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      2q 4 The Tomahawk. [May 23, 1868.

      2 Q 4 THE TOMAHAWK . [ May 23 , 1868 .

      Religious Holywell Street.

      RELIGIOUS HOLYWELL STREET .

      Those Who Have Any Regard For Public Dec...

      Those who have any regard for public decency and morals will rejoice that The Confessional Unmasked has at last been condemned by the highest judicial authority as coming that under publication Lord Camp issued bell ' s Act has . not But yet the been sty thoroug of filth hl from y cleansed which . ^ Lieut ¦ ¦¦ ^ r ^ ^ j * \ -f ^ . 0 -Colonel ~ lt ii" ^^ ^ k V ^ -fc ^ ^^^ b H «^ h «^ . p J y m . Brockman > J" i ^ 'a ^^ ^^ *^^»^«» ¦ ii w ¦ is - ^ ^^ ¦ * . still ^ A . 'Ktfw allowed b V 4 * ¦ ^ ¦ p » ^» ^»^ to w ^ p » carry ^^ «« 4 « Bp ^ W on ^^ A *

      a trade from which the comparatively honest spicy-booksellers his of H colleagues oly well street still carry are debarred on a flourishing . That prurient business hypocrit in pamp e hlet and s hawked filthy calum about ny can the hardl streets ybe , which matched for , even scurrility by the , indecency most recondite , and publications that Lieut .-Col of . former H . J . Brockman years . We should are not write the the least Letter astonished to the should Women have of Eng the land holy 071 courage the Confessional to publish , and itbut having we written should be it ,

      astonished * ., j ^ jb ^^^ 1 ii , n , " e ^ k ^ fe i 1 ii v ^ if p ~ ^ p we ^^^ " ^*^ ^* could ^— ^^ ^— w ^^ ^* find ^ * ^™ ™ ™ J ^ % one ^^ ^^ ^^ decent I ~ ¦ ^ p > ^™^ ^^ woman ^™^~ ^™ - ^ , j p ^^ - ^ who ^ ~ r ¦ » ' ^~ would r ™^ ^»^« ^^ xin ^ 1 read vph . p *^ ^ pr author it throug speaks h of her of his own own free work will . : — This is the way in which the the " In author presenting desires a to second express edition his gratitude of his to Letter the Lord to the for public the large amount of success with which , in the brief space of twelve follow months a , number He has of been testimonials pleased to such bless as its quack circulation doctors " are Then in

      ^ ^^ A . ^^ V ^ habit W ^^ P - * ^ of »*» * . ^* m appending a **** ' - *^~ m " »^ «* ^ ^ BP ^^ to < v ~ . a . ^ ~ their m - ^ ^ - ^ - ^^ —— - quasi ^^ , « *^ — P * ^— - *^ scientific ^ ^"" W - ^ P - «»* ¦ ' W ^ V ^ P productions » ^^ B ^ M ^ ^^ »^ V *^ P ^ «^ P < ^ . ^ We p * «& db ^ have reproducing serious the doubts above wheth piece er of we slimy ought blasp not hemy to be . prosecuted One must for be literally Union " saturated tea-party , with before buttered one can toast read at such a " Protestant stuff without Electoral being sick . Into n _ ^ k ^ k VP ~| — i the p ^^ b ^ ar contents ^^ ^^ ^ fc *» ^ p ^ . ^ ^™^ " ^ p ^ v of - ^^ ^ thi ^ p ^^^ b ^ s ^ . ^ " Letter ^^^^ " ^^ ^ p «^ " ^ p 1 ^^ " we v v vr cannot ^^ ^ kr ^^^^ k ^^^^ ^^ ^ p enter ^^ v ^»^ b ^ r ^ r ^ w ; H " W Selec ^^ J ^^^ ' ** ^^^ ^^ F -

