The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-04
uP0h-+ailed" Horses.

T capDot be silent on the nicking
If horses. make the best Of the
fashion o may: i i an outrage
ro intellect and degrading 70 our
moral standing: q national insult
to the American people, who boast
Of their philanthropy and libcrallty
to be 30 cruel.
The operation produces the most
severe pam t. the animal, anu "a
many ease, death: the taking Of a
mans leg produces not hail the
pain, a all the spinal nerves cnd III
the tail and reach half way TO the
leg: and the 80 called intellectual
gentlemen can be pleased ana proud
to zee the poor beast shorn Of ms
comforts. suffering By the hclnous
act Of butchery and barDarlsm;
ana when he has lost the means Of
sclf-protcction against the tiles ami
mosduetos that sucks his blood.
In this the are Of intelligence and
improvement Of the nineteenth cen
tury endowed with the blessings Of
religious liberty they done So
but the North American Indian,
without the light Of Christianity,
or the customs Of polite society IS
not half so cruel.
There are many who are notaware
Of the suffering which this act
causes: it often results IN death. |
hope they may learn better. Cru
elty IS at wal with Christianity,
and let it be shown IN what way
they NAV, the cruelty Of the knife
is worse than thirst or hunger.
If a gentleman wishes to raise
himself in the opinion of his fel-
low-men, | hope he will adopt
some other plan than by his cruelty
to the poor dumb beasts OF his
comforts and the friend that feeds
him, clothes him, the means OF his
pleasure, that bears him from place
to place, through wet, cold and
heat. \ true intellectual and be-
n%evolent man is merciful to his
beast. If YOU wish the world TO
believe you when you say you are a
Christian, and often pray for the
will of God, who wills the happl-
ness Of His creation, by carrying
before you to the place of worship
such horrid emblems, not Of mercy,
but Of cruelty, more than IS prac-
ticed by the lion of the desert, com
hitting crime and causing suffering
to divert and amuse himself. If
we were to see a lion causing his
prey to suffer, and the next day
still worrying him we should saythat
it must be a very miserable crea-
ture, which can be SO Inconsistent.
| was informed by one OF the
officers of the United States army
that in 1912 or Is, in crossing the
Ohio River, there being no boats,
they were compelled to swim the
river with their horses, those that
were nicked could not succeed IN
swimming across, for they would
soon tire. | have seen many that
were nicked, that the stump & do
not call It taiD shook with palsy
when worked or driven; this is the
effects OF nicking, which takes away
the horses strength make a show.
There is a law IN several States
against cruelty to animals, and IN
Louisiana it it IS a p%enitentlary
offense for killing a horse, and this
act of nicking often kills. If We
are compelled to make laws to re-
strain those hat profess Christian
ity from cruelty, they are poor
Christians. and are truly disgrac-
to Christianity and degrading to
the morals Of society. III Phila-
delphia there is a society who have
a hospital to protect the poor beast
from starving.-Denton Otfut in
Turf, fieH uAd Firm.