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      No. 127.] London, October 9, 1869. [Pric...

      No . 127 . ] LONDON , OCTOBER 9 , 1869 . [ Price Twopence .

      Tub Patriotism Of Pickpockets. • .. . . ...

      TUB PATRIOTISM OF PICKPOCKETS . .. . . *

      It Wants But One .Man'to Commit A Murder...

      It wants but one . man ' to commit a murder , several to commit a theft . The truth , thus put , mav . perhaps be . put a little broadly , but it is nevertheless the truth . Indeed , it is capable of almost universal demonstration . . Exceptions , as a matter of coursethere are . There are such things as thieves on-their

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      Barrere , and Mr . Benjamin Higg ^ equally well prove ? that there is some fascination about the idea of independent self-help of an ever extre , m men ely do pote cut nt each and other engrossing ' s- throats character bdst on the . sly As ^ and a rule rob , how each - other best when someone is ready to len \ d them helping hand . Indeedmenwell banded ¦ t ogether ¦ ¦ r 1 h will *» occasionall f ydescen f d to

      — ¦ ¦ - ™ - - ^ " - , j —» - ^ " ~~ , y w - ^™ - —— " —~ ~*~ — ~— —~ ™ ^ - ^^ ^ - ^^^ r ^^^ ^^ r ^™ ™ ^™ , ^ p ^ v *^ q ^ ^ v ^^ ^^ ' ^ h i ^ nm ^^ f ^^^ ir ^^^ F ^ m **^ m , ^^^ v ^^^ ^^^ pr q ^ v ^^^ ^ v ^ ^^ ^^ f ' extraordinary acts of dishonesty . There have been ' times when fraud has seemed to be the ( special prerogative of a certain kind of commercial respectability . Things have , been done by gentlemen of the highest integrity , and Vby their common consent , in the open day , over board-room tables , that would have

      necessitated the interference of the police had they been attempted after dark under the gaslight . But there is no need to drag blue blood into the gutter . The friendly , intercourse and social sympathy of low-life pickpockets are proverbial . There is no thoroug more deli hly ghtful liberal place in w , hich presuming to pass , pf course et hour , one or ' s tastes than the are

      , regular thieves' hojne . To the perfect satisfaction accompanying the feeling that every member of the society has done somebody , is to be attributed the air of cheerful harmony that pervades that domestic resort . In the words of the poet , — " Some thing accomplishedsome one done

      , , Has earned a night ' s repose . " The law may therefore be laid down that robbery ceases to present its unattractive side to a community . And it may be stretched even to a further point yet . The greater the number of the thieves — ^ " ^ — , J the — ¦ ^^ less ' —¦ ^^ —~^ r— objectionable ¦ pii ¦ ^ m w ^ p ^ ^^ ^ wp 1 m ^^ m ^^ " ^ r ^ ^ " ^ P ^ will w p ^ b ^^ v ^ appear ^ p ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ p V ^ i ^ the ^ F ^ BH ^^ theft ^ p *^ HW ^^ p ^^ ^ F . V * For ^ ^^ ^>*

      one man to deprive another of something that belongs to him is a theft j but when a dozen help the * thief , it become * a different shares matter . . As Society the scale , in a small degree so , does look the s on , approve diminish s , and . Fifty thieves , acting progresses in common , , can do nothing wrong dishonest . This is English law . And it is even more than this . It is the V

      universal principle upon which mankind acts . When nations thieve in the most barefaced and reckless fashion , they not the only virt leave ues . Patriotism regions of and questionable chivalry are morality dragged , but in soar to among colour the propeedjng ; and the very act which , if committed by each individual member of the community , would involve a sentence

      of in masse months , a god ' hard -like labour act , worth , becomes y of , a when great com and mitted honourable by all people . . .: . . Such has been , in times past , the explanation of the most infamous thefts ; which the page of history has recorded . Such is Sta the tes in onl its y Exp dealings lanatio with n , . tb S - pain iday , of On the the conduct Cuban question of the . United The

      pickpocket is a mighty one , to be ; sure ; but he is nevertheless a pickpocket , and a very barefaced one too . The Americans do not deny it themselves . The word that 4 forbids imp 4 WT lies the it W . dishonour Butnevertheless of theft is the not necessity tmr , of course of , used " annex . Eup ing ho " n is y

      admitt ^* T ^<• ^^ ^ r ed . ISTo ^^^ r ^ m ^ bne « , ^*^ ^^ f ffom ^ r ^* ^ rm *^* one ^^ ^ " ^^ *^ ^^ end , w * r ^* m *^ of ^^ the ^^ ' ^ p' ^^ - ^^ ^ States ^ w — ^~ to the other - - ^^^ J for an instant disputes the fact that Cuba is to be absorbed , or " insalivated , " " squelched-up" by the great Republic sooner or later . The other man ' s property is to be acquired somehow , and its acquisition is % nly a matter of time . An offer of so

      much money would perhaps be the wiser way of securing it , but this would not prove so economical as giving him a good knock on the head when he is not looking . He may tumble down and bruise himself , and then there would again be a fine opportunity for negotiation . He miglit ,. when suffering from his wounds ,

      receive just one other ugly thrust to quiet him , and the prize might then be carried off without the slightest risk of opposition . The trick might be considered a dirty , a despicable one , but that would not . matter . The " ' tarnal destinies " of a mighty bustin Empire ' point are in " it the doesn balance 't much , an matter d as lo what ng as means that " are biles taken up to to

      procure the fuel , . Such is , at least while these lines are going to press , the position assumed by the United States , a position which , at present , this country has had neither the intelligence to appreciate , nor the integrity to condemn . A few days , or even

      hours , may change the situation , and the bully that would of wound arm such , but a the turn as weak in yet the may there tide be of are events broug no . The very to book attitude encouraging by of Europ stro si n gns e ge is not promising , and statesmen here seem inclined to grow deaf , provided the miserable twaddle known as the Monroe doctrine

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 9, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09101869/page/1/