Smyrna times., 1856-10-22

oA ""dt farmer, who is truly such, wishes o
"ouid be seen or even known to ride, at an
IL ''''e' with the extreme rapidity with whic
We 'hese horses are made to move, and for whic
nt lheir merciless drivers, forsooth, are awarded
id "premium."
Dr. we farther urge this exception because o
u ltS lnhumanity. Who that has the common
e. 'eei"gs OF man can SO abuse that rightfu
II eleVatlon above the inferior animal which he
e"Joys' as to torture and torment, or in anvwise
'"ai'feat them for his use or diversion? think
, some one has said,
would not reckon on my list of friends
iie VINO would needlessly tread foot upon a
| worm" FON "
1A"u now strangely obtuse must have become
: 'he humane senSibilities of that man who can
on any account, wantonly iniure the meanest of
animals! 81 ever thought" observes Judoe
ildH' IN his contemplations, that there is n
certain degree of justice due from man to tho
creatures as from man to man; and that an
excessive use of the creatures labor is an in.
justice for which he must account bono
t"ere'ore' always esteemed it as part of nv
uu'y' ana 1t has always been my practice TO be
inercliul TO my beasts-and upon the sume ar
count have declined any cruelty TO tbv crea.
'ureS' and as much as might, prevented it in
others as tyranny. | have abhorrod ,boso
sports that consist in the torturing Of thy ctea-
'uieS' ana II any noXlous creature must be de. |
S'royed, or creature for food must be taken if
mas been my practice to do it in manner that
may be with the least torture or cruelty ,o tho
creature, yet it is under law of prudence. ms
tlce and moderation otherwise we should bo-
come tyrants and not lordsov Gods creatures.
ana therefore those things of this nature which
others have practiced as rccreations 7 have
avoided as SINS" What was the nractica %
lhat pious and incorruptible Judge, Sir Matthew
hall' OF Alderney, should be of every coneci.
en;ious and intelligent Christian of the bresoD,
uay' VINO that witnessed the scene enacted
at the Far at Dover, can but pronounce if n
species OF cruelty that does violence TO the
refinement and humanity of the age. One in.
stance OF this which may have been observed
at least, may notice: Among others which
were compelled to travel at barbarous ranid;-
W remarked one horse which, although it was {
already lame-l suppose from excessive driving
was forced to go at an unnatural speed under |
the severest lash.
ana when 1t is considered that these poor. :
defenceless animals participate in nothing of 1
the vain ambitions Of their masters. or rather r
yrahts' L should have said what sheer and r
wonton cruelty is this which they infict upon b
them. Fletcher thus describes a-borse.raca nc |
Practlced IN England, the centre of the civi.
llzed world. The races are advertised all .
the country is in motion-neither business. rain
nor storm can prevent thousands from running
miles, and sometimes through the worst of
roads, to feast their eyes uEon the danger of :
Ihelr teliow-creatures and divert Themselves
with the misery of the most useful animals
Daring mortals hazard their necks upon swift
'oursers, which are tortured by the severest g
ashes OF the whip or incessant pricks or tear. e
hg-gashes OF the spur, that they may exert e
helr utmost force, strain every nerve. make D
continued Efforts even beyond the power of ma h
ure' whence they sometimes pant away their d
lives in bath of sweat and blood ii
ma all this, that they may afford barba rors d.
pleasure to their idle, wanton and barbarous a.
But 1t may be objected that the p,
lorse-raeing as practiced at Dover, was not de- nj
lgned by those who instituted it, as snort "
| MS avalls nothing; such it proved to be. and W
IS such 1t was engaged in. No one that wit 4;
Iessed 1t can doubt this. But, whether il be
one Tor sport or for other objects, in what does g
nat lessen the cruelty it involves. Does The til
eslgn IN any respect diminish the severity of Y
he lash render less difficult the labor of trot- tn
ing at so unmerclful rate, or indeed in tho nc
east mitigate the pain they must suffer or the la
injury they sustain from so violent a n exer,ior M
f their entire frame. No, sir, let The des;o, ki
e what 1t may, man has no right to form and st,
xecute any design upon the inferior creatures Tn
mich so confictswith the principles of mercy. ce
lstlce and humanity, as to violate the manifest en-
eslsn Of their good and benevolent Creator dr.
Whatever may have been the original inten- ful
ION OF those who award premiums for this ex. oil
ess of cruelty, they but afford another evidence tr;
nat the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel Sc,
an such men turn from such scenes of their
wn deVlslng to that beneficent Being, beneath
hose eye not single sparrow can fall to the 70
round unnoticed, and address the humble snn- ma
LEGATION an
That mercy L to others show, = .s1.e n.
That mercy show to me !",ra 10 ~
But urge this exception from its 'nianif,st "a
nplety. Within this, / include its immoral ,
'ndency. That it most certainly tends to a 10
lbit OF dissipation aud an indifference TO moral pV
Dligation, no one can question or DENY Can ~
ny man who looks with ligious Interest nm '"'
q the rising generation, who has made n his
uty tostudy the force Of habit the pethicious o"'
huence Of fevil example, and the pro oressive MA m
,ndency Of vice, view with any bn, M 49, e"'