DOI issue:
April 16, 1859
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April 16, 1859.] PUNCH OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 159
The indignation of the meeting here rose to such a height, that Me.
Damper found it futile to attempt to gain a hearing. He therefore
comforted himself with a fresh light penny cigar, and by imbibing some
deep draughts of some consoling beverage, he soon erased all memory
of how his friends had snubbed him.
Several more endeavours were made to call attention to the subject
of Reform, but we need scarcely mention that the theme of "Lovely
Woman " having once been introduced, there was no chance for the
discussion of a less entrancing topic.
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE SMITH.
have the hat doffed to him seriously and obsequiously; and a sop
respectfully offered to him.
_ In short, the Working Man of the politicians, Radical or Conserva-
tive, is a Myth, whereas, as above shown, the real genuine Working
Man is a Smith.
Nevertheless, let the Smiths have their fair share in representation;
that is, share and share with the Browns, and the J' ineses, and also
with the Howards and the Fitz-Plantagenets, and Mr. Punch.
IDEAS OF AN INSULAR CLOWN.
I hears that France and Austriar be Uke to goo to war,
he W orkmg Man is just at . And to lug we in along wi' 'urn, 1 should Uke to know what for.
present, the subject ot a What call ha' we to spend our lives, and fling our money away,
vast deal oi eloquence. For them there flighty foreigners—onsartain chaps like they ?
TV ho is the TV orkmg Man ? .
Honourable gentlemen may ' At peace there ain't no keepun 'urn to war if they 'ool goo;
as well try to understand Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for 'tis their natur' to.
their own meaning. What ; We'd best mind our own bisnuss, and lave they to zettle theirs :
sort of a personage is the j We never got no good by hands in other folks' affairs.
^Li^strictness all men are ^ hain't a^-^e—can't dale wi' 'um—should let 'urn all alone ;
working-men except thieves, ! Thev mostly worships images made out o' wood and stone,
incapable paupers and gen-1 *-n diet and- m sentiments we differs from um, wide ;
tlemen who are born with 1 ^nc^ we can't make out their vanity, nor understand their pride.
silver spoons in their mouths 1 As to the cause they fights about, as fur as I can zee,
to consume the fruits of the "Pis never nothun moor than just whose slaves they wants to be :
earth ; ana who eat and j"or pompous though their action, and the speeches they employ,
drink out their mission lo They're sitch unruly beggars they no freedom can't enjoy.
these idle men may perhaps
be added some clerks in So let 'um fight till either side looks danger to our shore,
some Government Offices. Then pitch into that side straightways, but let 'um bide afore,
But useful members of But as for helpun are on 'um, taxation is our gains,
society, generally, are work-1 And them as we befriends be sure to abuse us for our pains.
S of the^OTds.6 PwFiat! Yf vW S° hard already th,at SeemS payUn fiu6S'
is the Working Man spe-1 A11 wh,.lch jt 1S our recompense for generous designs,
ciall ' and empnaticallv so ' A'00* fr°m 'um m t™e to come I wish that we med steer,
n "j 4.1.., v\fLA,,,~ Ti/r„„ i And let 'um break each other's heads, and never interfere.
called; the Working Man
so written with a great W j
and a great M ? Is he
simply the man whose work consists in manual labour? At that rate j G AVAZZI KILT AT G aLWAY.
the carter is a Working Man, the ploughman is a Working Man, the
hedger and ditcher is a Working Alan; but honourable gentlemen call
all these men Agricultural Labourers.
