Punch: Punch (6.1844)

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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THE PICCADILLY STANDING ARMY. ; WHAT SHOULD IRISH MEMBERS DO IN REGARD TO THE

requently we liave called attention to TEN HOURS' BILL'

the very formidable weapon carried by

the beadle of the Burlington Arcade, and Manchester Buildings,

now we are compelled to direct the notice gIR April 1, 184-t.

of the public to the very irritating man-', ' j HAVE perused with igsthrame astanishment the exthra-

uer in winch the murderous instrument j ordinarv siLence of the Press in gineral respecting Misthur feauior's
is carried by the functionary alluded to. ; femous' mint on the Facthory Quistion.

Hapnilv for the peace ot the Arcade, the , , ° . . . ■ . „ . ,, a. ,,, .„

, rr •,, r t, . .1__, ' ! lhat argumiut vou may remmiber, is, that the profit ot the miU-

linvs seldom nnss through the mace we o , , " , , ,

owners dipinds upon the two last hours labour of the twuve in the
facthories ; and that in cansiquince of depriving the unasthers ot
these two hours, their ruin would infallibly insliue."

I have discovered and intind to propose to Sut Robert Pa_le, a
mains of accommodeetion by which the intherests of the leborer and
the masther may be secured.

Let us take off the two first hours, which are not in the laste
profitable, and the matther becomes aisy and comprehensible.

I am, Sir,

Your obajient Servant,
A Mimber of Parliament for Oppressed, Degraded,
Miserable, but Beautiful

boys seldom pass through the place we
have named, and thus collision is pre-
vented. We are aware that the beadle
has a most trying position to maintain,
a most difficult part to play, and a most
formidable instrument of bloodshed —or
black-eye-shed at the very least — to
carry under the very nose of a goaded
boyoeracy, who only want the word to
burst out into open repudiation of the
beadleian authority. We should suggest
to the managers of the Arcade the
expediency of substituting the effective
halfpenny switch for the expensive and truly murderous instrument

that is at present the symbol of official employment. We have had IRELAND.

opportunities of consulting some of the boys, and their feeling seems i -

to be the very natural one of hatred, not unmixed with alarm, when

they see a beadle armed not only to the teeth, but to the very eyebrows— PUNCH'S MIRROR OF PARLIAMENT,

we allude to the gold band on his hat—with offensive hints as to his own

supremacy. Something must be done, and the sooner the better ; for /"^"^XTx n 1 hursday last l.ord Lrougham rose for the pur-

the beadle is at present "miserable to himself and useless to others." / >\ pose of correcting a misrepresentation, or rather,

Knowing the unpopularity of a standing army, we would say to the Bur-, / W^^^\ \ 'd misunderstanding, relative to himself, and m-
lington Arcade, Disband your beadle; while'to Golden Square we would : Jj - ^3^^ kT-1 deed he was always being misunderstood, for
exclaim, If you value the liberties of vour citizens, if ye respect Magna W-'""V";' ^ ] nobod>' seemed able to understand him. He

Charta, curb the irresponsible power o'f vour square-keeper. \V%a^^ISXA (Lord Brougham) had received a number of

abusive letters, but these he did not mind. In
fact, he rather liked them, for he was used to
them, and use being second nature it was natural

THE PRESIDENT AND THE NEGRO. he should like to receive them. Some of these

_ letters asked him why he did not give up what he received out of the

The life of President Tyler, we learn from the American Uxes P^d l.y the poor, when he did nothing for the money. Now

papers, has been saved by a black man. The President was he (LoRD Brougham; did work very hard-and in fact, so far from

■ r n " t> • i j i • ii wishing to do nothing, he had worked hard to try and get into some

returning from he Congress Lunal-ground, W ashington where he ]ace ^ hfi Jgfa m a cimditiou t0 serve the Jublic. He

had attended the interment ot the victims killed on board the 'wag Ue willh)g g, resign the pensioil rf which he is m the rece;ipt< if

