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    'T HE TOM A H A W K..\ A SATURDAY JOURNA...

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    No. 163.] :, * LONDON, JUNE 18, 1870. . ...

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    " THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE WORIZ>."

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    donable Pride at is any -seldom time, be...

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    'T He Tom A H A W K..\ A Saturday Journa...

    'T HE TOM A H A W K . . \ A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . ¦ < £ & itet > fcp frttfyux & 1 $ eckeit . ¦ . ,- o " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

    No. 163.] :, * London, June 18, 1870. . ...

    No . 163 . ] :, * LONDON , JUNE 18 , 1870 . . [ Price Twopence .

    " The Largest Circulation In The Woriz&Gt;."

    " THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE WORIZ > . "

    Donable Pride At Is Any -Seldom Time, Be...

    donable Pride at is any -seldom time , becoming it is to be condoned in Man , but in the if . Briton the vice boasting is parof his national press . To say that the Fourth Estate of the Realm is Wisdom , Waggery , Truth , and Justice , all rolled into one , would be but faintly to hint at the many excellencies of English journalism . The Public ( and our respect for the opinion of the Public is simply unbounded ) regard the daily papers of the metropolis as so many knight-errants in search of adventure and glory . Woe to the mild magistrate who the comes thorny to a road mistaken to political conclusion honours , the ; i ' j poor but woe minister , above who all sli , to ps the on rival " daily" who omits the dotting ot an " i" or the proper crossing of the letter " t , " for verily there will be no escape from the wrath to come . That the press is incorruptible has been proved a score of times by those who have attempted to purchase its approval—men who have traduced the fair fame of the Fourth Estate while smarting perhaps at the loss of the large sums of money extracted from their pockets by the proprietors of those papers they have sought to propitiate . That the press is thoroughly wholesome few who have read the reports of the Boulton-Park case will dare " to deny .. In fact , whether we regard the newspapers as gallant knights rescuing the Oppressed from the Oppressor , Truth from Falsehood , Virtue from Vice , or as an excellent medium for advertisements our

    admiration is still vast , immense , unbounded . That admiration is ( very properly ) shared by the Public . Happy Public ! As it is necessary in these material days to have a reason for everybody and everything , it will perhaps be advisable to state the cause of our reverence for modern journalism . It would be too colossal n task to point out the virtues of the whole press , so we shall satisfy ourselves with one paper , only one , but one worthy to serve as example for the rest—a very a prince nd a circulation of periodicals ( to — put a it paper modestl with y ) the the largest grandest in the asp world irations ! , Our readers will possibly desire to learn the name of this flower of flowers , this judge of judges , and we hasten to satisfying their curiosity by telling them what it is not as a preparatory measure to informing them what it is . First then we do not speak of the Times , which , if as weak as a weathercock , is at any rate honest and just , a journal seldom suppressing letters contrary to its facts , for fear of the results , a journal secured to good advertisements , and inaccessible to adventurers , baby-farmers , and even quacks .

    Neither do we speak of the Pall Mall Gazette , a paper whose circulation is no doubt as limited as it is unquestionably select . No , although the nobility of character which prompts it to hunt and down we the cannot Teleg therefore raph , wins sing our le awe it out , it does for the not unparalleled secure our respect honour , of a special notice in the leading columns of the Tomahawk . Nor can we award the crown of our attention to the sleepy the tivel Sta ? ida p y lush in rd the , or redolent hands the flippant of Mo their rning Dail supporters Pos y News t . No , . , The we beery leav Standard e Advertiser them respec to , the or - clerk dunderheaded the Adve farmer rtiser , to the Dail muddled y News publican to the li , ght and -hearted the Post city to the eager , hands of the genteel daughters of swell grocers , aristocratic bakers , and haughty vendors of butter and cheese ; None of these is the equal of the wonder of the age , the pride of the universe—the Daily Telegraph . surel Yes y , a the preacher Penny could Prophet require of Fleet no better street one , . shall It be is this our text won — - derful journal that extorts our respect , as it has long gained our admiration . As Barnum is an admirable character , so is the Daily Telegraph respectable and loveable . It is Barnum reduced to print , humbug clothed in type , —and fed with printer ' s ink ! . creation ui iuneceeucn

    wnen we taKe up cms gionous me century , the first thing that strikes us is the beautiful style of the writing , and the large number of the advertisements . The style is unique . Sense is not so much aimed at as a certain lofty kind of poetry which , if not exactly smelling of the green fields of the country , is , at least , redolent of the gin and brandy of commerce . A grand revel in metaphor and simile , without regard to context , is the delight of the leader writer of the Telegraph . Bad grammar and nonsense , in equal portions , are taken by the Editor , and mixed into a salad , or rather into a series , of articles week after week , and year after year . L'Empriere ' Classical Dictionary and Hadyn ' s Dictionary of Dates very worthily represent the culture of the Penny God . Nay , we wrong our contemporary , for we have forgotten to mention that Ollendorf is sometimes laid under contribution by the gay and courtly correspondent who dates his letters " Paris . " Of the tone of the morality of the Telegraph we scarcely dare to speak . A throne is sacred from the vulgar gaze—a leading journal must not be criticised . Still , we cannot pass over the subject quite in silence . There is something wonderful and awe-inspiring in the mode in which the Telegraph extracts beautiful sentiments from nasty stories , holy improve .

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 18, 1870, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_18061870/page/3/