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    • THE LAW: ITS ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR VICTIMS.
    • ADVICE TO M. RAPHAEL FELIX.
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      160 The Tomahawk [August 17, 1867.

      160 THE TOMAHAWK [ August 17 , 1867 .

      The Law: Its Administrators And Their Victims.

      THE LAW : ITS ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR VICTIMS .

      By Professor Bee — L — Y. Dedicated To V...

      By Professor Bee — — Dedicated to Viscount Amber ley , M . P * Part II . Secondly . Let us consider , how does the law protect property The ? nlwho benefit bthat protection are those

      who have oy alread persons y got more than th y ey know what to do with . protect The poor that m ? an Does ' s property it provide is his that labou he shall r . always How does receive the hi law gh wages well or enoug no ? Not to keep a bit him of in it . comfort The law , wh says ethe , " If e do you es his rob work that m - But DUl illionaire what Wlletl . UUCS does there the Ult of law ia . W a six 3 d . p to VU enc » the UlC e , yo rich X 1 W u man llldll shall who WUU be sent niches 111 A-HC to the UK prison JJUU . " say y poor

      j with nan ' s great ai est rbad treasure smells , his bad health wate , b r an shuttin d a p g lentiful him up supp in a den of and fever I ? will Wh defend y , , it says you , . " " Thi , What s is does one , the of the law ri say ghts to the property honest , names tradesman of tea who and sells bread the % poor Why man , it pats iancy him poison on the s , u back nder , and the think calls lillin hi so > J m \/* . Onl \/ an JLAA intelligent T let X \ some kJVrXllw few A middle . ^* Tf m A 1 & illionaire 1 AA -class 1 V 11 M 1 A . s ^ f Intelli make A « -V gent their t * . »^^»* ! wills i v w e should i A n A o V u VS r *¦ . y ^ * * . * . * . ^^* . * . . '* ^ .

      they favour Of w cours , ould and e find , then the us supporte com uncommo e and rs of nl br the y eakfast intelli law ge tell with nt us . us that ne it does morn much ing ; , exist and is at try all ing ? to If A do . m likes ore , for sp the end poor his . lif But e sitting why sho in his uld ar po m or - his wh chair y f should , twiddli si not n le h lux e ? uries thumbs Surel . y This the , and State would drinking is be bound brand true to benevolence y provide -and-water for , . society Society on may mp that call point him . an If liberty idle rascal means , but anything he may , it mean differ s that m

      mind you are mu free st se to e that work th or ere not is , n o you valid please reaso . n A wh trul y the y e Marquis nlightened of trul We y stm enli inster ghtened shouuld mind have lang . £ 1 uishes , 000 a on day ^ , 300 while a year ow . ner The of th in e - justice But , perhaps palpable , the most the re utterl medy y equall indefensible y so . enactments of the law , are those relating to marriage . Why this obsolete cerecannot m as o utterl ny whi conceive y c h seless truly , Because advanced should receive one intellects section the protection have of the long community of since the discarded State chooses , Ave

      . to her have to them only with one certain ostensibl fantastic e wife , and rites because long since they like out of to date bind hedge the law s his lavishe autocratic s upon this wife m aroun onogami d with st its a preposterous choicest favo ma urs - , , still chinery bold of er protection and larg"e , whil hearted e it tre pol ats ygamist the bol with d biga the mis most t and ini the - quitous sends his severity wives to ; incarcerates wander about him the in world a felon with ' s dungeon no name , s cept their maiden oneswhich they had done , with and ex on

      these , even Society sets , a stain ! And this is justice ! ; This is th simp e sp le irit hearted in which fellow a so who -called testifies liberal his age disapproval legislates of ! An marriage honest court by running , and condemned away with to another pay heavy man costs ' s wife and , is damages brought for up being into who the practical actually apostle receives of an his enormous own creed salary ; condemned from the by State a judge for promul should **^* ^*^ gating like ** 'to ^ know his ^*^* own what ** doctrines is . / Ifthisisnot monstrous we W »»» .- » iw *» r « . » n w «~ v % > »*^»

      who The got time the has upper gone hand by by when superior any section numbers of , the or strength community , or , idiots intellect ! were was content allowed to to submit govern to the this rest tissue . Our of ancestors absurdities , poor emp wisdom haticall more y termed regulations the Law on , a and par even with their added miserable to its intellects collective . unmitigated was Every wrong one knows ; scoundrels in fac now t they a that days were it that is . such perfectly whatever a pack impossible of our fools ancestors to , and conceive such did

