The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-05


brandlsh your crystal tresses in the sky;
and with them scourge the bad revo ting judge
that hath consented unto this dog fight"
Tits reflection upon our civilization that
the Pic has as yet found no sympathy or
support In its daring and ferocious crusade
against jennings and Murphy. With great
elouuence and fire of Indignation. the PIC
avlue refers to Hampden, the Boston tea
destroyers, the Declaration of independence,
Charles /, ship money, Jeffreys, Nero,
jennings and the bull dogs, as the COM
mon enemies of mankind and the con-
stitution. And now that the PIC has called
our attention to the fact we recognize and
will not dispute it. We go further and ap-
peal to our contemporary to place Watts
In his true position. Too long has
this reprobate imposed upon mankind as
a Christian and humanitarian Watts was
the original dog.fighter: he was, in short, the
poet Of the dog fighters, and has attempted,
the wretch, to idealize and sanctify the bust
ness, and we call upon the Picdytne to expose
him. It was he who wrote that famous dog
fighting song which begins rs follows:
Let dogs delight to bark and bite.
For God hath made them so.
Let bears and lions grow aud fight,
For tbs their nature to-
Watts was miserable dog-fighter, as Jen-
nings and Murphy are. we have no doubt. But
times are changed It Is now the duty of the
country to suppress dog fighting. Let the
Natchitoches, Caddo and Tensas prisoners go
to the Penitentiary. Let the test oath and
the election laws stand. Let the rights of the
States be subverted; but, bowls the Picdyme,
like the gentle tiger, let the dog fight be sup
pressed, or we shall have such revolution as
the ship money excited and as followed the
pitching OF the tea boxes into Boston harbor.
Let all other questions before the public be
made subordinate to this mighty issue. Let
no man be elected to the convention who is
not against the dog fight and In favor of put
ting the dog In the new constitution. Let a
man be a debt-payer or repudiationist, a
States rights man or q centralizationlst in
favor of life-tenure for the judges or what
not, but Ii he hopes to obtain the support of
the PIC, he must be opposed to dog-tightng
We cannot too highly compliment our con-
temporary on the bold position it has SO
fearlessly taken on this great question
The bulldog Is the most amable of animals .
he never growls or fights until some fellow,
like Jennings or Murphy, perverts his moral
nature and kindly instincts, and makes him
believing tiger or a raving hyena. Let Jen-
Dings be suppressed and the bulldog will
become as gentle as a lamb and his voice will
become as sweet and affectionate as the howl
of the mocking bird.
The PIC must go on In its bold and fearless
course on this question II must suppress
the dog-fghts and emancipate the bull
dogs. Those beautiful animals must be
elevated into higher and gentler life Every
well regulated family must have dozen or
two of bulldogs as examples of domestic fell
city Every lover should present his sweet
heart with beautiful bulldog with sweet
and gentle voice. Indeed, these docile ami
mails should be given the freedom of the
city and permitted to roam at large. Society
cannot be happy without q large supply of
bulldogs, and we trust the convention will
put them in the constitution, create dog
court, make Mr.. Justice Falls Judge of it
for life, and confer upon our esteemed and
fearless contemporary the honor Of organ of
the bulldogs.