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      The Tomahawk. A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

      THE TOMAHAWK . A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . € 6 iUD bp * rtt > UT fSttfcett . ¦ $ " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      No. I/I.] London, August 13, 187a. [Pmce...

      No . i / i . ] LONDON , AUGUST 13 , 187 a . [ Pmce Twowwcb .

      The Cry For War First Raised In This Pap...

      The cry for war first raised in this paper has at last found an echo in the hearts of the English people . When the Press of London were shrieking out in the trembling called for

      First Minister of the Crown . Until pressed to the threatened vote of want of confidence ( a calamity for such a lover of office as Mr . Gladstone to bear ) , refused to pledge England to keep her word , to her honour . This great and noble statesman , this

      expensive economy and unlimited jobs , actually wished England in such a position that disgraceful humiliating would be the only course left open m , to her ! This the Crown would have allowed the country to be wronged that he might enjoy office , and men with

      his , might sell their cheese and eggs and lard in Mr . Gladstone had weakened our resources so greatly was out of the question , and we could only have dishonour . I ? France and Prussia had pressed their should have been too unprepared to fight , too weak

      , too utterly contemptible to utter a threat or to demand ! Mr . Gladstone has done his best to keep us in the our danger . He has shirked taking up the position as the representative of Great Britain , should have

      he has actually ( evidently fearful of losing his post Treasury ) descended to making statements treacherous Although at the present moment our Forces were greater disorder , he has declared from his place in the they are all that could be desired . This he has

      h every military man in England knows that his false as his policy , that his words are as truthful patriotism is great ! that the English people will show their appreciation ( we had almost written crime ) of these unworthy

      by driving them from power . They came into office . Pandering to that love of destruction which is one characteristics of the Briton , they promised the over-Established Church in Ireland That object has lishedand Ireland is not a whit more peacefu

      , . Their policy has been to yield to the most deof the least respectable of their supporters . The dical the idea the easier has been found the

      contheory as he did that well-paid on the Secondl

      accents of fear for " peace at any price , " we and we onlyto accuse a policy that would preserve the national honour andwould have save Britannia from disgrace . It has been inexpressiblythan in the to us to find that we only anticipated the publicpoint by a of Great Britain . The recent debates in Parliament , too great

      of the town , the leaders of the converted " dailies " havethe Premier clearly that England will go to war if her honourpreserve the sacrifice . This is most satisfactory . One canhero of one's head again and feel no shame in bearing the nameto place . The old blood , the blood of Agincourt , Blenheim , submission

      Waterloo still flows in our veins , cheese has not quite en-Adviser of our souls , as a nation we are gentlemen in spite ofinsulted and among us who sell hats and candles , and pork and calico , souls like is well—very well indeed . Heaven be praised that wepeace ! so ! that war

      people , we have returned to the paths of honour . accepted is a word that has not yet lost its meaning , glory isclaims we that can still cause the quicker pulsation of our heart ' sto remonstrate So much for the people , but what can we say for themake a of the Crownthe trusted advisers of Her Majesty ? Thirdly ,

      , this . dark about a body of men deserved impeachment , the body ofwhich he , in office have merited the punishment . If ever a bodyassumed ; betrayed England , the body of men now in power areat the The Gladstone Ministry is a disgrace to the country . and false .

      this sincerely and deliberately . We repeat , thenever in Ministry is a disgrace to the country , and these areHouse that for making such a sweeping announcement . done , althoug from the admissions of Lord Granville , there now re-facts are as doubt about Lord Clarendon ' s knowledge of theas his

      Prussian Secret Treaty . That knowledge had been * We trust for years by Mr . Gladstone , and yet in the face of itof the blunder armaments of England were reduced week by week andMinisters y month , until our strength had left tis—in the positionfor an idea -rate power . Mr . Gladstone knew that at anyof the

      we might find ourselves called to take part in a warthrow of the the most powerful A . nations on the earth , and he stolebeen accomp our swords and robbed us of our fleet ! He left usthan of old , either to face ruin or accept disgrace ! This he didpraved tastes might gain praise for an economy which was as false in . more ra

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 13, 1870, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_13081870/page/3/