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THE TOMAHAWK: A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATI...
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No. 94.] LONDON, FEBRUARY 20, 1869. [Pri...
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TO~ THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, jusrn en.
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Ho, there ! Raise high the Standard of R...
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The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...
THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . $ bit * J > bg fyxttyix tfjgttkttt " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . *
No. 94.] London, February 20, 1869. [Pri...
No . 94 . ] LONDON , FEBRUARY 20 , 1869 . [ Price Twopence .
To~ The Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Jusrn En.
TO ~ THE RT . HON . W . E . GLADSTONE , jusrn en .
Ho, There ! Raise High The Standard Of R...
Ho , there ! Raise high the Standard of Reform ! Blow loud the trumpet of Retrenchment ! Beat hard the drums of Popularity ! Walk up , ladies and r gentlemen — Mr . Gladstone ' s talented company is going to begin their first performance in public . A slight wander this , and rather out of keeping with the dignified beginning ; but let us hope it is not prophetic , and that the Come great hither Battle with all who Abuses have will any not grievances end in a sham , and fi ght , fgreat Liberal party will redress ' them all . Justice for Ireland J And for her more land clamorous too , let us sister hope . , for she wants it quite as bad as The Ballot ! Manhood Suffrage ! Free , breakfast tables ! Everything for nothing ! Equalization of Poor-rates ! No Paupers ! No Army ! No Navy ! More Pay ! Woman ' s Rights ! Abolition of the Malt Tax ! Maine Liquor Law ! Open Public-houses on Sundays ! Cheap Cigars ! Free Whiskey ! Free - Church !—These-are only some of the cries that arise from the expectant crowd . Tomahawk does not suppose that , afcer all , the great Liberal Government will do all this . If each party in the State could only pass measures when they were out of office , we should get on beautifully . The Opposition Bench enlarges the mind : the Treasury Bench enlarges the pocket—also , in some cases , the fftiri 11 s ** wr
Of course , first we shall have the Irish Church , and a nice long fight there will be over that . Supposing disestablishment and disendowment to be carried , the difficulties in Mr . Gladstone ' s path will only just have begun , for the disposal of the tic funds ularl will y with puzzle Mr . Disraeli the wisest in opposition heads and . So the it will best probably hearts , par end - in there being several adjourned debates , adding largely to the but stock little of eloqu else en to ce anybody already ento or m anything bed in the . Already pages of symptoms Hansard , have been manifested of a desire on the part of some of the Ministers to put aside many important questions on the plea of that there affecting being no th e me Irish for Church any oth . er Now legisl Tomahawk ation this Se give ssio s fair but warning so all double to all -faced parties officials concerned —there that are he such won , even 't stand in that a Liberal j and headed delay Government in noodles the — way and , who of all every talk obstructives onl measure y for the ; who and pleasure throw all tiresome of every hearing , possible empty them - -
selves speak , which they might do just as well in the middle of Battersea Park , provided they did not interfere with the cricket ; and all other do-nothings and help-nobodies had better beware , for the scalping-knife has been fresh ground and stropped for the season , and it will make short work of their unblushing foreheads . There is no reason why several important measures , which are imperatively demanded , should not be carried . Equalization of the Poor-rates must be effected at once , as well as a reform in the Poor-law . Army and Navy retrenchment must also somehow or other be managed . Not only a few wretched clerks dismissed at a minute ' s notice , but a few gorged and gorgeous officials in high places must have their books overhauled , and their pockets turned inside out , previous to turning the noble owners out altogether ; that Augean stable , the Treasury , must be tidied up , and the Civil Service generally put on a sounder footing ; the Law , too , wants a little looking to—a few wholesome excisions might be made , to say nothing of much vigorous condensation—and a little clearer definition of conspiracy and fraud must be got out of the parchment gentlemen , if possible . Then our Police must decidedly be reorganized , and the Metropolitan Board of Works taken in hand by someone with a very large pair of scissors , and a very strong whip . It is bad enough to be robbed in the streets , but to be plundered in one ' s own home , at one ' s own fireside , by a self-constituted body of impudent , extravagant , greedy autocrats , under the plea of keeping this little town in order , is monstrous . The utilization of our Palaces may be a subordinate question , which will possess some
interest ; the more especially as a great saving in the building of infirmaries for workhouses , & c , may so be secured . In short , my dear friends , Tomahawk bids you a hearty welcome . But no humbug ! No shilly-shallying ! No playing at hide-and-seek , or thimblerig , with the British public ; and no attempt to revolutionize the country with a number of democratic devices . England does not want to be America , any more than a respectable grandmother wishes to strut about in fantastic costumes , with short petticoats , high-heeled boots , large chignons , and microscopic bonnets , merely because her grandchild does . Some of you must have some leisure time , which you will do well in devoting to an attempt to provide some remedies for the social abuses of this country . Show yourselves Liberal in heart and mind . Legislate for the good of the people , not for the advantage of a party ; and you shall ever have the hearty but intelligent support of your sincere friend , Tomahawk .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 20, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20021869/page/3/
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