Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-15


man of the lugubrious countenance, fully catch
cs the drift of their remarks Poor Bill, he has
not, lived altogether in vain-he will be useful
as a beacon-a sort Of Louisville iilar.ofsalt to
other members.
It's great pity Of poor Bill.
TuR GATHERING OF THE "IsNS."-The Ameri-
can people, as has been observed by Europeans,
at different times. are great hands for conVen-
lions, public meetings, general hurrah sort Of
passovers, and big times generally. If an idea
breaks loose from any body's head in Boston
New York, or anywhere else, it is caught up,
swallowed and commented upon by lot ofpeo-
ple-by sect or branch-off Of some kind, who
generally call themselves "refOrmerS" and the
consequence is that convention must be held
once or twice year for the bretheren or the sis.
tiers, or both, Of the new tledged pursuasion, to
compare notes and bolster up one another in
the faith by grand blow out aud speechifca-
ton.
We notice that during the present week, the
folks belonging to and friendly to tho following
named societies, have been in session in New
York City; to wit:
American Tract Society-Business Meeting
v
American AnIi.Slavery Society
n. Y. City Anti Slavery Society.
American Home Missionary Society.
Five Points House Of Industry.
Uniyersaist Sunday Schools.
SweIlenburgan Society.
New York Methodist Episcopal Conference.
wornan's Rights Convention.
The Colonization Suciety.
The Emancipation Compensatory Society.
It's been rather amusing, if not particular
ly edilying. for us to read over the doings and
sayings of these conventions, ms reported at
great length in the n. Y. papers. We haven't
the time, nor the space, and we don't much re-
greet it, to attempt to make anything like an
adequate Infringement, even, of the unceasing
and tremendous flow of words from tho
mouths of big and little people, both mnscu.
lines and feminines-from white, black and
cream cOlored people. The parsons rantcd and
dOgmaiiZed on the niger question in the Tract
Society: some of them thought it was better to
giveIthe Southern bretheren n dose of auti.nig-
gerism in the tracts which the long faced and
slick haired colpOrtures carry around among the
people. Others of the bretheren thought no
niggerism at all was what was required; while
others would confine it TO the simple insertion
of the text, Servants be obedient to your mas
ters." The Henry Ward Beecher branch
thought it very strange that
"The Bible Society is sending its Bibles all
over the world-to Greenland and the Mo.
rea, to Arnbin and Egypt; but 1t dares not
send them to our own people. The colporter
who should leave a Bible in a slaves cabin,
'ooWId 20 b Hsarsn from the lotoest limb of the
.frst tree"
The American Anti.Slavcry Society, we see,
have drawn it strong" as usual. Nothing short
of revolution--of regular inside.out policy in
the administration of the government was talk.
cd about Garrison was there, and Wendell Phil.
lips, and rcverends aud irreverends innumeraLle
They reported at nGuseam, lisa pity-a great
pity-we couldn't help thinking, to see man
like Wendell Phillips, foOIing his time away.
He has more sense-more delicacy than any of
the balance of them. He makes n speech Of
great power aud eloquencc. He is truthful
sincere and ardent man-devoted to forlorn
cause viz: the extinction of American slavery
by compulsory process There is genuine
tenderness and e.oQueuce in what the man says.
Phillips has oStraeiSed himself almost, from the
society and prospects in which ard to which he
was born, to follow this cause Of his heart.
The "Wornens' Rights Women, !" they likewise,
came up TO Jerusalem and are reported as wan
dcring about the streets, escorted BY lean lanky,
historical, philosophical looking beings, of the
masculine gender. Who rocks tlin cradles, or
nurses the litte responsibilities, off in the rural
districts, in the absence Of their maternal guar
dams in New York, seems to be cause of won
derment to the papers. We think its no great
secret. These lank and lean looking femtnines
are generally relics and reflects of other times and
other people-Other people leayings in the shape
Ofjilted old maids or inconsolable widows nthc
look out for bid They attend to this wOmens'
rights business because they have none of their
Own-because, as general thing, they have
neither husbands nor responsibilities" to lopk
after.
We'll, America is great cOuntry-~e all ad-
tnit tlaE-yet We don't all seem to appreciate