The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-30

friends and servants IN mankind that are
Of our most careful consideration
and care, and rs full partners IN our agr-
cultural and commercial prosperity ara
success should have fair play In this battle
Of life; ana yet we find In spite OF our
boasted civilization we have even In our
own community men VINO have the form
and the physical attributes of humanity
that vie with barbarism in their vindiciive
and savage cruelty to our domestic
animals. History is plethoric with
instances of the devotion ana
affection of the horse, the dog and Others
of these domestic animals to their masters,
and man who would be guilty of viLdic-
tive cruelty to these dumb creatures that
suffer In silence without being able to re-
monstrate or to resent injury, only wants
the opportunity to be a murderer and an
ontcast, and is worse than barbarian and
savage. Cruelty to dumb animals should
be entered upon our statute BOOKS
as among the criminal offences.
Among the savage denizens OF the
great plains and deserts of the east the love
and affection shown to their horses and
o her beasts of burden are worthy of emu
lation even in our boosted advancement,
yet find among citizens, some OF whom
by their positions are pronounced to be
good citizens, who, by their cruelty and
neglect. toward their domestic animals,
worse than the savages of the
plains. Only yesterday, in our own
county, an instance OF this came
before our courts, in which man was
charged with sewing up the eyes OF cow
belonging to one of his neighbors. for no
other reason than that she was following
the Instincts of her nature by seeking food,
and getting into his field, when, without
doubt, the mptation was the fault oil the
man who committed this outrage on hui
mapity. Il.ere was no crime ommitted
on the part of the animal and yet the pun
ishment visited on her was such that
even the worst Of savage nations would not
visit upon their veriest criminal. Inc
worst criminal in the land is permitted to
plead before The courts and is allowed coun-
sci for defense, while the dumb brutes are
left to suffer in silence. There are instances
lat come under the observation OF every
humane man almost every day, that make
the heart bleed for the suffering of these
brutes.- In our city we see poor skeletons
OF horses, who are scarcely able to walk
from the want of food, and who are Scared
up from the goad and the saddle, sIrug-
Cling along our highways, hauling lads
that their masters are better
able to draw than themselves,
and who suffer in silence, unable
to make complaint. Such cases should be
looked after by the officials, and severe
penalty should be inflicted on such inhu-
man cruelty. In most of the northern
cities and in the more prosperous portions
of our own beautiful south, there are per-
manent organizations for the protection OF
those excellent aids to man. Now, while
we claim to have achieved almost the acme
of civilization and Christianity, we forget
the divine teachings of the meek and low'y
Jesus. whose first advent ino this world
was associated with the gentle animals,
who have been the devoted servants to man
from the creation. There is no doubt but
that there is growing among us a more ex-
tended spirit of liberality and charity
towards our fellow-men, and we are draw
ing nearer and nearer to that divine prin-
ciple OF love and charity, and in that God
given virtue let us not forget the
duty we--owe to humanity. Let us
in the Queen City of Texas not be left
behind in organization for the protection
of our dumb animals. Let society be
formed and make everyone who is guilty
of cruelty to them be punished to the full
extent of the law, and If our laws are not
comprehensive enough to cover the crime,
let law be passed making it penal Of
tense. Among the Arabians OF
the plains, the birth of a
noble foal was esteemed among the
tribes as subject of Joy and congratula-
ton. Their horses were educated among
the tents and we're the playmates and COM
panions ef their children; and in their
raids their sensations were not blunted by
the use OF the whip and the spur, while all
their powers were exerted willingly for
their friends and masters; and any member
NJ the tribe that was guilty of cruelty to
the horse or the camel met with prompt
and condign.. punishment We need not,
however, go SO far back TO- note incl
dents of the courage, intelligence and
devotion of the horse: look even in our own
young city and in our fire department, and
we will find the horses fully understand the
responsibility resting upon them tor the
protection of our homes and our hresides,
and who seem to have at times the intelli-
Rence OF their drivers. 1t is unnecessary,
however, for us TO note the many and al
most nnumerable instances OF such intelli.
eence and devotion. The blot Of cruelty TO
animal. should not be permittedto mar the
bright escutcheon Of ou- advanced civiliza-
ton. Let every good citizen frown upon
the man that abuses the unresisiing, help
less brute thai. daily, in summers heat and
winters cold, contributes to his comfort and
his pocket.
GRAND EVENT FOR THE SOUTH.
This Is essentially the era Of big things,
,outlv undertak kings daring ventures, and,