Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-04

NIT that respectable people meet there nor
by accident; but on the evening in question
FIVE or ten were invited there by him for a
particular purpose. We have no doubt tn at
any evening you may visit the saloon you will
be convinced that respectable people do only
meet there by accident; and you may probably
feel life one who treads alone
Some banquet hall desertedn
If Joseph Gerhardt did not know "the
Wecker" was there to make a speech, let him
deny that he invited him there for that pur-
pose, and that "his townsmen" were there
to sustain him. JOS Gerhardt speaks OF his
orderly house; he should remember that when
gentlemen are invited to an orderly house
they do not expect to have an insulting lee
ture forced upon them by an obnoxious pOlit
ical chatterer. They expect to abide by tn Q
rules, and net have the public rooms monopol-
lied by two or three to the Inconvenience Of
the great majority. If it is the desire Of Jos.
Gerhardt to have only those in his saloon
who uphold the principles of "Die Schwartzen
Deutschen" he should never invite those who
oppose them. Those aoho used to visit his
saloon were intelligent citizens, the majority
too intelligent to be duped by "the Wecker I"
He speaks Of grunting." Well! the ma
jority thought that, being in the stye, they
should address the hogs in their own Ian
guage, in order to let them know how con-
temptible they were in the estimation of ere
spectacle people" If he refers to US Gas dis
turbers," we will give him permission to
swear, by his shaven skull and long beard,
that his invitation will never induce us to at
tend Schwartze Deutschen meeting in that
saloon again.
As to the politics of Jos Gerhardt, every
one knows he can't be Know Nothing and
when asked whether he was Republican or
Democrat, he invariable lodged by saying
Poh poh Is list allies dummies zeug''-It
is all nonsense. We will not say that the visit
of the " Wecker" was caused by the expul.
sion of fifteen members from ar association in
this city, and who wanted, by means Of the
"Wecker," to be revenged JOS. Gerhardt
knows who we refer to. Now for tho " Week.
| er." lie denies his friends tried to organize
a meeting for him. One Of his friends, now
in the room where We are writing, says that
he went to the President of the Germans
Club and asked him to call the meeting t.
order for the "Wecker."
He complains bitterly because the preside nj
| of that club has been so long in this country
that he speaks German badly; he also say
| that the president is an expelled constable
AS to the presidents accent, we will let thu
| Wecker" know that honest Germans, Wit
speak the language for honest purposes, un
derstand him perfectly, and will sustain hin
| in all that is right. AS to his being con
| stable, We won't say the "Wecker" lies-h,
| was mistaken, or was only afraid that tn,
| president asas one, and had authority to TAX
| him TO justice.
We will let both rest =" Gerhardt" and tn,
! Wecker"-with the assurance that Germa,
Democrats are not Abolitionists and in no wa,
| connected with them; and will not quietl,
listen TO any speaker whose doctrines tend il
the slightest degree to sever a link in tn
chain that binds this Union and creates
murmur against this their home and adopted
| country. A GERMAN WHO WAS PRESENT.
|