Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-01

Nine.teAthS of the people oil hanSaS are WIN
him, including democrats and many pro-staVery
The question of slavery has passed away. 1t
20 nj" E. X.
''0'' rsDseial Despatch to the y. y. Tribuue.l
wAsH1yGroS. Nov. 27.-Goy. Walker openly
declares himself opposed to the action OF the
Lecompton Convention He says that7the only
proucs course is to submit the whole constitu-
lion to the people He had an interview to-day
with the President upon the subject. Mr.. Bu-
cbanan. as at present advised is inclined to sus-
tn n the convention.
Reliable adyices from Chicago state that Sen
ator Douglas agrees with Gov. Walker, and Will
oppose the Lecompton Constitution in the
Senate.
from the Herald.l
"WAsuIxGroN, Nov. 81, l957.--Governor
Walker had no interview with the President to-
day but has been engaged III receiving com
Dany. The second interview is fixed for to-mor-
row morning The Cabinet was in session I'M
til a late hour. The Kansas difficulty was, OF
course the theme Of discussion. The PRESIDENT
submitted all the facts, and expressed his views
| firmly His position had been taken, and
thigh sense of public duty admonished him to
adhere strictly to it. In this view the Cabinet
were unanimous, and after prOtracted discus
sion of the probable results, the meeting adj
iourned without arriving at any conclusion
"There is still n hope among the real friends
Of both parties that the difference eff sentiment
will be reconciled probably by the means sug-
gcsted in my despatch last evening. Others
| here who are pretended friends will, it is appre-
Ihended, widen the breach by their ollicious in
termeddling."
From the Times .tr
"WAsHINGrox, Nov. 27.-At the Cabinet
meeting to-day, the President stated Governor
walkers position on Kansas affairs. The Cahi-
| 1,y-ith President
favor of sustaining the action of the Constltl-
tional Convention, in respect to the reference OF
the Constitution tn the people, and SO condemn
Walker The administration consider the lngc-
NOUS plan by which the Convention seeks to
render the rejection of the constitution impossi-
HE profoundly sagacious and praiseworthy.
| '.Thc door to reconciliation with Governor
Walkers position is now closed, and bitter
contest between the two wings of the democra-
! cy is unavoidable
"Senator Douglas has been heard from. AS
the ahthor of the Kansas-NebraSka act, he will
take Gold ground in support of Walker. This
the President has not hitherto believed. Dou-
glas holds that the refusal to submit the whole
constitution to the people, when they desire 1t,
is the clearest reputation ofthe doctrine pop
ular sovereignty.
"Senator Gwin, though decided Pro-slaycry
man. is understood to be determined to sustain
Walker to the bitter end This is the universal
sentiment from the free.state democracy as re-
Iceiyed here
rFrom the Correspondence ofte Nov:
sglhe administration could not, in justice to
Itself pursue different course. Ono OF its
first acts after coming into power, was the re-
CognitiOn Of the legality of the laws Calling Inc
convention to frame this constitution And,
now, since the convention has performed the
duties imposed upon it-perGormed them mac
cordancc with law and without infringing upon
the rights of any of the citizens of that terrific
ry-it would be the height Of folly to discoun-
tcnance its acts, and refuse to receive the State
into the Union"
The Pennsylvania Press says that Walker will
be sustained by the free States. 1t adds:
"a recent visit to our native county of Lam
caster, and the adjoining county OF York, and a
somewhat free intercourse. during'our stay with
the people of those counties, as well as an init
mate knowledge of their sentiments, induce us
to declare that on this subject tl,e'o 10 scarcely
to be found dissenting opinion -a
The PROPER POSTURE FOR PHAYEn-Just now
one of our New York exchanges is having ar
guments contributed to its columns, for and
against different postures in time of prayer. Its
rather novel, bnt quite interesting discussion.
The following are two of the contributions,
1st, for the kneeling posture:
Els " T. P0st:-Your correspond mt &c"
asks if clergyman has right to say now his
people shall pray? The question, l suppose,
refers especially to the posture in prayer, and
can present no difficulty to one who is familiar
with the Scriptures.
When ne read that Solomon krcelcd down on
his knees in prayer-that Daniel kneeled three
( times in day when he made supplicationA
! that Stephen kneeled when he prayed for his
murierers-that Peter and Paul kneeled and
prayed-nay, that our Divine Master himself,
Jesus, kneeled down when he prayed-it seems
to me not only clear that a minister of Christ
| has right but that it is his plain duty to say
what is a proper and becoming posture in pray
err, and rebuke careless and irrevcrent one.
THREgSCoRE YEARS.
| To which, another correspondent the next
day, notes the summary in favor of the standing
posture:
Mark, XII, 90: "And when We stand praying
forgive, if We have aught against any, that your
Father may forgive you
Luke, xviii, IL: "The Pharisee stood and
prayed. l3. And the Publican stdMGiiRg afar
off, stnote upon his breast, saying, God be mer-
ciful to me sinner"
/ Samuel, i, &c; "And She said, o my Lord, |
ann the woman that stood by thee here, praying
to the Lord" -1.,
AZ.