thief. According 10 his light, he was not
thief ut all. for he g was born and
reared Among a race ~ public piindefsrs.
whose claims to political & distinction and
to social emipence, such, as 1t was, were
based on their capacity of stealing rhepuo-
Ilit's money aud converting II into private
fortunes. He was little bigger than the
most ofti,eln; thai was the difference. His
schemes of plumber Iwere great schemes
contrived and executed with equal bold-
ness aud sagacity. almost universally snc-
cessful from the skill with, which they
we're laid and the secrecy with which
they were executed. He was undoubtedly
a robber, gigantic ro5ber, but lie robbed
mo- merely for the love of gain. His
Ipinndering of New York Was in some SORT
like .Napoleon's thefts Of Kingdoms. He
stole to give away. AS Sir Walter Scoft
has said Of Rob hoy, like, Robin. Hood,
pf England, he wa-a kind and gentle
Irobber. ,an,l while hs. took from the rich
wss liberal III relieving the Dopr. This
Imightin part be policy; but the uniyer-
saltraditioiIof thscountIy sIeaks IL to have
arisen froina better motive. All gave
hm the character, Of benevolent and
humane man in his way So with Mr..
Tweed. tile dread Of the New York
wealthy, he was The fiiend olits l,onr. aud
that great district Of the city inhabited
by the p0r and wreiuhed, whose wants
had ever been his care, returned him 10
the State Senate rs usual, ~ tie face of
exposures of hisguilt. What eaIei they :
They looked upon the whole brood of clty
politicians as thieves tind they we're very
nearly rigl,t,l and this thief, dixie Io other
thief, divided his ipluinier with them to
feed aud warm them in ihseold Northern
winters The rich have gaiped nothing
l,y hsing rid OF HIM. y greedy swarm Of
people calling themselves "reformers"
took lie places vacated by Tweed aud his
fellow thieves, aud the expenses andtlie
debt were greater than ever before. Pa.
tri9ii>m WAS said lp be the last refuge Of a
scoun drel in Dr. Johnson'r,lay; the word
t"reformer' slinks in the nostIils ofone
who has lived ia The great city Of New
York. 'tr5s "a5e' 2as. edi Ja r@sa.#.e ,
asThe mans punishment, well deserved
us IL was. has been great more than lac
could bear. He has died under u, lie.
Us saylas little evil aud as much COOL rs
we may Of him, aud leave the rest with
the Great Judge Of All. - Ralcigh Observer.