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    • ^ TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND.
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      The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

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

      No. 59.] London, June 20, 1868. [Price T...

      No . 59 . ] LONDON , JUNE 20 , 1868 . [ Price Twopence .

      ^ To The Women Of England.

      ^ TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND .

      My Very Dear Angels, Much The Before Que...

      My very dear Angels , much The before question the public of your latel rig y hts , and , political your characteristics and social , has as a been sex ings have , been have been elaboratel ruthlessl y discussed y analysed ; your : the virtues former , hav and e been your— some fail - - wh niousl at y irreverentl portrayed y . questioned Your cause , and , for the which latter Tomahawk somewhat has acrimo the - more most hearty by the extravagances sympathy ill , has ¦» , of « v like injudicious pj most causes friends , been than prejudiced by the

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      into entirely mixing its noblest yourself and in purest political attributes strife , which , were you you could to be onl enticed y do nature tions at the , which cost ; and of to are those the inseparable infinite delicate injury sensibilities from of the that , better gentleness and impulsive part that of emo your - - tient endurance , and that thoughtful love which make , Home pa a word is a rest of to such the sweet associations irit *» and a ¦« , that balm the to the very wounded utterance heart of it

      « ^^ — -w ^ is ^» - — it ^ — from ^ p- ^ —— - ^ a weary - * selfish ^^ ** ¦> — » sp »^ ^ p * point ^ » ¦ ¦ * » of ^ p » view v ¦ ¦ p * p » m , ^^^ or from * w ^* ^ p * any w w ^^ r ^*^^< fc greedy ^ fc ^^ ^^ jb A v « and V 4 »• . jealous conviction ambition that the as a purest man , that and I most say this enduring ; but from of your the p deep leasures are derived from that very dependence which the so-called advocates of Women ' s Rights would attempt to destroy . Your power it is from lies your in your weakness want of that the our external strength attributes derives of its power vigour , and ; it is v * w — in p- — ¦ your ^ p- - ^— - — apparent ~ - ~ - j— - y ^ -w ^ - ^ -v _ ^ v ^ submission p- n p ^ — ^ p- wv ^ r ^ v v ^ r *»¦¦ that V * 4 HV your F ^^ »»^ «¦» real W W 4 M > authority «^ T ^ f « Vf ^^ ^^ ^ ^ W T con ^^ ^^ d ^ A -

      sists But — the your political seeming position slavery of is Woman the charter is a of matter your real of very freedom slight . is importance most needed ; it is it in is private there alone , not in that public it can , life ever that h her ave influence a power which is fearfull ; y great for good or for evil . power , abl Now e and I would would ask -be you fashioitable all , both , to high try and and low concentrate , both fashion your - losing losing carefull attention your your y , and for influence influence a earnestl short for lor y time , this good good on question over over one men men point : Are ? ? ; to If If you you you consider , or are are are . whose whose you calml not y is is , , ,

      the selves fault , how ? How much much to the of growth the blame of habits belongs of action entirel and y , to thought your-Admitting amongst men that , there which is you a spirit can of , to petulant a certain irreverence extent , spreading control ? in and this defies country all , objects which spurn of reverence s all restraint ; which , insults refuses all authority to see in ,, woman selfishness anything which but offers a plaything hecatomb for s passion to self- , conceit or a minister under the to pretence of ; worshipping Intellect ; which burns the , generous

      ieelmgs feelings of ot the the heart heart on on the the altar altar of of a a narro narrow w mind mind , and and thinks thinks the triumph of Reason can only be gained by the degradation , of " as Affec contemptible tion , ' granting body the of existence men , whose of a more God numerous is Frivolity and , whose quiteonl vitation y study ; who is th , if eir they own faces with , their such onl a thing y literature in themselves cards of as in a -

      that serious a wet thoug Newfoundland ht , would feel dog something would of occasion the same in consternation a ball-room ; granting that the existence of these two species affords a great temptation to ape a sort to of you flimsy , who materialism are essentiall , a y tittering imitative scepticism creatures , , either and a yourself pert irreverence to the utmost for anything in the most good insatiable and noble vanity ; or to , the indul most ge idiotic leasure-seekingand to fritter

