. Punch . the truths I ve heard Erom men too grand for joking noble swells of Saxony Have made assurance sure,And signed a note to certify That Im a Perfect Cure!Chorus. A Cure! a Cure I a Cure! a Cure! Eor Epilepsy sure:The nobs, he! he ! have said of me, Yes, hes a Perfect Cure! Can a Chattel be a Criminal ? In the eyes of the Slaveholders a Slave is deemed a thing, a bit ofproperty, a chattel. Granting this be so, there comes just now thequestion, Can a thing do wrong ? Can a chattel commit murder ? Ifnot—and common sense appears to justify the negative—on what groundis the charge mad
. Punch . the truths I ve heard Erom men too grand for joking noble swells of Saxony Have made assurance sure,And signed a note to certify That Im a Perfect Cure!Chorus. A Cure! a Cure I a Cure! a Cure! Eor Epilepsy sure:The nobs, he! he ! have said of me, Yes, hes a Perfect Cure! Can a Chattel be a Criminal ? In the eyes of the Slaveholders a Slave is deemed a thing, a bit ofproperty, a chattel. Granting this be so, there comes just now thequestion, Can a thing do wrong ? Can a chattel commit murder ? Ifnot—and common sense appears to justify the negative—on what groundis the charge made against Anderson the fugitive ? He, a chattel,slew a slaveholder who hindered his escape. If this be reckonedmurder, then, as things can do no murder, must slaves be counted men,and be no longer viewed and sold as being merely chattels. Utrumnehorum velis, Carolina? Choose which view you will, but excepting yousee double, you cannot well see both. 61 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [February 9, Ferocious Dealer. Now, if any man will tell mc that thats a Copy, Pll-Jll knock Mm down! Whats your Candid Opinion? LETS TRY TO BE CHEERFUL. A Deficit s coming, hurrah ! hurrah! A Deficits coming, hurrah! hurrah! A Deficits coming, and Gladstone is humming And ha-ing about it, hurrah! hurrah! More taxes are coming, hurrah! hurrah!More taxes are coming, hurrah! hurrah!More taxes are coming, for fifing and drummingCost money in plenty, hurrah! hurrah! But one things not coming, hurrah! hurrah!No, one things not coming, hurrah! hurrah!Invasions not coming, no, no, Doctor Cumming,We re not a bit frightened, hurrah ! hurrah! So when Budgets are coming, hurrah! hurrah!When Budgets are coming, hurrah! hurrah!When Budgets are coming we 11 think that the summingIs all in our favour, hurrah! hurrah! TWO FEATURES ROLLED INTO ONE. A City Gent, praising a lady for her beauty, said, ina burst of rapture, Oh! she *s got such a nasal eye! Every one was astonished, and upon questions beingas
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