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    • TO MA HA WK'S ELECTION ADDRESS.
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      The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

      THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      No. 70.] London, September 5, 1868. [Pri...

      No . 70 . ] LONDON , SEPTEMBER 5 , 1868 . [ Price Twopence .

      To Ma Ha Wk's Election Address.

      TO MA HA WK'S ELECTION ADDRESS .

      To The People Of England. Dreds Fellow O...

      To the People of England . dreds Fellow of declarations Countrymen of political and Countrywomen faith are now being , —Some circulated hunthroughout the country , by those anxious to represent various whi towns ch , Tomahawk or counties , appeal in the next s includes Parliament the whole . The of our constituency country ; no to vestries is not to , no vote revising , amongst barristers you ; wherever can decide the who Eng is lish to vote language , or who is here spoken here at at ho ho read me me in in , there our our are native native those land land whose , or or suffrages in in the the most most he solicits distant distant , colonies colonies whether

      and English offshoots men of and Great women Britain have , , found or in a forei resting gn countries -place . To where all us whom ; to a common who wis language 1 "; and pray , if not , and a common strive , for love the , unites good with and happiness of their > ellow-creatures , —yes , to all who love the prize truth , and earnestness hate falsehoods and sincerity , shams , and above pretences expediency of all sort and ; well who - be seeming sanctioned ; who by detest long hypocrisy custom , and and cherished humbug , thoug by the h they rich may and influential ; to all who seek the welfare of the many before the

      appeals advantage advantage for of of support the the few few . or or the the indulgence indulgence of of sel selff , . Tomahawk Tomahawk saddled Wearing with the no badge prejudices of no , hampere party , p ledged by no to precedents follow no , leader free to , praise sonal likes or blame or dislikes as the conduct dictate of persons free to deserves fiht on , not whichever as pernot side princi has the ples ri , g ready ht , not to may confess the might himself j ; free i to n the change g wrong opinions if he but is , but on these not because aloneTomahawk the world says seeks he is , —on votes these . conditions , and With regard , to the W 4 b great question Bar your on 4 k which Adb 4 fc this election Jb

      to mainl v remed * w w y tur ^ y ^^ n s injustice ** , he ^»— V has ^^ frequentl «» by ^^ ^^ whomsoever ^^ W W y expressed | V * ^ r «* A ^^ A ^ inflicted ^^ < his ^ V opinion ^^ or A A VAAA suffered . ^^ Anxious ^^** ^^ ^ tf , he ^^^^ hopes itself on to a see reluctant the Protestant majority Chu of rch the no peop longer le of try Ireland ing to . force The great and to princi exercise ple that it without everyon let e is and free hindrance to choose , is their a more own powerful religion , that engine man for can conversion devise to or Christianity money support , than . all Since the Establishments we cannot rob

      the of its mind thoughts of its ; freedom in such , let free us not discussions try to shackle more the errors expression are destroyed though for than a time are the created false , may and triumph in eternity . truth will prevail , fruits The . Let great those Reform who have Bill of received 1867 will the soon suffrage be show judged that by they its know how to use it , and by fighting manfully against all corruption whose privileges , whatever they form now it may share assum , and prove , teach that a lesson they are to thos pure e leaven of Parlia which ment will who leave fought n the against whole purity lump . of Those elections late from members their

      to seat their s in h onourable House opinions of Commons . Let will the electors now give refuse practical to be made effect p their pro endence mi tools ses , which a e nd ach by they indignantly m so the mu lesson ch repudiating need in . honesty Such their a lesson n bribes d ma may n and ly inde their con - - sole them for the loss of their seats . the W Th e are rone told and the some Constitution that the ti are me in has re n al danger really . There me wh are en ,

      no doubt , some fighting in the ranks of the Liberals who would no destroy them . It : is for not such because , Tomahaw he has k dared has shown to tell , and his Soverei will show , he memb the mercy loves truth er of , his because the Queen Royal he any Family has the refused less , whether , or to is born toad less loyal y so and or to made flatter her so and every , th gn to at li to her gnant play Throne the slanders . courtier Jealous of ; those and of the not whose honour all the own of scurrilous degraded both , he taunts will natures ever and refuse teach mathem to flatter in public *•• and snarl in private ¦¦• " whose loyalty ¦ is a

