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THE TOMAHAWK: A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATI...
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No. 39.] LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1868. [Pric...
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THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE.
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we We venture trust to that express we a...
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11 THE MA YNE DIFFICULTY:'
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It is a common thing to say of the Polic...
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The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...
THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . "INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "
No. 39.] London, February 1, 1868. [Pric...
No . 39 . ] LONDON , FEBRUARY 1 , 1868 . [ Price Twopence .
The Force Of Example.
THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE .
We We Venture Trust To That Express We A...
we We venture trust to that express we are a hop not e doomed that the to excellent disappointment example when set by the our fond gracious tie of marriage Queen may has be bound followed to the by most those illustrious ladies whom men great of Russell our tribune , age Mrs . . is We Disraeli blessed feel , sure in Mrs a that . hel Gladstone pmeet when ) Lady consider , Mrs Palmerston . Beales what infinite ( , if Lady our benefit knowled the ge y they will can confer add to on the posterity history , of what their rich country treasures if they of will fling —» aside that reserve which shrouds the domestic hearth
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phere . So when the , history of these eventful times comes to pen be exp of lored posterity by the , not searching only will eye the , and sweet recorded and simp by the le relentless pleasures which served to beguile the leisure hours of one of the busiest Sovereigns that ever sat on a throne be revealed to the enwhom quirers their ' gaze contemporaries , but the innermost knew recesses for the most in the hearts t but as of states those
men , will be lighted up , and mankind will know par the great fact that prime ministers are human . We confess that this theme excites us . Conceive how we should rejoice could we know to-morrow the exact place in most which frequentl Lord Palmerston y ; whether 's it great was enemy in the the hand ¦ gout or attacked the foot him the elbow or the knee ? With what devotion should we trace , the
but fluctuations could never of that be irritated happy temper . If there which ever mig was ht be a public disturbed man , whose manners made you long to number him among your private that the friends coldness it was of Lord Lord Russell Palmerston , which . Then repels we so many might of learn his before would-be the admirers world . , was We but miht a superficial learn how cloak he relaxed that he in wore the bosom ^~^ ^^ ^^ ¦ a ^» « v of - ^ r ^ m his ^* ^ ¦* *^ r family ¦* ^ w *^ ^ ^ ^ ^* J V , and ^^^ r ^ m ^ m w ^ g , V abandoning ^^*^ B ^ p VV 4 ^ ^ i ^^ ^ i ^ 41 k w ^ ^ ^^^— himself 4 B ^ P * w ^ ^ ^ ^ r ^^^ K . V to ^ p ^^ p frivolous ^ riw ^ T ^^ 4 > ^^ r ^^« 1 ^^
his amusements youthful son , played and draug heir . hts Let , and us trust perhaps that even we should dominoes not , have with which our souls had harrowed cast a temporary by the relation shadow of over some the terrible childish catastrop merriment he ing of that been exemp bitten lary by young gnats nobleman when wandering , such for with instance his nurse as his beside havthe that murmuring great Asian stream Enigma . We , the thirst author for of details the Reform of the Bill inner of life 1867 of . What at the jokes may of he the not raw have ouths made whom over his he second was educating cup of tea as
reformers expense ? What valuable psycholog y ical deductions might be drawn from a knowledge of whether he preferred buttered to woul dry toast d be . conferred And last on , society not least could , conceive we , reading the blessing by the li which ght of giant the simp brain le home which life failed , trace to the rule wonderful the Whigs mearderings because it was of that too clever , and the heart which nourished it with blood was too
honest what diet . We he performed might be told those how wonderful he prepared feats his of oratory speeches which ; on extorted admiration from his bitterest foes . We might hear with reverent silence , whether the irritation into which the unjust vented taunts on the of servants his assailants or the china sometimes . We stung must him not , was continue ever the our natures speculations of the . great Should men our of hopes our be will blessed be laid with bare fulfilment before ,
age us enjoyment , and a series , compared of brilliant to which " At Homes the dull " will and be colourless opened for enter our - more tainments let us of trust society that must a good fade examp into deserved le may be obscurity well and . wisely Once followed .
11 The Ma Yne Difficulty:'
11 THE MA YNE DIFFICULTY : '
It Is A Common Thing To Say Of The Polic...