Is the engine-driver a Working Man? Is his mate, the stoker, a
Working Man ? Are the journeyman bricklayer, carpenter, painter,
Irish will be L'ish. The Vindicator, a Galway paper, contains an
account of the violence with which Gavazzi was treated the other
day at that beautiful city for going there and lecturing about " Italy
, | and the Papacy," to the effect, of course, that the former had better
plumber-and-glazier, Working Men? Honourable gentlemen will j get 0f the latter. The free and enlightened multitude of Galway
doubtless answer these questions in the affirmative. The labouring : hooted, and pelted Gavazzi with stones, sods of turf, and shameful to
tailor also and shoemaker, the potter, the weaver, will be acknowledged J sav_as the Vindicator does—" every description of missiles ! " They
by them as examples of the Working Man. Under the denomination hooted, and flung stones, and varieties of dirt, not only at Mr. Gavazzi,
of the Working Man they will agree in ranking the operative, the hut also at a number of Protestant Clergymen and Scripture readers
mechanic, the handicraftsman, the smith. Here we get to a term { wh0 accompanied him. They chased him as far as they were able, and
which comprehends all varieties of the Working Man as meant when -y thev had caught him, the Vindicator says, " the results would have
alluded to by patriotic and Parliamentary speakers. A smith is, m the ; Deen desperate if not fatal." That is, thev would very likely have
large signification of the word, "he that makes or effects anything:" j mUrdered the object of their fury. Yet the Vindicator, in a paragraph
which is just the correct definition of the Working Man. Why not, ! preliminary to the recital of the"outrages above mentioned, gives the
then, substitute this short and simple noun-substantive for the less j following general description of them and their perpetrators :—
definite phrase? Why should not honourable gentlemen proclaim . • , , . , .. innnmr,or,^ ,
■ii n fL • x 11 ii i .. • i i l- ii 1 it °-vr ■ f o -ii " This day the apostle of discord proceeded through the city, accompanied by
With all their strength, that it IS high time that the VOlCe Of the bmitil Mj, Brownrigg, aid met with rather a warm reception. This region is much too
was heard within the walls of Parliament, and that no Reform Bill Can Catholic for these brothers. The saints were roughly handled, and Gavazzi was
deserve the confidence of the country that does not provide for the \ obliged to take refuge in the Police Barracks."
adequate representation of the Smith ? i Things that are equal to the same are equal to one another. The
Because the Working Man of the House of Commons and the region of Galwav, says the Vindicator} is much too Catholic for
Hustings is an Idea; an Idea not exactly conveyed by Smith : an Idea Gavazzi and his brothers. The region of Galway, according to the
of the same class as that which the British Lion belongs to. The com- same authority, was much too truculent for the same individuals. In
parison runs on all fours, notwithstanding the objection that the ! relation to those individuals, therefore, being much too Catholic is
British Lion does that alone. Both are what Lord Bacon might call
Idols of the Platform, unless he preferred to class the British Lion
among his Idols of the Den.
Like the British Lion, the Parliamentary Working Man presents, to
equal to being much too truculent. It follows that Catholic, in the
Vindicator's sense of the word, is relatively to certain persons—to wit,
opponents of the Papacy—equivalent to truculent; to savage, bar-
barous, destructive, cruel. Did Mr. Newdegate, or Mr. Spoonei;
the mind's eye, exteriors apparently real. They consist of a human ever say anything of Catholicity worse than this ? The Vindicator
shape in a brown-paper cap, a fustian jacket, a short apron, corduroy seems to have a pretty notion of vindicating theological opinions,
trousers, and^ strong nailed highlows, the figure clothed with these j Mr. Gavazzi, Mr. Brownrigg, and their comrades, " met with rather
a warm reception." Opponents of the Papacy have generally experienced
the like wherever the Papacy has had the upper hand. The warmth
has sometimes been excessive—has risen to the roasting point. The
Vindicator perhaps approves of treating Dissenters with this high
degree of vindictiveness. To represent Catholicity as synonymous
with truculence, how very uncatholic! But how very Irish ! The
bosom of the Papacy is a nest that has some ill birds in it, and sure,
one of them is the Galway Vindicator, unless Irish Papist means the
same thing as extreme Protestant. Some, indeed, say they are much
of a muchness.
garments, and the face wearing a stern and woeful expression
Within the brown-paper cap and the other things above enumerated
honourable gentlemen affect _ to recognise an Intelligence of an order
much above the average, united with a peculiar earnestness and sin-
cerity, unfairly and unwisely debarred of a due influence on legislation.
What in their hearts they imagine, and fear the existence of in the
interior of their Working Man, is a strong bias towards Socialism and
Communism, and a dogged disposition to abolish Consols, and demand
a redistribution of property. Accordingly, the Working Man must be
ooaxed and flattered, patted on the head, shaken by the hand, and
The indignation of the meeting here rose to such a height, that Me.
