Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-07-19


ton, they would do the latter h,v.
said that practice will enable people 10
slaughter the animals without twinoe Of
pain; but on thought, and judging from
experience, do not believe it hardly pos
sible, for any one to kill innocent animals
without experiencing sense of wrong
without thought at least OF the poor
creatures suffering there will be a re-
Election across his mind of the agony of
death,pangs Now this disharmony in
his own spirit ought to be regarded by
him, as the voice Of God, proclaiming the
infraction of the order and bliss of his SEN
tient creation and informing him that his
wants may be all supplied withou. infict-
ing pain upon his own spirit, or upon any
creature on earth. Is not butchery a
school for the constant exercise of De-
Istructiveness And will not BenevoIence,
Joined with Conscientiousness forbid the
killing Of animals, when a wholesomer
food may be obtained without it4 Candid
reader, would you for an amiable, tender,
sympathetic friend, benevolent in deed land
magnanmous in spirit and bearing, choose
butcher Would such be a spontaneous
and natural preference You know that
you would not You would instnctively
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occupation and career, led TO the exercise
OF those virtues which you seek in his
character Could you associate refine
nent with the character of woman that
could cut the throat of a lamb or stick
hog with perfect sang Jroid3 Such a
character would be repuIsve in the ex-
IRENE. How steadily and certainly, as
the attraction of matter to matter, draw
the spontanei;ies of spirit to the True Mind.
| They are higher than reason they tram
scend philosophy.
! But Tt facts speak. VIVA. is the char
acler o: man In that state of society, when
he lives by preying upon animals2 Is
he not generally ?lunderer 100? Is he
moi fierce and savage? The destructive
feelings are continually urging to action.
: ! Their language is " Destroy though blind
as 20 their object, sPective whether 1t
be brute, human or divine. History fur
nishes volumes OF facts, Illustrative Of this
position. 1t is the nature of cruelty 10 be-
come more and more irreverent to be in-
discriminate regarding its object. MIN
rod first employed his arms against wild
} beasts, then against men, thus laying tho
foundations of the Babylonian empire ia
| blood. The effect of merely being spec
tators Of the destruction of animals BY one
another and by men, converted some of
the most amiabte Of the Roman emperors
into monsters of cruelty. Delight 10 the
: destruction Of animals, or Indifference to
f their lives and happiness, cheapcns regard
: for human life and rice rersa. Hence
the smiable Cowper justly said,
: would not enter my list of friends,
, Though grac'd with polisI'd manners and fns
III sense, . --r.." -#< ....
Yet wanting feasibility the man %.-
Who needessly sets foot upon a worm''
e Were there 40 greater purity Of spirit
a no higher perceptions OF truth-no adci-
# tonal Vigor Of mind-no truer poetry Of
4 senllment-no lolter inspiration NO gent
: Ter aftectlons-no greater joyousness and
a nnocency of spirit to be attained TO- by
: dispensing with animal food, sill The free
5 Vexation, the economy Of time, health aud
e Expense gained, would a thousand times
b. compensate for the reform. With the
1 overwhelming majority OF mankind, he's
1 forever unsatisfrd inquiry is, what shall
! we eat, or what shall we drink, or where
: wthal shall we be clothed ?" The fol-
. lowing scrap of history viii be the only
: memorial OF their existence. save The wide
Z ravages which their misguided course has
! made upon the race. They were born !;
S they ale and drank they toiIed and died''l
+ What a career for Man What biting
5 sarife upon human lie But toll. weari-
n ness. vexation and corroding care,wilI far
a row the cheek, and noble, fair forehead Of
J, man, so long as he feels on animals and
the presen! social order Of things exists !.
e Every item ofexpense is indefinitely aog-
Il men,ed by that mode Of living. Ia the
e first place farms cost from five 10 ten times