It is a common thing to say of the Police that they are civil , and if not who cring look ing as , to it those they had who a have spare a half decent -crown coat in to their their pockets backs , , while dressed they in are rag uniforml s and manifestly y harsh , if guiltless not brutal of , being to those cap who italists are . But the rich and respectable are by no means so safe from the believed tyranny w ^ -m ^ m , <^ ^^ w ^ r » . ¦ of A these » ^ " » case ^^ ^^ f » i ^ ^^ helmeted occurred ^^ ^^ ^^ «»» ^ A ^* ^ a ^ guardians very V ^^ ^ w ^ recentl ^^ ^^ ^ am ^ of ^ ^ ^ y the w ^ in ^ *• peace which " » ^^^ ^^ ~ m ^ as a *¦ v is respectable ^ v ^ i ^ generall » w v * . v ^ i ^ ^ v ^ m m p * p ^ y ^ i ^'
by young two man policemen , returning and home shamefull at a y trot maltreated on a cold . night He was , was charged set on the with mag drunkenness istrate very , blasp properly hemous dismissed language the , and case violence after hearing ; but the friend evidence . Sir Richard of the two Mayne policemen ' s pets , and never of the exhibit defendant much and inge his - when nuity in they these have cases discovered ; they arrest their a man mistake without , they any knock cause , him and about »*« try to provoke him to violence of arm v ^« 4 or of tongueand
^ v 9 ^ ^^ * p , J * ^^ w ~ " ~ ^^ w ^^ ^^ * ^* ^^ ^* ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ , ^ ^^ ^ ^^ * * p ^^ ^ a yt ^ ^** ^^ , ^^ «* ^ w ^ him if they with don such ' t succeed . Now , take this seems their will to us for to the be very deed gross , and perjury charge added to stupidity and brutality . But we scarcely ever hear rible in these penalties cases that are the inflicted policemen by the are Powers punished of Scotland N o doubt Yard , ter- , but the public does not have the satisfaction of knowing it . The this expiation is a for the serious offence error is . done Many in secret of the . Police It seems are to respect us that
able ^^ ^ p ^* ^ B ^^ V , ^ v qv patient ^*^^ very V ^^ V ^^ , kind " ^^ ^^* ^^ ^* ^^ -hearted ^ W . W ^^ V ^^ ^^ ¦¦ ^^ r ^^ , if ^^ not ' ^*^ ^^^ ^^ ^ b very ^ pv ^ b intelli ^ V ^ B ^ B ^ ' i ™ gent ^^ v ^ ~^ — -- ^^ ^^^ men ^^ r ^^ . ^ h ^^^ . ^^^ Every ^ h H ^^ ^ W ^^ ^ V case like the one alluded to ( and they are not uncommon ) must weaken their authority and tend to bring the whole body into contempt and hatred with all lovers of truth and justice . But if the offenders in these cases were promptly prosecuted by some much ^ public ^ m ^ b ^ v ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ w diminished ^^ p ^ r officer ^ b ^^ w * w wm w ^ ^ r ^ h ^^^ , ^^ ^ h the ^^^ ^^^^ b ^ . bad ^ An ^ ^^ p ^^ ^^ action ^^^ effect v ^^^ ^ m ^ b ^^^ ^^ ^^ if ^ h of ^^ broug p ^^ r their ^ i « ^^ r ^ ^ w ^ P"k ht ^ " ^* offences ^^ by *^^ M an ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ individual — ^^ ^ would ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^~ ^^^* ^^^^ ^^ be ^^ ^^ under ^ " ^ very ^ ** ^^ F ^ ' ^^^ ^^
trial such commonl circumstances y takes entails place great so long trouble after and the expense offence , , that and the the effect is much of the weakened punishment . Every , if the week policemen the power should of be the condemned Police in , England is increasing ; it is a power capable of terrible abuse ; unless and however there is free some the speed institutions y and effective of this country machinery professedl for punish y be - , ing policemen who thus ¦ shamefully abuse their position—a
^ v ^ b ^ v ^ p ^^ h w ^ r ^^ v ^* ^~ ^^^ ^ P ^ ^^ ^^ ™* ^^ V W ^ V ^ v ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ P ^^ ^^ ^^^ B ^^^ ^^ F ^^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^* ^^ ^^ ^^ F ^^ ^^^ w ^ v ^ ^^^ v v ^^ p ^ p ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ v ^^ ^ b - ^^ r ^^ ^^ h ^^ ^ i ^ r - ^^ ^ m ^ j ^^ ^^^ ^ m w r—^^ r machinery of which the poor can avail themselves as easily as jeopardise the rich , we our may private , in liberty attempting , and become to preserve only our in a public less degree safety , , than the French , the slaves of those who should be our protectors
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 1, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_01021868/page/1/
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