East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-10

To the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer;

iaoh WHO HAsrDONE THissol
To the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquiror;i
A little more than two years ago we
were united, happy and PROSPEROUS
freople; the most favored on the earth.
4 The whole friachihery Of our Govern,
ment moved smoothly aud beautifully,
lyst as otir fathers had arranged aud set
II IN ~otiob. 'Ihe several States We're
managing their own local concerns and
\ domestic mss utions TO suit themselves,
without nlolestasan oi. dispute. The
4 general Government, confhhS S'titself
4 Strictly 10 the letter Of III. Constellation
4 was dischargihg such duties and exer.
4 eshg such powers rs were dele al A.,
Holt by the several States and no nor
4 DUthestic tranquility Areigned s1presme
the people in every section prospered
and were happy beyond any precedent
IN history read strSeaOa9 prevailed and
WAS aeoordeda to- every citizen in abe
! land.o What clahge has come over
ms since thcnlo Inthr whole history oi
the world there is no parallel to the
rapid fall which we have sustained. =
THAT a pcpple SO prosperous, So free,
Iso happy, SO elevated in the family OF
nations, should madly throw all away,
4 and snk.so rapidly and Thoroughly into
| bankruptcy, despotisIn and Dational
! ruin, must, be an. enigma, aud q amarvel
to all the nations of the earth. If "all
tho feuds from beayen that felfI had
been turned loose upon US in anreviT
/ hour, could they have worked the ruin
of the great Republie more rapidly or
more effectively p
In the name, and by the memory of
our fathers, we ask tehdt has done this :?
Who has done this Tho question
presses itself upon the heart OF every
man in the land lin his business, in his
attempts to be gay, throughout all his
waking hours, and even in his dreams,
it comes again aud again --soko hasiciOne
thiS ?,5yr -sl -aH agiiH .}aH5oFN71
II As ,anccdote, illustration and fable
are at present,in high favor at Wash.
ington, we trust we shall botgoffend, in
that quarter at least, if we attempt 10
answer the question fqShiondbIV In
deed, some of the ablest teachings of
the people IN the pas, and the nobl,st
sentiments ever inculcatedA particularly
! in times Of great national perilAhave
been through homely iIlustratiobs of an.
inals and birds. The fables or ancient
Greece and Rome were productive of
great good in their day May we not
even now profit by their example !?
/ Not long since we were in the city of
New York, and, having a leisure 1hour,
visited Barnums Museum 1t is not
our purpose TO enumerate the thousand
and one curiosities which are thero col
lected, but simply to speak OF one part
OF the show, In one of the rooms we
came to large cage, filing almost the
entire room and IN it were confined, in
one common apartment, a great variety
of beasts, and birds of different and an.
tagonistic natures, cats and rats cooiIs
and rabbits and pigeons, and many
other animals which we doynot now re-
member, (the cage was full) But in.
addition TO those wc have mentioned,
we shall never forget that there were
two or three restless, meddlesome, pes.
titerous, mischief making monkeys in
this modern Noah's Ark The animals,
we were told, had all been put into the
cage when very young, before their
several native propeusitics had been dc.
veloped and the experiment tried, by
constant association and abundant feed
jpg, to subdue the natural santipatiics
which existed among them. The show
man claimed that the experiment was
success, aud exhibited the huge cageTto
his auditors as the "liappy Family. ."f"
. We stood By the cage and watched
the family for some time with considers
able interest and curiosity being amply
and regularly fed, we saw no disposition
manifested by any of. eliminates to
prey rup01each other as when in state
OF ,paturc, but every one, save the nopr
keys, looked worried, iretted and mas
cradle. ! here was no peace, no rest ~
that cage; the monkeys were inces-
saptly mcddling and interfering withdhe
other members of the family "iN Not an
animal was permitted to eat or sleep,
or to- enjoy in any way moments
peace, for these restless, prying, mis-.
chicf.makers. They never seemed. to
be satisfied, or 10 grow weary of their
deviltry, but were 81 continual, all perval
ding, abiding, unmitiga cd curse to the
whole establishment. Though stuffed
with food almost to bursting, they were,
cIItching with greedy paws at everyDI
thing put into the cage. lfa piece of
meat was thrown TO tho wolf, although
meat does not agree with monkey dii.
gcstibles, yet they would contriye to
steaFt away from lin. just TO keep
their hands in. lfthe coon went to the !
most di,tatit part of the cage from The
monkeys 70 enjoy snooze, in q moment
they we're upon him, pulling. his tall, I
biting his ears and riding him in an inch !
of his life, If the poor pigeon, half
dead with incesant persecution, at. |
tempted to eliinb upon'iiis' perch to get
few minutes rest. his head was not
under HIS wing before he was merci- J
lt'ssly' pulled down, 'tonzled here and
there, and almost the only remaining
feather pluckcd from hin in malicious
sport IT he bad not been a poor, I
pigeon hearted thing, he would have
died then aud there, before submitting !