The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-01-22
NO 4S.
MORAL INSANITY.
A HIT AT THE uUNTISoTcS CASE.

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LoSo LUDED LAMs: You will find my text
done up as nice as sore toe in a bundle OF
papers, wild piece OBJ red tape raped 'roun,'
iayin' on de shelf ob de Sprume Court in
de City Hall. De papers belong to Massa
Jim Brady, and de subjict for sideraiion am
what he calls do
ABREBIATION OBJ MIND.
OR, MORAL INSANITY.
Ans you will find tngs in dem papers
dat you nebber diemt OBJ in your num-
skulls.
DE time was, my frens, when crazy folks
was known and pinted out to you, eder in do
lunatic asilum or strait jacket, but nowadays
its different. Crazy feI'ers can run loose,
keep fast women, fast husses, and de fastest
Oh houses-swell in de best 'siety, and We
nebber dreme, til dey git into fix, but
what dey am as sane aud as full oh COM
mon sense as SOP vb you niggers am oh
meneness and >.ingyness.
Things % changed mitily eben in my
day-de anne tings We used tc call sw:c-
ding cheating, robbery, forgery and mur-
der am now known no longer by dere one
ry rames, but am all classed under de head
OBJ Articulation oh de mind and moral in.
sanity.
Ii you meet a seedy chap in de street
late, at mite and he comes up and axes you
what time it am, and when you pull ont
your watch TO tell him he lams you ober
de head wild club, grabs de watch and
runs off wild it-don't you say muffin to
him. but If you hab time to do it, put your
hand in your pocket and CUB him your
small change, kase de poor Teller wants il
has nd IL
Mind, and wants do watch and de moHey,
poor fellow. Dat class hab got it bad and
needs our simpafy.
Dis dreffui Fiction fleets different men
different from de odder. For instiuk-
sposen | was still in de clam biziness, and
Pete Ledderface, d,. sits ober dar wild his
arm around Percila Jane Nubbins, was to
buy hundred CLAIMS oh me on trust, till
he made hit in de policy shop. Well,
spose Jim Taterlip was to find it out, and
on benouns TO me he war to call on Pete
and tell him dant sent him for de two shil.
lings for de CLAIMS. Well Pete, he being
an onsuspishous darkey, he CUBS him de
money, and as soon as Jim gifts it he goes
| off on fuddle, and spends de hole OBJ it
widout coming anie me. Den Jim would
hab it in berry mild form--but sposen
Pete was cunning ole darkey, and when
Jim come TO him for de money he war 10
say TO him, mo, sir, don't CUB no money
widout an order from Purfesser Hannibal
hesetf." Well, den, spose jim 60 of and
git apiece ob paper and rite de order for
de money and sine my name 10 de same
den he bab it bad, and need all de care and
Kind 'tention his trends can CUB him. Dar-
fore you see de wus de crime am dat de-
man commits do more his mind am Abre-
biated, or cut Short and de more he am to
be treated ~id pity and sich tings.
In view OBJ desc tings beg to offer a se-
rles ob resolutions, which hope to see 90
down wild you like a fry on de halfshell.
fustly, resolve dat all de prisons in dc
country be burned down, and beautiful pala-
ces be put in dar place, and insted oh cells
and dc iron bedstel now in woge, splen-
did room, carpeted aud lounged up to de
present style OBJ de tif avenue, and insted
ob putting de inmates to work for de State
l want theatre, a library, a park fand
pair oh HOSES and sarvant for each luna.
tlc) added to ebery establishment oh de kind.
Den desc poor suffering, neglected mortal,
wood be properly taken care of.
Dere's no use OBJ baben prisons no more
kase 1t de Police does cotch bad fellers and
Jugs dem' de ,gubnor comes and opens do
doors ob all dem dat can raise enuff to pay
de turnkey, and luffs dem 60 to rob and
steel, and become leprocy TO de commu.
nifty.
Dereiore pronounce de resolution car.
ried fore put it.
De moral oh dis lecture am dis
Don't put no faif in dis modern INSANITY.
nor no such nonsense If feller tries to
cheat you, Jis go at him as If be was thief
or scoundrel, and I'll bet shilling stew
against crabs dat you'll hit de right nail
on de he'd
Brudder Harper will please hand round
de sasser.-Net0 York Pieoyune.