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    J une 20, 1868.3 THE TOMAHAWK. 247

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    OUR READER*

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    of Who knowing Mr . . J It ohn appears B...

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    WOLF- CR YIJVG.

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    J Une 20, 1868.3 The Tomahawk. 247

    J une 20 , 1868 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 247

    Our Reader*

    OUR READER *

    Of Who Knowing Mr . . J It Ohn Appears B...

    of Who knowing Mr . . J It ohn appears Baker he H has opkins written is we two have other not works the p , leasure one on before he the has American us kindl has y War set an , aggravating peop and le one rig on ht ly the on portentous Christian these subjects Reli and gion authoritative . , The in which work look important . It seems , there to is say a crisis : " M ; y a good Revolution friends is , going these times on which are very you know nothing about . England is trembling on the very verge of ruinWould save country ? Then listen to ohn

    B T > aker _ 1 . Hopkins TT 1 " . " you your J J ohn Baker Hopkins does not write as an individual ; he writes At first as we an thought institution that , a he corporat was a e retired body— star it is of always the Reform " We . " from League the , or sacre the Demosthenes d shrine of Genius of some , his Debating back parlour Society . , writing It appeared , to us at first that John Baker Hopkins had not made up the V-a-a-W his top Wj- mind r VA of page JT Q as to 2 we what come VU 1 UW language to bW the W 11 V following J . V / X he 1 V TV intended 1 XJIC most XltV ^ V astonishing UiJ to write . Xl > JlllJ in . l jg . sen VIl At -

    tence their why : — " for We . " stud The y last the word events quite of bygone staggered age us s , and : is comprehend it Welsh for peer " cause into , " or the " to ori -come gin / ' . " or what Here language the ridiculous is it ? affectation " We can of even the harmless style made lunatic us suspect , —who that had we lost were his senses reading throug " the h book an overdose of some of German beer-ravings and Bulwer ' s transcendental novels . It is is not only fulfilled fair to , say and that that the the promise book really of the cont first ains one a moderat or two pages e and well-considered reviewjof the political situation in Englandwith

    written much sound for the good most sense part and in an a occasional very clear ray and of pure statesmanshi style . , Mr p . , real Hopkins question does of not the appear day ; he to seems us to to have us to quite ignore grasped too much the the Political crying Reform necessity : nor for does Social he notice Reform the to most keep mischievous pace with of effect which of the he unreasoning gives many Conservatism striking instances of the Eng , namely lish peop , the le ,

    acquiescence ascendancy which of the Red bulk Tape of the has peop gained le in , the and tyranny the apathetic of the most narrow-minded creatures whom Providence has succeeded in creating—the permanent staff of our Civil Service . who The prey evils upon which the public are wroug purse ht in by the those guise miserable of officials parasites , pre- , to senting all measures as they for do the a sullen real , benefit persistent of , the and peop cunning le , incapable resistance as they thev are are of of any anv noble noble or or disinterested disinterested motives motives , or or of of any anv intel

    intel-ligent energy , appear to be quite overlooked , by Mr . Hopkins . which No revolution does not can destroy ever root command and branch the gratitude the present of posterity system of , official government in England . ration Mr . for Hop the kins House seems of unfortunatel Brunswick . y afflicted He praises with the a blind Queen vene for - that which very has caused interference the gravest with the anxiety despatches to most thinking of her Ministers and up-* ri * -g ^ y ht ** * statesmen J kM » VVMi * lWi * l . While V W XJ . LAV ' agreeing ****>¦»* ^ ^"* * tl with »» * WJL * Mr XTXJ , . Hop . * .. ¦ . V / k / XV kins ** lU as ^• J to ft . v ^ the b * 'V

    immense value of the Crown ' s influence on social morality , we cannot see how that influence can make itself felt from the distant retirement in which the Sovereign has dwelt for the last wires pu seven re life . years is seriousl . The y diminished force of a in good its transmission example , the b power y telegrap of h a House The plan of Lords of John and Baker House Hop of Commons kins for the is reform a sensible of and the simple one . It is , very refreshing to find any , one advocating the cause of Liberalism ¦ s « Ul > without indul 14 ing in those perkand

    frisk * - * - \* w y % - » f v blasphemies « ** x * ^** •>—J . r ^ H . w *** which ? K * A , remind V > * *¦ >^ VI W AAV one g of a donkey . V * - * W tJ < W » fling l ^ f ***** . "V ing . y Jf U 1 up LVL his dirt heels that he in the spatters air at disturb the statue the of dignified the Sphinx repose . The of the dust statue and the as much foundations as the fribbling of the reli insolence gion which of these they affect philosophers to despise shakes , because they cannot compreheaid it . Mr . Hopkins writes of ciate Christianity the great in debt a liberal which but Mankind reverent owes spirit to , and its Founder seems to

    appre-. the Finall si y , of we the commend times make Mr . to Hop tremble kins ' s . book Conservatives to all those will whom find gns man * , The 102 Eng Fleet lish street Revolution , 1868 . ) * John Raker Hopkins . ( William

