Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-26

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were false The autho-ess had taken isolated
euormities- worse than the murder ofD
Parkman in Boston-and had set them forth to
the world as the character of the South. he
wanted to know If the Assembly was not afraid
! of twisting the Bible into q Sharp's rile?-
Now the Detroit resolution either meant some
thing or nothing. II was the gum elastic con-
science which covered a multitude of SINS or
hardly covered ones nakedncss. The bowl of
punch which wanted
Aiitsle sugar to lHske 1t sveeii
4 iitiie water to make It weak;
A little lemon to make It Eour:
a little brandy 10 sivei strength.
He considered that the question, whether .
man could hold tlirce slaves thirty, had not
been answered. It was question of capacity;
the Emperor of Russia held 10000, 600 of seris,
! and was any man such 4 fool here Che spoke it
with respect as TO say God looked down on the
Emperor with vengeance for this. No; forifhe
was good as he was great he was God on
carthl
The Moderator stated that the only question
/ before the Assembly was, IF slavery was SIN,
what power had that body over it" But the
| point Of how or to what extent the Bible made
| slavery sin was not the question before the
Assembly, that was the reason that the BiblelI
not been referred to- The question was then if
slavery was a sin what power had the Assembly
over it
DIR. Ross agreed that this was all pleasantly
said, but when a man charges him with sin, he
wanted the sin proved from the Bible. 1t is
/ remarkable fact that no speaker alluded to the
| Bible OH "Wednesday, and that when this plain
1 English Bible is brought UP, there is always
/ disposition to run oil TO the Greek and Hebrew.
i We are told that the translation does not give
/ the meaning. five must lave priest to inter
! pref the Rev. DIR. would soon have Latin
! priest as a Greci; one. lie would as soon go to
Rome as to Greece or Asia. The Rev. DR.. went
on TO say that he brought now King James B!-
. l. H.
| given by God Himself first to Adam, and
/ then TO Noah, and if this was SO, all theories
! drawn from Blackstone, Paley, and HaweS,
we're not true. Men never were savages, and
! God had given all power over life and liberty to
| Noah, and as much as the Emperor Of Russia,
Queen Of England or People of Anerica had IT,
y There was no such thing as abstract right to
ifc liberty and pursuit of happiness, for man
came into the world with these rights circun-
Il scfibed, simply because lie was in the human
/ family. Not an atom of power could exist in
any country but what had already been allowed
4 by Cod In the hour of the curse on liam, God
he'd showed the subordination of the world; the
curse Of inferiority and service of some kind
was cntailed on Ham, and tn. curse of n second
inferinrity on Shen, JAP het being made superior
4 by these curses Could any one tell why the
mountains and rivers We're where they arc? lie
thanked God that the rivers of America run
I from North to South. Had they run across
run as they do, this glorious Union would never
be dissolved. (CIrcat applausc.) The Rev. Dr..
then read the 2tst chapter ofEXodos, comment
ling on it as he went on 1t was rcuIarkablc
tat the children born in scrvitude We're 10 be.
long TO the nastar.
r The Rev. gentleman. was explaining the rights
of female slave as defined in the chapter lie
was reading, when
Rev. DIR. Wisner asked if the Bible sustained
polygamy?
Rev.<jr Ross-Yes sir.
Rev. DR.. WiSner-rhat'S all want.
Rev. DIR. RoSs.-I am afraid of nothing, sir;
dodge nothing; afraid of nothing in
he'll; am afraid Of God. Let the reporters
put down that my brother Wisner asked me
that question. As regards polyganny; am not
afraid of it.
The Rev Doctor then went on, most cmphat-
. ically explaining the chapter, even to where it
was ordered that il a master beat n servant and
: he died, he should not be punished, because he
+ cGS his money.
\ Commissioner.--Wh is the marginal
rcading2
Rev. Dr. Ross-There is none, sir; it is the
plain English Bible which have.
| Tho Rev. DIR. then turned to tile 25th chapter
| of Levitcus, ard commented on it in the same
manner, proving triunphantly lo:r Israel was
allowed by God to buy hondmcn Of the heather.
Were these buyers and their children men
stealcrs? Certainly not. The property was
lNEGtl, HOT inc SOULS, nOI tue DIJtly, Out TIC
se7'cicGS only of the man CT woman.
The Rev. gentleman at some length, and in a
happy manner, proceeded 10 prove his theory,
land az the close
Rev Dr. Albums and DR.. Specs hoped that as
f a most important question was to come up on
Friday, the question wluld-now be taken ON the
+ amendment to Dr. Adams motion to Print both
reports.
Rev. DIR. Boyd regretted the turn matters had
taken, bat coGld not allow the subject to be
postponed until he could speak at least ten min
utes thereon.
/ Rev. Charles H. Reed, Richmontl, VAL said
The whole kernel OF the matter lay in the Detroit
re olutious. The South was impearhed in truth
and integrity un,icr these resolutions aud they
/. could not go home without explaining tilcir po-
Il sition. The whole hinged on the meaning of the
; word "humanity."
Rev. Dr. Smith would have been willing to
bnt he felt brothers Boyd and Reed should have
time to speak on thu subject.
i Thc Assembly then adjourned after prayer by
4 The Rev. Moderator.
II CJMauEToS.
Tho Assembly met again at 4 o'clock, when
i the Sacrament Of the Lords Supper was admin
istcred.
EvESTSG SESSION..
i After the Communion the assembly was call
cd to order, aud Immediately adjourned for the
purpose of attending the Bible Society meeting
ut Rev. DIR. CheeVer's Church, at haEpast o.
clock.
QuErx ylcroRrA's CurLDREN.-The Queen of
England, ii not great sovereign, is undoubt-
cdv true woman. Considering the Torch which
is added to her example by her exalted position,
er benefit,on her subjects by the model she ex-
hihifS nf all the SOmanIv domestic virtues than