Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-28
From the Washington. CPa.) Commonwealth
Letter from Barney o,TooIe.

had the amer aY an inthroduclon to elmer
al Henderson, Nv Kansas, and he assures me,
upon his amer, that he is opposed to making
Kansas a slave State intircly! Begorra, SEE he,
amt | from a free State meself, and have not |
been, from my a%irlieSt youth, thTained up to the
largest degra of liberty and fraydom; an that I'd
r he in favor of e~nslavin the Yargin soil of Kan
sas an inthroducin Nngurs, seq he! Why, Mis-.
Their 0'roole, the thing Is prcpoStherous intire-
liz, seq he, to me-. Och, be the powers, gintle-
{ min, it I'D do We good to hear that same gintle-
nan enlarge an the subject nv liberty and the
rights Nv man, and his SPECIAL devotion and la
5ors in the cause av fraydom, barrin the Nagurs
IN Injuns an halE-breeds an the likes-its as
good as a Sarmin.
The Gineral assures me that as soon as Mis-
ther Douglas gifts to be President he has pro-
missed to appoint him Secretary av the BoOrd
Tor suppreSsin r~ascaiity in gineral, especially in
the home department, an as thrue as ye live,
Misther Moore, if the Gineral don't under
sthan that subject, who the divil does, let me
ak We.
Well, g~intlcmin, we're gittin along swimminly
at the safe of government, ESPECIALLY in the Sin
ate. That spache av Sinathur Douglas tux some
av us by surprise, but Sinathur Bigier, at the
SPECIAL request nv the Pisident set the annerable
Sinathur from Illinois right, an be dad, he'll
kape him so. Ye see. it's Misther Bigler himself
is the by to do it, an l Unjust say to yes gintle-
min, he stood bOuldly up to the work. lndade
it has bin the war ay the giants, an I'm thinkin
the Little Giant is the biggest av the two. BE
gorra, Mister Moor, it put me back to the class
les, wild the 'euld man iloquint," whin thin
celestial divilS, We know, throwed the mountens
at ache other, whin
"They plucked the shaggy hills Wild all their loads,
Rocks, waters, wuds, and by the shaggy tops"
an so forth. Och! but that ould Paradise-Lost
man was a ~ganiuS-but as the Frinch say, 'les
us get back to our shape"
VIII, NT;ef6o. nar1ty1oS rvac min On ri1 nj
spache, an d%enouncin the procadins av the Con-
%vintion, Sinathur Bigler got up and tould him,
seq he, I'm informed be Gineral Henderson, an
that's ''Sprekky'' an nobody Use, Sez he, tina:
thare is two Constitutions an they've Goth so
much a like that n stranger cuduS tell whlch
was itself, and the Gineral jist tould me, sez he,
that one is Just as good as 'Lother an The sub
a little besther.
Then, seq the annerable ALisshur Dongias,
luGin ct him wid that black eye nv his, Thin,
sir, I'd like to know ef there is no difier a;une
thin, which do you sir, Prefar:n- Then.sir seq
Sinathur Bigler, as there is no differ HtuRe thin
at all, | prefar seq he, the wan that's in favor av
The South. Och, but he sed 1t wild dignity
Wan constitution, sez ne. makes it a free State
wild slavery, an the odher makes it a slave Stale
wid freedom, and shure yerself can see that
there's no differ at all at all. The Giueral tould
me, seq he, out av his own mouth, that they're
as like-as like, seq he, as the divils knee buck
les, jist a pair ay them. Aye, seq Mr.. Douglas,
and a diyiI nv a pair that. And thin the amer
able Sinathur, that's Misthur Douglas wint an,
and but he was Eloquent ashore. Why he pro-
we'd past all question, that its himself intirely
that had always been The greatest frind av free.
dom and the free States-and, SeS he, right on
the tluore Gv the Sinate, may the dlvil ifs away
wild me ell vote for sorra a wan av thin slavery
Constitutions. Thin, seq he, Tin sorra, sez he,
In Y,n % ,Uid o,I6 finds a0H thin smoke AIRY If
fectionatc, and a tear ken into the colncr ay his
eve, but he jist ups aud brushes itaway widths
coat tail, be raisen his MISUNDERSTANDING,
and tould thin plainly he'd niyer bela thrcitor
TO his primciplesahy how.
Och but thin feilies nv the South opind their
eyes wide! Ef an earthquake had opined an
thin and swallowed thin clean an clear like
Dathan aud Adrian they'd not been half as
much aStoniShed. Och sed they and hav We
been Hatterin up that little spalpeen av a-giant
and he list to turn an US the likes o. that. 1t
bates Banagher intirely!
Gintlemini Misthur Bigler was dumfoundher-
ed. Why seq he l AK the annerable Gintleman
did't he himself at his own house agree wild us
for sartin considerashuus that their constitutions
shnd never be voted an by the papei-divil a
man av us SEE Siuathur Douglas, and I'd be
asahmed nv te house doin the likes.
Och but it was intherestin. Then supjumpS
that divil av q mischief maker Sinathar Hale nv
LNCh 44aIuSluG diIl VIII u COuCIleul SuIttS ~ hIu4
in the corner av his eye. seq he Tdbe sorry sez
he to interEare and disturb the harmony av the
Gintlcman but I'd like to AK Misthnr Biglera
Question I'D the g%intleman answer it.-Sartin-
ly seq he. Thin SEE Misthur Hale I'd like to AK
ye for information the exact nature nv these
conSideSashans which the Sinathur so mista-
riously refers to.-Bedad eff the, whole Sinate
didn't jest roar out wild a horse laugh. And
then Misthur BigIer Che's mighty puriite ye
know tho he wor sthruk uP) thin seq he, the
considerashuns seq he, was matthers and things
seq he, relatin seq he, to the concarns in gineral
out there in Kansas, more be token seq he, to
matthcrs and things in MISUNDERSTANDING
Hale tould him he was obleeged to for his loosid
exposition av the subject and Misthur Bigler
Sot down.
We'll Gintlemin the little Giant got up and
tould them his principles and his amer udn't let
him sanction the L~eComptUn convintion and
whin he sot down the Galleries clapped and
cheered himmad. Och but Sinathur Mason wor
angry. Faix he put me in mind av ould times
and Sinathur Binton'S Bank Ruffans. He list
wanted theb lack Republican ~rnfians excluded
from the gallcries-but he COOLED down. fasE
Afterwards he tould Misther Douglas upon
his Chivalry, he'd have him reOd out av the par
lty. Ye shud av seen annerable Sinathur from
Illinois Lux at him. Its radin me out is it. seq
he. Bad luck to We SEE he, Misthur chivalry
whin ye thry that move. Its meself, seq he
that'll do the radin and whether I'll rade You or
meself out seq he depinds an yer behavior. sez
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