Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-04-11
Hunsor. O.. Anril Q. 1858 .

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EDS. LEADER :-Y esterday, the 8th, the
Junior Glass of Western Reserve College
held their Annual Exhibition. The weather
conformed to that of all other Junior Exhi-
bition days "wilhin the memory of the old
est inhabitant," in that the day began with
rain and ended with sunshine The fore
noon and afternoon were occupied by the
performances of the Junior Glass, numbering
fourteen. Each speaker performed his part
so well, that to make comments upon partie-
ular speeches would be doing injustice to the
rest, but we cannot refrain from speaking of
two or three especially. Six of the class
Brooks, Gaylord, Williamson, Cutter, E. P.
Williams and Gardner, are Clevelanders, and
all of them did honor to themselves and to
their instructors. Cleveland may well be
proud of the young men she has sent to this
College, and, so far as I have been able to
learn, of those whom she has sent to other
Colleges. The first philosophical grafton,
" The sure InterpOsition of the Pawl," at
tracted the attention of the audience by the
novelty of the subject, and the speaker elo-
quently illustrated it by showing the striking
intsrposition of Providence whenever in the
history of the world individuals have been
too successful in taking away the liberties of
the people, or nations have gone too far in
forgetfulness of the Ruler Of all nations.
Icannot speak too highly of the mastery
manner in which the second speaker in the
afternoon, Mr.. R. L. Williams, condemned
those who have no principles, either pOliti-
cal or moral, except those which they have
received from their fathers, and have them
only because they inherited them. A man
should know why he believes as he does be-
Iieve, and be neither Republican nor Demo
crat, Protestant nor Catholic, because his
father was one before him. The colloquy
was happy combination of argument and
wit. Of course Mr.. Copperhead was con-
vinced of his errors and persuaded to leave
the X G. C.'s and swear eternal allegiance
te the Union.
The last OratiOn, concerning the " Duties
rather than the Rights of Men," is especi-
ally deserving notice. The speaker, after
showing in a clear and argumentative man
ner why duty should be paramount to every
other principle of action, could not refrain
from speaking in deservedly harsh terms of
those who cry aloud in favor of their right,
as free citizens, to speak what they please
and write what they please, but forget the
duty that they owe to their government to
speak or write nothing discouraging and dis
loyal.
In the evening the Glass gave a concert,
having secured Leland's Band and Orchestra
for the instrumental part, and Miss Lizzie
Gates of Elyria and Miss Nellie Vaughan Of
Cleveland for the vocal. Leland is too we'll
known to need comment, though Cleveland
ers who were present remarked that they
never heard him do better than he did last
evening. The cheers which greeted Miss
Gates and Miss Vaughan, each time that
they appeared, testify how well the audience
appreciated their talent. Miss Gates per-
formauce of Within a mile of Edinboro'
town, !" on being eneored, was vastly superior
to any performance of it that I ever heard.
The whole performance proved that the
young gentlemen could write without being
influenced by the natural proelivity to harp
on the state of the Union, and could use
" solid sense instead of empty sound"
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