Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-29

HeCaIli u the HcIl Of Sciencc and scores
Niyf.ectionists.

Colonl Robert G. lneersoll has adj
dressed letter 10 Mr.. +. g.. Peabody, \
Boston philanthropist. On the evils OF
ylyisccton. I'm which he says:
"Yivn,ct,0u Is the lnqui,ltlOn- the
hcll-of science. All the cruelty which
the human or rather the inhumau heart -
capable + iuIlictlng Is in this one word;
Below It's there Is no depth: tins word
lies like cooled serpent at the bottom on
the ahys We can excuse IN paro the
crimes otpassiOn. We take into consider
alton thd fact that Ia9n is liable. To- be-
caught ~ the whlrlwiud. and shat from a
brain o.. fire the sOul PUSHES 20
a crime hut what excuse can in
genuity firm for a man who dchber-
atclv ald with an unaccel rated
pulse. wit the calmness of Johu CALVIN at
the murdtc IF Scryetus seeks with curious
and cuuni ~ knives in the living. quiycring
flesh 81 d. for all the thr0bbi1g nerves
of paiu> 'he wrctches who commit these
Infamous rmes pretend they are working
for the go, q Of man, that they are actuatrd
by philaut u0py. and that then. pity tor
the suffer- g., az the human race drives out
allpity for animals. They slowly torture
thcm 70 dcuh. ont those who are incapable
of pitying rmais are. as matter or fact,
incapable & pityug men. 4 physician who
would cut living rabbit IN pleccs-layi ing
bare the Ioryes. deuudiug them with
knives, pul ING them out with torceps
would not estate TO try experiments with
men and women for tEe qualification Of his
curiosity. 20 settle some theory lie would
tribe with the life OF any patient N his
power. BY ne same reasoning be Will JUS
tify the viNl-ectI0n of animals and pa
ticnts He VIII say that 1t IS better for
few mimals % suffer than that one human
being should dia. and that u Is tar better
that lue patient should die. II. through
eacr1ice of that one. several may be saved.
Brains without a heart j. far more danger
Gus tlan hear, without brains.
" Fave thes' scientific a5sas5lns dlscOy-
eredanythina of value? They may have
settlid some disputes IA TO the action Of
some organ: Tut have they added 10 the
useful knowledge of the racer II Is not
necessary for man to be aspeclalIst IN
o-de, 70 have aid express his opinion as TO
the right or WE NJ OF viyisectlon. 1t Is not
necessary TO toe a scientist or naturalist
to dtest cruelty aud 10 love mercy
Above all the discoveries OF the thlnkeU
abOW all the Inventions of the ingenlOu.
above all the victories won On helus
of Intellectual conflict rise human symps-
thy md a senst Of justice. | know that
go0dtor the human race can never be ac-
cOmllished by torture. also know that
all that has been hscertalned by vlylsectlOn
coull have been done by the dissection Of
the (ead. or. at hast. Of animals complete
lv anil perfectly Under the merciful intu-
enceof ether. know that all the torture
has hen useless All the agony inflicted
has simply bar lened the hearts OF the
criminals without enlightening their
mlnOs.
"limay be that the human race might
be physically lmI royed If all the slckly and
deforned babes we're killed and If oil the
pauprs, liars. drinkards, thieves, villains,
ana viyisectionists were murdered. All
this night in few ages result IN the pro-
ductDn of gene alton, of physically per-
feet men and women, healthy and heart
less. muscular anC cruel-thst is to say, in
telli9nt wild beasts. Never can be the
frlenl of one who yiyisects his fellow-crea-
lures do not wish to touch his hand.
Whei the angel OF pity IS driven from the
heart when the fountain of tears IL dry.
the sui becomes serpent crawling in tire
dust If the desert.