Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-01
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MONDAY. JsNE ~. 1859.
"Spare that Bird !"

Special laws have recently been passed,
10 prevent the wanton destruction OF
winged iusect-ievourers, and there are
general statutes against cruelty to animals.
But there is one suffering member Of the
brute creation, whose case is not met by
any existing law, and whose cause we
plead. 1t is the -igaAa of the Romans
tae Eagle of the Universal Yankee Ma
ton. He is styled, in books, the King of
Birds, and is lazy, rapacious, predatory,
fsh-rObbing, worthless thing-no honor to
Kings in his being named after them.
Why he was chosen to blazon the ban ners
Of the pure Republican or Democratic
Americans, We will not attempt to investi-
gate: perhaps lis "habits' and ours are
very similar, even though lie be King
and we hate all Kings!
But having adopted the Eagle as our
Patron Saint, it behooves Us to take good
care Of him, and preserve him not only
against foreign foes, but also against excess
of kindness at home-the latter quite as
"killing" as the former. For many years
past, the grossest ezaetions Lave been
made of him, and the most cruel punish
mentsipflieted,i in the great National Circus
on the Fourth Of July. Ten thousand
feryid orators have commanded him to
stand with one leg on the Alleghenies and
the other on the Rocky Mountains-oue
wing tanning the Atlantic aud the other
the Pacifc-his bead engaged in picking
up whales from the Ncr,h Pole, and his
tail lowering threateningy over Cuba. 10
stand there for hours, just to amuse won
deriur. open -mouthed auditors, is awful
hard work albeit, such stretch OF legs
and of Imagination far exceeds anything
in the Ornilhological line We have yet
found in the Pacific Railroad Survey. Said
American Eagle is also trained to eat up
a British Lion at one meal. And by his
horrid ,coice to scare away all the despots
from Central America. And to make his
eyry on Chimborazo. Exc in the dark
empyreau.-But We Indignantly declare
that Lion is too strong food for his deli
cate taste, and that Chimborazo is too cold
sleeping place. These valiant deeds are
lec-and.wiDg wearying and stomach-cloy-
ing to the Eagle-in fact, far beyond his
capacity. Such exploits ought never to
be required of him, even in figures OF
speech for Buncombe county.
Next Monday, we fear, our Bird will be
carcatured by excess Of clarifying, CON-
mauded to perform all manner OF Stiffness,
and so fattered as completely to turn bis
head if any brains were in it. His all
overshadowing protection will be required
to cement our gel-lOriQus Union, even as
setting hen is coaxed to spread herself
over an exceedingly big nest, and hatch
all manner of eggs put under her, lie
will be expected to atone by his renown
for every National crime, wink at every
sin, aud conceal, palliate, or Justify every
folly and weakness of our people. Ills long
talous will be stretched out to rend asun-
der all creation and the rest Of mankind
who should stand in the way Of our fill
busters, and his sharp beak must be whet-
ted on the tombstone of every people who
dare "say boo to Uncle Samuel, All the
world will be dared to pluck single PIN
feather from his tail, or to deny that he
surpasses the dove in gentleness, and the
b'rd-ot-paradise in beauty Nov this Is
oil very nauseating-yery pernicious. We |
beg every speaker, and reader, and toast
maker, the coming Fourth, not to touch
the Eagle. Let him have one Anniversary |
Of Independence unmolcstsd by man or
teast-editor, politician, orator, poet, or
school boy.
Spou'er. spare that Bird!
Give him a holiday.
Eylort from him no boastful word,
But let him muse or play.
You've used him i'll in days gone by,
Hes done much noISome work,
Now let him seek his tree-iop hiGh
As sleepy as Turk.
q, then with fatness shall he shine,
HOOK chickens, mice or fish,
and when for glory you replne
Go Catch hIn II you wish!
In the mean time, to show that the
A'gs is willing to DO anything reasonable
~'"!s stimulating the National vanity
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