      timeaffecp , away , energy , tion cannot in the but most feel a ignorant bitter grief and and degrading shame self that -indul you gence should ; still yield , I to the temptation ; that forgetting your glorious power to elevate him I , do you not should wish aid to Man join in in his the efforts contemptible to degrade cry himself against . all womankind which those have raised who seek her only in the lowest capacity . But I do say that you allow to the most

      worthless of your sex the greatest prominence and influence ; that words you , who sister are , daug tender hter and , wife loving , and and mother pure h , ave you not for whom lost their the accomp meaning lices , are in far the too organised timid in asserting hypocrisy yourselves which is ; the that substitute you are for virtue in Society , and that you do not recognise that the the service sinner of virtue but to reall the sin y imp ; that lies , above not har all shness it is your and duty severity to fight to

      against everything , that is evil , and calls , itself good . Here is the real danger of the present age . It is the monstrous teeth supremacy , false fi of gure Pretence s , are but . the False forerunners hair , false of false colour modesty , false , and false hearts . The deceit with which you are outwardly clothed ^¦ V ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ H VV ^^ V ^ VHV will W * ^^ ^ v ^ " soon ^^ V ^^^ ^^ ¦¦^^ " ^ work V * ^^^ v ^ ^^ ^ mm ^ its ^ ^ F ^^^ way v * ^^^ M ^ inward i ^ ^^ ^^ * ^^ r ^ ^^ ^^*^* . ^ You ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ cannot ^^ V ^ v ^ v ^^ ^ 1 ^ ^^ <^^ ^^^ ^^ go ^ Vi ^ K ^^^ on ^^ V ^ H flV ac ^^~^ r ^ W -

      cepting shams for realities without injuring your sense of truth . From shutting your eyes to the fact that those curls of Lady that A ' s are her false virtue , it is is a equ short ally a step pretence to blinding . If you yourself allow Fashion to the fact to excuse while the turn one , with you will a virtuous allow her sneer rank from to screen house the other -maid ; who and you your

      has " gone wrong , " you gladly accept the hospitality of the lady whose wealth and position have healed her wounded reputation not of rig . keep ht Now to it , self this back -interest is from surel the ; y if most other you hold wrong ; it is out harder ; it your is hand to a wilful repent to sacrifice one in , the do bare drawing poverty -room . of a It garret is more , than to in the the elder luxurious among comfort you that of a I speak wmm mt ^ ^^ ^ n a . ^ n this ^ v ^ w ^ m ^ m ^^ v ; v the ^ v ^ m ^ V younger ^ w ^ r ^ n > ^ ** saH ^^ ^ m follow ^ " ^ v ^^^ m ^ m ^ w w your J ^ r vw <¦¦ examp V v " . ^^^^^ ^ m ^ f ^ v le ^ ^^ v ; y aw I know ^ v ^^ * m ^ v * what w w ¦« ^ ^ p 1 ^ ^ r

      you will say ,- —that you will point to many persons who are not received by Society , because they have transgressed too openly . But while I would entreat you not to repeat or listen to the the mere immense whispers injury of Scandal which , you I would do to Virtue earnestl b y y urge shunning upon Vice you , broken not , becau the se rules it has vio Society lated . the laws of God , but because it has The ^ . ^ ^ v ^ v w question m -w - ^ v ™ v ^ ^ m ^ w ^ m ^ m of —^ ^~ dress ^ vw ^ m ^ pr ^ mw ^^^ may ^ i ^ ^ T g a seem . ^ t ^ ^ Bp *¦ pv ^ v WH a very V ^ P ^ I vjr sli <^ g Jr ht ^^ one ^^^ ^^^ , 7 WP and 1 ^ ^ p *^ p ou ^ P ^ ^^^ t ^ o ^^ — f '

      the province of man ' s censure ; but as you dress to please us as matter much as . yourselves Were I to , see we a may determined surely have and a organised word to say opposition on the against any one fashion because it was indecent ; if I could ever against find that those you , who who command rule Society yoiir , had obedience had the , but courage surely to cannot rebel comman one the end d your of which respect would , I should soon have be visible hope that but this as it . evil iswhen was the most grossly suggestive forms of dress are ; adopted , without , remonstrance , when there even is no blush left to temper the

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 20, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20061868/page/1/