Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-04-25
vol. <. No. 81.

be over -sollcitouS 10 a9old pulling down. -
or at least breaking up. IN this way, that 5,
is, by the force of public opinion. all our
fashionable menag eries and travelling car
avans Of new and curious animals. 80 49,.
If this last assertion should surprise a.
my individual, we beg him 10 consider well
what we have said, as we'll as what we are
ito say, presently. We are mol ignoral.t,
that 81 denou ncing The exhibition Of living
animals, we not only set ourselves againsis
public sentiment, but against the sober o. =
pinion of many enlightened and good men.
They suppose these exhibitions improves
the public taste as well as afford a never
failing fund of information, Of the choicest
kind, to the student of natural history
which is undoubtedly true. But this s.
Ionly one side of the subject. = We would
reverse the picture We have. shown
part Of the other side. ~ We win loolk.far- =
lther, at the moral tendencies Of ihese
things. S"- = s'4'1' 's>..I =. -
Have we ever thong how the habitpaI
possession Of living beings, obviously Wild iitff =
out their freedom, and often in exile, must
gradually tend 10 reconcile the infantile
/ mind to The slavery Of all animals below
men9 And how from mere reconciliation
to it, by a transition scarcely appfeciabfe.
we pass to entire approbation2 And how, =
itoo, from the slavery Of brute animals, va
soon learn to look with indifference on The
slavery O. individuals endowed with souls,
and beaming with immortality q. =. =
Do those who have been all their lives .
long accustomed TO the varied forms of ;.
slavery We have mentioned. know how
much they benumbed their moral sensibii-
! tiles and deadened their syinpaihies with q.
human sorrow and human suffering Cen
they believe. for one moment, that when :
they now meet those who deserve their
administration or their charuy--those
whose minds or bodies cry aloud for. sym. -.
tpathy and, assistance-'hey have any Of
THAT acuteness OF feeling which they won!d
have had in other clrcumstances2 We. !
talk Of slavery, its physical and moral e
wills and consequence; but are rot nany1f
our most worthy citizens as truly slave-
Eholders. in spirit, as those whom they so !
much desplse or pity7 ..s- r ,..~.. - IL
7 1t sometimes surprises US. when we
consider what a strange bundle Of incen-
sistencies the creature is, whom we cell
man. How little known to himself! How
little studied t How lirte developed, even
: after the lapse of SO many generations q
E He hates slavery, and yet hugs It 10 his
4 bosom. Is He hates him who occasions It,
4 and yet 10 in spirit the very same He
3 hates chains, and yet9forges and applies
= them, not on tothose around him, butto
himself: and the more they clank. the
louder he cries, Hurra for freedomt',s
Is it not sol Must i moi be so7 Other-
0 wise, what mean these IN oans-as sin.
: cere as they are plaintive-about Cypress
g ion. and tyranny. and cruelty in distant
e regions of the earth, while the domestic
r dog, and cat, and cow, and horse-avs..
# and your jewellers il cages, too-sends
e forth their means now and then, nearer
It home, on account Of cruel kicks. and
e, stripes, and pounding, end starvation. and
" other still more intoierabIe tonuFesl- Be-
J vond aud above this what mean .thess
e occasional blows. not only with the fat
at hand, but with the fist, and even with
is wooden weapons, across he lender crn-
l. MUM, or the scarcel y less tender trunk Of
s, the human being?s $50 '~@.@t...
H. Were there no human ineonsis.encvon
re the subject before us, why should We find
ST such want of harmony in our ftellses
Of and, our attachments, and in the bes,osf-
z, ment Of oar tender mercies WHY shop a
Z, pet dog, aged, dirty. indo}enf, be take,
g into his MISTRESS parlor. for fear be shou'i
IN be cold, or into her carriage. to the ar
n noyance of several friends, ipst he shoold
m be tried, while The female domestic II ,sst
of be turned off with scarcity Of fuel. wtich
W endangers her health: and must trudee
It, her very life away to contribute 10 our
lie comfort and that Of our dear friend.
OF Jowler? Nay. sill worse why should
ut our tens and hundreds of dollars year
op be spent on pet horses, and dogs. and
re monkeys, to the denial of our own chill
IS dren, whom we value as the apple of o., r
ut eve, not merely of full supply of bread
be to sustain animal life, but. also OF any
r supply al all, unless it be obtained by &C
cident or stealth, Of bread to that imnor.
;" tai mind, which is believed, professedfy
ly so at least, TO be worth a thousand bodies7
10 We are nnfriendly to any sort of Of
49, preston. or tyranny, or cruelty, foreign
" or domestic, human or brutal We be-
~ hese most fully. that God has Instituted
er governments and relations, not that, ty-
y rants or masters may abuse their fellow
'ld men, or even their own children, but that
70 fthey may conduce, by few well-dirested
Dr. arrangements, to the public good. :. We
we believe that the Creator has made man
ar lord over the other animals; but not tia,
... be should hurt them, unnecessarily. any
ty, more than he would his children. In.
rds deed, they are. in a sense, his adopted
~, children; or if not he is. at least ihei,