      thin 1 AVAA * a nd V ^ AAW tinselled «> fe ^^ Jk Jk . *^ +- * cloak . fc ^**^^ ^ meant * JL .. fc ^» »^ Jb *»* to r . a . * attract * A * fc * -M . ¦»¦ » attention v ^ ra , v w »¦— ~<* r W and » — J - ~—• not — J — — to ¦—* p stand altry wear stings ; not shall . all turn the Tomahawk buzz of this cloud from of wh parasites at he knows , nor is their his honest course , . Electoral There are Reform questions before , too the , full country y as grave now . Eng the land Irish is Church backward and ** is in ^ ill Education b ^ h ^ b supp ^^ 4 . ^ m ^ T I ^ AwVift lanted * , her ^ ^* V b P *^ system y J ¦ knowled 4 ^ 4 , ^ ^^ p V is ib ^^ P -fr too _ ^ ge J ^ t ^ narrow onl ¦ ^^ Jtr ^^ y W ^ half ^ ^ ' in ^^ or ^ every v n ¦ badl > w v-v fc sense y M taug ^ ww *^^ ; ^ ht i gnorance ^ . ¦ Edu ™ ^ ™ ~^

      -parents cation is a duty to their which children the State , which owes children to its subjects owe to , which themas selves is consistent ; and the system with morality of education , and should the funds be as to nearl provide y free it cannot means should . be compel You raised may that from co child mpel every a to man man learn to in anything send the his land child ; but according to by school punishing to , you his value value idleness compulsory . . and Education Education education rewarding cannot cannot ; industry for make make self- , interest you peop rjeonle will le will establish moral moral teach , but but , practicall peop it it makes makes le its y ,

      them mind , to ess satisfy immoral , in addition giving to them those another of the appetite bod , y . , that Drunken of the - trust ness , one diminished of the great more curses than b of y any this temperance country , will laws be . thus Much , we less may ing our fiery , be done national stimulants to , remedy liquors than , the and vitriol evils training gin caused and the potato b peop y drink le brand to , the by y purif . use But y of - adulteration drunkenness must must be be punished never held as the as an crime excuse it reall for y crime is , before , and

      any anv It progress Drocrress is to be hoped can can be be th made made at the towards towards next P reform reform arliame in in nt these these will devote matters matters more .. of its time and attention to measures which shall have for their manoeuvre object the s real and benefit disgraceful of the personal people , than squabbles to elaborat . Whateve e party r the may return be the of result a House of these of coming Commons elections as contemptible , it can scarcely as the be last AMfw 1 * the , V in *^ *¦ most which TV ^» 4 ^ vwt every ^^ V ^* ' # J good fc » ^^ % ^ V 4 fa ^ meas Ad * V » W u ww re A ^^ that V 4 of »*»* V ^ was * v ^ " ^ Mr passed mmr » w ^ v w adventurer **¦¦ was " v ww ^ v stained w v wr ^ w ^ ^ r - »

      the by self-interested unscrupulous professions audacity of disinterestedness a political on the part , or want his of a own restless men ill whose -regulated ambitious convictions caprice genius and , are hungering temper not the had after offsprings thrown the power away of altered which . We to fortu ive nes or momentary to the next crotchet impulse , which convictions attract which their are not unstabl ready e fancies what with g sing is way ; the we le- minded want ght course men , are , ha determined n ving ing neith made may e to up pu to their rsue one minds side that course or as to

      other of their , co own urting consci , not ences the energy app . , lause of the mob , but the approval ends It is for by which the aid Tomahaw of such men k has that eve we r may strive hope n a to Poor gain those Law which self- shall ct e nable nd no t feel rec that ipient of its cond bounty emne to ; dwithout preserve his , respe , , any

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 5, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_05091868/page/1/