Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1875 — HON WM. M. TWEED. [ARTICLE]

HON WM. M. TWEED.

Boss Thief Tweed departed from the scenes of his rise, reign and reverses one day last week, and is supposed to have embarked on a voyage to Cuba or one of the petty South American states to benefit bis health by a change of climate, scenery and society. Native modesty and pother considerations forbade ostentatious display, and no banquet was given, or other public demonstration made, by admiring friends in honor of the departure of this distinguished democratic chieftain from the greatmetropolis. Indeed he stood not on the order of his going, but went suddenly, quietly, and without tbe knowledge of those who were presumed to Be most watchful of his movements. Having displayed the pious legend “In God We Trust” iiT an elegant frame conspicuously hung above the lounge in his luxurious apartments in a Ludlow-street palace, his exalted faith scorned human aid or confidence, and the hour and manner of his disappearance from that kind and watchful protection which a grateful state had provided for two years or more as a slight testimonial of her appreciation of his public services, wasnot revealed (?) to bosom friends. Having long wielded a scepter scarcely less potent than a crowned monarch’s, accustomed for years to command and direct, his prpnd and 'sensitive spirit was galled to the quick by even that gentle semblance of surveillance provided for his personal welfare, and he yearned to escape to a rpgion where he might retire from public gaze and enjoy that perfect freedom which is found only where laws and extradition treaties are not known.