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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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A letter from 'C.' to Mr. Fenno requests publication of a cockfighting announcement from the North-Carolina Journal dated March 6 in Halifax, accompanied by a satirical poem condemning the cruelty, gambling, and barbarism of the sport, referencing Roman gladiators and British customs.
Merged-components note: The poem serves as a direct critical response to the cock-fighting announcement in the letter to the editor, forming a unified communication on the topic.
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The NORTH-CAROLINA JOURNAL, printed at Halifax, contains the following article—which, please to publish, with the lines annexed, and oblige
Your's,
C.
HALIFAX, March 6.
THE neighboring Sportsmen are informed, that a Main of Twenty-one COCKS will be fought in this Town, on Thursday the 14th inst.
FROM Britain's isle this cruel game came,
A sport that puts humanity to shame:
Around the pit the gamblers take their stand,
While bets and oaths pervade th' unfeeling band;
This they call pleasure—but, 'tis love of gain
Which gives the groupe alternate joy and pain.—
Hence all the tricking arts are here display'd,
By which the vilest gamefters prop their trade.
In Rome, when cruel scenes were all the rage,
Game-cocks and quails were butcher'd on the stage;
From scenes like these, the gladiators sprung,
Which Rome's proud honors hath on Gibbets hung
Now Britain. thousands to a circus draws,
Her princes there to bruisers shout applause!
The days of chivalry says Burke are gone,
But a worse era is fast posting on.
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Letter to Editor Details
Author
C.
Recipient
Mr. Fenno
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requests publication of a cockfighting event announcement from the north-carolina journal, annexed with a poem that denounces the sport as a cruel, inhumane practice driven by gambling and devoid of true pleasure.
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