Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-12

, ifieuds, aud Of these there was the sheriff, who
had dared to receive b friends aud guests lhos,
J whom the oficaishad condemned as ieons They
had found too, jailor, whom God made mat
hrst' and man had made iailor These men had
been good Sanaritans, and had not merely looked
on their prisoners, but had adm nistered to their
Wants The Oberlin people had somewhat relieved
their hearts by preparing two canes for presenta
ton. hotthat they meant to imply that those men
had lack of backtoae or needed star TO sustain
their manhood, but Il IN their Journey through life
they should tall in with what Mrs. Partipgion called
Fugitive Slave Blu, abey should drive him back
siraightway to his own haunta Of Pandemonium,
from which he was a fugitive, aud in which he
owed service aud labor.
Prof. FAIRcHILD then presented to JoHN G.
GRANNiss, Esq, to be presentedby him to the par.
ties named "a geld headed cane for Shefitrw Wight.
man. similar one for II. II. Smith, a set Of spoons
for Mrs. Smith a dress Tor her sister; and book
for Miss Lucy wightman. These articles Mr.
Granniss delivered and responded Tor iheIecipients
in happy aud fitting manner.
The canes are heavy ebony With elegant chased
gold heads, inscribed TO them from the citizens Of
obern." They are valuable articles, both iotriu-
slcaly and for their associations.
Prof MoRGAN then read the following resou.
tion which was carried.
Res0lved, Tha the people Of Obsdm in inpss meetnr
assembled tender 70 X r Spa ding 4 Backus, A. q
% %f,"u,e, ana o Gnsyold, %, heaitlo srhi 80 i.r
teiuslhs ~ c'npensat ~ they nave cundu uced ysy
% q 81 Hul .u ttaa aflu
nave nuusht SUCH services, and that ei duly
ess vlheiS Of he ire1ds y right end neodciu te
lhrse able Juusts aud ihs noble sety viii he hud
." 'Nrriusting remembrance.
Esq GOODWIN, OF sandusby, was then intro.
duced and spoke OF the present contest between
common aud higher law-claimiDg that nothing
was I" law % save that which commanded what is
right and prohibited what is wrong--with words
OF counsel aud hope Tor tue future, aud with
prophetic eye looking through the coming ages
to the last day, when kings and beggars, black and
white, bUnd and Tree, should meet together before
the great white throne to be judged for the deeds
Of the body. MIR. GOODWIN held the attention of
his audience
JoHN LANesToN, Esq, rose in response to a
call, to apologize for the nbsenee OF his brother
Charles aud to sptae word for himself In his
characteristic bold eloquence he spoke fearless aud
startling words in opposition to tue Fugitive Slave
Law. lie psida high aud proud tribute to the
speech of his brother ia the United States Court.
which was received with loud applause lie
thanked his noble friends who had gone up to
Cuyahoga county jai-thanked them in his char.
acter as negro-as a white man--as one in whom |
the blood Of both races joined-as a naR--and a. |
an Alnorcan citizen. We wished that the wide
world coald all have seen lin standing there. |
pouring forth in clarion notes his noble, man |
like aud GJdlike thoughts No more eloquent |
speech was made yesterday than his
Prof. MoNRoE then introduced Prof PEcK,
expressing ms doubt In the mathematical rs
sertion that eight quarts we've equal TO one Peck.
Prof PEcE remarked that he had boen nut
into ultimate association with the noble men
who had brought eloqueuce aud talent to bear
upon their defence, and expressed his gratitude
TO them in touching words and kind remem-
brances, and asu in the highest and tenderest
terms of JalUr Smith, his family, and those as
sociated with him ia Imprisonment, expressing
as his will ard testament, that those brethren |
should be the first to follow his body to its bu. |
rial, and the ones to offer up the last prayer over
his lielcss clay
Judge SPALUING and Mr.. RDnLR. for the
|
Tor the compliments paid them, but asserted
that the Bar of Cuyahoga, with possibly few
exceptions, were entitled to equal gratitude, for
an were ready and eager TO lean forward far
the defence OF sucu nen--' 80 drmg on Vouf
Rescuers"
With music by the Hecker Band, the i'm.
mense congregation of not less than 3 600 per.
sons was then dismissed, it being 6 o'clock, and
at 7:50 the Cleveland delegation returned TO the
city, satisfied"
4 he meeting was an earnest and n good one
NOT less than 5000 persons gathered to do
honor to the occasion Notwithstanding the
dus the intense heat of the SUMS rays-lhe
time in the middle OF haTvestng-and the fact
of its being the first working day Of the week,
the hosts of freedom came no aud encamped in
the stronghold of liberty and equality Oberlin
s mol" subdued, " and ReDer ioW be,
OF all the features OF the day, there was
nothing that was of more interest than the
singing by the vast and well-taned choir II
was, without exception, the most grand aud
glorious singing--the nearest to our conception
If grand choral harmony Of anything we
,yer heard.
A lady remarked b us on the homeward
passage she didn't believe we would hear q
better singing ia the other world" We do
believe there is no chcir like that one in the
country. No words, no language can express {
.he beauty aud sublimity of the execution of
.he Marseilles Hymn, or the "Gathering Of the
Free" and no we will not attempt it, II was
beyond all praise
The day was intensely hot and the congre.
CATION presented general appearance of white
lressee, fair faces and iutLing fans in the por.
ions principally occupied by the ladies.
After partuking of n bountifu supper at Prof
PEcK's, we returned home hesrty cheers ris.
ng as the excursiOnists left the station, and
when noSt Obern celebrates and her 100
lludenls are "out of school," and the latch
strings are out, "may we be there to sea "