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    • THE BALLAD OF TUB BEATEN.
    • FROZENOUT CANDIDATES.
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      December 5, 1868.] The Tomaha Wk. 247

      December 5 , 1868 . ] THE TOMAHA WK . 247

      The Ballad Of Tub Beaten.

      THE BALLAD OF TUB BEATEN .

      Ho ! Listen, Worthy People ! Of Some The...

      Ho ! Listen , worthy people ! Of Some the General facts while Election I relate , Of Eighteen Sixty-Eight . There was a mighty hubbub , And men throughout the land Thought that to be declared M . P . They only had to stand .

      From study and from workshop Came forth ambitious souls , To canvass the electors And carry all the polls . A mighty Revolution Had England seen , ' twas said ; None should be sent to Parliament But worked with hand or head . None Or p save hilosop the hic swart sage mechanic , , Should sit and prate and legislate For the forthcoming age .

      Exulting in the prophecy , And First neared came the the Tower bumptious Hamlets Beales , With a rabble at his heels . Straight off to maiden Chelsea The classic Odger strode ; And on his hack to Hackney The martial Dickson rode . From Avignon to Westminster Whose Journeyed lucky omniscient fate ' tis to be Mill great , — His friends ' , to pay the bill .

      Iconoclastic Bradlaugh And Down Chad to wick Northampton ht Kilmarnock hied , Chad wick , Mill soug ' s joy and pride . , Then Lushington the priggish To Abingdon felt called ; And Roundell , " Ho ! for Clitheroe I " In exultation bawled . To Warwick hurried Cremer , And claimed it for his own , While Spou Goldwin ted in Marylebone Smith ' s great . pet , Sandvvith ,

      Eng To land Manchester can boast one two sped Joneses : ; This To Ernest Boston , turned t ' other his , Mason head , . Pert Brodrick down to Woodstock And Strutted Hartw with ellProb doughty Ho air well ; Marched off , —the yn Lord , knows , where . And And Dai Star ly News and , Spectator more ^ Promised us , such many a Commons , As ne ' er was seen before . Philosop Should hers put and down wo Pee rkmen rs and grouse , And landlords be abolished By an enlightened House .

      Oh I men grew sick with waiting For coming of the day When the New should burst upon us , And the Old should pass away . Alas I for the Spectator ! Alas Alas for ! S for tar / and ly News those / that are Of philosophic views ! When came the day of polling , Dread Bradlaugh came to naught ,

      And Hartwell lor three hundred Guineas had off been bought . In vain the House of Blenheim Had the pert Brodrick cursed ; He on the poll was second , Whilst Barnett was the first . Beales Was , miserabl in the Tower ilt Hamlets , y sp ; And Dickson ' s sword at Hackney Was shattered at the hilt . And back to calm Avignon Had Despot Mill to go ; And Roundell got his co ? i % c At little Clitheroe .

      Warwick Chadwick rejected was overthrown Cremer , ; And Was Goldwin flung in Smith Mary ' s lebone great . pet , Sandwith , And Jones , yclept the Ernest , And Mason , honoured shade ! And Lushington , and Odger , All in the dust were laid . Then rose from the defeated A clamour loud and deep ; Virtue And , Honesty they said to , had sleep gone . to bed ,

      But " You answere have d yourselves them the victors to blame , ; Do what you will by Act or Bill , England remains the same ; " And men of sense and gentlemen Instinctively will choose O'er uninstructed demagogues Or academic views ; " And though we may be fallen On somewhat ticklish days , She doth command her sons to stand Firm on the olden ways . "

      Frozenout Candidates.

      FROZENOUT CANDIDATES .

      The " Hard Cases " During The Recent Gen...

      The " hard cases " during the recent general election have been more than usually numerous . It is impossible not to predicament sympathise Commons must with , without for the many many whose years gentlemen familiar wear an presence in aspect Othello the of ' s unfortunate desolation House of . The oecunation public are erone alread . will y do asking with what themselves these unfortunates . In most , with instances their

      t it he is cases impossible of the even below to -mentioned surmise , but unsuccessfu we are glad l candidates to be able in to put the public in possession of their present proceedings a nd the courses they have severally determined to adopt . Mr . J . S . Mill is engaged in writing a work on the Rights and Wro future ng constituents s of Women the , which Ladies he of intends Westminster to dedicate . to his Mr . Bernal Osborne is seeking an engagement at Covent

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 5, 1868, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_05121868/page/9/