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    • THE PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT.
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      T H E T O M A H A W K: A Saturday Journa...

      T H E T O M A H A W K : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . "INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      No. 77-] London, October 24, 1868. [Pric...

      No . 77- ] LONDON , OCTOBER 24 , 1868 . [ Price Twopence .

      The Petticoat Parliament.

      THE PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT .

      Letter No. 3. Miss Leonora Loring, M.P.,...

      Letter No . 3 . MISS LEONORA LORING , M . P ., TO MISS CAMILLA SHARP . 3 Poet ' s 6 Corner th Jul , Westm 1870 . inster , y , thunder Dearest -cloud Camilla which overshadowed , —The storm us has from come the at beg last inning ! The has p burst ambition lays at in last fitful of in gleams all teonora its of terrible fury . over ferocity the , ruined and the hopes forked and crushed ghtning I forgot to your mention tha ' t ever since we took our seats as members of the House of Commons , a muffled discontent had were manifested heard in itself the amongst clubs and the in vile the men parlours . Curses of the " public deep but -houses low " . assailed Groans , and us as sometimes we passed — to oh and , the fro villains from the !— - Senate naughty -house language . It the was natural evident brutality to those of who Man knew was ready the " to burst gns of out the into times violence , " that at On the the slig accession htest provocation of Woman . to Ministerial there were We several found demon ourselve strations s face in to different face with parts an united of power the and , metropolis malignant . account Opposition of , their smarting recent under defeat a . sense Our friends shame like and all obloquy menhad on taitniess ± trie marble brow 01 , Mill ruttied ,

      with proved menacing . anger L . ven , while Gladstone was fresh from was public nation meetings against , at which us , and he had had poured proved out to the floods satisfaction of virtuou of s all indi men gposed that he Female had from Suffrage the . first conscie ? itiously and consistently opwh I did I y , you not y wish mi goad ght I him were call into me Mrs a a . man fever Gladstone for , or ever half , onl 1 -poison y just him for one at dinner day , * — if of However importance , I but that tortur we e introduced you with suspense was the . The " Married first measure Men ' s the Property property Bill of . " the This hu most sband excellent should b measure e settled provided on the wife that for all the labour her wife own , in ; whil which , except e the case husband in two the -thirds case was of to only mon pay should ey all earned rates be and by paid taxe pre over c s arious from to the remainder . The Bill also provided that all unmarried men married were to women pay doubl from e taxes too great , in order a burden to relieve of taxation the . property of moderate You will measure be surpri excited sed to hear the very , Camilla greatest , that disconte this very nt just among and wrote all the to male you creatures last a large , and meeting that was on th held e very in H day yde P on which , which I was I the can commencement best narrate what , of a fearfu followed l revolution from the ! notes in my diary :- — strong Guard Jun s e and were 30 . — to ord Evening be ered marching to . — the The on Bank rioters the at Bank once are reported . of The England Channel to be . 100 AlRhe Fleet , 000 was telegraphed for . rioters , Midnig have ht , seized —The their Guards barracks have , all overpowering gone to the the Bank few , sentinels but the

      left ance there . The . The Queen army is at is Balmoral reported . to be wavering in its allegicalled gone JULY to to the i say . — Crystal Morning the par Palace ks . — are A . quiet beautiful . Nearl morning y all . the Miss rioters Becker have Bill Afternoon . " - The rioters . — Second had reading not gone of the to " the Married Crystal Men Palace ' s Property . St . James to 6 surrender . 30 ' . — Park Violent . is held speeches by them by , the also ? nen Bucking . The ham Government Palace . refuse 7 . 30 . —All the artillery have been sent for from Woolwich . armed 9 . 0 . — . Arrival All the of cavalry the artillery sent for . from Hyde Aldershot Park is . full of rioters , 9 10 . 30 . 0 . . — — The The artillery artillery receive are told commands not to use to fire any on ammunition the rioters . . ( This 12 . 0 was . —All fortunate the balls , for and they evening had not parties got any are . ) stopped by the rioters clubs are . Coote illuminated and . Tinney ' s band have joined them . The rioters drawn J uly , . and 2 . — all Mo the ning r public Sitting -houses — . and The hotels troops thro have wn open been to with the - members Afternoon insist Sitting on our — . Matters withdrawing are becoming the Bill worse . Mr . . Gladstone The male and others have addressed the rioters . is safe 5 o ' clock . Miss Tea Becker . —All London burnt in in effi open gy at revolution the top . of No Trafal woman gar square .

      ment 8 o . ' clo Re ck s . olve —Private not to meeting surrender of . the Channel supporters Fleet of told the to Govern anchor - at Westminster Bridge . policemen 9 o ' clock . in —The possession troops of have all the thrown kitchens down . The their mob arms surround . The the House . do . We o ' clock have . —The sent Government for the Bishop aske of d Oxford what . they are going to 11 o ' clock . —Furious attack on the Government . Few of our supp 11 . orters 30 . —Attempt at the House to distribute . Vote of Tupper censure ' s . " Proverbial Philosophy " among the ringleaders of the riot . On 12 o ' the clock next . — day Government , July 3 a sight resign was . seen which will not easily be forgotten . Miss Becker , came down to the House at two said that ' clock she , followed and her ri by ht all honourable her supporters sisters ; and had after in vain having tried g to Bill legislate was onl for y to the prevent good of the mankind wretched —that men the from object squandering of this last their wives' and children ' s bread—she announced that she and the whole of her right honourable colleagues had resolved to followed app Parliament ly for their the w ere Chiltern amp once le , and Hundred more before left s ! the to Every evening those miserable y- the senator Houses nobl male of y creatures . Was not this noble self-sacrifice ? True to our that princ th iple e miserable s , we refused male to hirelings withdraw of the the Bill State , and would when not we support found the mously Government retired from , inst public ead of life provoking , never to a emerge civil war from , we our magnani retire - - ment arrogan till ce of , his plunging corrupted into he de art eper , shall and crawl deeper misery his , hand in the s and knees before us , craving our pardon for his misdeeds , and

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 24, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_24101868/page/1/