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      The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

      THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . & YtUi fc £ Jitter * 'g # Itttt "INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      No. 92.] London, February 6, 1s69. [Pric...

      No . 92 . ] LONDON , FEBRUARY 6 , 1 S 69 . [ Price Twopence .

      Martyrs Of The Mart.

      MARTYRS OF THE MART .

      It Is A Terrible Misfortune—But We Suppo...

      It is a terrible misfortune—but we suppose it cannot be helped—that we never can do an act of justice to the community without doing an injustice to some individual . An abuse popular is allowed con to science exist unharmed becomes for restive a long , - and time down , when comes suddenl the law the on the hitherto privileged offenders , and strikes wildly about ,

      often wicked smiting . the unfortunate and the foolish , as well as the the In satisfaction the case of which the prosecution we naturall of O feel verend at , what Gurney , and seem Co to ., promise a wholesome , change in our y commercial morality may , is very much national dimini honesty shed we by have the conscio selected usness for the that victims , in vindicating of awakened our justice the least guilty of all the offenders ; that the sheep which we are offering up on the altar are not by any means the blackest sheep in the flock ; in fact , that some of them are

      innocent , pure , soft , white lambs . The papers have been especially severe on one person mixed up in this matter , poor Mr . Edward Watkin Edwards , official assignee in the Court of Bankruptcy ; and with the usual hastiness , which distinguishes these vindicators of popular morality , and have have fallen torn on hi this m to pieces mless . lamb We , propose calling him to try a ravening and say a w few olf , words on behalf of this much-wronged individual . It seems to us that Mr . Edwards is simply a generous ,

      childlike perso Miff * c <^ ns reature t * f * fl in f' 11 f * distress A , who VxrVm , 1 C and on r \ n the + who \ y a watch Y * is rof / % Tn ready fo Cnf r opportunities nnnnMdmUJnn make any sacrifices of /« f hel V . * v 1 p ing l ~ in r * order to rescue embarrassed concerns from ruin . Truly such a m all sho is uld a s admire pecime and n of respect pure and , if not noble love benevolen . Nothing ce , more whom per * - fectly guileless than his evidence has ever been heard in a court of justice . The simple uncalculating mind , which is a perfect blank as regards all events of four or five years ago , the unsuspicio us careless nature of the man who does not know

      dates whethe , wh r he o r filed emem an ber affidavit s nothi or ng not definitel , who y , a who s a bad might mem have ory re for - ceived five thousand pounds a-year for four years , but really ca i nature ndeed nnot say savour in this positi of cold ve an ly matter whether arcadian -of- he fact simp did money li — city such - getting a mind ch is age and ve . ry " such A rare fig a And for date who s ! would " said not the g little ladly boy exchange , when dry examined and tiresome in chronology Blair ' s . Chronology for a box of sweet , simple figs ? To such a man as Mr . Edwards years glide on unmarked , uncounted ; seasons

      modest change , comforts and , so long he as ask he s no has further his innocent questions pleasures . If the rustic his and fare truffles of milk and he exhibits , bread is no suddenl exultation y exchanged he makes for no champagne note of it , j but forgets , the change the next moment , . If ^ suddenly the dainties were to vanish and the old plain fare return , he would not notice it . The sweet child ! To such a delicate , gentle nature as this , the mildest term of

      reproach appears harsh and brutal . It is natural that all men should feel kindly towards such a child , and should go out of their way to do him kindness ; give him' , £ 5 , 000 a-year for sometimes ye lazy coming dogs in dov Somerset / n to the House office , after who four idle o ' clock from ten ( think to four of that for , magnificent shrewd man salaries of business of , £ should 120 a-year give ) him ; that a steam a hard yacht -headed —we , suppose it was a toy one . Who would expose this lamb to the rude tempest ? to tell this

      trustful But that innocent any one creature could that bs he found was brutal the cause enougn of the ruin of an establishment like that of Overend , Gurney , and Co . —this is cruel and unnatural . Who could have had the heart to do so Cruel ? was ittoofor 1 anybody to havo appointed this childman to such a , post , as Official Assignee . What agonies must that the bare pastoral mention mind , which fi sickened have endured at dates when , ^ and attempting shuddered to at wade through the accounts gures , of some bankrupt estates . It is horrible to think of . Let some more congenial post be found for him at once ! Make him chief keeper of one of the royal parks—say Richmond—with a salary of £ 10 , 000 a-year ; let

      him wander about as he pleases , with , a pretty crook and flowers maidens in his hat as , and they prattle wande r throug innocent h the . talk sylvan to stray shade young . Do not tell him Let his him own tell age . time only from tlie sun ! * Keep far away from this living idyll all facts and details whatever . Let him

      wander whither he lists , and sport with the lambs and fawns poet among or the two odorous wandering flowers dow . n to Sometimes the Star , and but Garter not often mi , g ht stray ask the man with no memory to a deliciously ideal dinner . Unif gr it ateful does will not provide e the co for untry him some owns such such , happy a gem retreat of simp . As licity for

      his salary—the Treasury need only pretend to pay him that , for he would not remember if he received it or not .

      Lish D Pieces Ramatic . German And Milit...

      lish D pieces ramatic . German and Military silver . Eh . — \ The Mr . new Tom gun . Robertson -metal for ? Eng-

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 6, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06021869/page/1/