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    THE TOMAHAWK. A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATI...

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    No. 136.] L QN~D QN, DECEMBER 11, 186 9....

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    jdo wn with the ujviojst.

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    Treason is rampant in Ireland. Sedition ...

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    The Tomahawk. A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

    THE TOMAHAWK . A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . i ———Ctuteti by ^ rtfru o x h'Weckett * o— " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

    No. 136.] L Qn~D Qn, December 11, 186 9....

    No . 136 . ] L QN ~ D QN , DECEMBER 11 , 186 9 . [ Price Twopence .

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    Treason Is Rampant In Ireland. Sedition ...

    Treason is rampant in Ireland . Sedition and assassination ment wants have it as one all of ; thei non she r -government own can way complain . . Ireland Public now has not meetings a so fresh much grievance are of mis held -govern every if she - - day , where rebellion and assassination are openly advocated .

    same Newspapers principles are . sold It becomes largely which a question are entirel now for y devoted the taxpayers to the burdened of England with to contributions consider—who for have the sake over of and Ireland over — again whether been it , is worth while to . retain , the nominal possession . a . of a country +

    which we either cannot , or dare not govern . The cautious cut-throats and sordid scribblers of sedition who are allowed by the impotent cowardice of the Government and the loyal Irish to usurp the right of representing the national feeling of Ireland , clamour to be freed from the yoke of the

    certainl invader , to are be but rid it is with " bloody their own " Saxon blood . Blood shed y b the cowardl Saxons assassins y that , they are stained ; they are notas they y should be y red with the blood wrung by the lash from , the backs of the , howling scoundrels who infest Ireland . If the request ( so

    politel Saxons were urged to ) of leave these the " patriots Irish to " were granted themselves , if all the divide the land among themselves , govern the ' worst enemies , of the Emerald Isle could wish them no more terrible fate . It may well be questioned whetherexcept in the most

    repulsive period of the French Revolution , such a collection of degraded brutes and bloodthirsty blackguards , was ever got together , than the band of creatures who support O'Donovan Rossa , felon , and M . P . for Tipperary . The Irish know well enough that to be governed by these men renders

    would slavery the ly most subjection abject to and the lowest the most form loathsome of humanity , because . Excep t oratorical courage which power manif which ests manifests itself in committing itself in shameless treacherous lying crime , and s when there is no danger of being punished for them—it is

    difficult to say what qualities these patriots possess which can excite admiration , even in an Irishman . Talent they have none ; self-devotion they are gloriously ignorant of ; statesmanship it would be an insult to suspect them of j benevolence or generosity they would indignantly disclaim ; they are certainly heroes

    to worship whom one must be very hard up for an idol . There are no snakes in Ireland , but we daresay there are a good many vermin , to say nothing of respectable brute-beasts , that one c ould feel less disgust and contempt for than for these things m

    Let them only govern the Irish , and all the sufferings then ever endured Heaven under to what the they galling will yoke have of to bloodthirsty endure then Eng . land But will to this be result are rap blundering idly leading , incapacity us . The , choice and will vigorous be limited do-nothingness soon to a

    murderous cession of sel war f-government with the most to I desp reland icable . If foes we persist , or a clumsy in allowing conmurder and treason to go unchecked much longer , it will not down be a few but noisy half , sordid a nation braggards led on whom in the we blindness shall have of to their put

    ignorance , , and the degradation , of their , superstition , to acts of punished rebellion We have , not which It the is not sli either htest a p must leasant doubt succeed that prospect the , or obliteration , at must least for of rigorousl Ireland Ireland y . from the British Emp g ire would add to our power , as it certainly

    would add to our honour and to our happiness ; but for the terrible unfortunate to contemp land of late patriots . For let potatoes the fools , it would who listen be a calamity to these seditious rascals , understand this . If England does break with

    entreaties Ireland , it , will however be for humble ever . — No no apolog repentance ies , however , however ample bitter —no , will avail after that . The union once dissolved , it is dissolved for ever ; the divorce will be complete ; no alimony , no

    comherself pensation starving will be and allowed in rags to the to John degraded Bull ' s wife door . : Let that her door drag is closed against her for ever ; and , what she will feel more severely , his pockets are impregnable henceforth to her prayers or her threats .

    It is because we fear that the long-suffering of England may not be proof against the constant provocation which she receives from these mongrel Yankees , who profess to represent the natio affection nal feeling bind of them Ireland to , th that at country we warn 0 , of those the danger whose wwhich interest their or

    timidity and apathy are fostering . It is no use for any resiloyalty dent in at Irela this nd time , be . he Every Celt one or who Saxon has , to any profess respect a passive for the law a pack , who desires howling to wolves save Ireland 9 must consider from being himself torn to a soldier pieces by on

    active a . duty . The - * more , sincerely convinced he may be that there are still many reforms needed in Ireland , the more imperative it is that he should aid the Government with the utmost watchfulness and energy . If the respectable farmers of Ireland could only summon up the courage to act together , and to act

    decidedly , agrarian m urders would ¦ * soon be put ¦ *¦» an end to . No man respect , whate himself ver his while political he allo prejudices ws himself or anti to pathies be the , slave can possibl of such y , . 1 . Jill— M l II .-II——— I I ¦ — . —»^ y——I ' ¦ ' < ' ' ""

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 11, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_11121869/page/1/