Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-04
CLEVELAND. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1858.

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and useful animal, deserving your kind care
and attention. But we know full well, that the
the order and relative position of all living
| races living on the earth, were from the begin
| ming, fixed aud determined by the will of the
| Great Creator. An attempt of yours, therefore,
to change or essentially modify this order and
relation must of necessity, prove abortiye-
| That the highest order in rank was assigned to
you, is readily admitted, though the reasons
for that preference and distinction are not so
clearly discernible. But l assert, without the
fear Of contradiction, that the equine race, in
| point OF rank, has always been regarded and
treated as secondary TO ours. The records of
| the past sustain this declaration. The II hrews
held the horse in low esteem. Indeed, after
their return to Egypt, the interdiction was ex-
pressed-''ye shall not multiply horses" And
consider the uses to which we and they were
put The horse was never selected for the sac
rifieial puposes-never used as ordinary food
| till starvation, or the unsaVory morsel was the
| alternative On the other hand twenty and
two thousand of my Progenitors were the hon
Ored victims to grace the greatest national fes-
| tivals that the world ever witnessed.
Other nations held the horse in higher esti-
nation than did the Jews, but always ranked
him lower than the OK The celebrated steeds
that ran at the races instituted by ArchilIes at
the funeral of Patroclus were neglected ia their
old age, and their carcasses became
And in this respect how has it been in your
own country-when at some "mass meeting"
before an election, or to signalizo the victory
when won, barbecue" is resolved upon. Is
the OK or the ass that is selected for the roast
True it is, we sometimes think that the latter
would be the most appropriate for the occasion.
But the horse himself, proud as he is, makes
n M n or ~ ssa
spect to utility-to the real benefits respective
ly derived from us. A few weeks ago, on
warm sunny day, as l was taking my ease in
my own pasture, recumbent in the shade of 4
maple, near the fence of an adjoining lot, "Old
Dobbin," who was in the other pasture with
dropping head and staggering limbs, walked
slowly up to the fence. DObbin was called old
when l first began to play in the barn yard, but
as my pen was close to his stall, for two or
three years, and we sometimes fed in the same
pasture, friendship grew up between us, not
withstanding the disparity Of age; and in this
way had the opportunity Of learning his past
history from his own recital. DObbn came to
the fence as | have Stated-put his head over the
rail- and said Friend Broad, | wish that |
had been born a calf instead of colt" "Why
SO, Dobbin Your life has been happy, should
Enthusiastically it has been honorable to you
anu pAbnLdulC " Jul Wv hHCI--2uuu III uhIlGnSY
single or double, iirstrate under the saddle. And
/ have learnt from others, what your mOdesty
would conceal, that in your prime you was, as
the bipeds say, "the observed of all observers
sought for by field officers far and near, to ride
on parade, and on such occasions attracted more
attention than your riders, though adorned with
plumes and ePaulets. And did you not, when
only four years old, win race on Hampden
Plains, celebrated horse from Suffield, q forget
his name) being your competitor Z" " All that
avails me nothing, for now in my old age l am
neglected-shoes Off-never carded or rubbed
down, and must die" "Must die Dobbin; SO
| must /. Old AS you are, you will survive me-"
you interrupt me, Broad The thought of
~ u5 vIsISed on nv remains that makes sad D"
After a brief silence, he added What a wide
contrast in the final disposition OF our respective
bodies. In few weeks you 90 ever to Spring
| field on exhibition in Hampden Park. The
first premium will be awarded to you and
Golden. / sincerely congratulate you in antiei-
patton of that event, which | foresee is certain
| You will then pass under the hands of the
/ butcher-be deliberately carved into select and
appropriate pieces, and sold at the highest Prlce
to the lovers of good beef here Orm Springfield.
Or you may be treated to a ride in the cars to
Brighton and be there distributed to the gOur-
| Ot lie uuelIOpOllS vi
But ah me l must die of starvation or what
is more probable some scamp will bargain to
take me to a secluded nook and end my life
with violence-strp off my hide as compensl-
ton for the job, and leave my carcass for dogs
and crows to feast upon. My skin will be tabTI-
Gated into instruments 70 inhict torture upon the
survivors of my race" had no words of con-
ISOLATION to Offer and Dobbin turned away dis
consulate.
If time permitted, it would be useless to fol.
low this comparison further. Ny object has not
been TO degrade the horse in your estimation,
or to lessen your love and admiration for him,
but 70 impress the conviction, that the prOsperl-
ty of your society depends in great measure
in grading your favors on the score OF real
merit and utility. And if you will pardon the
presumption, propose as your motto, para
phrase of that noble sentiment of the patriotic
Brutus. uttered, Il suppose,) as he Rose reful'
gent from the stroke of fate: Not that lct
lovehOrses and jaekasses best but 0reR and cOlr,
more"
In conclusion, l cannot forbear merely alud
ing to another subject, althogh 1t may touch
your pride, and ruffie your self complacency.-
You consider yourselves Lords Of the crea'
tion,'' and that all other living beings that walh
the EARTH OF swim the sea, or soar in the AR
'4have no rights which you are bound to re
spect" l shall not stop to argue this point
But you go further. and dogmatically assert
that Of all created things, you alone are endueC
with living principle that viii survive the
wreck of matter and the crush of worlds" An.
you fancy, that, when you see us ruminating il
our stalls or in the shade, that toe expected eve
!. ming proyender alone occupies our thoughts
In this, be assured, you greatly err. Memory
, with US, as with you, swestens the recollection
of the past, and our thoughts, as well as yours
penetrate the skies-soar aloit beyond the stars
and reach the Eternal Throne. l shrink, in
deed, in view of the moment when the descend
ing al upon my head, and the sharp knife t.
my jugular bring life to its close, but feel al
assurance, unmingled with fear, doubt or un
certainty, that in all endued with organized
animal life, there is a spark within the mOrta
frame which, when the body dies, escapes t
Heaven, its native rest, and mingles with III
f gods"
! remain yours, till death, and afterwards,
: RED OK.
! Hampden P ark, Sept 90, 1883.