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    J une 8, 1867.3 THE TOMAHAWK. 57 _

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    p the Last eop Ref le week , re orm ques...

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    REFORM PALAVER.

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    The Tomahawks were invited, a few days s...

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    AUX DAMES.

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    ing A curious contemporary advertisement...

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    J Une 8, 1867.3 The Tomahawk. 57 _

    J une 8 , 1867 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 57 _

    The International Letter-Writer.

    THE INTERNATIONAL LETTER-WRITER .

    P The Last Eop Ref Le Week , Re Orm Ques...

    p the Last eop Ref le week , re orm questing we League published their . In acceptance some our of present Mr of . Beale the number vice ' s lette -presidentshi we rs have to various much p of b pleasure the wo in printing Master some of Arts of the in notes answer that to his have invitation been received . y y I . From the Emperor of all the Russias . The Emperor of all the Russias begs to thank Mr . Beales and his

    Provisional Government for their very flattering letter . The name of Russia is associated indissolubly with Liberty ; the highest ambition of the Czar is to be the father of his people . Let our close alliance with Circassia America , , let testif a y grateful how deep reconstructed , how sincere Poland , how , let y the ing , devoted is Russia tribes ' s love of

    of freedom . The Emperor hopes that some day or other he may have the honour of receiving Mr . Beales , M . A ., in his dominions . Siberia will open her arms , and clasp to her genial loving bosom the great Apostle of Reform . 2 . From the Emperor Theodorus .

    Most high and mighty Majesty Beales , I am a Vice-President of your great Society ; you have made me so , and I have accepted . Why do you not marry your Queen ? Bah ! she has no taste . Come and see me . Bring your dancing slaves and womankind . I will take care c £ you and them . I will give , them gold chains to wear round their arms

    and ankles . You too shall be looked aftex * . Come soon . Theodorus . P . S . —Don ' t take a return ticket . 3 . From Mr . Wager (? uido 7 ver ) . Dear Beales , —Certainly . Make me anything you like . My

    nature is a very gentle and simple one , as you know . I agree with you in admiring Walpole . He has done much for both of us . Of course directly you get into power you will make me Home Secretary . My amiable disposition would fit me for Yours the post tenderl . y ,

    J . Wager ( Widower ) , x ( His mark ) . P . S . —Shall you want me to kick anybody ' s brains out ? Not yours—I could not do that . 4 . From Mr , Algernon Charles Swinburne .

    Dear Sir , —You ask me to become a Vice-President of your Reform League . I have to answer you . At a time when the sickening , sodden sighs of Society stab and sting the mind of those who profoundly pity the petulant , peevish pulings of prostituted press-ridden parasites , prancing in prurient purple before the foul creed-stained porches of their

    tinkling * . * < Bh temples , while * Mazzini , the glorious golden-gird ed giant , groans neglected by the viper-eaten hearts of his dastard deserters , while the flowers that sicken and the blood that blunders , the flanks that are mock flipped and , and madden the breasts and moulder that betray , . ringing in resonant red , refrain , away

    I have answered you . Yours , A . C . Swinburnf .

    Reform Palaver.

    REFORM PALAVER .

    The Tomahawks Were Invited, A Few Days S...

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    himself other a Liberal was encouraging being slowl them y boiled to die alive like , Braves while the by , pointing Path-finder out the to each Tomahawks of them , the the sufferings chief rose of from the his other seat . and On the passed arrival round of the pipe of peace , after which he addressed them as follows : — to " the Fello land w chiefs of Shams and . warriors He has , the long Path known -finder the bids merits welcome of the

    The Tomahawks Were Invited, A Few Days S...

    children of the Great Spirit , and may claim to be the only chief virtues of the S of hams which who they has were ever the dared first discoverers adopt and to , and practis of wh e th ich e you are the true and original representatives . Here , in this friends benighted and lan to , it p ose lon one g ' s enemies en the fa , s hio nd n to was sup port me , oh ' s Tomahawks enemies . ' and that it friends was first reserved rather to as take know in equall braves y both of my my , , you ,

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    of Liberals the T , should ories should grow pale tre . mble The , and moons we marched , the war on riors , and time the s be ch en anged livi , n but for the Path- summers finder changed with the sons them , of and those now has whose scal g ps he many first whetted his among knife . He has shown to them upon a ^ the ^¦^ ^ Rootbreaker H * ^ ~ face i ~ v ^ v * 4 BV ^— of ^^ v ^^^ iov a ^^^^ Haw , w ^ and v ^«»^» - - ^^^ haw he ^ m ^ m ¦ ^ b * , «>^» but h ^^ r o " ^^ his f ^ w t ^ p en ^^ ^™ ^» h and ^ e art ^ m ~^ v ^ ofte - ^^ has ^* ^ F ~^ mw n ^ m ^ m e la a »« v er u ^^^ 7 ^ ghed % AA b e e n MA the 4 his * B >^ Bi ^ h IW heart b B *^ F o ^^ B so ^ f ^^^^ h m of A 4 >

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    their hearts . " discovered The Path- himself finder then in full took war off -paint his lavender , and forming -coloured a circle overcoat with , the Tomahawks , led the dance for which they had been invited . the This haw was ks pr dispersed olonged till and returned early hour to their the next hiding morning -places , whe more n for than the ev chief er co who nfirme has d i so n thei well applied principles them , and . full of admiration

    Aux Dames.

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 8, 1867, page 57, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_08061867/page/7/