New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-08
PVRLC MEETINGS.
UNIVERSAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS


Tt ,ula, meeting of this Society held at Stuyves
ant Ips.uie last evening" Mr. McMULIEs President Col
Fotp,s SECRETARY The meeting fully attended After
the usuI preimparies,
r., Fopry. moved that two other Secretaries be ap-
,oned a. be fund was i'm possible for him to discharge
the numerous duties of the Office Or Anarer
coTdp gy chosen Home Correspondent ana MI nc nu'n
Recording Secretary. -
The petition to Congress on the OF Fred Wechel
hb was n,rusted to Mesr Forbes and Morange draw
up, read.
re.r.etuly peon the Senate aud the House OF Repre-
.erfayes Of the United States OF America 70 intervene IN
behalf Of Frederick T. Wechel who has been Illegally
imprisoned in saxony and in bremen oy *nisn nc ra
tesn greatly injured in bis health and his business The
Tb,. have .rs.dy pabhed in THs TRIBUNE Of the h
Your petitioners would submit that this case eIcites
among our citizens and especially among nose OF "erman
extraction the deepest interest and Il has been unan
nnnslv resolved at meeting Of this Society that petit
ton on the foregoing should be presented 70 your
honorable body for the two old lurpIse % pa
cIard hs intention Of becoming citizen and at the same
time nlaee the Government Of hi. Republic IN light le-s
equivoca in its relations with the desPonc Governments
fthe Old World
Your uftoners would respectfully represent that the
business relations of naturalzed fellow citizens and
ef those who have declared their intention 10 become Gu
zens frequently make compulsory upon them TO visit
those countries from which they have emgraed since IT
is in those parts from which they have come where II Is
most probable that they have their business connections
the simple fact of their having renounced allegiance 10
their former Government, and of their having pIacei
themselves under the protection OF tins hepuoIc De oy
the ruers Of the Old World considered crime Whch VIII
consgn TO a dungeon the man who elects TINS country as
his home and if this Government submit To such I'M lres
without TeentiDg them, not only shall We a. nation 90
seriously injured in material interest Ous likewise
shall we forfeit the respect OF those very Government:
The Secretary of State in his etterto the Austrian Min
ister at Washington, states as follows;
Il" is not eontendsd that this ipiao step IN ne prosre OF
naturalization invested him koszta win si tne ol ~
~ Io tsst be was clothed nationality and 10
thereof the Government OF the unt,e sts,s - - %
eps s svs the character Of the country not only %
s1 ieTe rh or even Without become e.,1sa
provided they hsys fo 1hs Of The nsa tbs
epjons Other alton: to respect nm 10 r.
ter acquired by residence mans as long ss The done con.nS
enc that continues only long the domed peron cohl
us in the country Of his residence but until ne acquires new
In confirmation of which opinions the Secretary Of
State Marcy added in truly Republican strain, that u
was its the United States Governments dirty to maze
its nationality resPeefed Sy ot4er nations ann
The pfipcires herein expressed approved by the
oizens of this country and the manly declaration OF them
was apllaudtd by the admiring popu itlons OF Europe
who Ia their aspirations freedom direct their eyes TO-
ward this Republic But unfortunately this same secretary
of State in HE letter to Mr. Wiechel dated the 1911 De
AtIoprh shows circumstances Of hardship nevs5thss. IS
yoa the te Of this o'eurIepee ana ne % is,
feTbs in Iii, matter"
Which letter is totally at variance TO the pracple: con
ained in his letter the oGh September that TINS 90
ceding from principle If unreproved, must tend 10 10
lure The prestige this Republic abroad and check the
development Of repubiesh OPINIONS i0' Droof thai b
erty Unchecked produces the greatest amount OF material
wealth nevertheless they condsider that principle is oil
more consequence than riches.
The President of the United States in his annual mes
sage of December 1883, expressly states that kos4ta
at the the time of bic arrest d at on
must Mr. Niechel also have been clothed, and every
government which fails TO protect those who are so
clothed neglects the interests en1 compromises he os
Your PETITIONERS firmly hope that your honorable body
will by your action in this case remedy the evil caused
BY the waveng policy Of the Secretary stare "dd @
system in which the representatives OF the people can
remedy the faults Of the ministers.
The above unanimously adopted as the expression
of the Society.
The secretary then read letter be had received from
Sig GaiaDi:
beg Of YOU to announce in the meeting OF this even
ing that on the coming Tuesday. the lfh there wiz he
lecture in University Chapel for the benefit OF the re
Gently arrived political exile transported here by order
of the Piedmontese Government These unfortunate
atrots are many Of them in very bad health and some
have wives and families. They are totally dest1fe and
deserve the warmest sympathy, their only oense being
an intention TO have joined projected movement IN
Romagpa and Tuscany soon as 1t had occurred Inc
Piedmontese Government for the purpose as usual OF
throwing dscredt the Liberals has mixed up with
the political prisoners who have been guly OF or
and will not avail. -
The lecture will be in two parasitic first by Professor
Fores upon the influence of the secret Society oil Ihe
CarIonori and the martyrs of the Splberg Ine sec
ond part will be dedicated TO information on the reg aus
opinions of Italy and in that part will speak respecting
the foundation Of Society of mutual saccor ana lnStrIe
ton civil and religious, among the Italians IN New iorK'
which hope will be assisted by benevolent Americans
hope your Society will lend its help, and that many
of its members may be present at the lecture which VIII
be in Italian $50, ,,, .,,x,
Believe me your saecionate friend, GULIELMo GAJANi
The following next presented:
To N, soc,etv Of Unirer,al Democratic hepubHoIai'n
NV. YORK, Tuesday March 7, 1885,
CITIZENS: The President and the undersigned members
Of the Mountain which the French section Oh nVerai
Democratic Repuolicansm, have beep appoh'eu 70 az
tend your meeting to solicit your cooperation In carrying
on, a project interesting to repubcanism ana 70 rePaol,
cans since il is in behalf of numerous French pohuca
exes who hope by those means to be enabled 10 earn o
their labor an honorable existence IN this hostabe lana
Our hone is that Congress will do for the French e1es
what il has done for the Poles by granting theu Por'
ton of the public land for certainly in this republican
country something ought to be expected in favor OF re
Through these exes cultivating land which now lies
barren and waste the Republic will do an act Of humanity
from which il will Likewise reap its beLeht and our ewy
arrived French fellow citizens will learn harmonze With
their American friends did the American Revolution
,ts and the French sympathss fraterne in the days
of Washington and La tayee
Submitted with confidence and fraternity $500
ROSsITE
BACARiTrE
On motion Me.us Forbes, Morange and Andrews were
appointed Committee Of Conference with the above
Col FoRIEs desired to cal the attention OF the Society
to alter OF cons derabe n:er; concerning the Cubans
He seid
Bya decision of the 18th Of last month which ia here in
in The Of