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    THE TOMAHAWK: A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATI...

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    No. 109.] LONDON, JUNE 5, 186 9. [Price ...

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    TO THR SAVIOUR OF FRANCE.

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    " The town of Sevres, obeying its sentim...

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    The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

    THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . o $ irii * ir h % & xt \ nx n' § ukttl " IN VITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

    No. 109.] London, June 5, 186 9. [Price ...

    No . 109 . ] LONDON , JUNE 5 , 186 9 . [ Price Twopence .

    To Thr Saviour Of France.

    TO THR SAVIOUR OF FRANCE .

    " The Town Of Sevres, Obeying Its Sentim...

    " The town of Sevres , obeying its sentiments of affection and gratitude for Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte the Envoy of God , and the elect of France , her Saviour , and her glory , proclaims him Emperor of the French , under the name of Napoleon III . and confers on him and his

    descendantshere-, , ditary right . " Such was the proclamation of the Empire at Sevres , October 7 th , 1852 . Your titles " Saviour of France , " " Envoy of God , " were conferred on you first at the town celebrated , justly celebrated for its manufacture of beautiful china . You are the finest

    specimen of modern Sevres extant , and no doubt would fetch something in a sale of articles of vertu . I never quite comprehended why you were called the " Saviour of France , " and why you have been the object of admiration , if not , of respect , to so many estimable _ _ _ persons ^ . Bat — in r _ carefully _ _ _ — _ rf reviewing __ _ ^ 4 your past * .

    history , I perceive what before I scarcely knew , or the magnitude of which I must have underrated , viz ., your wonderful selfdenial ; the course of conduct , heroic and honourable , which placed you in the very proud position which you now occupy , consists of a series of acts of self-abnegation , to which it would

    be difficult , if not impossible , to find a parallel in the annals of heroes . In 1848 , if you will excuse my reverting to that memorable epoch , you said , " I am not an ambitious man , who at one time , dreams of empire and warand at anotherof the application of

    subversive theories—if I , were named President , I would not shrink from any danger or from any sacrifice to defend society now so audaciously attacked . I would devote myself entirely , without any concealed viewy to the consolidation of a Republic , wise by its laws , honest by its intention , great and powerful by

    its acts . I should consider it a point of honour to leave to my successor , at the conclusion of four years a consolidated Government , liberty , interest , and a real progress accomplished . " President Alas 1 Uhomme , and in your propose own , words Dleu , dispose you found . You you had were " elected a great mission iw imv to fulfil ib to found a Republic w ^ tr in wmr the interest of ¦ all ¦ and

    ^ " ^—r ^» *^ w ^^ ^^ r *^ ^— » w ^» ^«»»» , ^ ^ v wm ^^ w ^ r ^ . v ^ pw ^ nr ^™ w ^^ j ^^ ^*^ vw ^ r ^^^~ — ^ ^ v- —— w — - — - ^ v - ^ — ' —— — — — , » a Government just and firm , neither reactionary or Utopian /' This was in December 1848 , and in May 1859 , we find you undergoing your first penance of self-sacrifice by sending an armed force against the Republican party at Rome . In the following July you revisit the scene of your former captivity

    , Ham , where a gentle confession of your repentance for your former fault is elicited from you—and you drink to the health of those men " who are determined , in spite of their conviction , " to respect the institutions of their country .

    If Saul were among the prophets—why should not you be oh , Envoy of God , and Elect of France ? Foreseeing that you would soon be numbered * among the institutions of France , you delicately begged for that respect which men ' s honest convictions might prevent their conceding to you . I thinkon the

    whole , that your attempt against Boulogne which resulted , in your imprisonment at Ham placed you in a more favourable light than you appear in on the occasion of your revisiting the scenes of your suffering . But this does not prevent our appreciating your supreme forgetfulness of self on this occasion .

    November , 1850 , has arrived , and I find you declaring to the Assembly that the first duty of authorities was " to inspire the people with respect for the law , by never deviating from it themselves . " As an authority , what you must have suffered in being compelled to violate this first dutyl " The noblest

    object , and the most worthy of an exalted mind , is not to seek when in power to perpetuate it , & c , & c . " Men with pride , with absurd self-respect , hampered with principles , and encumbered with consistency , might have hesitated to abnegate as decidedl ^ v % ^^^^ a *^« m ^ v ^ vv y j ^ a 09 s ** you w ^^ ^^» have *»^«^ v w ^^ done ~^ m ^^^»^» - ^^ ¦¦¦« all claim ^^^ ™»^^^^— , to ^ - ^^ the ^—^ - ^ possession ^^ — ^~ - ^ ^* — - — — - — - — of —an

    exalted mind . What it is to have a disposition so patriotic as to be ready to sacrifice even one ' s favourite virtue on the altar of one's country ! Passing quickly over the great reception by the " Dames de la ci Wip Halle pled 'v « t , " than which *»• yourself W ** * might W 4 b » a , later * have »**»»^*<* on »»•• suggested in ••<¦ life aMvy , to w to ^ r beg warn anyone ^ ^^ a reception — - ^ less ¦—¦ - ^^——— hig — —— h by - prin the

    " Dames du demi-monde , "—we come to the glorious 2 nd of December . What a fearful struggle even your heroic nature immolate must have liberty undergone , the law before , humanity you could , truth bring , all at yourself the same thus time to ! Well may some call you the greatest man of the time , for to must consign have so demanded many noble from natures one who " to sympathised . death or imprisonment with . " noble , " had feeling natures been , " such ambitiou so as deepl is s y rarely we , a could stoicism found have in , a any understood Spartan human suppression being . ambition If you of overruling all moral , feeling in »•• **¦ + * if ••¦ ¦— had ————w your been r— ¦— —— a great

    Wv soldier ' * * or h *•** mig hty w ** v conqueror * * w **** j ^ , one you j could > ; j you j have w understood o your - refugee logne contempt , , the of for philosop M human arylebone hical life ; , but prisoner the for justice the of - gentle loving Ham , besieger the deputy benevole of of Bou the nt - what National a terrible Assembly ordeal , the the high deliberate -minded bloodshed President of of those France two , the days E must have of God been must ! Let have us draw felt a the veil r over 6 U your of Azrael sufferings very ; nvoy fatiguing The crowning . act of self-sacrifice which placed you on the

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 5, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_05061869/page/1/