      We how know they that ever the could law have is , an had anachronism such wise and and antediluvian good descendants mons- . the trosity laws . b We which are responsible we choose to to our own our consciences own conduct alone . We for do not want y to agree about anything govern . Agreement is monotonous , the universal variety of differences nowcould is infinite we . e If to we were code to of have laws an ? congress , agreany

      with Some degrees would be and for having rewards murder like any recognised other professipn as a profession ; others , would some would wish to make stigm the atize fundamental speculation princi and bettin ple of g as the cri State mes ; I acquiring ever to you to war r neig or hbour to a ' theatr s prop e erty all ; others e stout would men vote would it a sin , for cutting a law go them forbidding down , to any the one required to be ; above level b a y certain a system hei of ght radical , and e 1 surgery ; those that squint would want all others to be made to

      be ssquint auint endless ; : in in . fact fact Where the the we differences differences cannot and and p Dhases let hases us res of of differe difference all n ce s w vvnnlH e ould that differ from us in whatever degree agree . , We shall p thenas a nation convictions free realize peop the le g , . each rande individual st idea that governed Man ever by c the once laws ived , , of his erfe own ctly , or Monopol sueh a y c ; ou th ntry e word there Crime will be will no not such exist thing ; prisons as Oppre will ssion be changed into serlioswo k rkhouses into lAl Turkish baths MUkliM the

      jud v « av «»« ge , the poli - * . ^^ - c e m - « . ag m an - *>^ y JL , and ** + *} , ww the - ^ m - *^ . hangman a *»^ % * W ^»«» ^ will V JL , find UI-I ¥ liJXJ themselves . ; LA in 4 . ^* the will b enjoyment e allowed to of blast perfect the sinecures fame of . a gushing No hypocritical maidenhowever society libe shadow ral she of m respectability ay be in the will disp bar lay the of he progress r charms of ; advanced no , frowning inciety tellects ) , a . versatile We may and hav brilliant e ( to use assassin the terms for our of a Prime prejudiced Minister So- ; an intellectual and skilful pickpocket for our Chancellor of the

      E Chancel xcheque lor r ; a a dashi smilin ng g in an ce ndiary courte for ous our poison Foreign er for Secretary our Lord ; housebreaker a liberal minde for d bigam our ist Commander for our Home -in- Chief Secretary whilst ; a on fearless our bench of Bishops merry libertines shall sit , whose ; only orthodoxy shall a Prospect Cosmopolitan be ! on Utop the Paradise ia subject at length spread of realized Port before and , an the d Claret all enraptured the . sp Oh lendo , Glorious gaze urs o of f the long oppressed outcast of society . May we live to see that bless Liberty ed day no hollow when th sham e wor ! d Liberal shall be no misnomer , and

      Advice To M. Raphael Felix.

      ADVICE TO M . RAPHAEL FELIX .

      When Next You Come To London, Bring A Tr...

      WHEN next you come to London , bring a troupe with more ge Bati neral gnolles cap . abiliti Keep es R avel n , would if we mu suffic st e have for hi Bo m u , to ne his buf th e - p foonery utting him only ; into and serious don ' t mar parts the , in works which of he clever makes writers himself by sim When ply ridiculous next we . see Madlle . Des champs named in the billslet young it be Madlle and . Rose romisin Deschamps g ; while , of th lad e Theat y who re has Franc just , ais , left who , St is .

      James she has ' s no Theatre talent is for —well acting , we , thoug don ' h t wish she must to be have pers long onal , — expe but - rience . should Operettas be able we to del sing ight . in So , but you it will is essential be good enough that the to actresses remember Should that next your time proclivities , as well . prevent your offering an acceptable Duchesse salary to Madlle withou . Schneider her next , se pray ason , don or we ' t g mi ive ght us as well Grande have the r 6 le " Due Job" with Ravel , instead of Got , in the principal

      . In short , bring us a company Lafont ' composed as follows : — Berton , , pfcre , Arnal Lesueur , Delaunay , ; Mesdames—J Delaporte ane Essler , ,

      for comedy : with Raynard , Pradeau , and Brasseur for stalls the , and lighter we sh business all get our ; and money you ' may s worth charge ; but a we guinea grudged for your our won wasting crown golden to half the opinions -a dress -guinea -circle for on you a this scratch of season the ignorance company , and were , and which never inconsistency must guilty have of of a London public .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 17, 1867, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_17081867/page/2/