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March 21 , 1868.3 THE TOMAHAWK. 117
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" M-HISTOR Y THE A VENGER".
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A " Noose "-paper.-—The Newgate Calendar...
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civil a Captains host Now control of this , Heads et . hoc a But genus goodl of what Departments y omne array does . this of military , office Admirals control men , Generals for -or a rather civil , Colonels office whom of , is it supposed , by the theory of our constitution , , to control 1 Answer But how —the can Field any Marshal army officers Commanding be properl -in -Chief employed . in contheir trolling own the commander military head ? of the army—in fact in controlling irit It is and quite intention comprehensible of the 1 constitution , and wholl of \ y this in unison country with that the
hi civilian sp JJ-r g hest **» caaav , military or * J . JLJlCWJ a body . XbX authority ^ yj . A of civilian . UU because UWlOUlUlXUil officers the , civil should JA power l . A ±±£ control J \ yUUlXLl is supreme the ^ y , bXiai very . in O . this land—the military power is its servant in every way , existing manner merely . The sufferance Mutiny annuall Act , by y renewed which alone in the it most is legalized formal , keep rehearses ing a standing annually army the within preamble the United " Whereas Kingdom the raising of Great or
Britain Britain and and Ireland Ireland in in time time of of peace r > eace , . unless unless it it be be with with the the con con--sent It is thus Parliament lain that , is against the control law . " of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army p by civilians is formal and constitutional . But subordinate surely the control officers of is this anomalous great , military and absurd officer in by theory his , own and what is necessity nv hard ^ v-o Jiiji is more , , jiul not , impossible by uy any ctiiy that question Ljucsuuu in Controller practice of ui whether wiicuici j in and it this Lixia therefore Under v iiuci follows Secretary oc ^ icicu , of
of the necessity working , of or the case that the - contro -Chief l of clear the- headed War Office , but bristling with military men , over the Commander-in-Chief , is a , fiction But , unfortunatel a delusion , y and it is a a snare very . expensive fiction , and it is to be hoped attention that of some Parliament real arm to y the reformer question in the of whether House will it is c neces all the - me me sary nt nt to when when pay enormous that that control control sums is is for inevitabl inevitahlv the control merel mere of the . lv Army nominal nominal Depart and and - , y y
actual really , working mischievous head , as to the removing nominal the controlling responsibility head . from , , , the Let the Commander-iiv- Chief be really the head of the army , or restricted else let only Parliament in what reassert he does her by ri the ht force to the of civil public control opinion over , and the army restoring , abolishing , once more all the , the military old constitutional g powers at the check War of Office civil , employe ' carrying out the orders of the civil power .
March 21 , 1868.3 The Tomahawk. 117
March 21 , 1868 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 117
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of Every the Chd one telet has . by That this time sensational heard of establishment the celebrated is Vengeu nightly r lican crowded vessel to , defying roof the , to witness lish guns the heroism to the last of , the and Repub going - down with all hands to the shout of Vive la France , and the whole tune of thing the , " from Chapeau a historical de Marguerite point of view " Unfortunately , is a myth . S , p ite this with ITlbU , however the VUV - Parisian 1 . UI , the O 1 U 1 & situation public L / UVlXVl . , like ^ French * W * the AWA * Vengeu lJ historians -i ^ l > Vl IMllW r itself — Ui dra , iVillMtlU goes matic down his XXXO "" - torians • 4-V « have been 4 renowned ^ for rf »
and it is especiall , therefore y— , not surprising never that the simple facts accuracy of the , landed case—namel her crew y , that to lunch the V on engeur cold struck mutton her and flag went to down the O in rion the , been quietest completel and most y ignored business in -l le ike grand manner spectacle , possible . , should Indeed have the that success a series of this of " adaptation the same " kind of history must has follow been . Should so marked , the man Waterloo agement , and be fill at up a loss the following for a telling sketch subject : — , suppose they try
WATERLOO . DRAME EN CTNQ ACTES ET CENT TABLEAUX , ETC ., ETC . Act I . The bivou Steppes ac by night of . Russia Sentinel . The asleep F ? - at ench his army post . discovered Enter Na in - poleon . Fra N nce apoleon . It is . — time Thi I s wakes is the them grand . army Ahthis . It se is ntinel my child ! H — e this has the two eyes shut . { Strikes sentinel . ) ,
Of Every The Chd One Telet Has . By That...
