Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-27

bly the greatest effort of his life, for it is
we'll known that he had no opurpose to make
such an effort when he began, he gave the
following very Characteristic mixture of
fun and cloquence,
SLAVERY AND THE BIBLE.
The eloquent gentleman who has Just
taken his scat mir. Barksdale was very
much afraid of the establishment, by tue
gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.. Bur
| lingume,l of an anti-slavcry bible. Sir,
that Bible is book without which, in my
judgement, no society can very well exist
and hope to advance very well i'll morals or
otherwise And yet l warn gentlemen,
North and South that it is a book which
will not do for MS to look to alone to guide
US in the organization of political society
OF the present day. We find in the histor-
ical parts of that book brief sketches of
the laws, usagcs, and doings of the people
of the Old World, which ii not read and
pondercd more carcfullythan such as we
are apt to do, may lead to great errors
in legislation in this age and country. We
find there enacted very much such scenes
thousands and thousands ofycaTs ngo, as
we have been cndcNvoring to enact i'll tins
little sphere Of OurS-about 81 tenth part, l
sunpoSc, of this iuhabitable glOhc-which
lLSeII, 10 luC ulluN VI 4St'tS - w ''A'f "
Herscheil, or La Place, if they had not
been born and lived here, would seem to
be a very insignificant portion OF the UNI
verse. And vet one would suppose from
the debates we have had here, that We re-
ally believed the happiness of all worlds,
and certainly of untold generations depend
uDon the election of 4, or B, to stand up
there in that chair, like ''I woodpecker
tapping on hollow beech tree" (Great
Laughter.) That tapping has been to us
SO far the only exhibition of poWeror ing
fuence belonging to thnt office ahouti
which VIC have been in angry contest for,
the last six weeks. We become so afeus-
toned to the sound that we think we -Rte'
not in order.unl esstwcE1 hn q tsPPi pg TT
we ttppot thihlss8e hrF u fengres Fun Mess
s6fne3ohei sfa tfngtus to- oRa Srf a 6Gompani-
cd by that continuous, cvcr-recurrlng tnp[I
rinc. But was referring to the allqst6h
| of the gentleman from Massachusetts want
ing an anti-sIavery Bible. How is thiF ,site?'
One wants an anti-slavery Bible. and he.
J is sure be has,itin our present yerflo o.s@
|, Iih6sh dt!wRnts aFrSlsiaters9 Bible land is Is
equally certain he has it i'll the same sadTet
h.B9oks iket eaef be :eontehtyyiith his be- be-,
iiief, and not interfere here with that o Ills
brother; let US not dissolve the Union upon
conflictihtl lconstrIdcttdhs of the Biolc:' I
think. it is -certain that ,lhQse Ratparchsi
TIA eldEsls4esganfl dn{t tAeyt ftff1 tFfnA
r@clfffdFth; but "ThEy N1idA not make
slaves of their own people; and some other
things are NeEy--ccrtain.- This fugitive
slave law that we hear so much about: !
will not pretend to go into particulars, but
hit. gra rnle spwcttgilygl tlhqt Hi5iF cone
I3tractfop SAND dfepe lsI tt BiBl eftiu1ss. ''1
la kItliibk@Sy yhsItb d hdhdk otDAh tbnssrr Jeff.
! Abraham, with her masters's consent
there being some disturbance. in his do:
mfsEF Ffc F6Iatfobs} Rmft4 IaEEIter,) tho boy
| TshmhG1, hot being the child of propiseI..
and being in the habit of making imperti41
ncnt remarks about 1hE-conduct of family,
affairs, (laughter,) was sent OF with his
mother into the wilderness, with Loaf 81
fbreml3Aa GlRHlcl6f YaiQ. 4 Yf ~ tolds g
Ij[a atIIA fSr,. .6dkE ex6Ank&f 4 R4dna .t8b ished
by hunger, laid the boy down to die, md
reSiam5 A 5sr SI4gGt, Il Il Is as66 Sc &rihenin
a S9Sjs8 S9t 93S 9ja b siEs gs
told ihjsI'YopqlTa hRV sh!S ws4aEip very bNt
to,p6dk tnEfAsP Poye hpdThoH him in RSf::
hands, for he WOULD become great fill
bustGn: 9lRorrslof fsltatBAaaf. That is the
English of what the Angel said, when you,
s Rs5 sgn#g YR ss Ss ies
markable historical fact. His hand W ontf
!