      tions and the from vilest Voltaire brochures ' s Pucelle of profligate , the worst infidels portions , edited of Boccaccio by Maw- , express worm and the Sti ingenious ggins , " would pruriency be the and onl nauseous y title that hypocrisy could fairl with y which apes sing it is ing filled hymn . If s over one could their revolting imagine a gambols troupe , of one degraded might attractive picture the . audience Not being to which intimate such with writing Lieut . would -Col . H prove . J . Brock really - man which , we can cannot appreciate rise to with the tru heig e sanctimonious hth of religious gusto ib enthusiasm the

      ex-V V ^ h ^ k ^^ ^^^ ^ M ^^ ^^ P V ^ P ^^ M > ^^*^^ ¦ ¦ r ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ v * m ^ - ^ w ^~ ^^ ^ v v ^ ^^ v- ^(^ p m ^ r ' ^ ^^ b ^ ^^ r ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ vw ^^^ ^^^ ^^ . ^ ^^^ ^ i ^^ B . ^^ ^ p ^^^ ^ p ^* 4 ^ ^^ ^ M ^ ^^ 4 h ^ M ^^^ F ^^^ f ^ " ^ N tracts with which he lards his letter to the Women of England . to But resent any one the h astounding aving a wife insolence or sisters of . such ast feel a fellow strong addressing ly inclined the women of England as his " sisters . " If Lieut .-Col . H . J . prepared Brockman to thinks defend our our remark language s unjustifiable , in any way , we which are does perfectl not y necessitate ^ b « M ^^ r **^ ^ t ^ V ^ ^ m ^ ^* V ^ 1 F V « r a V - ^ lengthened ^ ~~ ' ^ ^^^ ^^ ¦ personal ^^ ^ b ^^ ^ r ^ v ¦ ^ b « ^ " ^ interview ^ b ^ m ^« ¦ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ m ^^^ V ^ ¦ ¦ with ^ ^ F ^ " ^ W that VF ^ h *¦* ^ P ^ # % ^ 1 dis ^ r ^ ^ fe ^^

      -read tinguished sale We of the would these Marvellous officer ask infamous seriousl and— pamp Protestant y if of hlets there Sister . can are no be means stopped & cannounced by ? which Who can the having reached its fifth Escape edition , without Lucy feeling , that , decency and as morality are being shamefully violated by the' circulation of such disgusting balderdash ? But when one considers that understands such publications religion are in sold any in other the name sense of than relig that ion , of who a , foul that

      mouthed bigotry , but must feel most bitter shame at such a 'profanation of the word ? However much we may disapprove should onl of " y Auricular be not the , for more Confession one anxious moment , " or , that be the supposed such " Conventual scandalous to enjoy System the publications , sanction " we can be of any expelled true from Protestant England . ' If , it the will Roman not be Catholic by the publishing religion is to of . crime wholesal -w w ^ m ^ w ^ ^^ r against — ~ " ^^ fc e ^* - ^ — - ^ accusations ^ - ^ ^ the ™— ~^** priests m - ^ - ^^ ' ^ of - ^ of - ^ p- murder ^ that — ' " ^ — ^ ^ ^ reli ™ ^ , gp- ^ m profli ^ gion a . ^ k ^ ^ fcp" 41 ^ . gacy IV The « W , *^ and ^^^ indecent *• ^ ^ ¦¦ ^ ft every ^ ^^ T ^| P' ^ F' *• sort ^ abuse P" ^ P W ^^ ^ PW V of ^ V ¦^ P '

      sible of unscrupulous to the fanatics fact that will the never Roman blind the Catholics eyes of as any a bod senare Christians person in the highest sense of the word . , y , prompted Our space us , to would discuss not the permit rambling us , even statements if our upon inclination which these strongl disgusting y on all who libels value are morality based , ; truth we can or the only Christian urge most religion filthy in publications any form or , which shape , , we to do fear their , are utmost , with , unrelenting to suppress perse these - which verance can , forced onl upon insult many and persons distress daily , one and whose the perusal sense of of purity and modesty y is not thoroughly any destroyed .

      We shall be most happy to aid by all means which lie in suppression our power , any of these attempt disgusting to form pam a counter phlets -organisation and for the punish for the - ment circulat , if e them possible . , of the knaves and the fools who help to

      Woman's Word-Book.

