Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-19

IoTm' ~, paTehtsl tnlnK mat you are
teaching your children 10 be cruel and IN
mercifu yea 10 be murLerers, when you
learn them how TO kill the animal. Ev-
cry act Of violence committed on the small
est insect, tends to silence conscience and
benevolence and leave tie mind under the
Influence of maIevoEence. Before a com
munty can be happy-before they can be
safe, they must have inscribed on their
banner, THOU SHALT NOT KILL"
La the inftaction OF this law is contained
the elements Of slavery, and all dominion
of1nan over man. So long as man de-
YOURS the animal, he will have a spirit in
some degree 10 devour his fellow. He
who will sue man al the law, and plum
der him Of his property in Vermont, be-
cause the law will allow il, would make
the same slave in Georgia for the graft
'fcation ofthe same spirit. And he who
will cat cattle to crafty appetite under the
influence Of public opinion would in Ger
tain stages Of barbarism. aad under pecul-
lar circumstances devour his fellow man.
The life taking priati2le is the same thing
the wcrld over, whether Tor peculiar rea-
sons il is directed 10 act on man or ami
mails. -# ...... ~.:: "
Those who resort 10 the scriptures TO
justify flesh eating, as they do other sins,
will fad that man in The beginning was
made 10 feed on the vegetable kingdom or
he vas destined TO be a fruiieater. "And
God said, behold. | have given You every
herb bearing seed, which is upon the face
of all the earth, and every tree in the
which is The fruit of a tree yielding seed
TO you it shall be for meat. "Thorns al
so and thiotles shall i! bring forth to thee,
and thou shalt cat the herb Of the Geld.-
Inthe sweat Of thy face shaI. thou cal
bread, ill thou return unto the ground -
Not caHlc and hogS but bread H..
Again, torture is put upon the example
Of Christ, to wiring from him the approba.
lion Of fesh-catingr because he broke and
gave TO The multitude, and at one timeioo
and dad eat himself. This is sufficient 10
justify all he cattle, hog and sheep eating
| of the presen, day, notwithstanding no di.
rections are givcn upon the subject ST.
lence is ever consent for SHINING. lIhinh
that the physiological reio!mers Of The
day, generally, consent that ii might be
duty 10 Use even SWINGS flesh as an article
Of diet, if nothing better could be oJtained
yet not an act in the life Of Jesus goes tc
justify any such thing. He would cas-
the devils out of swine-ea;ers. ard permit
them to enter their old habila,ion, am
plunge down steep place Into the SCI
and drown. CABINET says Of Peter, Jane!
and John, that although they were fisher
men, yet they ate neither fish, flesh, nc
fowl. OF the primitive christians ii wa
said, that many of them were abstemiou
vegetable eaters, who lived 10 great age
Saws Goldsmith: IL is surprising to VIDA
a great age the primitive christmas OF tn
East, who retired from persecution in tn
Desert of Arabia, continued TO live ia a!
) the bloom Of health, and yet in all tn
rigor of abstemious discipline. Ihci
common allowance as we are told, wa
! twelve ounces Of bread, and nothing bl
: water Ga this simple beverage ST. an
f lhonr lived l05 years; james, the he
Y mir, lO4; Arseaias, tutor 10 the Eppere
: Arcadins, ll2; R0mbolt. 100; S.. EP
|, phanius, lis; Simon liz. In this maj
n ner did those holy, temperate men live
E an extreme old age,&ept cheerful b. siren
b hopes, and healtnful By moderate exc
n cise." The christianity Of Christ is De
J. tined 10 remove every obstacle il the VA
a of human progress, and lead man TO q
Q observance Of every mcntai, physical az
:, social law; it is destined to make Il
E, world holy an3 happy, and each menb
,e a brother, or sisier-a friend.
n B. w DYER.
The following communication was received
the Telegraph Office in my absence, and has be
10 out Of sight until now-or it would have appear