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    THE TOMAHAWK: A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATI...

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    No. 52.] LONDON, MAY 2, 1868. [Price Two...

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    TO If IS GRACE THE DUKE OB BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY, &*c, &>c, &>c.

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    Your Grace,—The honour of addressing suc...

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    The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

    THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . "INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

    No. 52.] London, May 2, 1868. [Price Two...

    No . 52 . ] LONDON , MAY 2 , 1868 . [ Price Twopence .

    To If Is Grace The Duke Ob Buccleuch And Queensberry, &*C, &≫C, &≫C.

    TO If IS GRACE THE DUKE OB BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY , &* c , &> c , &> c .

    Your Grace,—The Honour Of Addressing Suc...

    Your Grace , —The honour of addressing such an illustrious person whelming as , that your I Grace trust you , even will without pardon permission any nervousness , is so that over I - may of such exhibit an humble on this individual occasion ; as for myself indeed to it rarel be broug y falls ht to so the near lot the distinction sacred . perfume , as it were , of so much majesty and so much Permit me to recall to your Grace ' s revered memory that the

    lease lease fortunate of of the the enough ground ground to on on call which which your Grac Montagu Montaeru e its owner House House , was stands stands obtained , , which which by is is one of those happy contrivances which shows at once that that delicate tender appreciation consideration of for your the feelings own personal and interests comfort of , others and which are the charming characteristics of that nation of which your Grace is one of the most illustrious ornaments . When

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    wonderful benefits on his country , that any reward which the people of that country can offer him must be insufficient ; and received therefore , , they feeling would embarrassed be encumbered by the with greatness an awk of ward the dread benefits of offering their noble benefactor any recompence which could but mmm ^ ^ vv mr >™ feebl mm * ^ mf m * mw * mt y g represent ^ mi ^ mm mrmr mm ^ p ^^^ mjw m mm mm their w ^ . ^ b ^^^ mm ^^ gratitude ^ h ^^ B ^ fc w ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^^ ' ^ ' ^^ p ^ v ^ mw ; ^ p and ^^ " ^ p ^^ ^^ ^^ v ^ b would v v ^^ r ^ p ^ w ^ v ^ v embrace ^^^ ^ w ^^ v ^^ p ^ nf ^^^ v ^^^ ^ tfr with ^ v ^ . ^ v ^ . q

    the most joyful alacrity any attempt on his part to rid them of their load of indebtedness . To take the lease of the site of ment Montagu , and House the forfeiture , a site of of immense which on value their to part . the involved then Govern the ex - - be penditure obliged of to an contribute enormous , seems sum to , to me which as ingenious all tax-payers and refined would a way - ¦ » m as ^ r- ^^ mr could ^ v ^^ w ^* t ^ v ^ mm h mm ave m > w w ^ mW been rmw ^ mr ^ mw ^*^ m devised - ^ m-mt ^^ v mm - ^ mr -mr ^ I of - ^^ ¦ ^ enabling ^ mr ^™ . ¦ mm v - ^ ^ — r ^ the ^ mm ^ mr English w r ^^ ^ m ^^ ^^ peop W ^^ ^ " ^ W ^ le ^^

    to of gratitude relieve themselve which they s , of owed part to at one least who , of , thoxig that h enormous a Scotchman debt , illustrious had devoted position his noble to the name service , his of this splendid country talents . , and his But while Tomahawk pauses with awful reverence before the picture of such noble self-denial as the Duke of Buccleuch ex-¦ ¦ admiration hibited -v ^^^^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ r ^ f mm in M w >* 4 this V of ^ v *¦! the mr instance w w ^^ mm lavish **^ p m ^ B ^ mw mm , generosity m he ^ M ^ " *^ — ' ^^^ must ^^^ ~*^ ^^ J be , 7 combined ^^^ ^^ permitted ^^ I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ v ^^^ v with m w «¦ to ^ ^ mm cry severe wmw ^^ ' ^ aloud ^ r m » ^ mw con -mm * ^ mr im in ^^ m -

    scientiousness , which your Grace exhibited afterwards . Having become would hav possessed e seemed of to this vul lease minds on such that favo th urable were bound terms , to it aid the Governmentin every gar way , in any public ey work which it was proposed to carry , out . But no ! your Grace condescended to teach us a lesson in true magnanimity . This piece of ground your had by any been Grace such , as tamely it vulgar were to , given suffer project to the you as value the by of a Thames the grateful gift to Embankment be nation diminished . Was ?

