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must have a welcome and the right hand of fellowship extended 
to them by our people. The hall was filled to its utmost capacity, 
and as our people briefly recounted the history of their stay here, 
their dangers and perils, they offered to the newly-arrived people 
the blessings of the civilization which a year and a half has 
wrought; while they offer, with the shield of an unwasted hope, 
and the buckler of unwearied energies, to stand by us in hours 
when evil shall threaten our liberties. Pleasantly thus the hours 
passed away, and the “ Stubs ” were loudly called for to close the 
assembly with their song. 