Princeton, when his horses took fright, and would have precipitated he might be anowed to go back to the bar, for when at the bar he (Lord

him down a steep, but that they were arrested by the hand of a negro. Brougham) was in the habit of making a good, he might say a decided

"We know not whether, according to American notions, we can good thing of it. As to work, he worked harder than any factory girl,

courteously congratulate the President on his escape,—seeiDg that and indeed he (Lord Brougham) wished he was a factory girl. {Hear.)
it makes him a debtor for his life to a black—a mere human chattel, Yes, he (Lord Brougham) would gladly change places with the factory

—a thing of sale and barter. The accident brought the first magis- gir's, for in fact, he now did quite as much as they do. Why, his friend,

trate of the first republic into such close dependence on the com pas- Lord Campbell, did as much, for he was often occupied in spinning yarns
sion and sympathy of probably a black slave, that we know not how i even until a veiT late hour iu the eve"mg. {Hear.) He hoped that the

he can well cleanse himself of the humiliating annoyance. Heroes House wmild »"aerstand him, and if that was the case he did n't care for

of the olden day have gladly preferred death rather"than owe their aU the a»"">»luus- abusive> vituperative, and insulting letters in the

lives to acts or persons mean or infamous ; and animated by the like "'l^ Campbell quite agreed with the learned lord (Brougham) as to

ennobling spirit, we must believe that President I yler would have the hard ttork of & latu£ fle had watched the noble lord trying to

earned for himself a higher reputation with his countrymen, had work himself on to the woolsack ; but that seemed to be harder work

he loudly and sternly rejected the succour of the black, and than he (Lord Brougham) could accomplish.

suffered himself to be whirled down the mortal precipice I Lord Brougham. That is not my hardest work. Listening to your

speeches is harder than that.

Lord Campbell. My learned friend's interruptions are very hard on
me. He says that he would be glad to go back to the bar ; and perhaps
his love of pleading has induced him to volunteer his services as counsel
for the Government.

Lord Brougham. My learned friend, I believe, is opposed to the Govern-
ment. Let him volunteer his services to the Government as counsel, aui
he will evince his hostility in the strongest possible manner.
Lord Campbell thought this observation uncalled-for.
Lord Brougham. Why, of course ! It's not likely you would call for
that which is condemnatory of yourself ; and if you did call for it, I
don't see why I should respond to your ca

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before him. He would, then, like Curtius taking the leap,
have vindicated the nobility of his soul for the honour and
glory of his country. He would, by his last mighty act, have proved
to the sneering world that Americans sell black men like beasts
really for the reasons that Americans give ; that the negro is a crea-
ture only a little above the ape, a piece of mechanism of human
seeming, but in do manner touched by the same sympathies, solem-
nized by the same affections, as the white man ! Thus considered, it
would have been a sublime spectacle to behold President Tyler
prepared for death, and loudly forbidding the approach of the negro,
as a creature with whom he had nothing in common—an outcast of
God and maD, whose compassionate help brought odium on the
assisted. Thus dying, the President would have asserted a great
principle, and left a memory sweet and balmy to man-selling
Americans. As it is, the life of President Tyler is damnified,
soiled, blotted ; for he holds it only from the compassion of a black,
who is most probably a slave.

However, President Tyler, in the overflow of his gratitude,
may wish to reward his deliverer. May we suggest the mode ? A iiterary Intelligence,

white man is to be hanged in Louisiana for aiding and abetting the » -l -i i t , ,• , . , m ^

„r ii i , . ,, , ,° w»»wugHw A book nas just been published, called " The Man without a Prof2S-

escape of a black woman ; let the negro who has saved the white 8ION » Lord William Lennox intends following this up with « The Mas
i resident have a place at his execution, that he may see the punish- with many Professes." It will be dedicated, as the title implies, to
ment ot the white who, touched by humanity, would save a black. [ Sir Robert Peel.

Lord Campbell rose to order.
The Duke of Wellington thought this altercation could do no good.
Lord Brougham concurred. He was afraid his learned friend Loan
Campbell) was past mending. {A lautjh.)
Here the subject dropped.