Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-01-21

soArcs help inferring from tho frequent re-
marx with which these brilliant efforts con-
elnded, Il didn't know rs ! could say any
thing when began" that the occasion and
Che interests centering iu il, were source
Of no small inspiration.
Thivty-seven Of the most respectable cit
sens Of the State Of Ohio, whose regulations
bad hitherto been not only spotless, but
abeve suspicion, now sat among their friends,
each one with the brand Of the government
Of tho United States upon him--A TELoN
Aud this bsand affixed for obedience to the
holie=t impulse Of pure hoartl
WEoso mouth--that had q heart behind
it,--would not be full Whose words
would not burn as they leaped blood-wTm
from tho inner sanctuary of his soul
Volunteer sentiments being called for,
James M. Fitch, ESQ.,, gaye--
Tho Prosoeutlon--wnl Il crush us'
and proceeded 10 elaborate in admirable
ssyle the answer which popped like an 10
oontsinablo (not in Webster) Methodist ros-
ponse from another side Of the tsble-No-
sER-ERT
Jacob r. Shipherd gave
The Pressw while We have intrepid Leaders, 50 fsth-
fnl Hsreids, and 70 uadegeneyate Ds~oeras we ieef
ntthsr snvehodrs At the South slave hunters here
Crios Of aHanis" from Nll parts Of the
hall brought the Editor to his fcOt--not 70
make speech, as he nodsstly said, but to
read US a choice 'scrapr which had fallen
under bis professional eye. This "scrap"
made one Of The sensations Of the occasion,
and whom it appears in the Leader about
next March, Il will not wnpossibly occasion a
greater variety Of sensations than il did
last evening.
Mayor Beecher gave
II those Isu-Auuters again, may they again and
AVAIL PLrMR before them, WoLF At their heela and
get awtnlly Pkck-ed into the bargainl
Which brought down the house decided
", and in response thereto Mr.. Plumb read
. letter from John Brown Jr., Of enyiablc
Kansas fame, to show how he camc to DO
Plumb on this question, and Prof. Peck,
with bis usual felicity retorted upon the
Mayor with
When the nan-huntarn come again, u they do,
may have BoscheE for 'nbre" (ayOr 10 give them
slSet
Which, Of course, made rs much glesful
uproar as its provocative.
Rsv Fayetts Shiphsrd, being called on,
plead that he had prepared nothing, but
thought that
The FslOns' Feast
might not bc inappropriate. He referred
pithily to various fOasts Of ancient times
which were celebrated before the fact us
sufficient precedent for this, and heartily
commanded "a good dinner before battle. "
VIM. Douglas Scrimgeour being called
out as "a descendant of the Covenantsrs,
made capital speech; remarking, among
other things, that over more than one man
yNt unbusied might be written Burns cpl
taph Upon great rascal Of other days,
sThe WORTHLESS bodic damned hin,selI
To his Lord the troubled"
The young orator closed by offering the
following sentiment
Our ratbese avd our Mothersircs themselves and be-
aueathing freedom to their chdren they have proved
By their words and their actions that they desire ibey
70 proclaimed throughout the land to ALL the In
hahtnnts thereof"
Mr.. Hunter, of Cleveland, was next
called out, and after protesting in various
ways that he really could not make speech
went on 20 tell the truth by keeping the
hall in roar of delightful merriment foi
fiftsen minutes.
Prof. Peck With characteristic thought
fulnsss perfected the list Of sentiments with
one which had only been temporarily over
looked becauss svcry one was sure it could
net be forgotten:
aOur fTostesa:"--ff Uncle Sam should undertake Il
to board us, may he have her for HRIP.
Six and half o'clock was now ,anc
our guests from abroad must be dismissed,
90 the assembly broke Up.
This Criminals" meeting by themselves
appointed staunch committee vested will
full powers to make every arrangement 70
the details Of the defence in March, and at
tend to certain other stems, not yet mad
public, but which sometime may be, to th
inconcolabIe astonishmSRt Of few individ
uals and their friends if they have any
The committee is as follows.
lie. Peck, 0bsrlin.
r. Plumb, do.
W. d. Scrimgeour, do.
Matthew DoWolf Esq, Wellington.
Loren WadswoT.h, Esq, DO. r.