Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-20

ses Die means Of supporting larger amount Of ami
NAL existence and consequently adds TO the stock OF nap
;nass An idle person, therefore, employed In
that is minsterng Immediately or re-
motey to the necessities comforts or improvement OF
some part Of the great family Of man. physically intel
lectuay morally regiousy is not acting In confor
m,v with his high calling as rational being and the
dignity Of his nature We apt to look too exclusively
To return of doarsnd cents for labor and do not suf
GENTLY regard the amount good do and the SER
vice we can render as operdtrs agents IN one grand
scheme of industrial employment
Connected with the high dignity Of the position OF the
farmer in thus cooperating with DEITY IN furnishing te
of increased existence and increased enjoyment is
the delegated power determining what animals shall be
permitted to live to partakers of this enjoyment NJ
Ire animals that are annually produced cannon DC sustained
by the earth Some must a's ior tne u supp1'
which the entire produce of the earth Will yield to the
animal creation is limited only certain quantity annu-
ally grows and this will afford only certain amount OF
animal subsistence wien the fertility OF the earth is
greater less when is less 1t Will hence be seen tha
# all animals were permitted live and feed immediate
" on the produce of the earth as IN the case supposed
they us necessarily dothat is upon growing and ma
vegetables, since the amount OF these Is put niue
animals multiply rapidyhe result must inevitably be
that many or all would eventually die Of starvation To
this point Suppose one OF your best farms to
be fully stocked and every animal produced it be per-
United yea the calves, colts, lambs, pigs chickens,
turkeys ducksnone killed, how long, let ask, would
the produce Of the farm support hem They might get
through two perhaps three years. but in the fourth
fifth year farhest every green thing would be eaten
uD support life during the summer and IN the sue
oeeding winter all would starye to death
Now, earth is only large farm, and if all the ami
mails permitted to live through their natural lives
the consequences would necessarily follow in
few years all would starve to DEATH Hence the wise and
benevolent introduction Of beasts and other animals Of
prey in the economy of Providence from the do
minon Of man. in order that with the existence Of those
animals that feed Immediately the produce of the EARTH
other animals that feed these may co-exist thuspreserv
ing beautiful harmony by what frequently, superb
rip1 ig Iac aviA anfcr NJ
nal that feeds vegetables I the natural state food
for some beast bird of prey has what wrongly called
Its natural enemy; hence, when any species of those
animals that feed Immediately on vegetables increases
numbers food is rendered abundant for its ma
tural enemy and these therefore increase rapidly
thus preventing the exhaustion of vegetable food and
preserving wise and harmonious equilibrium This is
by evidence of cruelty of disposition in the
animals of prey far from it. 1t is their nature impaired
to them for the most benevolent of purposesthe rser
pdton not the destruction of all of animals They
cannot live at all vegetable food cannot digest It, but
require by nature food that has undergone both yeget
BILE and animal organization before they assmilate it
for the support Of their systems They the benevolent
of wise Providence acting through instinct
t man, guided by enlightened reason prepared to
take their place. prevent the accumulation of ami
NAL population beyond what the earth could support and
thus avoid the alternative Of death by starvation perhaps
the painful of all deaths Naturaiss agree that
beast bird of prey always strikes its victim the
vital part produce the easiest possible death In
state OF natures beast of prey goes for food till
urged to do by his Appetite he then kills Immediately
and eats afterwards he lies down and sleeps till hunger
again him. His enjoyment is consequently of the
very lowest kind but still is happiness for wherever
there is life there is degree of enjoyment Hence
We fnd since the animals that feed vegetables have
their life and enjoyment while the animals that feed
these have theirs Also happiness by this wise provision
is multiplied, the vegetable growth giving success
sive support TO different races of animals.
Here have another of those instances previously
fered to Of the fasy Of first appearances and the beau
uk harmony discoyerabe upon observation and refec
ton At first view animal appears to be cruelty and
maevoienty preying upon another animal, bird upon
bird, fsh upon fish, insect upon insect till the whole
world seems like great saughter-house in disorder
and confusion investigation the apparent blot
the harmony Of creation, and discovers in 1t evil
dence Of the highest benevolence and wisdom the
that always manifest in of Deity uen an
drsiood Man find no for cruelty or war in
works Of creations these are impulses known only in
his own heart.
The that all the animals cannot be permitted to
live farm, but that die, was, when it first
attention. Of great relief to my feelings
had many times experienced much pain at the killing
Of young animals and poultry the farm but when
saw il to be impossible to preserve all alive it
great alienation; and mention the circumstance, think
ing others may possibly find in it source Of similar
regarded quarrelsome vnaicye arise simply from
obedience to the law Of epreseryaton. As
nm illustration, permit TO mention little circumstance
highly instructive myself at the time in regard wren
am very partial to birds and like many Of them
possible TO build my residence in the country On
one occasion became considerably dissatisfied with the
conduct Of that building her close the
house she seemed and natured, driving all
the other birds away and preventing them from building
there Well, continued to watch her day after day.
pleased with her industry If with her disposition till
length she finished her nest laid her eggs and Matched
eight ten young Then came the feeding time
For few days she seemed TO find this easy task but
her offspring grew and required greater supply and
the food probably becoming little by her daily
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early in the morning till late in the evening and
fully convinced that if other birds had been gathering for
their young also from the area, would
ry have been the had she not with instructive pru
dence driven them away aid thus prevented them from
building her. she would not have been abe with all
her industry, to have kept her young family supplied
Here manifestly not quarrelsome disposi
ton, had at first supposed hut instructive obser
Of the law Of self preservation regarding her Off
spring part Of herself by obedience to which she evil
Gently did kindness TO the other birds well as her
self
To to my subject Having destroyed the beasts Of
prey the farmer takes their place in the and dgn6ed
office Of determining what animals shall live parake Of
the produce Of the earth and very important trust is
thus confded to him. the right execution OF which
heavy responsibility is attached Two duties become i'm
mediatey manifest: FIRST TO make The earth produce a.
much po'sbL Of that too which viii support the most
fe and thus be the Of the greatest amount Of
Joyment Ihls leads 10 the determination OF weeds
briars and whatever else he may think will injure his
crop as well as to have his land in its most fertile cond
ton. Secondly, that he must let sufficient number Of
animals live 10 consume all the food without waste permit
ting nothing TO decay that will support lfe only 20 far
may be dscreety used fertilizer and that those
animals which he cannot keep be killed with the least
possible pain or previous suffering
Man, thus taking the place Of the beasts and birds Of