The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-06
EVANSVILLE, IND. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1860
LinooIn club Nfeeting.

1 Lincoln Club Meeting.
| The first meeting of the Lincoln Club
was held last evening in Mozart Hall. AL
though the notice of the meeting was very
short, there was large audience present,
who gave the closest attention to the pro-
ceedings.
The meeting was organized by Robert
Early moving that VIM. T. Page act as
chairman and F. NJ. Thayer as secretary for
the evening. Carried.
F. NJ. Thayer, on behalf of committee
appointed to perfect an organization, report
ed as follows: rrF- 1851 r- .
The committee thought it the best plan to
form only one club instead of two-German
and English-as had been talked of. And
ia order to have German officers when Ger
man speakers visit the city, and American
officers for American meetings, the follow
ing persons were nominated for permanent
officers, subject to the confirmation of the
meeting:
For Presidents-Wm. T. Page, Philip
Decker. ft-F $50. a rrr
For Vice Presiaents-Wm. Caldwell,
George Wolain.
For Corresponding Secretaries-Blythe
Hynes, August Lemcke.
For Recording Secretaries-F. NJ. Thayer,
Emil Bschof
For Treasurer-RObertE Early. .
The reported was concurred in.
james G. Jones then introduced to the
audience, L. Q. DeBruler of Rockport, who
addressed the meeting.
He announced his approval of the Chica-
go nominations and declared his purpose to
support them heartily He had not partici-
pated much in politics of late years, but
thought it his duty on this occasion to give
in his adhesion to this movement, and to
assist in giving direction to it.
The speaker proceeded, in a speech of
nearly two hours in length, to prove that
Abraham Lincoln occupied substantially
the old Whig ground on Slavery; that the
Democrats had produced the Slavery dis
turbance by the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, the Kansas outrages, and other
monster wrongs; that Kansas has wrong
fully been kept out of the Union for sever
al years, in defiance of her people that the
pretended friendship of the Democratic party
to Popular Sovereignty was all hypoeritical;
that neither Lincoln nor his party desired
to interfere with Slavery in the States; that
Slavery was a curse to both black and white
man-especially the latter-and ought not
to be extended that we are not the aggress-
ors, but the propagandists of the South are;
that while the people of New Mexico were
allowed to declare for Slavery-even to the
extent of a master whipping his white SER
vaHt--the people OF Nebraska aud Kansas
could not declare against it; that the Dred
Scott decision was a conspiracy for the ben
fit of Slavery that the immediate parties
to it were bound by it, but that the mere
political opinions OF the judges were of no
force Judge DeBruler then sketched, in
strong colors, the odious despotism that ex
lists in the South where citizen has not
the privilege of free speech or even the
right to read what he pleases. This he
pronounced the worst kind of despotism.
Without toleration there is no freedom, and
toleration of opinion does not exist in the
South.
He then condemned, i'll the strongest
terms, the disunion sentiments uttered with
lmpunity by more than forty Democratic
members of Congress, and said the bitterest
Republicans had not uttered any such SEN
timents. The Democracy care nothing for
the country except for the Offices He paid
glowing tribute to the Union, and said he
liked it because Traitors had always hated it.
The Northern Democrats did not even re-
prove the disunionlsts, for fear of losing
their votes. Gen. Jackson would have hung
them; James Buchanan gives them office.
Abraham Lincoln (said Mr.. DeBruler)
is resident of the great Northwest. He
has been brought up here and knows our
wants, and has the nerve to see justice done
as. He highly praised the energy and in
tegrlty of the nominee for President.
We should be glad to report more fully
Judge DeBrulers remarks, but want of
time and space prevents. After he had con-
cluded, the audience dispersed, we'll pleased
with his arguments, which were eminentIy
sound, national, and conservative, yet pro-
gressive and full of the spirit of constitution
al freedom.
Meeting of the Painters,