Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-02-28
From the Cincinnati Commercial, Feb 10:
Great Nebraska German Meeting in
CINCINNATI

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Ger
mans opposed to the extension of Slavery, was
held last night, Turner'S Hall which was Dense
y crowded by earnest and intelligent Germans.
The seats, the aisles, and galleries were filed,
numbering thousand men.
While the Committee withdrew, Councilman
Hassurek was called on, and addressed the meet
ing. He exposed the injustice and wrong of the
Nebraska and Kansas bill. He showed the in
consistency of the Democratic construction of
the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty. He de-
nounced the union of the Pro-Slavery Demo.
Gratis and Know-Nothings to extend Slavery,
and urged Germans to range themselves on sthe
side of freedom in the approaching Presidential
contest. His remarks were listened to with
great attention, and were interrupted with fire.
quent bursts of applause.
Mr.. Dietsch associate editor of the Volksblatt,
then read the following resolutions agreed upon
by the Committee:
Whereas. The combination of the Democratic
members of Congress, with the National or
Southern Know Nothings of that body, at the
election of Speaker unmistakable signs, clearly
manifest the tendency of accomplishing af
filiation Of these parties for the ensuing Presi
Dental election, and by the late messages and
the proclamation of the President, is clearly es-
tablished, that the Democratic party is degraded
to mere propaganda faction, for extending and
nationalizing the evil of negro slavery.
Whereas, A Convention is called to be held at
Pittsburgh on the 22nd of February, with tho
avowed object to set bounds to undue agrees
sions on liberty, and to restore our government
to purity; therefore
RcsOiced-That we authorize Mr.. Charles
Rsemelin, who is appointed as a Delegate to
that Convention by the Republican Association
of this city, to represent our political views at
the said Convention, and that we hereby request
him to participate in the same.
ReSOiced-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:
/. That we cherish the Union for one rea-
son above all others, and this reason is the
same rs that stated to be its object in the U. 5.
Convention, to wit: the pcrpetuation of liberty.
2. That our Government ought to be purged
of its Pro-Slavery tendency and restored to its
original scope, which was the exercise of the
two powers, clearly given by the Constitution
and slave catching is not one of these.
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! 5. That, in republics to labor for freedom,
should never be crime A President who can
not discriminate between efforts for liberty and
those for slavery, and pronounccs both equally
criminal, evinccs only his total incapacity to be
the chief magistrate of free people.
| 6. The time has come for the organization of
party truly democratic, which shall be the
union of all patriotic citizens for the sake of lib
! erty, and administrative reform.
z. That we hail, now as ever have, the
/, vigorous exercise of a healthy, liberal and free
American nationality, in which man, wherever
born is welcome-a nationality whose arm is a
higher Il freer civilization than that of Europe
and that in such nationality Know-Nothing
ism cannot have place, either in fact or in
name.
Charles Reemelin, Esq, then took the stand
amid great applause
He spoke against the Nebraska bill, the Miams
Tribe and the pro-slavery tendencies of the
Democratic party He would go to the Pitts
burgh Convention as an independent man, fol
the purpose of consultation, hoping that the
Convention would take such ground that tho
liberal German Democrats could cordially CO.
operate with it. He was frequently applauded