The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-08


The large room il the Erccu!a a0aa' Hall yes-
tcrday fitted Up fer great gathering Of the Ger
MIN loiitica! refugees. WhO set down 81 dinner -
The number of some Eve hundred The Chict deco
ration was i large black cloth, hung AZ the extreme
crd which vas Inscribed, Ia gigantic red letters
the sme II "k0hcrt Blum. A. the chief martyr 10
the n, oiuii onary cause. During the period while
The plai boiled ard roast which the moderately
priced tickets Commanded. were eaten Ny the pa-
triOts, very excellent band, pefched in the high
gallery, played celebrating tunes The hIFsdk
ki'tt received with loud acrlamatiuns, ani even
encorcd. and indeed, every present seemed de-
tcTmucd % w. enthusiastic a. possible attaining
degree II fprvOr which the colder nature Of our
isinEd seldom rcache.
The srrcoialce ii the meeting was respectable
aud. - ~ especial political creed was expressed in
the anrenccm,nt, i might have been supposed
that The PARTIES composing the assembly were not
e.srntiay republican. but comprised all the shades
81 opinion that belong 50 the Urge category If anti
G,~IDtism Bot the lisl 1T resolutions soon set 40
lcst an doubts that might have existed H. h. the
thorough gong rr9pcnsitcs Of the diners. These
resolutions net only expressed sympathy with the
German revolutions IN ihr years lSi--y. but espe-
cAly IA sj-natcd the house Ut llAprburg a. a svmc-
thing incompatible with the liberty q an nations
connected with il, adding an cxccration - other
German princes hy way 81 supplement and winding
w. with the broad statement that only On the re-
publican principle Of self rcliauec could ls happy
GOAL be- attained Aud, lc.t even this should prove
too vague the speeches Of somc of The orators and
the applause that followed certain wor,l., .hVwed
that the .IcmVcrulie AMI S0ei1iistic Republic
ras The grand object Vt desire.
The German speakers compri'cd among others
General Hang, the president; Arnold Buge, strive,
ard ~ hungarian gentleman, who enlightened an
grdCrt hVi lini'sa ,l,,vn "a BIZ Asgrer: :, psak.
ing PORTION q biz specch in The pure Magyar.
Al Of them were remarkably similar in their man
ncr ~ delivery, and in the leading idea which
prompted them, spcaknr with constant emphasis,
which produced singular union q monotony, and
the appearance Vi fer,Or. Their general ten
dcncy was 20 set forth the peculiarly German
view that their cause waa not SO much that
Of their own particular nation az Of humanity
in general. Positive religious and national dis
tinetions we're evidently regarded inconvenie Mt
obstacles 70 tho great work q fraternity, which
10 he carried out 10 ia fullest extent. Now, the
German princes we're upbraidcd with ,hcir double
dcaIipu-now IL was stated that German republican
i'm vas no new thing, but vas inherent in the
German pation--n0w eSultation wa expressed that
German philosophy had broken the tranmcls Of an
sncient supers,tion but the theory vas constantly
kent IN view that the unity Of the German nation,
,,aynfcd by the exis-ncs o. the small states, was
= rsraIlel object with thc union Of oil mankind,
aud that revolution WIS the legitimate consequences
az reformation. The enthusiasm with which such
words rs "Reroius ion" "Ndrsdhhrf," and the like
were eaugh, MP by the assembly, can hardly be CON
cciyed BY those who are only used TO Englsh audi
| ences. -
] However, the "l0l' Of the evening vas 10! any