Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-19

The following we'll writer article We extraes
from The Uni,,d States Gazeue. May ii have
a salutary effect in re.cuing that noble animal,
the Horse from the cruelty too often exercised
BY his maslers!
THE HORSE.
We noticed, few days since, blaekman at
tempting 70 induce his horse 10 drag cart
loaded with heavy green gum logs, from the
gutter, II vas an uphill work and the poor
as, appe AIRED little able to discharge his task
10 the satisfaction Of his master. He had eV''
IDENTIFY weakened himself by his too great exer-
tions: and the breath which he blew from his
bloody and distended nostrils, rushed out upon
the cold air with Kissing sound like the escape
Of steam from an overcharged valve. We look
ed with embi,ered feelings AT the poor ami
NAL, as he essayed In vain to move the weight;
and If The sympathy OF one who had long born
an excessive load, could have mi,igaled his
bur,hen, the suffering beast would have borne
some weight less.
There was ferocity in the looks OF the dri-
yer. which lead 20 belief that the whip was
TO be The remuneration for such delay, he
seized the horse by the bride, and pulled with
force that almost prostrated the animal, OUT
did not nevertheless induce him to move the
load; and amid the signs Of fatigue from labor,
and pain from bruises, that were evident IN the
face Of the enduring beast, we thought we couid
discover lurking determination to resist OPP
pression-that which in his race might De De.
nominal ed obs:inacy, but which In man would
have been called by a higher and nobler name.
SIll he offered no revenge for injuries; he only
endured what was laid upon him, bu, refused
to yield fur:her service under such dispense
,ions He had accordingly, braced himself by
extending his fore feet, his back bent to the
load, his head hung down, and he locked Ike
one who had seen the storm, and had gathered
himself TO meet but not resist il. One thing
appeared out OF character-the whip, that en-
blem OF carriers authority, lay unemployed
upon the pavement; and as he driver pulled
at the creatures head, or shouted threats in
his ears, this FIRST and last appeal Of his craft
seemed overlooked /, was neither broken nor
weak; its hickory handle and weighty lash,
would have served Xrrxes as a scourge for the
Hellespon,; still j, lay on the ground, and its
legitimate wielder was spending breath and
strength to supply its place. AT length he
srized this soeptre ofhis ryranical reign, and
A urished i, over he head Of his beast. Blu,
in vain: the animal had tasted so deep OF its
power, thai he knew its biuerest. He WINGED
as the lash past his eye,bn gave no symptom oil
jov that he had escaped the blow, nor OF de-
termination TO move for its ,hrrarning. lie had
been crowded in.o the gutter, and severely dealt
with here, and now he was determined 10
stand the 'peliue Of The pit,iess Storm" The
eve If the driver flashed with most appalling
glesm, bot he che ked his disposition to beat
the snimal afrcsh, and low muuerng curse
betrayed the cause
w ha, place this is" said he, "that man
must be hauied up before magistrate If he
beats a brute beast" AND that was the cause
tia, the brute man economical OF his
blows. which had else been plea fully showered
upon his horse.
Shorty afterwards, man, SEEING he diem
ma Of The driver, undertook aid him; he SIT
tied he tackling, paited the beast, eoaxed him,
placed the driver at the wheel, said an '"cou :
raging word-ant! with a well directed effort
the Dad was dragged to its destination.
Spirit OF mutual kirdness and forbearance-
wherever is thy abiding place, LEI mt AXE shell
ter with hee, from the vindic,iveness Of man
kind. Thou smon,hest The asperitiss Of life,
and liyh,enest the burthen OF the affl ,cted.-
Charity may feed the hungry and clo'he The ma
ked; bu, thou wipesr the tear from the eye OF
the mental sufferer, and pourrst IN balm upon
the wounded spirit; anc when the WI ngs Of
man have increas, d, and his jeer maddened The
ssnsi w. ,hou whisperes, endurance, and the
winds Of passion aud the waves Of re,rnge
ob~v thee. Bless, is thy Influence, that lifts
the smtten and Lighters the bowed down, Of
bur,hens that he has not i'm posed and canno
sustain, and bless IS that community, whose
laws snatch from his hand The scourge Of the
opp,e,sor, and liner pose between 'he powerful
aud the humble.