The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-08-09

The meeting n the court house on Wed
nesday evening, called by the Germans Of
this city, was largely attended not only by
Germans, but by outsiders Of all parties.
There appeared to be some Inisunderstand-
ing in reference to the programme for the
evening, so that occasionally there was con-
siderable confusion, and once or twice the
meeting was in imminent danger Of breaking
mp in row The history of the affair and
cause of the trouble we understand to be
about this = week or ten days ago the
Turner Society Of this city, which Is under
stood to be almost unanimously for Fremont,
but which embraces within its number but
five voters, resolved to have German IRE
mort demonstration in town, and to invite
Mr. Hoffman and other speakers from abroad
To- deliver Fremont speeches. The resolve
gave dissatisfaction to the great body of our
Germans, who are democrats, and who in
sisted that democratic speakers should also
be invited The matter was warmly dis
cuSsed for yveral days, and finally it was
agreed to hold 4 preliminary meeting to set
tie upon some arrangement for the NCdnes-
days meeting. The meeting was held last
Saturday evening. y Fremont man was
called to the chair, democrat appointed
Vice President, and another democrat Score
tary. The Turner's made an effort to have
the meeting come off as 4 purely Fremont
demonstration, bat finding themselves large
ly in the minority. the President left the
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great body of the meeting, however, re-
NAMED and an arrangement WAS agreed up
on, that 1T the meeting on WtGnC s,lay eve
ming, Mr.. Hoffman should be allowed 10 make
his speech, then Mr. Buehl, democrat
should follow, and after him such others as
should be called out. On Tuesday handJills
in German were posted about the .trectS
calling the meeting The haudbills were
printed under fusion direction, and called
an Anti-Nebraska meeting" but in the
body of them invited Germans of all parties
to attend, and after calm deliberation and
discussion, to decide what party they would
support
wednesday evening, at the appointed
hour, the court house was filed to suffoc:-
ton, and a disposition was at once apparent
on the part of the fusionists to take posses
sion of the meeting The officers were
hastily appointed consisting of fusionistS.
Mr. Hoffman, it was announced on account
Of Sickness had not arrived, but in his stead
two other speakers from Chicago-Mr. IIacr
tel, EDITOR of the ZstuHg, and gentleman
whose name we did not catch.
Mr. Hartd first took the stand, but in
stead of German speech, gave one in
shocking bad English. This was not the
feast the Germans were invited to, but they
bore it patiently for about an hour, when,
it becoming evident that NJ. II. was talking
against time, the Germans became impa- .
tent, and began 20 call for speech in Ger .
man-most of them calling for ''Buehl-Bu- .
ehl,' Mr. Hsrrtel was finally compelled 10
yield the floor, and the other German
speaker from Chicago got the stand. He
was heard patiently for half an hour-a T.,
dious, stupid piece OF uDmitigatcd risnaro,e
and nonsense, without sense or grammatical
connection-when he broke down from pure
.latrlency and yielded the stand. Ii was in
stantIy seized by J. q. Glover, who under
took to make another fusion speech in Eng
Ii,h. The Germans called vOcifcrOusly for .
''BuehI-BuchI Mr.. Glover asserted his 4
right TO speak. ''Talk Dutch talk Dutch" 4
cried the Germans but not being able to .
talk Dutch" Mr. Glover precipitately left, .
and the stand Was yielded TO Mr.. Buehl.-
The fusionists now left in disgust, declaring
the democrats had broken up their meeting,
&c, &c but the Germans, to the number
of 200, and few Americans. democrats.
remained, and Ar. Bushl cave them 4
speech which for argument, wit, and sar-
casm we have never heard excelIed in Fnp-
ish or German Mr.. Il. spoke about an
hour, when the meeting adjourned in good
order, with exception that we never saw
set of democrats more flied with enthusiasm
and who felt more earnestly like straning
:heir lungs in shouts of 'hurrah for Bucha-
nan and Brec%inTidge, democracy and the
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