Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-06

THE CHILDREN's JonN BRowN MEErINo ar
fHE MKLoDEoN AND THR "NArIoNAL DEMoCRAT."
The great meeting in the Melodeon on the ewes
ming of the % inst provided that the Hall then
draped should be opened to the children Of the
public schools on the afternoon of the 3d-whO
we're to bO addressed by tho Rev. Mr.. Crooks.
The National Democrat in Publishing the procee-
dings of the meeting Of the %, remarked of the
proposed meeting ofths.childrsn sneeringlJ; Shat
the children Of the city be permitted to come there
and frolie and II was agreed to-" Children do not
go to q picnic to frolic, and the contempdbly
mean insinuation is libel the Ohildren-itis ia a
libel on the pAr,nts-iS Is libel on the Teachers
and Superintendent Of the schools-it is libel on
the Board of Educaton-it Is piratlng upon the
long established usages Of society, pagan as well
as civilized. Tho tokens of the deAth-the inSig>
mia Of mourning commemorative Of death are ever,
| in all places, by all men held sacred. The Hall
was shrouded In the memorials which have come
down to US from ancient times through many gon'
Orations the well considered and received Omblems
of sorrow. AT the first meeting which OverAowed
the Hall, il was at the outset epjOinsd that there
be no demonstrations, nothing incompatible with
the sadness Of the occasion, but when, on a sud
den, 1t was nseertaned that "the snake" was there,
the audience invOluntarily broke forth its ire
Prsssibe denunciAtiOn. Three times In three days
has the Hail been open to all--the third time. a
full house, l4OO seats on Sunday evening 60 list,
en- to funeral sermon by the Rev, Mr.. Crooks,
and on this occasion more attentive auditory
never listened to speaker.
Now tho children At their meeting did not
"frOie, but to their praise be IL said, conducted
themselves with tho utmost pTopriety throughout
Never have We iineased nu assemblagO Of child.
rem more respectful in behavior. Their ango-likC
voices In song would have sOften0t, perhaps, the
heart that dietated such sluT as wac attempted
upon the meeting. We trust the Democrats J-s +
fer Les Judge will not impae the children IN his
usual annual tteason.hunting charge TO the GE0nd
Jury, and that maliRnunt journal will not have th,
opportunity TO publish the charge with lend.lik,
sxultatiOn.
Atthe conclusion Of The meeting numbers Of the
children went upon The stage 10 lock AZ soma Of
the mementoes more closely, seeming 10 enquire
as did the children Of an ancient people Of thoii
parents, "What meRneih these thingsl" The teach
ings Of their memorial annual obssrvAnoss wsro il
the infancy Of the human family, the Almighty
/ interposed when the troops Of the OppTesSor hur-
red, not Ia rail road eharOts, but with hardy lesi
speed, In war ohAriots TO the He'd Sea ForTy anC
there reared his awful and terrible beacon Of war
hing to all after nations Of hs eveFAstng dlBpleas
urs against Slavery. Freedom and Slavery Ar.
Toe might0st AntagonSms that have ever mpyeC
the nEm OF man. They can never oo-exist in th,
body polliie any more than that mighty river o
! lava Of the Sandwich Islands eau be retained II
che bowels Of lie lofty volcano. Freedom 10 dal
panls hsaYier than when its aspirations labore'
az Lexingion and Bunker Hnk Il has stronge
throbs under heavier burden In our country to
}. dsy, than after long years Of oppression beat
: heavily In Ilaiia's ehildFen. The National Dem
. oerat sustains an Administration aud plant judi
eiary that carries slavery over all The land. bia
a very and Democracy are well yoked and Woull
+ drive their hery ploughthare over all creation
q Their principles would carry slavery, were ls pos
A sibie, over every planet and system 10 The rene
!, test heavens that the telescope has reached, an
make everywhere that Slavery to eontiaue as Ion
: as God shall exist Surely tl-
= aH,,ng be The hsapsns i,s bleek.H