    Freecomfort in the calm and able exposition of the true meaning of while Revolution rampant , which Radicals robs may that lear bogy n a of useful many lesson of its in the horrors art of ; moderation . Finally , we most emphatically endorse the stricture sion s . on County Courts , those very wasps ' -nests of petty oppres-

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    drops After of rain a long . Some droug wh ht at , on thirsty the same men princi look p eagerl le , after y for a season a few tical of profound squalls . peace In this , sensation particular -niongers line—it strain is onl their y fair eyes to admit for poli it - —110 class have their powers of vision in such perfect trim as that very credulous and very spasmodic body of men whom we halfreverence Correspondents , half- . distrust " Europe , and is , call as every " Our one Own knows Special , at the Foreign present fc » J moment AJAUXilf in this blllU self- wlUlllV same state of profound / l VAUMlAVi and

    were _^^* - . V > it not . ^ V ^ J . for J . 1 . JL the pretty iJN ^ XA little stories +- * \ t « - *• *• W the V «» M . L papers tell peace J- ' W us « - * . \^ \_ - about , Ckl i \ A densed 1 , 200 , 000 nitro men -gl here ycerine , and , and 1 , 500 wonderful , 000 there improvements , to say nothing in of repeat con- - ing rifles , we might really suppose the Millennium had set in in good earnest altogether . all Under due allowance such a very must sp b » e iritless made for condition foreign of correspondents things , of course , and , « a - *» certain VS % _• . * . « . * - ^ J . A . J . generous & - V-f ¦* * *_* . * . V ^ l ~ t * J latitude J , U > &> JL fc V * > - * Xa * granted V » - « . * - *¦ - « . i bW Vafci them 1 > M .. M . V * AX * . ; m but t-S fc-t \* still t _ f V . 1 ~ J .-L , * we WV \ s must AXM . O O I

    expect them , to a certain extent , to keep within bounds . It was natur should al , ive perhaps rise to , that several the articles Russian on success the immediate in Central fall of Asia the g should British provoke Empire in a flood India of , surmises and that as Marshal to the actual Niel ' s dat manifesto e fixed for the great march upon Berlin . But here fancy should draw as up . the For following instance : — , we might be spared such unnecessary shocks 1 Three weeks ago General' Durocwho commands at

    Strasbourg-— — — — — ^^ j ^^ — — — — — — , — — — ^^\ , " in rather demonstrative fashion , rode over the bridge uniting the " French to the German bank of the Rhine . Surrounded by the " officers of his staff , he galloped over those planks , & c , & c , & c , " and was so over-anxious to reach German soil that in his hurry he " ' tioiiing very nearl himself y rode with over his the companions first Baden in front sentinel of the he small met . t ? Then tc < ¦/< ¦ , /> sta

    " ge , strength " a manner as to attract the attention and wound the feelings of the " passers-by . " some The famous whole battle proceeding -piece reads produced so exactl in the y like good an old episode days in of Astley Correspondent ' s , that , were , we it should not vouched be rather for inclined as authentic to dismiss by a Times it as

    desperate " padding . " loud planks The before , general so strong the and ly passers reminds staff discussing -by , one after of the the a preliminary battle strength of the of Alma a gallop place in over out the down Westminster in the letter Bridge for road something , that one about naturall the comic y looks Irishman further the the and fact fact a duet put out with forward forward the Correspondent seriouslv seriously as as a a himself sort sort . of of indication indication However , there of of thp the is

    critical relations between the Cabinets of Paris and Berlin ! Can the martial spirit go further ? this We trifle should , did not it not have serve , perhaps as an , average taken the specimen trouble of to a allude species to of literature which is fast becoming a great nuisance . The twaddle in the best , written part of by every the column daily newspaper too , and forced as foreign upon correspon our notice - dence Press is at , in least many a severe instances satire , if not on the a disgrace British to public the British The

    habitual , readers of the wretched scandal and small . talk to tellectual which we £ refer oint of must view be . a gallant band , if judged from an inbest A , loung and it ing is , a ignorant scandal , that empty the -headed Press , will unthinking insist on , pandering lazy lot at birth to them of the . little It may Prince be Albert remembered Victor that somebod shortly after him the a

    toy , upon which the Court newsman announced to y gave the whole British nation that "His Royal Highness seemed much interested what he thinks and deli of ghted the . " gallop Could of not General this gentleman Duroc ? tell He us is evidently the man to handle great subjects with subtlety . Here is a fine chance for him .

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 20, 1868, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20061868/page/3/