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November 9, 1867.J THE TOMAHAWK. 2J$
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SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN CREATURES.
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THIS Society held a Special Meeting on T...
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"MUSICAL CRITICS CRITICISED."
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An article will be found, in the Novembe...
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November 9, 1867.J The Tomahawk. 2j$
November 9 , 1867 . J THE TOMAHAWK . 2 J $
Society For The Protection Of Human Creatures.
SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN CREATURES .
This Society Held A Special Meeting On T...
THIS Society held a Special Meeting on Thursday last , in order to take into consideration certain cruelties , alleged to have been practised in Farnham Workhouse against some poor defenceless human creatures known as Paupers . i various / mimais 01 tnis
ne wno are memDers society were very well represented . The Right Hon . Thorobred Racer presided . The Chairman , in opening the proceedings said , " Fellow be creatures taken by , we us have for the met protection together of to certain consider poor what men measures and women can , who are being treated with the most horrid cruelty by some of their own species . I will not enlarge on the terrible frequency of these cases of more than human ferocity ; our Society has been but a short time constituted , but I think that during that time such we a have Society not has been been idle amp . ( Hear ly proved , hear . . ) You The all necessity know ^ how for ravi-ncrc » r > + l \ r ¦ f-Tif » cp » t \ xrr > Jl (* crcrp > ri rrpahirps liavp JJ ^ si ^ rffri tlifir simp .
riority to us ; how they have consistently attempted to abuse and { hear maltreat hear ) that us , they till they could found not that exist we without were stronger us ; and since than th then ey , they have , cringed to us and courted us , have attempted to bribe their us with own all kith sorts and of kind lavish ; but presents instead , have of winning exalted us our far respect above and affection , they have only succeeded in strengthening our the contempt oppressed and , hatre and d suffering for them among . { Hear them , hear . ) we But have for ever the had weak a , sincere regard ; and we have formed this Society for the purpose of protecting them against the fiendish cruelty of their stronger been fellow called bipeds . together { Hear , to hear discuss . ) The is case one , which of such we have surprising now , xiurroruiai to ichu liic uctcins uui il
j . scarcely uarc yuu ; < xa is my duty , to lay all the facts before you , I must needs proceed , though I assure you it is with a shuddering disgust which I know you will all share . " of The the Farnham Right Hon Workhouse . Chairman then published proceeded in the to read Lanc the etwith account the main facts of which our readers , are acquainted . He was , interrupted several times by strong expressions of disgust , and the the Hon room . Charles in a Spaniel fainting , who condition was present . , had to be removed from " I now beg to move the first resolution—namely , That this meeting reprobates with unanimous loathing and horror , which no li words can of all express concerned , the terrible directl humanity or indirectl and iniquitous in the management neggence of the Farnham Workhouse , y ; and unless y , all those
responsible for these acts of cruelty be summarily punished , and the whole system which admits of such abuses be reformed , all animals of any respectability whatever will avoid the society as of vermin the Eng , whom lish species it is the of mankind duty and for privi ever lege , and of will every hold beast them to destroy . ' J > { Loud cheers . ) Mr . F . A . T . Bullock rose to second the resolution . He said : — " I am a plain-spoken creature , and shall not detain you long . I am not unaware of the failings to which some of my relations must plead guilty . My cousins , the Bulls , have whether always been they a hav quick e ever -tempered been guilty race , of but wanton I leave acts it to you of cruelty to say , c ¦\ v wY \ pfrTi # » i- tV »«» PYrpesAC in •« w'hir ' h tVi # i »\ r V » siv < = » inrlnlcreri Viavf * nnt .
