The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-06-14 00:00:00

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titu•l;%ry positive.' lib ; the afteiter4 la enfortlett hel,
duty of cheraty: by the poises Ltws war tint likely to
x„i„ malty alvocates for a similar atteinpt ;n shin-,
lar ditties. If a gory possessed of thousands, was'
to let another man disior want to the street, idl meet
allow that itemedellsisoliel, but tili law W010(4 net
take any cogablariee Mit. Cruelty to animals. was
of the seine deseriptiiiii. He considered what tliel
Noble Lord, who ilitroduced the Bill. had etniteda;
to be a pretty good piuusia finite objection to it,s
namely, that it would create a new rem in legisieei
then. They might suppose that the Noble I.urd'et
mind was influenced in some degree by the ainhi-1
eon of originating a new sera. He (Nlr. W.) lead
a great objection to it, from the difficulty, awl the
almost impossibility of applying it. If they
agreed to punish what they could not explain, they
would render the state of men consplesely inseenre,
be subjecting them to punishment for au Linde iced
offeece. What, he would ask, was huniiiiiity ? It
was different, it had a different stsurlard In (hi-
lt:rut teen, alet in the same men, at dal rei: time* i
and guider different 6e:western:es. To enact a
Lew, pains:now ' wool) an. Otlelite, would be to
albite: a term to be tritest for ii crime he did
not knoe, each by a Judge, of whose .tenthard ;
~i limn:wily he was igtivraut. It was hot a tit
• sebject Cur leeialetioa. It was calculated to create
so eetensive a Poore.. of arbitrary vexation, es wnitill
effect :tall v cowl ertiehnice - any good - effect that
(eight be terpikoted to result from it. It would apt
weever the cud supposed; it would give a power of
tursaveittuni under its sanction, and also was so une-
qual ei it, overatioo. as to be perfectly uoj est. It
hot lieuert simiti'that no prernrum wealth be wee. to
informers, but a premium Mould he given, mid that
was en oppertasity.eo individuals to display their
Men humanity, and torment one soother. A tree.
fie• was is.itoeteeonie time ago. ititatled .. Thr Art of
ittgritiow4yrorripen'tirq ;" this Bill would give people
the power of tormeeting, under the mane of the
putehoetesol :, is' would give them e power, if they
had enemies, of ivenweatiow them ; and establishing
the nrt of torigennitg would be followed by the
p mike. Tt very one must white to see cruelty.
a.r. wed and temished, but then it was of too
iii.iatietie s nntnre-to admit of legal punishment
it abed, danger. Tire plensitile title of the fill
night pea ent meet- knolls from opposing it; they
tnieht iil k Irmo coming forward ss he had done,
siseieecting himself to the inputotion of being a
foetid to the tormenting of animals; unwilling to
Fre* "kit censure, they mielit hit inclined to he
itestseepouthe.l nye' the oceesion. Doctor Swift
hal obeerved, that lie never knew it man is lee life
alto mould not hear other inen's misfortune,' like a
elitistiati; 'so s persnu who let ha humanity blase
Nit unroll this °maim', seeing a coachnum whipping
a hors ~ might lint reflect that the mum was at that
Moment fatigued and vexed ; he might he inclined
tie ..:sit upon him the punishment his cruelty iip-
peered to deeervr, forgetting that hr himself the
very day before had sperred his lieree for stemblieg,
wltli just us 'retell intiligitisty. AS many men could
hear the unalnitunes of others like chestians, so '
many would be Maimed to preethai the Christian vir-
tues st ether people,' extreme. When it was said
the measure. was polestar, he believed h, because
twiny would look airsionsly fur an opportunity
of tormenting other% sod of displaying their
swum humanity. but not at their own eseeuse.
'PhOoe whin had heard the hill talked of, must have
ofeserviel. that nee of the greet topics 'vas the cruelty
practised Loa:arils horses by enechmen; he would
ii-k whose the horses were, and why the persons
abutting them were not discharged ? It was sot
naciammea to :sear Itirlt.ts, with all that sensibility
which was the ormeweat of t!;eir sex, eerleim
agaiiist these cruel practices ; perinatal; some of them
at the some et anent were eroployiste one "'Mose
crud to ; ask her, was he not a cruel fel-
low, mid why did she not discletege him ? and her
answer ei ell probabilty would be, •• Oh ! it is
tree, lie is, but then John is an clever in a crowd."
What then were they calling for ? They were rolling
for the L‘4.lature to prevent what it was it, their
power to rumen* themeeli es ; they were calling
upou thollow to du whet was only to be done by
care end manners. Another topic was that of the
illercatosent of post-horses ; the post-horse was
eirtunly au 'animal that suffered much ; bet how
often weeld it happen uuch:.- :I,l* Bill, that the dn.
vier would he punished, when the fault was ie the
traveller ? I I'llle heroes were in bad order, •'.eir la-
ziness was to be eleintenicted Icy the appliee(i3 of
t!:• whip ; the Lid,thini could not • front to be eu-
mane. toll hew the post-bey ; Ili. Ili INSt VI his stage.
and he 'nest vise all the means that ere ueeeevary so
accompliiiii It ; (w all thus, there was one easy re-
medy, let the traveller stay that eight, let him not
expedite lint joureey, to the fatigee and injury he
the animal; be would wise to know hew many timew
those who are loudest in the cry of humanity had
storied in their jairney nitre' this rteentint ? Vat
by that 11,11 :he purit.boy wealth lee punished, whir*
the traveller n I thus would Cli7 ape, All *eel) duties
it was the proper province of morality 'eel religion
to enforce ; let them he cut:aced (ruin the pulpit.
let them be enforced front the prese, hilt let them
net be attempted to he enforced by la*, under whose
cognizance they could never come with proariety.
What necessity was there for this new al ? They
should hesitate to begin to do Wien hail never liven
done before. He would swan allude to the gusset
head of objection, the ineeindity of its operation.
It professed to enforce one great priuteile, huma-
nity, het coutined its oporatioo en the dvivors of
animals. He would usk if those who cadential for
the measure had never heard of the ;-ar laws,
the object of which Wit+ to preserve en the liteOer
orders of the commenity the peirltee of k.lleig
emmals for their own amusement ? It sous melds
in defence of this practice, that those things, if
not destroyed, would be liable to neer-rim the.
earth ; but men committed violence dint reek:
riot lair defended upon that priticiole, for fi sees
were not likely to over-rim the earth. *lie fact was,
nineli was done from nersersity, mud unieli from
ainitutinent. It was said, thatilitise ititilllni. *kis-
liable to die. and that perhaps by a mere crutch deoe li
tbei we 11110U141 put them to, sr we Left t,ltati
to their nun fate; but if dna was 'nitwit tett as at or.
K"hleuttlwe iteiglat easily justify k Allele rile ,inet!en ;
people out of alert kindluess might undertake to lie
venni:l-killers to the resistor the roman • •• The
genie haws were not ohjeeted to, thong!' this fin
~,,i. deemed necerwiry. !4nine Runnels 'nest be
Lased, but it by no means ft/Holed been that lie-

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