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    • a word with the "guardians" of London.
    • THE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE.
    • THE SOCIAL DRAINAGE QUESTION.
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      The Tomahawk. A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

      THE TOMAHAWK . A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . o ( EMtel ) bp ; 3 trtljur k' & eckett . o " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      No. 122.] London, September 4, 1869. [Pr...

      No . 122 . ] LONDON , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1869 . [ Price Twopence .

      A Word With The "Guardians" Of London.

      a word with the "guardians" of London .

      Hail, Noble (But Petty) Tradesmen ! Your...

      Hail , Noble ( but Petty ) Tradesmen ! Your wondrous deeds and charitable actions have reached my ears , and filled me with feelings of astonishment and admiration . It is not that you keep shops and sell the morning butter and the evening pork ; it is not that your names appear on facias and the headings of bills ; it is not that you measure the ribands by the yard and smirk behind your counters with sleek humility . All this you do , and do well . As an Englishman I admire you , as belonging to a nation of shopkeepers ; but you have greater claims than even these upon my respect and admiration . You are not only noble ( but petty ) tradesmen , but you are also Guardians of the Poor ! Hail ! three "" times hail ! You possibly would prefer me to cry out " beer ; " but allow me to have my way , and let me address you v / ith shouts of " hail ! " You are ( I know ) as hard and as solid as stone—a fact which accounts for your love of " quarts ? " That ' s not the * pint ] " you may probably say , when you read this . Believe me , that I agree with you . The poor , my worthy cheesemongers , are a nuisance . You know that , and so do I . This granted , and how pleasant it is to consider your mode of dealing with them ! They are ill , and you " clear the infirmary j" they are weak , and you drive them away from the workhouse door to die in the gutter ! Oh ! yott patriots , you noble-hearted rate-payers , how I love you ! Send , me your addresses , and I will buy ' cheese and purchase ribands , and pork , and tin-tacks , and tripe at your various establishments . Look at my cartoon , you Christians , you Gospel-readers , you " feeders of the hungry , " you " clothers of the naked , " you " visitors of the sick . " Don ' t you recognise a " new guardian " in the picture ? A " guardian" you have yourselves elected ? Look at him well , my friends , and see how " pleasant " he seems . He brings with him the reduction of the poor-rates , the abolition of the infirmary , help to the wretched , protection for the oppressed . Greet him with plaudits , oh most pure-hearted ( and economical ) of Christians , oh most But , pshaw—to write to you ( even with sarcasm on my pen . and bitter disgust in my heart ) sickens me . Get from before my face—England has judged you for the Presentbut a more dreadful judgment awaits you in the terrible Hereafter , . Hearken to my words and tremble ! 31 st August , 186 9 . Tomahawk . ~~ " — "" —¦— ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ m -

      The Insolence Of Office.

      THE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE .

      Should Mr. Have Justice Allowed Hannen H...

      should Mr . have Justice allowed Hannen himself is to the fall very under last the of the icion Judges of who - ing with the speech attributed to the Lord Chief susp Baron , that agree the appointments of Revising Barrister should be given only to vancement Judges' sons to . the As independence Mr . Justice Hannen and magnanimity entirely owed of the his then ad-Chancellor condemned , and all promotion belonged to by an favour advanced , it is Club not , a which little ruthlessl startling y that he of all his brethren should have been the most shameless other their unfit in advocating , peop but families which le . to His the rightl places former right y should for of op the which inions be Judges notwithstanding they the hard to are appoint - not earned onl , y members Mr reward personall . Justice s of of y gentlemen Hannen , however , one of , at eig the hteen late years Lewes ' service Assizes and , disp the laced other two of seventeen to make way years for ' , two both gentlemen appointed , sons by the of Judges Chief Baron , one Mr last . Bacon year , , just qualification of seven comp years leted for ' standing the a Revisorshi requisite , the p three other . How years Mr far . James , the which public Mellor is have a , necessary who a rig has ht but to interfere we do not in hesitate such points to condemn as these the may conduct be an open of Mr question . ustice , J that Hannen a Jud as ge ridiculousl should y possess inconsistent not onl . y It the is popular almost a confidence necessity , but the popular respect , and this is not the way to gain or to hold either the one or the other .

      The Social Drainage Question.

      THE SOCIAL DRAINAGE QUESTION .

      Nothing Could Have Been More Admirable T...

      Nothing could have been more admirable than the raid dens effected in Hol by the ywell Police street , the . The other report day , of on the a coup proceedings le of infamous really was treatment quite certain refreshing social . No ulcers doubt require that is . the Yet , sort at of every executive turn , listen as Eng if lishmen to forsooth meaning are the met less subject by twaddle the cry had about of not " privilege the forfeited liberty , " all and of rig the obliged ht subject to his to , liberty of these , for remarks the commission , is this : Wh of a are certain not raids set of of offences this kind I more The p fre ith - quent ? Why , in this whining y and moaning age , are there not systematic Six months p of hysical such forc aggression e cleansings would of clear all the away social night sewers houses ? , filthy There museums are dozens , black of di holes sgusting , and resorts all the rest as wel of the l known devil ' s to locale the . authorities whoever as the he Police be Courts who first themselves makes a , determined and the man onset in upon power these , would deserve may a , public statue , though very likely he would not get it . We English are always glozing over our enormi istence ties . and make y can a 't cle an swee ok evil of i t ? the face , recognize its , p

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 4, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_04091869/page/3/