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    • THE IV&W INQUISITION.
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      T H E Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sa...

      T H E TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      1 No. 57.] -London, June 6, 1868. [Price...

      1 No . 57 . ] -LONDON , JUNE 6 , 1868 . [ Price Twopence .

      The Iv&W Inquisition.

      THE IV & W INQUISITION .

      That Some The People Jamaica , More Comm...

      that Some the people Jamaica , more Committee sanguine had than at last wise , been ventured shamed to hope into justice Eyre . , But and such had . persons abandoned knew their very paltry little of persecutio the nature n of of your Mr . and n true any egro mutilating man negrop when who hilist pursuing had white , if dared they men the thoug to . harmless Had interfere ht that Mr . he amusement with E was blundered the capable gentle of of murdering , and forg childlike iving hesitatedhad he humoured the rebellious yre crid to their and demands finall , , pampere in an ecstasy d their of appetites hilanthropy , wept negroes and over a transport , their nge grievances of bene- ,

      volence , sat y , idly looking on p whilst the men were being massacred he and would the women have been outraged received whom by it Exeter was his Hal solemn l with duty showers to protect of ap- , p Tay lause lor , and Mr . testimonials Charles Buxton , and and Mr . Co Mill . would , Mr . have Bright blessed , Mr . Peter him as a man and a brotherand , loaded him with caresses and subscri but but ptions he he will will . have have Mr . to to Eyre oav dear dear has , for for fortunatel it it . and and y these these escaped d dilettante ilettante such amateurs amateurs infamy ; pay

      in of rendering insurrection it nearl and y massacre impossible will , for at any any rate governor have in succeeded future to save of a rebellion the lives of if those the rebel placed s are under fortunate his care during h to the wear horrors the sacred form of , ni enoug As there are many ggers weak . -minded persons who may be deceived bi b y gots the and impudent bullies assumption we will ( having of philanthropy indulged in by the this luxury band of of

      ward calling by them the Jamaica by their , real Committee names ) and examine their the sympathisers excuses put . forthe This evidence is not the iven place before to enter the Jamaica into a detailed Commission recapitulation . We shall of assume what was g distinctly provedthat there was a rebellion of rebellion ~~ the ^ v *~— ~ blacks ^ ~«—* -v — - ^ was w , wv that ^ v rapidl ^ m ^ m several mmm a ^^ y J vv and « ta of «> ^— the comp ^^ ^^ ^ 9 m colonists W ^ letely ^ ^^ W , ^^^ V suppressed 1 ^ ^» were B ^ f ^ rib ^^ 1 killed ^ <^ ^^ v « w ^ at , and 1 * the ^ * A ^^ that cost ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ the of ^^ A

      comparatively few lives . We shall admit that some of the trial demeanour s were very of some irregularl of the y officers conducted were , extremely that the language unbecoming and , and military that law civil . For liberty much was of this for irregularity a time comp Mr letel . Eyre y overridden was in no way by to firm blam than e , gentle and though , he did he his was duty more as promp few men t than in cautious such a difficult , more most mos position t nure have conscientiousness conscientiousness ever done it , and and and he without without acted throug a a trace trace hout of of that that with deli deli the --pure ,

      berate tyranny and cruelty which , the Jamaica Committee would issued attribute by to order him . of And the finall Imperial y , we Parliament maintain that was the a Commission thoroughly just those sifted and ; who that impartial would blame tribunal attempt was apportioned ; to that contravene all the where facts the it were was decisions due most ; and carefully of that that whom tribunal it , to praised condemn , to those impute whom malice it acquitted and cruelty , to blam and e blood those - thirstiness to those whom it distinctly absolved of the slightest

      justice shadow , the of such real friends crimes , — of that oppression those men , the are real the violators real enemies of the of law , and degrades of humanity . The professed object of these lovers of blacks is to see if a man brought in to the trial position for acts which committed Mr . E under yre occupied his jurisdiction , cannot whe be - ,

      ther time b to y the obtain military justice , naval for their , or civil injured authorities clients . ; and Now at we the main same - Jamaica tain acquitted that Mr ; Royal if . he Eyre deserves Commission was virtuall to be , and y tried broug that as ht a he to criminal was trial honourabl before , then the the y Commissioners deserve to be impeached for gross neglect of are their equall duty y ; and culpable the ^ Government for having , refused and the to whole . institute Parliament a State , liberty prosecution consists . Surel in the y , one law that of a the man greatest cannot safeguards be tried twice of

      for the same offence—Mr . Eyre has been tried three timesaccusations for unless the which prosecutors they have onl can y hitherto maintain ventured the truth to insinuate of the h privately aving taken , and a have shameful disowned advantage publicl of y , his —the position accusations to wreak of a authorised private vengeance acts of deliberate against and a political wanton enemy cruelty , ; and if they of having admit , throug as now hout they with hypocriticall perfect y good profess faith to , admit and , that that his Mr . errors Eyre acted were

      the errors indictment same of o jud ffence , he gment is . being Is , then this practicall the we conduct maintain y tried of that disinterested for , the whatever third lovers time be the for of justice than the 1 belief What that can , after shake a solemn the authority enquiry of by law delegates more utterl of the y ' hi the ghe most st authority ample evidence in the State in the , their case deliberate , is to be not decision only questioned , based on , ' j be but allowed set at defiance to harass by a b knot of device crotchety that ag the itators law , who admits are of to or attorneys can hit on , y to every persecute with the most relentless animosity ¦¦ and li % to put to an WA 4 enormous cost - * v the public servant wv

      whom £ * V *^^***^^ ^ J the A W J m , State > ^ v ^ V ^^ has m ^ ^** w already V * ^^ ^ r ^ mr acquitted ^^^ «« m ^^ w mr of ^ r ^ m ^ any , v w — ^ ^^ crime - f ^ w wm ^^ or ^^ m misde ^ ^ v ^> v " ^ ^ - meanour pists content ? Is not with the the benevolent punishment animosity that of has these alread philanthro y been - inflicted he saved upon from one the whom horrors the of unanimous a murderous voice insurrection of those whom has , shown greeted that with he grateful was as incap acclamations able of cruelty , one whose as of cowardice whole life ? has confer What on benefit their negro can these clients imp ? lacable Having angels failed of to mercy hang hop General e to

      Mr Nelson . Eyre and hel Lieutenant p these injured Brand , creatures how can ? the Wh imprisonment y are not the ol litigation enormous employed sums now in being procuring wasted for in the persistent negroes and happy profitless homes have not integrity and try good such and , and education an teach , inexhaustible above them ? all If , respect self Messrs love -reliance for for . Bri the the , g negro ht truth perseverance , Taylor ? race Surel , , wh Mill , y y industry this do , & they is Co a . , and much enhance nobler the course happ , iness and more of the likel poor y blacks to elevate , than the the character flattering their rewarding vanity their , encouraging mendacity . their We never laziness yet , failed and munificentl to raise our y voice or brute against we sincerely cruelty inflicted deplore on the any loss of of God life ' during s creatures the Jamaica , human

      insurrection ; and the Abyssinian war alike \ but we solemnly believe that more enduring misery , more real cruelty has been inflicted on the negro race by their professed friends than even t by o be the a most man , heartless will mankind slaveowner own him . . Never as a brother till a negro . is taught There is nothing more repulsive to the philanthropist than the eccentric and fastidious benevolence of these negrophilists .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 6, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06061868/page/1/