The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-19
Movements Of the Germans.


held at Cincinnati on the 14th inst, at Tur-
ner's Hall. Nearly thousand persons were
present. Strong speeches were made against
the Nebraska Bill. Mr.. Diestch, lately of
Evansville, one of the Committee on resolu-
tions, read the following which were carried:
WHEREAS, The state of political parties at
this time, is such as to require from every citi-
zen most rigid denomination of the duties
he owes to the Republic;
AND WHEREAS, By the abolition ofthe Mis-
souri, Compromise, in passing the act for the
organization of the territories Of Kansas and
Nebraska, as well as by the undisguised sup
port of the invasion of citZens of Missouri and
their usurpation of the legislative power Of
the Territory of Kansas-also by disregard
on the part Of the federal government of the
| helpless condition and suppression of the peo-
| pie of that Territory, and by the late message
and the proclamation ofthe President, is clear
lily established, that the Democratic party is
degraded to mere propaganda faction fer eN-
tenlng and Matchmaking the evil of negro
slavery;
AND WHEREAS, The combination of the
Democratic members of Congress- with the
National or Southern Know Nothings of that
body, at the election of Speaker and other I'M
mistakabe signs, clearly manifest the tenden-
cy of accomplishing an utilization of these par
ties for the ensuing Presidential election;
! AND WHEREAS There are in our own State
and County the most undoubted proofs on
hand of the utter corruption of the Democratic
party, such as the countenacing of the outrages
at the late 9Th January Convention, by which
the Democratic people of this county were de-
frauded of their delegates-the misapplication
of the public money by Democratic State Off
cers-the robbing of the County Treasury by
mean tools Of the Democratic organization, &c.
AND WHEREAS, A Convention is called to be
held at Pittsburgh on the 22d of February,
with the avowed object to set bounds to undue
aggressions on liberty, and to restore our gov
ernmept to purity; therefore,
Re8010ed, That we authorize Mr.. Charles
Reemelin, who is appointed as Delegate to
that Convention by the Republican Association
lof this city, to represent our political views at
the said Convention, AMI that we hereby re-
lquest him to participate in the same.
: Resoy0et That we hereby instruct the said
, Delegate to direct the attention of the Conven-
ton to the following questions which we con-
slider of paramount importance at the present
crisis:
: l. That we cherish the Union for one rea-
son above all others, and this reason is the
/ same as that stated to be its object in the U
S. Constitution, to wit:-the perpetuation o
liberty.
; 2 That our government ought to be purged
gifts Pro Slavery tendency and restored to its
original scope, which was the exercise Of tho
two powers, clearly given by the Constitution
and slave catching is not one ofthese.
g. That the Constitution of the United
States is the first, and it should be the only
and last compromise with Slavery. By it We
: are cheerfully willing to abide.
;" A.. We emphaticaliy recognize and insis
upon the great safeguards of our government
d the sovereignty of the States and the people
> Congress possesses no power to regulate the
domestic affairs Of either But we war nov
r and shall war forever on that bastard popular
sovereignty, Which invented by lodging politi
:. clans, destroys Republics, elects Emperors, es
tablishes slavery and anpihilates liberty. True
popular sovereignty does not halt between
freedom and despotism, it rests ON the unaien
able rights of man, as defined in the Declare
t ton of independence, and our bill ofrights
e. 5. That in republics to labor for freedom
should never be a crime. A President who
cannot discriminate between efforts for liberty
: and those for slavery, and pronounces boil
a equally criminal evinces only his total ncapaci
ty to be the chief magistrate Of free people
6. The time has come for the organization
the union Of all patriotic citizens for the SAKE
: of liberty, and administrative reform. Les
q we may however, be misunderstood, we add, tina
| we insist upon it that the great financial meas
= sures formerly at issue between the Wing anC
a Democratic party shall be considered as settled
that Ocean steamer appropriations and all anl
every connection Of Government with private
! undertakings shall be repudiated; in short, W,
: hereby frankly declare that we join no party
which is anti-democratic in any of its teRden
cies. The fault we find with the present ma
+ tonal democratic party is, that it is not demo
s cratic. We have not hesitated to rebuke tht
democracy, where secret cabals like the MAN
4 pribe and State Conventions under its control
! have attempted to perpetuate misrule and cor
ruption, and we will ever be found ready t.
i; vindicate our own individuality: against any
party, which shall attempt to put its organiza
. ton above our principles and our rights.
Z. That we hail now, as we ever have, the
q vigorous existence of a healthy, liberal and
4 free American nationality, in which man
wherever born is Welcnnn nationality
! r.rb4---v.iur higher and freer civilization
than that of Europe; and in such nationality
Know NOthingism cannot have a place, either
+ In fact or in name.
8. That religious freedom demands an open
undisgpised opposition to all attempts of the
clergy, to whatever sect they may belong, to
Interfere in politics. We abhor all secret 20
! litical associations, especially such as NEEDLE
with religion; we, however, still more detest re-
Gus associations that interfere with political
matters.
8. That the delegates appointed be and they
are hereby directed, to report in public meet
ing, to be held at this place, of which meeting
public notice shall be given, and which meet
ing said delegates are authorized to call