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I THE TOMAHAWK. ! A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF ...
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No. ii/.] LONDON, JULY 31, 1869. [Price ...
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THE LORDS' SURRENDER.
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Struggling on the brink of the cataract,...
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I The Tomahawk. ! A Saturday Journal Of ...
I THE TOMAHAWK . ! A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . ( Etritefc bj > ^ rtl ) ai x a'Becfcett * " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "
No. Ii/.] London, July 31, 1869. [Price ...
No . ii / . ] LONDON , JULY 31 , 1869 . [ Price Twopence .
The Lords' Surrender.
THE LORDS' SURRENDER .
Struggling On The Brink Of The Cataract,...
Struggling on the brink of the cataract , down which , in another moment , they both might have been hurled , the champions of the two Houses have made an honourable , if a tardy , peace , and have saved the boat and themselves from destruction . In England the danger Is over ; not so in Ireland . But it is well that both sides of the House should contemplate the magnitude of the crisis through which they have safely passed , and should learn from the awful contemplation of what might have happened , the great lesson , that there is only one true principle of government , —an honest and sincere desire for the welfare of the people governed , irrespective of all party passions and prejudices , of all selfish ambition and avarice . We can heartily congratulate the Lords , and especially Lord Granviile and Lord Cairns , for the part they have played in this struggle . It . is far more difficult to yield wisely than to fight bravely . It is far more courageous to avert certain defeat by wise concessions , than to bring hopeless ruin on your forces by foolhardy resistance . This wisdom and courage , rare in generals , rare in party leaders , rarer far in men who have been irritated by the overthrow of some cherished idol , by the loss of wealth to which long use had given a title , has been shown , first by Lord Cairns , and then by the main body of the opponents of the Bill . Fortunate was it for England that the Government possessed in Lord Granviile a man who knows how to be victorious without being insolent , and who can reap the benefits of a defeat without exulting over the defeated . Had the Duke of Argyll been the Liberal leader of the Upper House , this compromise could never have taken place . We hope that some of the Government will take a lesson from Lord Granviile in dignified courtesy , and a gracious habit of conciliation j these ensure peaceful triumph for a good cause which if they r do ude not harshness ruin . " and A arrogant gentle answer hostility turneth very often away endange wrath ; r " , and it is no slur on a man ' s sincerity that he should treat honourable foes with that consideration , which conscientious th noble adherence ey are and rig the to ht p magnanimous a rinci nd tr ple ue s , , ever in th . e demands belief , fals and e t obtains hough it from be , that the It was but natural that the supporters of the Irish Church sho uld try and obtain for their darling the largest share of that blind wealth to , which the injustice she had of so her long tenure unjustl ; but y held it was as to impossible be entirel , if y the Bill was not to be a , complete mockery , to allow the
Protestants to retain a share of the endowments so disproportionateas to be but a modification of the very state of things which , the Bill sought to destroy . But we hope that some rememb of the er professed the timel Liberal surrender s in the of House the defenders of Commons of the Irish will y earnest Church , and when vigorou there s comes assault , as against surely other there abuses will soon and come shame , an - ful misappliances of public money by departments in the State , public for which opinion man of y the now country in office will are deman partl d y some responsible more . worthy The sacrifice to the genius of economy and honesty than the salaries of a few clerks , or the wages of a few workmen . The nest of . Whitehall corruption which and which has so long been existed so war in m Downing ly defended Stre by et and the various its eggs , temporary and , the breed occupants of jobbers , will soon , which , we have trust sprung , be robbed from it of , be to meet for ever with destroyed read . When liance that and good rfect time frankness comes , we on the part of those , who must comp not forget that pe the Irish Church is not the only evil which the zealous thinkers and genuine reformers of England have resolved to destroy . Let us trust that we may say farewell to the Irish Church question English and for Irish a long waiting time . to There be solved are , of other quite questions as much , both importance inion that . With Resolutions regard , to on Ireland the Land , we question have always should have n of been the b rought forward at the same time as the Irish Church Bill . But men learned in the intricacies of Parliamentary government think otherwise . Let us entreat the Liberals to take up the matter of the Land law and Education in Ireland as earnestly as they have the Church question . Let us have no bigotry or restricted co sense me t of o the justice work here div . If ed we of are all to prej pacificate udicesbe Ireland they P , rotestant we must or Catholic . We must legislate on purely , moral grounds ; at the same time fulfilling the pledge given on the disestablishment l iberty the , Irish and to Chur interfere ch , that with we are no willing man ' s to creed give . perfect Better relig denomi ious - national education than none at all . We shall watch anxiously the tone taken by the Liberal members and the Liberal press on this subject . If we are in earnest in our promises of justice in to a more eland , noble we must and appro just ach spirit the tha La n n has d an latel d Ed y uca been tion evinced questio on n the Church question . If we have made up our minds to do what is right , let us do so at once . Delay increases difficulties , and too often diminishes enthusiasm .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 31, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_31071869/page/1/
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