Damper found it futile to attempt to gain a hearing. He therefore
comforted himself with a fresh light penny cigar, and by imbibing some
deep draughts of some consoling beverage, he soon erased all memory
of how his friends had snubbed him.
Several more endeavours were made to call attention to the subject
of Reform, but we need scarcely mention that the theme of "Lovely
Woman " having once been introduced, there was no chance for the
discussion of a less entrancing topic.
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE SMITH.
have the hat doffed to him seriously and obsequiously; and a sop
respectfully offered to him.
_ In short, the Working Man of the politicians, Radical or Conserva-
tive, is a Myth, whereas, as above shown, the real genuine Working
Man is a Smith.
Nevertheless, let the Smiths have their fair share in representation;
that is, share and share with the Browns, and the J' ineses, and also
with the Howards and the Fitz-Plantagenets, and Mr. Punch.
IDEAS OF AN INSULAR CLOWN.
I hears that France and Austriar be Uke to goo to war,
he W orkmg Man is just at . And to lug we in along wi' 'urn, 1 should Uke to know what for.
present, the subject ot a What call ha' we to spend our lives, and fling our money away,
vast deal oi eloquence. For them there flighty foreigners—onsartain chaps like they ?
TV ho is the TV orkmg Man ? .
Honourable gentlemen may ' At peace there ain't no keepun 'urn to war if they 'ool goo;
as well try to understand Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for 'tis their natur' to.
their own meaning. What ; We'd best mind our own bisnuss, and lave they to zettle theirs :
sort of a personage is the j We never got no good by hands in other folks' affairs.
^Li^strictness all men are ^ hain't a^-^e—can't dale wi' 'um—should let 'urn all alone ;
working-men except thieves, ! Thev mostly worships images made out o' wood and stone,
incapable paupers and gen-1 *-n diet and- m sentiments we differs from um, wide ;
tlemen who are born with 1 ^nc^ we can't make out their vanity, nor understand their pride.
silver spoons in their mouths 1 As to the cause they fights about, as fur as I can zee,
to consume the fruits of the "Pis never nothun moor than just whose slaves they wants to be :
earth ; ana who eat and j"or pompous though their action, and the speeches they employ,
drink out their mission lo They're sitch unruly beggars they no freedom can't enjoy.
these idle men may perhaps
be added some clerks in So let 'um fight till either side looks danger to our shore,
some Government Offices. Then pitch into that side straightways, but let 'um bide afore,
But useful members of But as for helpun are on 'um, taxation is our gains,
society, generally, are work-1 And them as we befriends be sure to abuse us for our pains.
S of the^OTds.6 PwFiat! Yf vW S° hard already th,at SeemS payUn fiu6S'
is the Working Man spe-1 A11 wh,.lch jt 1S our recompense for generous designs,
ciall ' and empnaticallv so ' A'00* fr°m 'um m t™e to come I wish that we med steer,
n "j 4.1.., v\fLA,,,~ Ti/r„„ i And let 'um break each other's heads, and never interfere.
called; the Working Man
so written with a great W j
and a great M ? Is he
simply the man whose work consists in manual labour? At that rate j G AVAZZI KILT AT G aLWAY.
the carter is a Working Man, the ploughman is a Working Man, the
hedger and ditcher is a Working Alan; but honourable gentlemen call
all these men Agricultural Labourers.