    What Grace if receive this were a work lease for for the popular own benefit benefit , ? did Would not your the people of England your wish to see the your delicate sensibility of one of for the the flowers sake that of adorned a gross the clumsy garden road of , -Montag which the u House public offended were to most profane nobly with resisted their own the and establishment their horses of ' feet the 1 Thames No , your Embank Grace - ri ment ghts , onl and y , thereby but the endeavoured self-respect of to the preserve people not , whose your heart own s

    meri were were t wrung wrun had ? consented indeed indeed to to to think think receive that that , paltry the the testimonial testimonial as it was which which , should your vour be ( rendered still more so by any after-detraction from its value . J was Unfortunatel by many , proved y , your unsuccessful Grace ' s opposition , and the , misunderstood Thames Embank as it - ment was allowed to proceed . A feeble attempt was made on the part of the promoters to dull , as it were , your Grace's keen

    a sense sense valuabl of of honour honour e piece , , and and of the lull lull river your vour frontage vigilan vigilant t created pride pride by bv by the the the allotment allotment Embank of of - ment . An English nobleman , with that miserable taint of venality ing and which short-si his ghted nature avarice never which can throw , alas ! off has —with ever that been grasp such - a curse on this side the Cheviots—would have accepted this as a compelled compensation to sacri for fice any for petty the benefit rights which of the he public mig . ht But have in been your

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    the culousl existence y small damages of which of injury . £ 8 , 875 the f ° dull r an fools injury who to your must property pay the , treasure money in is taxes the sensitiveness would never of even true hav nobility e suspected ! Plebeian . Ah wretches , what a said it was shabby to take this additional tribute from those lish who your had alread Grace y securel been obli y in ged Montagu to pay so House much . Shab in order by ! to Oh estab the - ¦¦ blind what V V ^ L Am ^ to *^ V m 0 ™ a m ignorance ° ™ W mm Scotch ^ m' ^^ mW ^^ mr V ^ mm i ^ k mm ^ Duke m ^^^^ of ^ F V m / mw these ^^ mr ^ is mi v ^^ v . low vm As § ^ mw well w w Eng ^ mw mm ^^ ¦* mi lish ^ m ^ m ^ m ght ^ mmm * ^> M ! an mm ^ m Little mm 4 . owl mm ^ * v ^^ m try mj do mm w to mw they ^ mf ¦ gaze w ^ m ¦ , ^^^^ know 1 ^ mm m at ^^ m mm

    the to be sun able , in to all bear its mid the -day dazzling splendour lustre , of as such a Saxon a pure slave jewel expect of , tion nobility allit that is as the can a wretched Buccleuch dispute the Londoners ! award Suffer of me who this to have wonder poor to . £ 8 at , 875 the for ; presump but the after ex- - penses , of the litigation . Indeed , your Grace ' s antagonist pay is—not worth find a y worthier of you— . that It is could nearly never as great be— a but privilege it would to have be hard such to a have ^ Board ¦» mm ^^^ f V * V ^ . mmr such to ^ wmr ^^ v ^ m spend -mm a mf ^ m * demi ^ mmmm ^ mm the ^ v ^» - ^^ - ^ m -god money ^ mmm ± ^^^ ^^ ^ m of ^^^ ^ v of honour ^* - - ^ ^ mr ^ us ^ m ^ m * ^^^ poor ^* and ^^^* ^^ ™^ ^ ignorant ^ mr generosity ^ v ^ h ^ mw ^^ ^ b ^^ m ¦ " —** ^^ tax ^ ~— - ~ - g -payers to w ™ offer ^^^ ¦ — , as our to ^^ ^ ~—*

    homage to as the Duke of Buccleuch . Scotland may claim your Grace as one of her sons , but we have have pai adopted d a hi you gh price as our for eldest the — treasure as the , but jewel it is of ours our ; eye and . your We Grace will pardon us if we feel proud of our purchase . And it part is this of insp the grateful iring sense tax of -payers ownership of London which , to induces offer a me suggestion , on the to and Navy your they , to Grace the in . turn support We favour possess of all us which a with Royal occasional we Family cheerfull , disp an y Army lays contribute , , which and a ;

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 2, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_02051868/page/1/