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    • LONDON, JANUARY 11, 1868.
    • THE "WORKING MAN "—HIS SENTIMENTS.
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      14 The Tomahawk. [Januar Y Ii, 1868.

      14 THE TOMAHAWK . [ Januar y ii , 1868 .

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      Now ready ' , Handsomely Bound , with Gilt Edges , VOLUME ONE ( DOUBLE VOLUME ) , OF THE T O M A H A W K , Price Nine Shillings .

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      * ^ * Editor Correspondents On Any Consi...

      * ^ * Editor Correspondents on any consideration are informed whatever that . Contributions Contributors cannot should make possibly copies be of ret their urned articles by the if they attach any value to them . Letters , on purely business matters , should be addressed to the Publisher to insure attention .

      London, January 11, 1868.

      LONDON , JANUARY 11 , 1868 .

      The Appointment Of Sir Henry Storks To T...

      The appointment of Sir Henry Storks to the post of Controller-in-Chief , with a salary of . £ 2 , 000 a-year , is no doubt a very proper proceeding ; but still the public have a right to expect that a reduction should be made in some other direction ¦• i- \ + !¦ z * ^ XT "•»• f \ -CG r + * a ^ rvr ^ vx A / MAiMf as «^ *» uii ?• ai T-T £ irt ih **« r r \ t * i iiig « > 3 wii 11 r % 1 r- x 1111 1 tn - » w

      xxx 1111 " * ^ vv ax ** v / iu ^ v- j taptuiaii ^ ^ ^ j i ^ i ** . cm Assistant Controller at ; £ i , ooo a-year in the person of General Balfour , late a member of the Recruiting Commission . What all the high dignitaries in Pall Mall can find to do , except to quarrel with each other , we are at a loss to guess ; but we trust that the retirement of at least half their number will be among the

      early results of Sir Henry Storks' administration . To discharge half a dozen junior clerks is something to talk about in the House of Commons , but , in reality , very little to do ; and if we are to have any saving of expense in the War Office , the reductions must take place from the top , not the bottom , of the existing over-weighted establishment .

      The "Working Man "—His Sentiments.

      THE " WORKING MAN "—HIS SENTIMENTS .

      "One Man Is As Good As Another, And—Bett...

      " One man is as good as another , and—better !" ORATOR STUBBINGS ON THE YEAR il ' 6 j . " them We that ' aye is just affluent closed and a werry wealth ewentful them year that . never The bloated knows ones what , y , it is to be ' ungry , and ' as an unlimited supply o' gin on the mere asking , 'ave at last learnt a right good wholesome lesson . They 'ave learnt that the working man , with his 'orny ' and of

      industry , is not to oe gammoned , tnat , like a worm , ne as turned upon the monsters as would ' ave devoured 'im , 'as bitten the iron they tried to push into his soul just as snaps the lonely periwinkle at the heartless pin as would inwade 'is sea-smitten shell ! Now that there sentiment is what I calls poetry—real poetry ! None of your verse , but real poetry . Its werry like Well what , they ' ere writes we are in with the the Daily new Telegraph year . We , and ough its t werry to be charitable beautiful ! oughtn't we ? Well then , oh yer bloated ones which ' as ' earts like ye critical that paving , are ve that all stones that are , and is not bad onlv consciences , ye alwavs that are as a ' eavy doins purse - ' as of proud the wicked income and things hypo tax - ,

      but is for / 0 ever a thinking of wicke d things , ye j — that are — — lyar s — and scoundrels , murderers , pickpockets , and thieves , ye that , are all this , in the name of Charity I ask you to stand somethink considerable for the benefit of your friend and brotherthe "Working Man . " It was absolutely ridiculous you a coming as you did the other day to the conclusion as 'ow I am * ' your own flesh and blood . " Of course I am . The only thing I ain ' t at all sure about is whether you are vty flesh and blood J

      j-uii Liiuic , j . vc ucyuii uic liuw ycutr wui uy penurmmg a worK look of charity to your J winders Mind you ! I bloated don't say ones much attend , but to what my word I do s , say or I means !

      "One Man Is As Good As Another, And—Bett...

