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    • ON THE THRESHOLD.
    • FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT IN ABYSSINIA.
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      I The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sa...

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

      No. 36.J Londonjanuary 111868. [Price Tw...

      No . 36 . J LONDONJANUARY 111868 . [ Price Twopence . , ,

      On The Threshold.

      ON THE THRESHOLD .

      Not Standing Help Feeling On That The Th...

      not Standing help feeling on that the threshold a serious of word the is New more Year in p , lace 1868 than , we can any - attempt Green at is jocularity generally . held to be a colour which rests and combe forts quite the the eye contrary ; but in . the The case eyesore of the of Emeral Englan d Isle d at it present seems to is iieicilatent aiscase wnicn

      and health uu ; me is preying upon the British , spue Constitution 01 its Doastea has broken vigour wish out in to that see point it spread again till with the whole unusual body severity of the ; and State , unless be cor we - servative rupted , we Surgery must adopt . some more vigorous remedy than Con-Fenianism is one of the most difficult forms of rebellion to hatred deal not onl with y of of , Eng for Irish this land discontent reason which ; ch it , aracterises is but the of that vehicle so secre many for t the and of our expression mal - Yankee ignant , cousins between . America A great and deal England of nonsense . It is is the talked verv fact about that the we ties are

      are so nearl speaking y related now , that of the makes bulk us of reall the y hate two one nations another . There . We is or ( no retiring one can nature fail to ) a observe section them of Eng , for lish they politicians are not of and a modest sentithese aversion mentalists hav to e , whose all fixed authority their main , affections and whether guiding , political or rather princi , social ple caprices is , or rel rancorous , i gious the ; ultra-radical party in America , the very party which secretly ' 14 iUll Uill

      exactl V personal 11 W V * y t * ' what ^^ discomfort W *^ - » they ¦ ^* want * or , whether A danger A * W » W * . it These * is " - ** a republic » ™ tiiVli persons V * , or W » J a do XJkV democracy / not fc > X A 1 know V \ SAV . ^* , or an oligarchy of intellect ; but they know this , that they rethemselves spect nothing . , They reverence talk nothing the most , and elastic worshi and p nothing comprehensive except tyranny benevolence ; they , they profess think a more the most than n fatherly arrow and love brutalizing for all the human debase race the souls , while of they men are , and really rob them endeavo of every uring feeling all they can belief to which struggle may against comfort evil . them in sorrow , or support them in the tion With of enthusiasts all the impulsiveness , these men , are but constantl with none y feebl of the y pretending concentrallj iuea wiiicii

      pursue . sure = > « - " iiumuiiiiy cney never Dnng to any practical and systems issue , that —for they so intent leave are themselves they on destroy no faith ing to animate creeds power them , and for doing no principles mischief to is guide weakened them by . their So that want while of unity their , they as the are present , on this , inasmuch very account , as whilst , more they dangerous content themselves at such a time with and obstruct being as Success the apolog cause is ists their of of law Fetish actions and , to order which which without they they never offer openl the insti y superstitious resisting gated , they it ; homaere which serves them for religion , the most hloodthirstv

      rabble these professors have only of to Universal obtain a few Liberty triump and hs Charity over society on their to side find . war Were with the America Fenians , to it is succeed in these in creatures dragging that this they country would into find a useful band of auxiliary traitors . exercise With - regard ground to , of Ireland Fenianism itself . We —it must is not lose the no time nursery in doing , but what the

      we and ough Free t - to Education have done to long Ireland ago— and viz ., in affording giving a Free the greatest Church facilities anxious every ground to , consistent improve , that the with their resources the land ri . g , of It the of is property our country interest , should to all plainl tenants be y , de on - veloped grudge what to their may seem greatest extravagant extent ; liberality and Englishmen to a country must which not been has been , by pauperized causes , many and of depopulated which were , as certainl no other y beyond country has our control , but for some of which we were directly responsible . cannot America 01 ireitdimui iicm

      we mane an . anu—we ^ j ^ to the achieve climate prosperity —but we can on render this side it within of the the Atlantic reach . of Once industry let those the Irish who see are that willing we are to impro really ve in the earnest land in which attempting they occupy to help , and their we own shal country l find as that well they as in can America be industrious . and thrifty in stake The in more the peop country le whom , the more we can zealous make and to feel faithful that they allies have shall a we have against all disaffection and outrage , from whatever quarter It may they be an come open . question , whether , by avoiding the

      conwe flict are which only our putting precious off the cousins evil day seem . to But wish so to fearfu forc l e would upon us be , be a war exercised between patientl England y , and and for America a long , that time forbearance , before we must can long possibly time be been justified tiffing in , let accepting us hope a th challenge at the day * will We come have when for a we common can talk folly over . No our trembling quarrel as hand an amusing must guide reminiscence the helm of of our a vessel now . Above all , earnestness and sincerity are needed ,

      have and perseverance been long needed in carrying ; in measures meeting riot of bocial and Ketorm violence which with injustice unflinching with , not sing spasmodic le-minded , severity resolution ; and . in To sweep palter ing away with palliatives now in any of these matters would be fatal .

      From Our Own Correspondent In Abyssinia.

      FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT IN ABYSSINIA .

      Annesley Bay, Dec. 23*7/, 1867. Wonder A...

      Annesley Bay , Dec . 23 * 7 / , 1867 . wonder as are Well my beg duties inn howl , he ing re are got to I a tak as m he e re at you a . very are Well " serious well the , the Bay aware fact comp , "' , lexion simp purel I dare l y further this of say an : you Matters on elegant , and will proper and unmilitary devotion nature , to your , I interests think it to is keep only wel consistent l at a distance with a from anv rpallv disagreeable business . What settled me in

      this arm offers ed determination of men the . chief Bracer of , Ti I owned grd need , backed he scarcel did up y not , say as like , they was the were look the , " of friendl by it 7 , but y " make said it short did not work matter of them one . " way I have or the no other doubt , as " we shall should , but , soon I have come back—so has Slopper . Bracer wanted us very much to " stop and see some and all fun that , " but sort I told 01 him the but pe he n t was ook

      mightier it very nastil than y , the and sword mumbled , something about thing penny , -a-lining , which Old , considering landwas reall we are thousands bad of taste miles . You away see I m dear not Eng , y very ,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 11, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_11011868/page/1/