The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-05-16

but must have seen he priests g0ing 10
The piis and ii lie sent there himself muss
have witnessed IL I'll absorbing influence
oser these holy faihers.
II - The most ancient and honorable Of
he sPorts which have descended 10 us
from The ancients. In ihs paimy DAYS Of
Greece when her orators, her poets, her
architects and her seulplors. were The or
nsmenls ef their own tines and The admi-
ration and models af ours,-her firss and
greatest men were The psirans Of the pia.
Rome, when mistress OF tie world,
narrowed This noble sport frnm The
Greeks; and IL vas one III her earliest
gifts 10 our ancestors III The fast sehored
Isle. With Us. therefore. il is an inheri
lance; he who sssaiIs IT, use BIZ me as
sails my birth right. Now. in This land
0l freedom. every man should eho0se Tor
himself, and mt another far him. what
he viii retain and what he will part with;
therefore he who still holds 10 The amnse-
menis Of his ancestors. should be per-
mlssrd 10 da 50; and lei him ahn has ris-
en- above his neighbors in rrEinemenls,
moral and Intellectual. be content with
his own superl0riIy. and not waste his
s'mpalhIes on those Incapable Of sppreci-
sIins then.
IL - shown that this sport has been
sanctioned by the members Of sll tie
Christian churches known 10 Us; that the
first men in Greece and Rome we're the
patrons Of The pit: and TO This | could add
The name Of The BEST man Ierer kasp in
our own country. alike distinguished for
his Writes. his intellect and his learning,
who during long life bred game fawls.
fought them, and beited on them. Your
correspondent viii, trust, pardon Us for
continuing an amusement while we can
produce such warrant for its indulgence.
SaYlLLE.
NoTE.-Complinenis 10 your Cares
pondent q. and will pay my respects To
him as soon as his second communica-
lion shall appear. s.
Having published two or three COM
munieations against the "royaI diver
sion" of eOck-fghting, we very readily
give place to the communication of SA-
VILE in its favor; well assured that his
eloquence will tend onls to make more
complete its condemnation. Even Sa-
vile himself, we think, if he could lay
aside the impressions of his youth, and
be guided only by his own good sense,
would see more 10 censure than tn praise
in this " ancient and time-honored'' sport.
The examples which he brings forward
to countenance il, have more the ap-
pearance of exceptions 10 a general
rule, than the rule itself; and a con-
science that can be quieled BY them,
will OH no occasion be very troublesome.
A Roman Catholic priest is exposed to
many temptations. Cut of from the
endearing affections and cheering inhu.
ences of wife and children, it is natural
to suppose tina. he will sometimes be
driven into strange places in pursuit of
pleasure, and we need no, be surprised
if he is occasionally found a, the cockpit.
Among the English clergy, there are
some who receive their appointment, not
for their piety, but as a gen,eel provision
for younger sons; and therefore we find
among them fox-huniers and cock-fght-
ers. But these are exceptions. and should
cast no reproach upon the great body of
the clergy. As to the Baptist brother,
and the two elders of the Kirk" of
whom our correspondent speaks, it seems
that they were conscience stricken at the
lime, or they would not have pretended
that business called them to the cock pit;
their example, therefore, we should sup
pose, could have little effect in quieting
4 troubled conscience. But we do not |
wish to take this matter out of the hands |
,f our correspondents, and therefore shall
,lnse these remarks. From their man
lgement of it, we anticipate more plea
iure than could be derived from The best
ought main in all christendom.
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