      And now for the year "' 67 . " You know what its celebrated for , don't you ? Of course you do ! Says you artfully , " Why the celebrated year ' 67 for is the celebrated pantomime for the at Paris Covent Exhibition Garden , , it it is is likewise likewise

      celebrated for the discovery of the Chef Sauce , it is likewise celebrated for the dearness of oysters , " and there you stops ! Oh , that ' s what ' 67 is celebrated for is it ? Why yer great big h'ignorant hidiots you knows nothink about the matter at all ! But oh yer does , I quite understand yer , yer knows werry well what " ' 67 " is celebrated for , but yer daren't allow it even to yerselves . Werry well then , I'll just throw a little light upon

      the subject . JNow Mr . JtLditor just print what is a coming in capitals . Ready ? That's right . Then The year ' 67 is celebrated for me ! For me , the " Working Man , " the " representative of the people , " " the honest artisan , with 'is 'orny 'and of industry , " 'im as is your master , 'im as cares just two straws for what yer says and thinks about 'im . And now yer wants to know what I am . Werry well I'll tell yer . Does my name explain what I am ? Not a bit of it ? It was a lark a calling me a Working Man ! Well , then , what am I ?

      wny tms . I ' m a lazy skulking scoundrel , a good judge of beer , and not yer a bad , I'm 'and proud at wife of it - . beating I likes . Oh going , I knows " a-demonstrating all that , and ; law " I bless likes . a-marching along the streets , and a-smashing of the winders . I ain't much at a speech , unless I ' ve got a werry 'eavy stick ; but then I can be werry effective ! With a ' eavy stick in my ' and I back myself to bring the water to yer eyes before Mr . but Disraeli there ! ' s I a can good 't read deal werry of eloquence well , and in I my can ' hob t write -nailed werry boots well ! , yer I ain see ' t fond , are of suc children h fools , , and and ' cause I ' ates dawgs dawgs , as , — a ' cause rule , is children so con- , ceited . I knows that the dawgs looks down upon me . Many's the time when I've 'ad a drop too much , and ' ave made a bed r » f f-Ti *» criitfp » v ' avp T cp >< = » ri tTnern rlaiwcre o-tui-ninor iii- » < -T- »/ =.-it- -nr ^ coc

      at me ! They seemed to say , " Bill Stubbings , yer scoundrel , yer drunken beast , what do yer mean by living in a town where we live—why don't yer go to the Z'logical Gardens 1 But there's no need to ask yer why yer don ' t , 'cause the reason ' s as plain as a spike-staff ; yer know werry well as 'ow they wouldn't take yer in—they draws the line at the skunks ! " And that ' s why I'm riled with the dawgs ! Well , from what I've said you may a think pleasant as ' ow party I ain , 't and a werry what' p s leasant more , party I means ! Well yer , then to know , I ain it ' . t ri But ght ' p ; leasant and if or yer unp want leasant to , know I ' m yer 'ow master I became 1 Yes yer , master that ' s , all it

      won't take me long to tell yer . JLaw , 1 am t afraid to let yer in the secret novu ^ as yer can ' t do nothink . So ' ere goes . Last year you caved in ! There , in them words I ' ve told you every think . You caved in , you know you did , and by caving in , you got into my power ior ever and a day . When my dear friend Mr . Beales , M . A ., began a spouting and a calling upon me " to arise , " then was the time for action . Yer see I ' m a werry good ' and at knocking down a woman , but I ' ates a perliceman almost as bad as soap and water . But no , when my liiciiui 1 xviwtib ti

      . vj ., jjccikjs , . jn .., bpuuuug uiiu x was arising , you did nothink . "No , " says you , "it is thewoice of the people that I ' m a listening to . It ' s their woice which a smashes of the park pailings and a shatters of my winders . It is a nice woice t and rumper I'll 'ea on rken the ' to ed , it you ! " ca And lk out when " one Oh of spare the perlice that there gives human me a creater ! In 'im be ' old one of natur ' s nobleman—' e is the honest artizan with the 'orny ' and of industry . Better that a ' undred winders b « smashed and a thousand laws be broken one than of that the dear law ' s sweet myrmi feller dons ' s ? " ' ed And be I tapped laughed with in my sleeve weapon and of Mr . Walpole he weeped in his pocket handkercher , and altogether , it- urac vt ?/»»* i » i / a FfV » r rir » cr 1 Sinrp Tar » 11 \\ r / -. w \ r T \ r VW <» Anna 1 Io ! Jk \ < -. «¦ 1 < Vm 1 - JJ <• - * -1 > < . r

      AW If Uk ^ •» W * * J «•• " % * W »«*« J . ^ »_ r *« . *« w JMI « MfrWA ^ 4 X L d V Y country , I ' ve interfered with trade , ruined labour and enwhat couraged I ' ve done Fenian in ' 67 you insurrection may be sure ! Law I shan bless 't be yer idle as in this ' 68 ! is And now to conclude I adwise yer to be werry obedient . Flatter me and pamper me , make a deal of me and try to 'ide master your ch , ains and with now I clap 'opes trap as and 'ow butter yer likes . You yer ' ve bondage made . me Some your one must ' ave the ' upper ' and , and in my opinion a ' eavy stick < is bopuli better > Wox than clever dei / * brains Yah ! . As the Telegraph would say " Wox

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 11, 1868, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_11011868/page/4/