v « . » •• v * r *»^** ^* r ^ 0 *»^* ^^ fc ^ w ^^ «* * . v * ** * . «**•• w «* ^* J ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ffr ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ 7 torture in most on cases the , been part of provoked these miserable by a long bi and peds ingenious . { Loud course cheers of . ) never But whatever forget , they grudge are our I or fellow my - famil animals y may . - { Hear owe , to hear men . ) , When I can my race was visited with a fearful disease , as fatal as it was mysterious but what their , they remedies came forward were nobl rather y to violent our hel — p they . I knocked won't say a good many of us on the head , in order to cure us without ¦ ¦ <¦ wanin «»«•« * K J ** m Am iu a . wiicincr ¦ . Ik , s 4 . 1 _ Aa ^ ... A ^ xcii M . 1 1 in all . a * . —A nut a ^ a . A . A . \ L—l ta mMM « « J < A H U J * V « V
acted ^ g selfi ^* s hly , perhaps but in this ur case . their n . eur * interest * , nvur * . j was . nicy to stop the plague , and they , did what seemed , best to them . At to any relieve rate , they our suffering spared no . I labour venture and to no say expense that they to never endeavour would have dared to have lodged any of my family who were ill in such a place as the Infirmary of Farnham Workhouse . { Loud cheers , and cries of * We should think not P ) They knew
better than to make us live with our noses over a cesspool . { Cheers . ) But how do they treat the poor and infirm among their own kind ? Do they go to labour and expense to make laws for their good ? No . Every penny that is spent on the possible pauper is . hagg I do led not over mean , and to if say given anything , is given disrespectful as grudging to ly our as noble or even chairman of the Hacks , but does had he but suppose just recovered that if any from of the a Racers fitthat , any man would have dared , to make him work over a poisonous , tank ? { No , no . ) I should think not . My motto is , ' treat all
ULiiei cuuiucus cis yuu yuuiicn vvuuhj . uc licch-cu . j- > c kuiu emu . gentle heartily to to second the weak the and resolution the unfortunate . " { Cheers . / ) Therefore , I beg Mr . Bleater Lamb , in moving the second resolution— " That this meeting resolves to spare no trouble and expense to bring to trial — Sargent , late Master of the Farnham Workhouse , for his you infamous will not accuse conduct me , " said of habitual : " I am audacity sure , fellow or severity creatures ; but , that I punished cannot consent because to his see own a monster fellow-b such ipeds as hav this e not Sargent the , courage go unto bring him to trial . I myself , would gladly part with the winter is it
woven neece on into my a DacK rope to tnougn hang such a wretch coming with . on Althoug , u coma h these ue blood-thirsty bipeds allow but few of my family to reach to a kindness good old as age long , they as alway they s are treat alive them ; and with I consideration would rather and die young by a violent death , than live to a great age , only to drag on my years in a filthy dungeon , amidst every species of insult , torture , and persecution that the cruel mind of mankind can devise . " { Hear ^ hear . ) The Hon . Coney Rabbit in seconding the resolution remarked that he did not wish to be personal but that he had heard an allusion made to a rabbit % -hutch , in WTrtV which a species of T- * ? " * ^» * J nil ^ i ^«< a * - ?¦*¦¦* *« -fc r * " »» r *^ m » y" % f * * - * ¦ 4 " ^ •• " » Z ^ fl *** \ 11110 * I- * 1 C * iviiuuov 1 ^ T" % f \ 1 « T » ^ k I t £ ^ ii K % r ~»
uxjjcu * 1 / d . UCU *^ 11 aitipsvycic v ^ uiiiuii . u . a .. vvvji ^ ,. aac au lived in , a hutch and he knew it was very comfortable . He had woman a nice warm just on bed the and verge plenty of giving of good birth food to , but a child here , confined was a poor in a a so bit -called of food hutch or , drink with nothing allowed but her . dirty What straw Rabbit to lie he on asked , and was not ever treated like that ? His race had been accused of eating their own offspring , he wondered that these paupers did'nt eat their children—not only to stay their own ravening appetites , out to tne animais iroin 01
save poor me me misery wmcu awaited them . ( Cheers ) . Several other resolutions having been proposed and carried , the ing , b meeting y every means separated , to , interpose and no time on behal will be f of lost the in poor endeavour suffering - creatures at the Farnham Workhouse , and to bring their would-be murderers to justice .
"Musical Critics Criticised."
" MUSICAL CRITICS CRITICISED . "
An Article Will Be Found, In The Novembe...
An article will be found , in the November number of The Broadway , bearing the above title ; it is from the pen of Mr . J ohn defective Edmund Cox condition , and purport of the s to draw criticism attention in London to the extremel so far as y regards the art of music . press The author starts by say , ing that could thft honest onininn of pverv member of the musical
nrothat fession the be criticism obtained of , " the the present verdict day would , in be this all direction but unanimous , is as perverse and mischievous as it is contemptible . " Bravo , Mr . Cox ! You do not mince matters ! The writer then proceeds to proportion justify his of sweep truth ing in the statement article , and there although are also there faults is a and certain inaccuracies which we shall proceed , to point out . In the first place , he has scarcely selected a good heading to his remarks , for , whereas he makes incidental allusion to pretty well all the critics of the oresent dav . the bulk of his notice .
and the chief torrent of his wrath is directed against ' the gentleman who contributes the musical articles to the Times newspaper . We may at once correct Mr . Cox as to a doubt which he hazards regarding the musical acquirements of this critic . There is no doubt of the ability possessed by the musical reporter of the Times j he is a well educated and experienced musician foundation , and than his " title a short to accompaniment be held as such to , rests a song on printed a firmer in
the Harmonican many years ago . We confess that we are not acquainted with this effort , but if Mr . Cox likes to turn to
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 9, 1867, page 275, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09111867/page/11/
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