The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-10-07

ItIIBUH anu CIVIL governing Hung tiB AZ i'dIPdUIt
and gross absurdity! u without fuelNs and moral
who reirans from r.urds ifor Jear OF being hanged
True, such Jenfs may restrain The crime In the alb
sence OF moral principle, but does not Improve the
crime, when passion dictates and chance creates
hope OF lts Preparation with impunity. Though
educated, improved and learned in the knowledge
OF many arts and sciences man yet rename lgnor-
ant OF the true sources OF the happiness OF human
life and does not appreciate them nor act in ac-
cordance with them Applause But were man.
kind educated and taught TO kn0io the radical and
true principles OF the science of morality-he
would kn0U that to appreciate and practice them,
would be his best interest and his greatest good
II he were learned 10 reason and reflect, he
would see and know that, by the eternal and
immutable laws q nature. man is SO constituted
mat he lmpulsvely seeks happiness and shuns
pain that quietude Of mind is happiness and
mental inquetude, misery, or unhapplness to man;
and hence consciousness OF doing UltM
tcr0ng, however secret, is Incompatible with que
tnde of mind, and thence source OF unhappiness
OF the eUH doer. II 10 strong proof OF the above
ruth and OF others which We shall demonstrate,
that by the laws Of nature all things which have
lite have a tendency TO produce their kind respec-
lively that such is the truth only In references
10 animal and organic life, but Is equally true IN
the intellectual world. Hence every manifestation
OF the mind, or disposition OF mankind towards
their own species .r other felloic beings, have a
natural and inevitable tendency 10 produce its like
In the mind or disposition OF those towards whom
il may be directed, and are benefited or injured
by It. Thus kindness begets ktnd,ess, and hostility
excites hostility In the mind OF those who happen
TO be the objects, and fall within the influence OF
one or the other causes. And II is equally true and
certain that the same means by which Uttd beasts
may be tanned and rendered less vicious, mere trac
table and less disposed TO inJure their keepers ard
Others from whom they receive their food and
other favors, will also tame tUild, ignorant, passion
ate, and depraved mum, make him less vicious and
less cruel, and more disposed to be just and kind
to all who manifest like disposition towards HIM.
Il ADDlauSP / Though
own troubles, and the arbltor OF his own destiny
IN life yet it is equally certain that his happiness
depends on others no less than himself. lie can
not be alone happy-that is, no Individual can
be happy while all others around him are
suffering in pain and torment. Being naturally
averse to misery, his quelude or peace OF mind
IS disturbed by the woes Of others In his sight or
hearing When the cries OF danger, pain, and dis
tress OF man or beast are heard each epeoies6re-
spectvely respond to the alarm and hasten TO know
the and destroy il, and thus restore the que
Jude OF their own mind. Animal beings therefore
feeling that their own happiness or quletude Of
mind is involved in the happiness or misery OF 9TH
ers, they would not willingly harm or be the cause
of pain to their fellow. beings. BY injustice and
mes wherever the exhibition Of his unjust and
Nnkind feelings and actions have caused pain TO
others and created in them Ike spirit OF hostility
and retaliation. THIS has been the cause OF mere
enemies TO man, and the source II more mischief
and misery TO the human race, than all other tras
which man has had to encounter. Yet mankind
still remains ignorant of the great and important
truth, that to be just and kind to all animal bengs
are me radical principles Of the science Of morality,
and to knoio, appreciate, and practice them, not only
essential but indispensable to the peace and
Of human life. Indeed, educated, as man has been,
and yet continues TO be-and what Is he bu, poor,
ignorant, passionate, unteelng, mercenery, and
unhappy bcimg-the destroyer Of his own happl-
ness quietude of mind, and the Cisturber OF the
quietudc Of others. And why marvel that he BE-
so, or expect that he should be otherwise With
Of crime committed with impunity before his eyes,
and thus sanctioned and encouraged by needless
indifference and public opinion, why wonder
that moral depravlty yei exists undated IN
the community, and that cruelty TO dumb
beasts ceases TO be regarded AS an offence
against iaic, moral, civil divine But in oeye-
looping the causes OF the moral depravity and cruel.
~ of man, l shall not attempt to prove or admit
that beasts have no souls or that such premises
can exccse or authorize cruelty to them, or sane
non injustice and unkindness to them or any other
being Possessed Of animal life. That beasts, how
ever, (and birds too) have mind reason, feelings Of
joy and griJ. pleasure and pain sympathy, friend
ship and gratitude, IN common win nan, II not
self evident, is certain and susceptible OF proof
any other truth can be demonstrated by facts
and logical induction. Though the qualities or al
teclions OF the mind above noted, may be greater
and Of higher grade in man, than when exhibited
by the brute creation; yet IN numerous instances
have the latter exhibited evidence Of hersagacity
so obviously and strong as 10 elicit the special VOL
the error and The mischief Of which we have been
speaking, shall spend much time and labor to
prove that beasts haze souls Not knowing What a
soul is, shall not presume to know Whence or hoT
!, came to De- and whlthr! II gaeah nor shall IN,
on that subject Bat II a soul be spark of Dlvnl-
ty, portion of the Divine Essence or Holy Spirit,
naturally or miracuously infused or implanted in
the body and mind OF man, 10 tell him what il
right and what is ,crong-to admonsh him to be
vlrtuous and to avoid vice 1t must follow necessa-
rily and irrefutaby that such useful knowledge.
so gratuitously and miraculonsly proceeding from
Dirine influence, would always Lead man to DO
right and never Wrong; and Divine justice and
infinite mercy would never Influence The divins
spirit to punish and punish eternally the only
mortal part iiuing soul OF man-that part of the
diU'ne being or portion OF hmself-tnat mate IN.
ward monitor which never Influenced man TO COM
init "sn" or ceased to admonIsh him against do
ing evil! But while men continue TO be taught
that beasts have no souls, and were made Tor mans
use-that the right TO use IS the right 10 abuse the
dumb Great on as he pleases-and while cruelty 10
dumb beasts and other acts OF inhumanitv and
crime continue TO be unheeded and thus tolerated
by the public, crimes are encouraged by impunity
and repeated, increased and extended to any ex-
IRENE which the ignorance, inhumanity, error, and
passions Of men caprlciously choose to carry them
Thus educated by public example, and taught les.
Of moral evil by public practice, how can II be-
nationally expected that the moral depravity Of
man can be diminished, his moral character i'm
proved or the condition OF man or beast be me
iiorated !-[Great applause Until man shall be
educated to know that justice and kindness TO all
animal creation, the radical principles or basis
of the whole science OF morality, and that the
knowledge and practice OF those truths are essential
and indspe nsible to the virtue, well being and hap
piness Of the humaDErace, then, ana not till then,
will the moral condition and character OF mankind
be improved, and cruelty TO dumb beasts cease to
disgrace the human family. Then, indeed, and
not till then, will the erocious "llon and the gen.
tie and helpless lamb lie down together" in peace
and security, and none shall De-. TO disturb their
rest--then, indeed, will the millennium come in
reality, and be no more regarded as an imaginary
state OF human virtue and happiness .-[Vociterous
applause which, continued for some time.l
The company then separated, more delighted
with the intellectual and moral entertainments Of
the evening, than all that theatres or club rooms
ever gave. -
RuMoRs OF MORMON WAR.-By the steamer
Lebanon which arrived this morning from the ILL
nos river we learn that when she left Beards,own yes.
terday the military ordered out by Governor Ford