Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-11-14

cavalry mounted on horses worthy OF the
name, and they were supplied by drafts made {
on the racing stables Of the Southern turf
men and breeders Of Thorough bred horses !
in the Southern States, Divested of their
favorite blood charger the name Of Marion
and his men would have excited no fear, be-
cause the depriving him of so valuable al aid
would have shorn him of his strength-he
knew it well by experience, and so did his
willy foes.
When the Mexican war commenced we
were told that our cavalry was in state Of
utter inefIicicncy 1t coming in contact with
an effcte race of men, and if possible more
abused race OF horses than the people Of
the country; country in which the owners
of large stocks Of horses preserve as stations
only those animals which are deforned by
nature, and would not bring remunorative
price in their market to such horses and
such race of people were we opposed, 1t
4 is therefore not to be wondered at that our
own deficiency was not exposed, so easy was
our conquest of Mexico in that war. Now
we are at war among ourselves, and arrayed
against those who have always hitherto been
our main dependence to supply for our
armies the horses needed. They we're and
have been the first to rightly appreciate
introduce, improve and sustain the pure
blood horse, and this fact will present no
mean item of antagonism with which our
= patriotic troops now and will have to cou-
tend.
know that experimentally church mem
ber or minister advocating the excellcnces of
: pure blood horses, recommending or aiding
in their importation with special view to
the improvement of our stock, excites the
! sentiment of and calls down the anatbemas
. Of the church and community against them.
y This is asmall matter when man knowshe
is right, but, it is time the tide should turn,
: |, and the people act on the principles of good
. common sense. If in the moral and spiritual
;, world want to ennoble, purify and refine,
;, I can do it only through the influence Of a
:. pure agency--the book Of nature and tho
= book of God are both by the same author;
: the works of nature are the works OF tiod--
= are both governed by the same general laws,
: which it is my duty, interest and happiness
!. to learn, to understand and respcct-what Is
!, not beneath my heavenly Father to make is
not beneath your Christianity and mine to
cultivate. Queens and Kings have done
= honor to themselves by nursing and sustain
- ing the thorough bred and in return he has
sustained their Government, exacted the
- homage, commanded the admiration, pro
y NOTED their wealth and revived the respect
y d of the intelligent portion of the whole civil
:. lied world Matthew Hcnry,in his commer
;. tary on Judges, says of Alimcleth I'VE are
- - told how he got into he saddles and theI
:, soon rode over everything" David rode al
:. ucays on male. Before he forfeited hi
Il Il wisdom the wisest man that ever lived, oi
:, assuming The ,eias of Government Tor il
. modern parlance) handling first Ns riLboa
:, of his empire, Immediately contracted with
- - Pharoah the King Of Egypt, to supply hin
> with horses. Egypt being the only countr,
then where good horses were to be had
Solomon was too fond of horses and to'
es wise prince not to have them if they coul,
OF any where bo obtained; yet It is avouche'
No for beyond all question, that Phoro al
" would not consent to let his finest horses 3
ct out Of his kingdom, even to his son-in-la'
er Solomon without great tribute or capj
se tation tax. The Egyptian horses were i
ny high repute, and were much used in war;
'o- Solomon was the first King of Israel, O
10 Judah, who established u cavalry force
h' Seeing the vast results to be obtained by il
III and resolved to avail himself Of it, he pro
ss cured and encouraged their cultivation an
ne use, until he had four hundred stables fort
ny thousand stalls and twelve thousand horst
es' men. What would Solomon think Of horse
a@ if he could see them now, and read CommC
nc dore Vandcrbilt's offer Of fifty thousand do
''u lars for match team such as he desires
cm Cromwell--the man who advised his soldier
ai' 'to trust in God and keep your powder dry
'e' did not deem it inconsistent with his rt
ligious profession and rigid observation, nc
lor incompatible with the highest official dign
ers ties, to own and to encourage a good bree
're Of horscs--even he, when Lord Protector {
'ks England, had his thorough brcds, and damon
nd them was "7he Coffin mare from her boin
cir concealed in a vault, during the search ft
md his effects at the time Of the Restoration
ing The cultivation of the Thorough bred
NY the promotion of agriculture and the cnricl
OF ment of the farmer The farmer has th
sh means in his own hands to do it better an
eat more profitably than any one else-he owl
es, the land on which his colts can roam, owl
be his pastures--grows his own grass rais'
er, his own grains, and has the.opportunities
oil profit more by them than anybody else, ap
nat to second and meet his great advantages Fl
ew the successful prosecution of the busine
g. the thorough breds of our State present
vas good foundation for the still further improv
'ch ment of our horses. win our farmers ''go
se' head, consult and advance their own inte
est and profit by sustaining them, or wi
ore they go downwards, breed downwards--rai'
md scrub and mongrel stock. and get---poor pa