Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-08

sacrifice OF them We have gwen up our usual
associations, have separated ourselves irom y0''
whom we love so we'll And yet we have
found IN our isolation, closer aihnitiee warmer
spiritual fellowship than we ever knew boiore.
Never before, dear friends have you been 80
near and precious 10 us as you have been while
we were consenting to being separated from
IT,
so, 10 all respects, the words Of our Lord
which have rected have proved to be true
Let me and my associates, let this great null
titude, let our hundreds Of young people re
member always that he who is willing 60 lose
tis life for thetruths or Chris's sake ahallsure'
ly find IT, Let no fear Of consequences ever
persuade any Of us 10 draw back IRON eny con
secration which good cause may require
Before take my seat let me add, ~ such
discursive method as | may choose to follow,
one OF two statements respecting our ci5cum-
stances while in prison.
First let me certify to you that we have en-
loved the comforts of religion. The spint OF
God has been with us in our seasons OF private
devotion aud social worship The Word OF God
has been both open aud Illuminated TO us, and
its rich promises have cheered us abundantly
When tempting enemies have crowded about
us, the Savior who preceded us at the oar 0, un-
righteous Judgment, has preserird hln's'h TO
assure ua that Ie who Was lUr " vas more
I
dark hour the assurance that Jehovah rcigne hae
made our hearts rejoice.
In the next place, let me gratefully ac-
knowledge the fact that We have been favored
with earnest and continued sympathy aud ap-
proval from taadast friends. ii the tue Oi
popular sympathy has seemed at tunes to ebb,
the regard and practical approval OF thoughtlul,
Christian men, have risen 10 the last hour. Not
breeze has blown from east or west, or north'
or even south, without bringing the tiJings that
wise and good men were tlking up our cause and
remembering it in a practical way. The mel
dents Of the single hour which followed the
coming of our mail on the lest day Of our stay
in prison, illustrated the feet that sympathy for
us was at once widely extended aud profound
A modest letter from member at the Society
Of F,iends residing in Philadelphia, whose
family name is hunorsd in the annals OF
christian resistance to federal tyranny,
brought US with words OF cheer a
check for one hundred dollars. And while
our eyes were yet moist with gratitude Tor
the thoughtfulness of our benefactor, a clti
zen of Cleveland, distinguished for his years
aud his standing as a christian, and a member
of society, not less than for his wealth, came
in and after handing US a donation which eX'
oecded all but one OF the many gitts we had re
| ceived, blessed us for what we had done, ana
assured us that G cd had made us the ministers
of abundant good And to prove how widely
the influence of our ST. Iggle with oppression
had reached, he Tehearsed a recent cOnversa-
tion with the venerable DR. Mott, OF Union
College, in which the now almost dying sage
had tenderly spoken of US, aad had expressed
the hope that our iimness would stay the prog
ress of Tyranny towards the overthrow OF our
| liberties.
Thus have wise aud christian men remem-
beTed us to the end And in the sympathy we
have thus enjoyed, we have had abundant
proof that the christian anti slave elem'nt OF
society is at length stirred and that the cha ge
in public affairs which must follow this quick
ening is close at hand.
Aud now, friends, to all the blessings which
Heaven has sent us he been kindly added this
greeting. Surely our cup runs over with good
things, and long will it be before we forget the
mel ties which in our Imprisonment and m our
release we have been end arc permitted to en-
joy
After the Professor had closed bis remarks, the
cheering was renewed. Such cheering it was good
! to hear, 1t was only equaled by the grand per-
formance of tho great organ aud choir which fol-
lowed. The Merseiles Hymn was then sung, as,
we were about to say, that choir only can sing it,
aud then J. NJ. Fitch was called for, and was re-
oeived with a cordial welcome which must have
been gratifying to any mau
), NJ FrTCHs SPEECH,
Mr.. Fitch said My heart beats unanimously
and my joys are abundant, MS l once more look
upon the faces Of my dear friends in Oberlin.-
obern The people most abused and Insult.
ed, yet the dearest to my heart Of pll the world
0berliu The name which for twenty four years
l have pronounced with the love, the veneralion,
the enthusiasm, with which the old Jews were
n,..r .uIsv a
thou gOost l will 20. Thy people shall be my
people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest
| | will die, aad there will be buried" When,
| unexpected y, my eyes were again delighted with
a view Of Obcrlin in the dstancej ii was the most
precious moment Of my hfo Glorious 0b,rIn!
let thy rebulte Of wrong be utterod aud the world
| shall hear thy voice.
have had my seasons of deep sadness in
| Oberlip; l have had my share of affection.
| When remorselCss death has sent TO yOnder
| graveyard my parents and my first boil-when
large family of dear brothers have melt ID
away Ike the SHOWS of early spriuP, have
sometimes felt dcsOlate and alone. But see
tonight that | am not friendless. This over.
| whelming jub'laton is too much for poor sin.
iul man to bear. Who am that l should be
crowned as a conqueror l have received
wreath from the hands of youth and beauty,
and God forgive me if the tears shed are not
those Of humble thapkiulness, instead of pride.
/ have boIle the token to this stand with difi-
Guilty, which could not, and would not have
done, if were not assured that these extraordi
naiJ att 2ntions betoken your interest ia THE
| GLORIOUS CAUSE aud not ic the man. The Ian
sdage of my hear. is, "Gol forbid that
should glo4y" save in the tiiymph Of t,lth aud
righteousness
Eighty-ive days imprisonment have taught
me many lessons, two of which viii recite,
T,k,.. L., g., 4 q. -
as / have been ia my s.Jdy, / should receive
the highest mark, for have learned the lessons
thoroughly.
First, have lea, led in = sense never before so
we'll understood, that truth IS mighty, and that in
a acondict with error one "shall chase a thousand,
and two put ten thousand to flight" 0 that
the lee ers who are set for her defence could un-
derstand that when settled ON the rock of truth,
they want nothing more but boldness to lift up
their heads against the stIm. o that they
woull disencumber themselves - that they
would spu Il all considera, ons of policy that
| they will cease 10 ask how will it affect nv
standing-and that they would OR,g c * am /
right then in the neme Of God and of Il dth /
,sH go ah,ad They have in possession sword
of heavenly temper, but, / ou sorry to say,
many OF them are afraid TO draw lest its yel
| fash in the sun should scare the people and
create an excitement. So shall they never sue.
ceed. So shall lLth never prevail So have
not the brave hearts of old done their work
Let us say, with the Hebrewe-" God will de-
| liver us--but IL not we win not obey wicked
laws Let US, IKE Daniel, open our wiudows
towards Jerus lem, and publicly spurn the
wicked enactment "a nforeune: Ike Nehemi-
| ah, let US say, " Shall such man as fee :"
Shall go in Cor give in y to save my life
! ioiH not Or Ike Luther" Duty calls. and
l will 90 if the devils are as thick at Worms as