Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-10-12

From tho Putnam Banner.
More Martyrs-Two Germans in
. Jail for Contempt of Court.

1oro martyfe-IWo oermau1 In
Jail for Contempt Of Court.
A week or so ago. we published a
short notice from an old linz sheet OF
Evansville. censuring the Germans Of
that city for refusing to support reg
ular old line nominated ticket for mag
istrate because the nominee was not
o ne Of their countrymen. The editor
at the time abused these disaifected
Germans. and said he demanded IL as
right Of his party that they should
vote as he wanied them to. and that to
refuse sgould Be violation Of piighfsd
faiAl This smells a little Of "bar-
gain and sale." Sag NIGHTS. or some
thing else. They did not vote the
ticket, however, but nominated one Of
their own men. "Red Republican"
as they call thcmselves. About one
half Of the population of Evansville
are foreigners. the larger portion Ger
mans, hence they violate the law with
impuniiy. and have determined 10 do
pretty much as they please. Viola
tions OF the liquor law are an every
day occurrence, and in every instance
BY men offoreign birth. A few days
ago, two Germans were brought into
Court, but refused to be sworn, throw
ing open defiance in the face Of the
court. They were very properly COM
mitted to Jail for ''coniempt." One Of
the martyrs" was an Office holder.
County Clerk, and who had sworn to
sustain the laws and Constitution Of
the State, yet refused to take legal
cathI The casting in Jail Of two Of
their leaders made the Germans of the
city quite indignant. The "Reform, I"
q paper published in that city in the
German language. thus speaks out,
under the head Of "What to Do"
which is translated into English for
the columns Of the Evansville Journal.
Read:
"There are yet two honorable citi-
Gems Of our community deprived OF
their persoual liberty in the dreary
and desolate spaces of our new Jail.
deprived OF their Offices and pursuits,
torn away from their families because
they would not secretly bow to the
openly arbitrary proceedings Of the
temperance pachas. Their cases are
pushed of further and further, their
arrest Is prolonged from day to day,
their costs increase continually, and
the uncertainty Of their fate grows
hourly more painful.
| viii the people Of ofvanderburgh co..
do nothing to deliver these good men
from their present situation. or at least
show them unmistaksable proofs Of
the general sympathy and gratitudeg
Could they possibly forget. that the
constancy Of these men arises not from
consideration OF private interest, but
from the desire Of opposing the
sale Of reason and liberty to faction
and despotism? Are particularly
the German citizens such towards "a
10 view with Indifference. the in'pris-
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are suffering material losses and torn
from the bosom Of their fsmilies, and
only because they do. what conscience
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Evervwhere vher. tbe German IL
read' and vbsrs a sentiment for free
r;cht and msnlv action obtains the
Germans of The rJnion vilI feel ferven,
svmnathv for ,bsir wo countrvmen
shslI hv The .;ds NJ th;s- the reonle al
Eyansyillc because of their cowardly
800. s~.a III ;,.na.,,.S
We hone mott And with ;ov we
great the movement of n mass meeting
-, -. .~ -, .ls
particulars of which our readers will
ind something In communication
handed us bv several resnectsbls CHI.
Gems. We perfectly approve Il the
plan. and hone il will meet with com,
mon support. II is high time 70,
public opinion to set limits to the
proceedings Of the TEMPERANCE pachas
But whs,ever is to be done. mus
be done soon and we propose to oul
communication. 10 arrange the propos