Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-21
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FOR THE E1VQ,TREK
MEssRs. EDrroRs We communicate herewith some
extracts from speech delivered in the House of Dele
gates of Virginia in 1913, by worthy friend Mr.
- then Member of the House, from the county of
Powhatan As there is bill now pending before the
Legislature similar to that advocated with much
cessby worthy friend in the very characteristic and
effective speech, from which the enclosed
taken and deem the proposed measure witha very
salutary one you willobge us by giving them early
publication IN your paper. MANY SUBSCRIBERS.
The bill laying Dogs for the protection ofheep
being called up, MIR. said
MIR Speaker: These are petitions from the counties of
Powhaan and Loudoun, praying that act of the Gene
raj Assembly of Virginia may pass for the protection of
their various Hooks of sheep and particularly the mer
The great destruction of this valuable animal all
throughout the Commonwealth forces itself last on
the attention of the Legislature The Independence of
this country in measure rests upon the preserva
ton of our sheep. We now, sir at war! and by the
Non-intercourse Law and other restrictive systems we
cannot long calculate ON foreign supplies We must,
therefore, depend our home market. Our various
ocks of sheep, therefore, form the real acquisition of
wealth in time of war; precious than all the mines
of gold and silver of South America Ii is to us nov,
the real golden fleece of which the ancents have woven
such wonderful tales We have become since the Revo-
luton, great agricultural and commercial people And
we bid fair to become great naval power But the
question before this honorable body is-IIow are
we to become great manufacturing people would
ask you, Mr. Speaker, how your tories of
woolens be carried without the aid of sheep For
mery in Spain it death export the merinos with
ont license from the crown; in England wool is their
stapei and they have Jaws and revised codes of laws
for the preservation of their sheepIn Short in all the
ton of sheep. But we, in Virginia. have no-Iaws for
the preservation of this most excellent animal Oh.
how improvident people are We have laws for
the protection of lnanimate things for the preser
walton Of fruit trees and the before last we
passed act for the preservation ofoyser by the way
avery good thing Mr. Speaker but the animal of which
am Row sPeaking not only furnishes food, but raj
ment also for What defends our bodies from the
wintry skies and the north blasts of boreas
What protects our brave countrymen fighting the
battles of their country in Canada: What defends our
gallant tars on the cold lakes seas and oceans 10 the
NOrfl> ryb fIare ia Dec JI,H
Bainbridge, Jones, Perry, Chauncey and McDonough
The soft down of the merino the bosoIns and
skins of the most exquisite texture In what the
patriots of this country clothed? and why is the
present General Assembly of Virginia admired this
session. for the neat and elegant appearance they make
than any former ocoason 1t all proceeds from their
homespun, OF their various fochs Of various kinds and
particularly from the mernos Notwithstanding all those
advantages and comforts thousands of these useful and
innocent animals destroyed by ruthless dogs every
year, all the Commonwealth, of the value of thou
sands and tens thousands of doars-There is story
told of poor in the country, which, with your per
mission Mr. Speaker and that ofthe House will repeat
There poor man in the country, who had
thing only two little lambs, of the merno blood
male and female, which he had bought at great Price
and nourished up with his children They did eat of his
bread and drink of his cup, and lay in his BOSOM and
unto him anda daughter: they were lambs
of great promise for them the fortune of this poor
mans house rested and there came way-farng and
ruthless dog, and he spared Co take of the
hocks Of the rich and opuent but fell upon killed. and
destroyed the poor man lambs both male and female
will ask YOU Mr. Speaker and this honorable house
what ought TO be done to the dog that had done these
things and that had no pity compassion the poor
man and his innocent lambs' / hope the reply will be
similar to that of David to Nattan-ffe dog that has
done these things shall surely die. There is not a day
but hear ofdogs laying whole neighborhoods under
contribution every night over the Commonwealth. The
heshof the lamb is almost too great deeacy for the
of man and surely it is precious for dogs to flesh
their tooth on--those blood-suckcrs In carly life Mr.
Speaker, could not eat Of the lamb; remembered his
innocent gamDOs and plays and the perfect resignation
with which he submitted his life to the knife of the
butcher:
'The lamb tby riot loons TO bleed TODAY
81 Had he thy reason, would he skip aud play?
And leks the hand jus, rais'd TO shed his bood''
My pepossesson in favor Of this innocent animal may
have Induced perhaps to carry my preiudlces too far
against their butchers but time hardens hearts, and
the customs Of the world vitac tastes and appcttes
and at last become perfect cOrmorants. But this
day, Mr. Speaker cannot help idolsing that lady and
that gentleman, who refuses TO eat lamb with green
peas In short all that we ought TO do with these soft
people las the kind hearted Mr. Thomson calls thcmS
u.s. take their coats of wool Off gently every md.sum
mer, and send them bounding TO their hills again
If gentlemen are opposed to raising from
taxing dogs, let the tax CO. the petitions state, the
poor Of the parish 10 nc education Of the poor youth Of
the country, 10 charity schools aad greet many bcnc
VIOLENT purposes The General Assembly among great
many good things they have done, and continually do
ing is to raise revenue vice and immortality, for
the promotion OF literary fund for science and oduca-
ton among the poor youth Of the country The Peni
Tertiary may almost say Mr. Speaker, is Aoufishing
institutional carries on uauufacnnres and ,roduces
thousands Of dollars to the Common wealth, yearly. In
short Mr.. Speaker, nothing ought TO be considered as
tring to the Statesman and LeeSntor that lessons the
yes scapegoat, if 1 could catch him. The petition
states, that the pairoe who 90 the Wound Of the negro
quarters and the free blacks, always defeated in their
movements by the negroes dogs that vt every quarter
are trained up, that they viii sit guards and cent?
neis, and VIII give % regular alarms Of the approach Of
the patroe, as cennel on his port, who cries"Who
comes here The dogs Of the negroes and free people
Of eoour well trained that they will not bark or
yelP in catching The ANIMAL and Will make little noise
as The lambs they destroy.
Independent of all this, the petition states that tile hy
dropobia is another dreadful evil great many persons
are bittenand dreadful indeed is heir situation Be-
sides there is Of stock destroyed by the
complaint Indeed it would seem tat The members Of
the General Assembly for years bao *, have been
somewhat infected with The complaint or they I
would certainly have attempted TO stop these great evils
Petitions and rcmonsrances have be- made from year
10 year. to the General Assembly this subject but /
nothing has been done as yet hope the bill will be
changed or modelled by the wisdom e the Legislature
az viii be acceptable TO the great major Nv Of the People
And from the favorable opinion and sentiments en-.
terrain Of the present enlightened and patriotic General
Assembly Of Virginia have doubt ihe bin viii pass
by great majority.
POLITICAL.