Is the engine-driver a Working Man? Is his mate, the stoker, a
Working Man ? Are the journeyman bricklayer, carpenter, painter,
Irish will be L'ish. The Vindicator, a Galway paper, contains an
account of the violence with which Gavazzi was treated the other
day at that beautiful city for going there and lecturing about " Italy
, | and the Papacy," to the effect, of course, that the former had better
plumber-and-glazier, Working Men? Honourable gentlemen will j get 0f the latter. The free and enlightened multitude of Galway
doubtless answer these questions in the affirmative. The labouring : hooted, and pelted Gavazzi with stones, sods of turf, and shameful to
tailor also and shoemaker, the potter, the weaver, will be acknowledged J sav_as the Vindicator does—" every description of missiles ! " They
by them as examples of the Working Man. Under the denomination hooted, and flung stones, and varieties of dirt, not only at Mr. Gavazzi,
of the Working Man they will agree in ranking the operative, the hut also at a number of Protestant Clergymen and Scripture readers
mechanic, the handicraftsman, the smith. Here we get to a term { wh0 accompanied him. They chased him as far as they were able, and
which comprehends all varieties of the Working Man as meant when -y thev had caught him, the Vindicator says, " the results would have
alluded to by patriotic and Parliamentary speakers. A smith is, m the ; Deen desperate if not fatal." That is, thev would very likely have
large signification of the word, "he that makes or effects anything:" j mUrdered the object of their fury. Yet the Vindicator, in a paragraph
which is just the correct definition of the Working Man. Why not, ! preliminary to the recital of the"outrages above mentioned, gives the
then, substitute this short and simple noun-substantive for the less j following general description of them and their perpetrators :—
definite phrase? Why should not honourable gentlemen proclaim . • , , . , .. innnmr,or,^ ,
■ii n fL • x 11 ii i .. • i i l- ii 1 it °-vr ■ f o -ii " This day the apostle of discord proceeded through the city, accompanied by
With all their strength, that it IS high time that the VOlCe Of the bmitil Mj, Brownrigg, aid met with rather a warm reception. This region is much too
was heard within the walls of Parliament, and that no Reform Bill Can Catholic for these brothers. The saints were roughly handled, and Gavazzi was
deserve the confidence of the country that does not provide for the \ obliged to take refuge in the Police Barracks."
adequate representation of the Smith ? i Things that are equal to the same are equal to one another. The
Because the Working Man of the House of Commons and the region of Galwav, says the Vindicator} is much too Catholic for
Hustings is an Idea; an Idea not exactly conveyed by Smith : an Idea Gavazzi and his brothers. The region of Galway, according to the
of the same class as that which the British Lion belongs to. The com- same authority, was much too truculent for the same individuals. In
parison runs on all fours, notwithstanding the objection that the ! relation to those individuals, therefore, being much too Catholic is
British Lion does that alone. Both are what Lord Bacon might call
Idols of the Platform, unless he preferred to class the British Lion
among his Idols of the Den.
Like the British Lion, the Parliamentary Working Man presents, to
equal to being much too truculent. It follows that Catholic, in the
Vindicator's sense of the word, is relatively to certain persons—to wit,
opponents of the Papacy—equivalent to truculent; to savage, bar-
barous, destructive, cruel. Did Mr. Newdegate, or Mr. Spoonei;
the mind's eye, exteriors apparently real. They consist of a human ever say anything of Catholicity worse than this ? The Vindicator
shape in a brown-paper cap, a fustian jacket, a short apron, corduroy seems to have a pretty notion of vindicating theological opinions,
trousers, and^ strong nailed highlows, the figure clothed with these j Mr. Gavazzi, Mr. Brownrigg, and their comrades, " met with rather
a warm reception." Opponents of the Papacy have generally experienced
the like wherever the Papacy has had the upper hand. The warmth
has sometimes been excessive—has risen to the roasting point. The
Vindicator perhaps approves of treating Dissenters with this high
degree of vindictiveness. To represent Catholicity as synonymous
with truculence, how very uncatholic! But how very Irish ! The
bosom of the Papacy is a nest that has some ill birds in it, and sure,
one of them is the Galway Vindicator, unless Irish Papist means the
same thing as extreme Protestant. Some, indeed, say they are much
of a muchness.
garments, and the face wearing a stern and woeful expression
Within the brown-paper cap and the other things above enumerated
honourable gentlemen affect _ to recognise an Intelligence of an order
much above the average, united with a peculiar earnestness and sin-
cerity, unfairly and unwisely debarred of a due influence on legislation.
What in their hearts they imagine, and fear the existence of in the
interior of their Working Man, is a strong bias towards Socialism and
Communism, and a dogged disposition to abolish Consols, and demand
a redistribution of property. Accordingly, the Working Man must be
ooaxed and flattered, patted on the head, shaken by the hand, and