Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-13

BEFORE AND AFTER-THEN AND Now.-It il
well known to every one who has read the Demo
crat aud PLAN Dealer for the past four months can
not have failed that notice the spite which has beou
daily thrown out against the peaceful village o
Oberlin. That small hamlet has been most unmer
cfulIy maligned aud persissenty detained. II
has been a 'hot bed OF Abol tionists, "pestfer-
Gus breeding hole Of treachery, revolution aud
opposition TO all law" with other like uncomph-
mentary terms, until one who unfortunately read
only those two publications would have exclaimed,
"cau any good thing come out of Oberliul" Scarce
any epthet was too severe to be applied TO that
town from which the Rescuers had come, and
which had fallen under the ban of the United
States officials and their satalites or adbcrents
But1o-a miraclel Yesterday moniug's Demo.
Graf aud last nights PLAIN Dealer each contained in
their reports Of the proceedings of the previous
day, complimentary notices of the hospitality of
the people of that burgh, the fairness Of the
younger inhabitants, and above all, the super.
excellence and glory of the singing-aud, strange
to say no word of slur or uugeutlemanly oourte-
business. Our friend OF the Democrat saws.
The Schools, numbering somo eleven hundred
students, male and female, had a holiday, aud all
the OOerlinios seemed to enjoy the thing anna
zngly. The citizens Of the village were ou their
good behavior aud were kind aud hosptabe--
opening their doors to all who came from dis
tance, with hospitable welcome Personally
we (meanng both Editors Of the Democrat) en-.
Joyed the hospitality OF Professor PECK, in com-
pany with many Others and had an e4ceod dinghy
pleasant visit. We saw enough at the meeting To
convince US that Higher Law Abolitonism, in
Ohio, has bad It's day. that Ohio is Democratic
ana that, fanatics as the Oberlin people are, in
their ianaticism they never forget the rights of
hospitality. They said their meeting pleased
them-it certainly pleased us, aud We felt that IL
was good for US to be there.
Is it possible that the Editor of the Democrat
has declared that "it was good for Us to be there
He further says
Prof AUNROE presided, and did up that part of
the meeting exceedingly well
And Of the singing
The Choir, composed Of near two hundred per
sons, sang tue Marsellase with thrilling effect
DETER TAR better than ever heard or anything
else slSH ann" The SPEAKING wa" e'i-' G. 49, --aa-
Gray, too, says that it was " second edition of
the Fourth of Julyi" that the procession iasted
three quarters Of mile y that there was a " fine
looking crowd OF ladies' and goes perfectly insane
with delight, as well he may, over the singing by
tue glorious Choir. In closing, he who has re-
joiced to sneer at the saints and sub saints" and
had his chief delight in riiicung the fanatics--has
"wilted under Prof Peck's kind nrinistIatons
Hear him
"After partaking, with many others, of tho very
generous add Open,hoariod hOspitalitios Of Prof
Peck and his excellent lady, we returned, satisfied
that we did not know half as much about Oberlin
as we did before we went there"
pretty good confession, and he has learned in
very truth that "Reseuers" may be Godlike men,
Now how is this.g Why simply that our good
friends, Flood and Gray, have gone to Oborlin and
seen it for themselves, and like the month Of
March, they event in like lion, and came out
like lamb" Thoy found the good people of
oberin kind and hospitable, as they ever will
They found, as all others do who visit that town
that their preiudices had blinded thOm and led
them captive. We are glad they have been there
and hope that commencement will find them there
again.