New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-21
TILDEN LANENTATIoS

AFTER HAVING HEARD HENRY VIII.
IRON. ne Gruphie.
S. Wolsey Tildcn-Farowcll, q long farewell
This Is the state Of man to-day he puts forth
The trnder leaves of nope tomorrow opens
bail q money and he ne dai oRofs
A hur deed thousand for the rresideucy:
The fourth day comes journalistic nend,
Ard-when h. thIuks. good, easy man, fail surely
He'll be rrnOnin1tod, gets mBnsaTd roof
Put on 10 him. as I havel have yentufed
Like wanIon Peer Cooper on his cushion,
This many Summtrs In s,'s Of glory
(Entsr william Cromwell Peitoh. AmlkedIyJ
Why. how now. Wiliaini
Pclion-i have no Po"er to speak sir.
Al my misfor;Inesi Can tiy spirit wonder
A great mau should decline Nay. an you weep,
Peliop- ' IT'S not weep. Oh. Sammy.
'Ils the nayfeyer runne,h down NY nose,
Six towels have used this very morn
How dOst your Brey"t Excellencyt
Never SO truly happy. snuflns William,
know how It's mNHeif Al iGat, indeed,
Ikeeny sympathzo with Billy Tweed
And very much like him fcel within me
still and quiet Coincidence BY the way,
Perhaps MS desdt had not tnonght ~ tuat
For years II seller than mouse hath lain
Pelto-l am GLAD your Brey ct +. has Kept It under.
TildenIt MAS the pdH that pulled me down. Oh, VIII
Marble hat gone beyond mo. All my faith
H. his coparceuY ~ lost forever.
Why mark you, william. how That dwelling idiot
First telegraphod To mo and then tu you.
al must have half n hundred thousand best
United states does 10 b,iI some votes withal,"
And sent IL In a ciph 80 wide open
Oh the fool The stupid iratOrOus fool
I0psdcd, lecherous ana lOquaciOus lOut,
Aud lethal loon and leprous luDberheadi
ON kearney comet tamil oh, btbcr come
And lend TO me thy rich vocabulary
Wherewith Iaay touch up the photograph
OF ths-tds-this-
tFainis. Pcton administers throo "Tilden pill"
aud he rcviycs.l
Therrl | am better remember now.
Col 4g q %dYs s f K IaGt yoRr
ANA set up pins for hum Neglect HIM not
He IA the rising Perchance thou mayst
Humbug him even as thou didst me.
Luok out Tor Number one.
Peitou--- Mine uncle!
And must | leave theet IT'S bitter draughti
made $4,000 on tne last election
nv crooked ways of which thou taughtest mol
fear me shall fad no Other teacher
so sgillul AT all Juggleries as thou.
Weeps alOud.D
TildenIwilham, I did not think to shed tear.
But thy speech forces Inc to play the woman.
fWeeps ccrUusly.D
Thou nattcr'st me! Am indeed so cutef
Bnl-when am forgotten, as shall be.
Aud sleep with dun, cod Marble. where cipher
Can haunt me In 1nE IRIBUNE-say taught thee;
Bay, sammy-that once tro1 the ways OF glory,
Aud sounded all tho ,urrents or dislOnOT,
Who trioked tue Treasury agent % his Income
And hOcus-pOcused mining bOOks ut Marquette,
He taught thee some successful subterfuges.
(5mIles through his tearsl
william. charge thee Hing away that ciphert
IL fooled old Sammy TIiden how canst thou then,
The image OF thine uncle. hopo 10 win by'tf
Construct another. Use at least fourteen
Different dictionaries. Jump ten pages.
Let every message be inscrufable
Till IL has been translated fourteen times
Corruption WINS tar mOIe than honesty.
Don't let them stun thro with prate OF virtue
sull on thy right breast wear ia, badge Reformo
To silence enyious tongues. Play the right bower;
Let all the ends thou alnst nt be thy party's.
Thine own and Tammany's, then-hist Moses comes
Hand mo my sword-quIckl
(Sezes the weapon ana lodges behind the door 10
wait TIL tho doomed man pets nirly In the room.)
W A. CRDFUT.