      WOMAN'S WORD-BOOK .

      For The Use Of Our Young Friends. (Conti...

      FOR THE USE OF OUR YOUNG FRIENDS . ( Continued . ) JVag Nattcre , to . — . — A The goddess question whose by torture footstep . s we pretend to worship , and use every art to deface . Navy— . The complement of the Sea-sons .

      Neat Neck , . — or The nothing spirit . — of The order most . fashionable costume for evening wear . Nerves . —An ^ Eolian harp on which the slightest breeze produces plaintive sounds . Nobility A * KjT « - * trf VIST W — . . A ^ . patent |_ r- kV * v ^ S JL ^ . W worth W T Vi- * J > VJLA * a -V hundre Xii fc » tA *^*^ ^> ^ d >*> , inventions » .. l * T ^^ Jk ^ * r ^ ^ -r **» rf . »

      Nursery Ny ? nph . — — . A A fabled nest the maiden parent who birds lived are in seldom cold water seen , near and . by the help of the Gods was seldom out of hot . Object Oats , wild . —Any . —Seed one to productive whom she of has chaff an and objection bad bred . . Occasion . —The by-path which leads just as often over the cliff as PF into K 1 the K ^^ pq main M fe road . ^¦^^^ tf ^^ ^^ .. ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ F ^^^ ^^ ^^^ p ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ b ^^^ r ^^ . ^ p ^ hp ^^ V

      Opera . —The Ladies' Show-Room . Oyster . —A Chablis-treated bivalve . Padding . —Stuff and nonsense . Paint Page . — , The for preface the face to a — . future Contraband edition of colours Butler . hoisted by a privateer . Pair . —The fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil .

      Steps To The Gallows .

      STEPS TO THE GALLOWS .

      And Scandalous The Public Disastrous Thr...

      and scandalous the Public disastrous thrive attention publications on encouragement what has is diabolical now that been may afforded drawn be in our soberl to , vice and nature y said none and . onl crime We too y soon to refer by exist , the to to such papers as the Illustrated Police Record and the Illustrated Police News . If the world were to turn over a new leaf for one week , such papers would come to an end , and could only be

      ficiency resuscitated of outrages by the first , the renewed representation cry of " of Murder which , " mi or ght by afford a sufsubjects for some half-dozen hideously suggestive cartoons . tion The of letter all - the press incidents of these of paper crime s is and mainl horror y composed that have of befouled a collechumanity mense of every circulation moral during sewer the , if Mephistopheles previous and gutter week that , — be must an able industrious secure to minister them scrap an to im the ing - the literary perusal tastes of k such of %% his a Vil mass subjects of , revolting —the onl details y doubt kw would being WAim not whether

      w **^^ Y" * ^¦ ' ^¦ *¦* *^ vw * ^ rf •^ 41 , ^> 4 « . « . A * % WkJ M ^ rf JU Jb ^^ ? Vib « 44 * b ^**** 4 «« p « r * - « w * ^ rf •* v ^ prove jw — - — - ^ too great a solace to the inhabitants of the nether world . One News unpromising has reached view of upwards the case of is two this hundred —that whilst numbers the , of Police the Police dozen , proving Record that there the have demand been p for ubl this ished class only of about literature half-a is - cidedl even now y lower on tone the of increase character ; whilst about , m ore more over , recent there is publica a de- - tion .

      The evil such papers do is incalculable—it cannot be exagthe gerated culprit ; the the wood hope - of cuts a almost magnificent deifying prominence crime—holding , at which out his to less daring brethren stand gazing in wonder , afraid as yet to qualif a cluster y themselves of horrors for that the mi coveted ght be position engraved —to as be a fitting the centre signet of letter for the - finger . Here of the are very a few Prince titles from of Evil one . of Then the comes of the a recent press number : — " Holidays for the People" ( a sort pages of Radical

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 23, 1868, page 204, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_23051868/page/2/