New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-13
TIE HELCOME At OBERLLN
Frem TIE Clerelaas Nerel9. Jrln I

! More than two thon.aId persons met the - Reaou.
eIs al the AZ the depot their return 20 Obeiin
LOST hight, the 9Th The entire Fire Department. OF
Ohcrlin turned OFT n meet their returned brethren
some Of vi ON ~ the number Imprisoned. Prof
Momne welcomed the " Rescnefs' b. their homes ard
fc,de-, end, led by TIE baud, the procession
aIcted through town, which sas sls.e OF light
from b0Lhies and vocal With cheers md rin ~ 9
If brls 10 The big brick ciuoch whore a dense mass
] Of three thousaud people Uo~ded % welcome tie
| "Rescuers' Father Keep called 10 preside.
Fai,.. Keep said thar Ley had noe, for the purpose
of hearing from lose who had iust D,Sn irl7ed from
Jail ard Concluded bis zen arks by introducing tae
Hon Ralph Plumb, who wa received with NIB Junde1
enthusiasm.
NJ Plumb briefly sisted the motives which had
prgn pied them 10 remain IN jal, aud explained the
II amer e Their dehversDce, assuring bis h'eoOs that
lev hsd come forth With their hooOr uutaTnished and
without the smell OF fire upon their gsnsrts; IN proof
Of zich, be COZ Guided b. reading the article IN The
PLAIN DfGlcr Of last evening.
Prof. Peek next took the stand, and inside very
impressive speech. He alluded feehngly to the differ
cIt events N his own c, which made the deepest I'M
pIesson upon his mind, and referred particularly to
the bonT when, Christian pariJ' he offered ms
heartfelt thanks for the delivery # the boy John ron
his purtuers; snd then 10 the day wher, as criminal
be was aIragIed a. the bar Of the L. 5. Court,
charged with crime in synpa' hizng With the oppressed
the day when be cast into prison, AMI hnay 70
the occasion which had called oat the immense audi
before him. HE experience mad taught him that
il was " not all Of life to i've"
tory If their imprisonment and rected several Lessons
which they had learned in the bitter school of e5pe-
rieIce. They were conscious OF having acted rightly,
ana he should look back upon the events of the last
three months, spent vita his fellow prisoners, with
feelings Of satisfaction, in being sble under PrOvi-
debce, to conduct himself not to bring reproach
upon the cause they had aimed to vinjcate.
lie was followed by John Watson, who spoke with
much esrDestness declaring his firm determination to
aid the oppressed slave every occasion and under
all circumstances.
Prof Monroe said j. might be interesting to learn
how he Urits Cf babeas corpus were not served in
gave very aUusiGg account Of the tnbuauons Of the
officers and their Kentucky friends, in attempting to
surrender them TO the Loran County officers.
WIN. L. Lincoln and John II. Scott were next
called upon who responded briefly, after which Henry
Evaps spoke with much apparc At emotion of the lie.
cessity u vigant faction in guarding the citadel Of
Liberty from the incuTsions OF its enemies.
lie was followed by X. Windsor, who thanked his
friends foI their hearty welcome; after which A. w.
LYMAN spoke with much carnestness in justification of
Their cOpduct and made stirring appeal TO the friends
of Repubcanism to bear uIsuied the standard placed
IN their hands.
Loud Gals were msde for Sheriff Bur-, who
fairly forced upon tire stand, and who responded
briefly, explaining his connection with the kIdaappers
and their Of cial friends in Eyria
Shenfl Wghiman Of Cuyahoga was loudly called for,
and in response spoke at some length Of MS connection
with the persons under his care, paying them the
highest conplimentsfor the uniform aud almost fahery
kindness with which he had been treated by them.
He should ever remember them as irieDds, whose &C.
quaintauce formed under circumstances OF aiIilcon,
had caused i'm many happy hOurs While contributing
to Their comfort and many feelings of sympathy while
listening to recital Of their wrongs He cordially In
yi'ed them and their fieIds TO make bis hOnse Then
home when they pleased assuring them that he had
the deepest sympathy with the ceuse OF the slave anu
the oppressed everywhere.
Geo 6. Washburn, esq Of TIE Elyia Democrat,
was next called TO the staud. He was present at toe
- 50 IL. tlaI IN nd
head the eloquent Chss. b. Sedgwick, as be gazcd
over the vast nultitufes eXclam, MY eyes III their
widest dfeams Of fancy had never hoped 10 look
"upon scene ike this - With truth he could adopt
the language of the eloquent orator. lie bsd watched
with deep solictude tue events connected with the
prosecutions which had just been abandoned by the
Government, and although at times the future looked
dark and gloomy he hod come here TO rejoice thSs
glorious day had dawned upon our cause. lie iet II
Was well the blow had fallen where it did-upon
community who bad the bodness to meet IT, ana Tue
discretion to act in such to result IN the
triumph they had met to rejoice over. lie urged the
friends Of the slave to make city of refuge fol the
oppressed il every township, and TO permit no slave
buiter TO enter il III pursuit Of his victim.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Washburns speech, Prof
Monroe hapily alluded to the fact that they had
been addressed by honest men OF varous pursuits
There was honest carpenter, shoemaker, professor
in college editor lstrauge II may seeInl ana lawyer
still more wonderfull-but q stranger man than all
was before them-an honest Postmaster lie there
fore introduced Mr. Johu Smith, r jeer at Cleveland
ard postmaster for the rescue pTisOherS
MI smith took the stand and explained in very
bsrpy manner the connection he had with the Post
Office Department saying that if ha services hla Deen
If orv value TO he prisoners, in visiting the postonce
forthcm they had afforded him much sincere pleasure
in being stle TO contribute TO their a d and comfort
Father Gilert Who was long since sent home, be-
cau,c the Government was ashamed 10 prosecute 80
venerable patriot was called out and made speech
which was received with unbOunded enthusiasm
During the evening collection was teken up i0r
the relief the prisoners and the choir sang with thrA
irg eject The MaIseles.
Several ofthe speakers alluded to tleir feow'prs
oner smell who -tu had a few days to remain IN
Jail, al promised him hearty welcome when lie re-
turIed again to bis home. ., -
ii was row quarter to -, and eth The immense au-
dierCe filing the church TO It's utmost oapacty, re-
NAMED without the appearance Of fatigse PRAYER
was then offered by Prof Morgan, and the meeting
closed by sir enS the Dc1oogy, IN which all the con-
gfcgatiou joined. -n.1,.
Our sketch Of the proceedings is necessarily oriei
hut what we lack in printing made up III enthusi-
ssm, which welcomed every speaker duflhg Tue
evening.
TIE KLDNAPPING And TIE OBERL!N