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would his chagrin or disappointment be taken into 

 consideration in the remuneration awarded him — in 

 fact, nothing but the real and hard value of the 

 property he is forced from ; little would it boot its 

 having been the birth-place of his ancestry, his own, 

 and that of his children, the scene endeared by years 

 of happiness to himself and family ; the iron fiat of the 

 law ruthlessly turns him out to seek a new home, and 

 quit a scene he feels to be a part and parcel of his 

 existence. He is told that private feeling must give 

 way to public good — be it so ; and if it is, why should 

 not private brutality be adequately punished, in defer- 

 ence to public feeling and the animal's welfare ? The 

 only reason to be assigned is this : the dumb animal 

 is in about the same position as the man without 

 wealth, and, consequently, without interest or influ- 

 ence ; therefore his ills are not held to be of impor- 

 tance enough to call for proper punishment to those 

 inflicting them. We are all aware that in this our 

 country, there is the same law to protect or procure 

 the rights of the poor as the rich ; this is our 

 " glorious constitution ;" and glorious it is in princi- 