Napoleon Sentinel { . — presenting The Emperor arms . ) . — - ^ SN no go th e ? France Sentinel . { Army { fires wakes at . ) him ) . —It is my duty . I am a child of one Emperor leetler corporal . —It is . right to fire at the stranger . I make you Army . — Vive PEmpereur . next Emperor it is with . — the Soldiers lische ! we have On destroyed to Va ci t i erloo & f the Russia . Soldiers !
J . ICA . I , 11 xs wiiu nit Ang xiiigiiouui ; . , vsn \ j \ . v -iuu . ' le A Prince rmy . — Imperial Vive PEmpereur / / Vive PImperatrice / Vive Act II . Quatre Bras at daybreak . Enter Highlanders and Les Horsgars . the 1 ST French Officer . ) C . — 'es O t moa yes . ! Portarre O yes ! bierre ( Exit . ) ! Sunday . ( I speaks
{ Ex 2 ND it . ) Officer , —Shak-es-peare — Bouldogues . Galignani ! Act III . The of the French Battle position . Enter at Napoleon Waterloo 50 on Marshals the morning and the Grand Army . R . , , Napoleon . —Soldiers , before you is the death , behind you is
. the the France France . . Soldiers Soldiers , , it it is is the the choice choice I I g p- ive ive you vnu . posi Army tion de . — 1 Vive 867 . PEmperetir { Exeunt all / . Vive L . ) PImperatrice / Vive PEx-Act IV . The Battle-field at 3 o ' clock . Enter 500 British Veteran Soldiers V ¦> A . ijivnii of V running - ' - * - the X ixu away Old v ^ x-i-m * - * Guard x and ^ j \ j £ ^ iv J-r cry . ing j Enter ~* , rffr & pursued r a ^ a . Cannon \^ x * j- « by v / j . a
the Ball . Old R . Guard It takes , then off exit both . legs L . of the Veteran of pereur Veteran Vive of PImpe the ratrice O . G . . ( falling Vive le to Prince the grozind Itnperial ) , Vive ! PEmback Th . ) e , 500 British Soldiers . —O Yes ! ( they stab him i ? i the O Gud eteran ! ( flourishes of the a tricolor O . G . —Sacrrrrr . ) Bouledouguesand Th conf e 500 usion British . L . ) Soldiers . —Rosbif ! ( All exeunt in terror
Act V . The ton Field , several at 6 Bouledogs o ' clock . , and ter two the Duke Mees of eati Welling ? i % plum - - pudding and running away . French The . Duke Bifteck . — — The Lestarrre fight , is squarrre it not , O finished yes . Third ! I ca not ss— sp Bag icks - gage traere . Foxtone Foxtone . Pal Pal--ale ale !!
2 ist ND Mees Mees . — . — Sunday God sav . es the Queen ! I shall dance one hornpeep ! dam ! Enter Napoleon Gran , Fifty d Army Marshals , , and the lington ii Napoleon 4 ii and ii / . the —Soldiers two t «/ i / Mees i . ' It j is */ the and victory sta ? ids . { them Knocks )
WeljL _ Army . x > vjr . vs ^ . — Vive rm , < v * c PEmpereur nx . ^< , over & > c . , , i « " * i * . j < -w'fctJ vrp on iiic / ri , . , j Enter Blucher . Fredrichs Blucher !— . — Baden Mein -Baden Gott— . das Kreutzee Zeitung—Bismarck ! France Napoleon . { Deg . — rades Soldiers him . ! ) thus is it perishes the enemies of the Blucher—Mein Gott !
. Prince Army Imperial . — Vive / PEmpereur Vive / { hesitates Vive PImperatrice ) . / Vive Le Napoleon . — Vive Le Vaterloo / Curtain .
A " Noose "-Paper.-—The Newgate Calendar...
A " Noose " -paper .- —The Newgate Calendar .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), March 21, 1868, page 117, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21031868/page/5/
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