The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-02

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In "a former article, published in lii
\ hetEgio-P PhitOSoph heal Journal, I endeaV
ored5o show, by yaTgnmantsd drawn from
comparative anatomy tnat man is, b,
nature in no degree t1esh7eater. Gu
vier, ,LinnRus, Lawrence, and othe
| eminent naturalists, were quoted ii
support or the position. / cannot sej
how any one, free from the Influence q
morbid appetite, who carefully
weighs the evidence from, that solre
oHky, can arrive at tanyotReF cohcluslon
But there are other arguments equal!
as convincing. -. ..-.--'....
Let 6s see what the native Instinct
| Of mankind indicate on this subject
1t Is true there are some persons me
with, especially professional butchers
who appear to enjoy the cries, ant
struggles, and agony, of dying animals
But there are exceptions even in thil
comparatively. unievelo loped age.
They have become imbruted by theil
oGCnp pations-by scenes of. blood Eant
cruelty. With such rare exceptions
all are pai1ed by the heart-rendinl
cries Of the bleeding and dying hog; thu
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death-struggles of the innocent lamb
The unsophistiCatedcn child is panied be-
yOndi expression at seeing fowls Of
other creatures put to death and moth
ing is more self.evident and certain
than that men and women feel more
and more sympathy and pain wher
contemplating the slaughtering OF ami.
mails, and more compnnction at feed.
ing upon their flesh, as they advance
in Intelligence, refinement, and all the
nobler qualities which adorn human
But how few; especially women, are
aware ofthe horrible cruelties practiced
by the e1ecutioners of our humber fel,
low creatures Could they plainly sec
the blood and agony of the murdered
animal, (eveni when executed In the
most summary manner,) when setting
downtto partakei of its remains, would
they not shudder at the thought, and
turn to the delicious grains and fruits,
so much more nutritious and whole.
some, and which do not IieceSsitate the
ipfictiop ofpain upon animals, or hard
ness ofheartupon menf.g uoiigiIg-ap ia
But often the poor brutes are killed
'by incheS, to render the flesh more
palatablel Sometimes calves, and 9th
er animals, are 'mauled upon the;head
with-forcei only sufficient to craka and
benumb, for perhaps half an hour be-
fore they are finally dispatched.
Z A friend, noted for raising t.tine''
cattle, recently related to me that he
had driven,seveFal fat oxen to a certain
butcher of Ithaca, and although he had
often expressed a wish TO be present
when one, was to be slaughtered and
dressed, that he might see the "splenl
did" beef, the butcher had as often
found some pretext for putting him of;
the object beingS as my friend supposes,
that he might not witness the cruelty
inflicted upon the animAl,Which he had
fed and cared for so Kindly. But those
who had been present told him that
the poor creature Is hOlsted up alive
by the heels, So high that his head
ihandSptke lis then thurst into his
mouth aud finally his throat iseuts
: What cIueny is practiGed upon dumb
brutes sent over railroads hundreds of
miles; sometimes without food fordays,
trampliug upon each other, and many
dying.
I'm all lparts OF the world where flesh
meat is used for food, the art of tortur-
ing dumb animals, for the purpose of
pampering perverted appetite, is car
ried to such an extreme, as to shock
every sensitive mind. In some parts of
the East, animals are whipped to death,
to render their flesh tender.
Says MuIrayin his Hand Book for
Traveller on the Continent: The ceie-'
brated pdtes de tOis grdS, prepared at
Starsbourg, are made of livers of geese,
enlarged by. the cruel pro-
cess ofshutting the birds up in coops
within room heated to a very high
temperature; and stufipgf them con-
stantly with food. .p,.1= ,,iu7Tat9
ir'Nothiug can be more shocking and
horrid," says Pope, 'than one Of ourl
kitchens, sprinkled with blood, and
with the cries of expiring
or with limbs of dead ami
mails hung up here and there. It gives
one the image of giants der; in ro-
nance, bestrewed with scattered heads
and mangled limbs. -
Diogenes observed, that Tfwe might as
we'll eat the flesh. OF men as the flesh of
animals. And Cicero remarked, that
imam was destined to a better occupa-
ton than that'of pursuing and cutting
the throats of dumb creatures 81 -aJld a
Plutarch remarks: 'tHoW could man
bear'to see an impotent and defencelesS
creature slaughtered, skinned, and cut
up for food How could iheendnr the
sight OF the conVulsed limbs and mus
cles2 How bear. the smen arising from
the dissection? Whence came it that
he was not disgu sted and struck with
Hprrot, when Ihe came to ]; handle the
bleeding flesh !, and clear away the
clotted blood and humors from the
wounds7s We should, therefore, rather
wonder at those who first ind l9eCi
tismsel ives In the horrib Bile repaSt, than
at such as have humRnely FabStainRd
from It." sh1si5.iZ5a
To see the convulsions, agonies, and
tortures of a poor Cfellow creature"
says DR.. Cheyue, 'sWhom they cannot
restore orrecompenAe, dying to crafty
Injury, must require aHrOchy heart
and "a great Sdegree'o cruel fefocity. 4
cannot fnd," ]" adds he. sSsanY great diff:
ferencei on the foot OF finatuFRl reason
andz equity 3fonly1 betweenis feeding ON
human -fesl1ia feeding on brute and
animal flesh, except custom ati id exam
pie. / believe some Rtional creatures
wouldsuher 1ess in being fairly butch
eredg than aatrong OK ILor red deer; and
in natural morality and Justice. the de-
gIees gof9Pata here make the essential
difference"
Volumes might be-filled with similar
quotations from some OF the most hui
mane and enlightened OF past ages.
Would that all who, are, ,dEf Ming along
with the current Of the common habit
of thinking It natural, or lnecessary,.of
iustihRbles . to kill animals for food,
would pause and reflect.
Can we suppose, for a moment, that
nature would have implantedai the
human breast snGh an aversion to the
taking of life Esudh "a 5hoFror of the
shedding of blood; such afhatred ''of
cruelty, and such sympathy for all
suffering Greatness itshe had intended
up to slay the lower animals and feed
et have, iormsd Us cruel y and fsrocIS4s Gs i;s
ltkee- all 4Ilcarnivorouss animals (which
seem TO derive pleasure from Witness
ing the sutteEinga of aheir victims2
Most assuredly. n ~,
h9ERIs1 Departs ent, Chen, ,T1iks ithatd III
e9%PnEatiEs soPgPPngS I've. anatonEE comPels us to