The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-17

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The Copper Irgttute was crowded l. overlooking |
~, hight ~ the T,gtouic element q the metropo-
hs " give expression 20 their feelings IN the sigel
,sir The stase vss filed with gentlemen Of tote,
,m,Lg whom were noticed Dr. Brugtnsnl.. o. OF |
terdcrfer r A wiuhsus, II. wesendonck. Dr..
Te,lk,mpf Fred Korp, ChNs. sehwsrrNatider, c.
O. Guuthcr, Aud DR.. Hut, abort r. A. wittlAus, i
E-l., Gle ted Pre-, dent, with about Que hun.
1rej Vice Pcsiieut, s1i Secretaries. Mr.. witt
hsus o. taking the chair made a few remarks on
the ntyect u. the meeting, which were received vita
| loud applause M. Henry weserdorck, President
OF the G,rnanio Fire ms Co, thon real series Of
| re-llgtioGs, which were ~ t5ws
RESOLUTIONS
Whereas, Il hs bcer reliably repor;ei that Gen
| I Sig,, h., been superseded IN the command Of q
| part Of tao army Of M--uri, ani that he hNs been
compelled ~ r. SENATE sec' to tender As resig-
Whereas, Il Is the duty Il al those who are well
| acquainted with his cWiEont abilities a. an officer
and bis pure character 49, maa, o. eudeNor to re-
tain his services it the country u th, it, hour u
| tria therefore,
| Re,olVcd, by tue citizen, q New Yorl. In mass
u.ltIu, a,-, lhi,d. tL iiuu.S tie many PATRIOTS
NV s,cr9ci. their I've. ad tier fortunes Tor the
integrity q The Union, thcy d. not know u any one
auimNtei hy pureI motives aud more efficient m al
| officer than Go- Fran Sikcl.
| That he was ,iuorgthe first who rrse Tor the sup
pressi, ~ the Infamous rebellion which now lac
crates our beloved count $, and q a. large portion
Of the amy VI Missouri wNs called into existence ~
| him
Th1t without nj. efforts and the Efforts Il those
vi D as,.l 4e,i him. the sHtu of Missouri would
he Dut Of the INT n, aud that no Uther CON mander
has done more for tho presery.tipn Of one Of the
most brilliant sI,is b. 3,r aag, THAI Genera franz
S.KA
That he has shown military ability of the FIRST
order, snl that the h,llcdrds ut Missouri are ever
l,stng monuments VI bis yalor ali his superior
| In tics
Tia, his character a. uus,aircl ~ any reproach
aud that rs patriotism Is pure and above cayi
That he is dearly ueoyed by AL under bis COM
| n,and, and that he enjoys the unboundei cont.
d,uce Of large portion # tue army ~ M officer q"
the first rank and that the mass 81 the German
soldiers fgt ting under the banner Of the Union
may demand that their lest and noh~st champion
he assigned O. an honorable sphere oi activity, AID
| a ,ommsud that will enable him e. protect his
troops against being sacrificed again b. treason aud
Rssoiscd, That all the patriots oft tie Union lie eN
| horted g. ACT together, and with energy until tue
injustice done & Franz sigel be atouel TOT, and "a
| Command given 10 him Equal 70 bis merits.
authorities, and especially eudev5r To- s.,, ,,f q
Huu " n'"hihltte' ~ Congress 10 Investigate
g ALI correct the reasons FOR Sigels resignation.
[ Inc resolutions were adopted with applause, NJ.
ter an explanation Of them from M. w,ss.r. I,,,t
The next speaker introduced was Mr. Frederick
K'lr, President Of the Sige Committee Of Thirty.
who In an address Of much scholarship and Crre.
: denounced the nntvism which ho declared was
the litter cause Of sgels rcsiguatlon and the diff
cultes German troops and oHicers in the army of
the Union have had 10 encounter. It had, hes said.
dated nom the corl,t period Of Il eAmorc,nR eyou
ton Drkdb and Stcuhen had b. struggle against il
notwithstanding their noble services. The mention
"' these names elected al ouihwst of applause that
made the building ring. Tho same narrow
SPIRIT The speaker continued, was now about o. de-
| pHNc tie country Il rs ahlcst soldier. NJ. Knapp
then proceeded, with much humor, u criti.
'Ne the acts and position Of the Government,
and the conduct Of the war, concluding from the
pictures he drew that the Americans, I'm vyasip,
what they called ga Christian war;" meant no war
at all. Let the word Liberty be inscribed on tho
Union hannerSnnd the rebellion would o suppress.
ed sigel and his brave companions are no soldiers
Of king or kaiser, Bombn of Naples or the P,pe.
but the children AMI champions Of Freedom! trrc-
m'ndous cheering, amid which M. Kapp withdrew
from the pla,form.l
| Mr.. We'll Won Gernsbach followed IN an exceol.
ingly opposite and humorous speech arousng shouts
Of laughter and applause. lie, too satirisod the
position of the army, but aseribed ssel's persecu
tons, and similar trials Of other able soldiers
70 the jealousy of persons high in power This
proposition he went 10 trace and oluciliate with
| very many Illustrations of point and force. The
name Of Butcher, one OF Freedoms German heroes
was greeted with prolonged cheering. Let Ger
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| -, ~ ''''"' Us :" '''''' 'N'r' ugA'y GEM
49, 49,, 'N u's "''d against
| 49, n, a.. =" S"''"l name
| ,,r.,'I -, ~ ''' man. the ia7t
| - -, -, Ivy "'''H S''r-
SiGel' bth in Germany and America, IN behalf OF |
-, - '.' 'I,us'' '".'" We no" carries mt re-
'ol''' "-' 'o'''''l''ei "n address 'nN was borne
~ ''" Slli''"' ", ''' ''"'H'''
- ~ 80 "''''NH' VA ''t'r-
S'' "'"'', NeN' "ieN 'oneineh' applause IN |
',e"'y 'iN'' w" ''l''''S severe oF''''n' N Wh'ch
i-' s""''' MUS 20 o'" people were roughly /
~ ~ S',e'' ''"',ue' VITA tue sentiment
''H''-'oA q 10" INC preceding SPEAKERS that the
""' must 'c ''"c '"o ''' i'4'D' Jus'io' AMI free-
aom'
MI sls'SmNhd h'Nn'ann followed IN an earnest
olFe'' % LIS country men u stand by tue cause o.
s'ee'' and zee justice done to Linz Sixty thousand
German soldiers IN the armies Of the Union de-
manded it, and ever pa,rio. was in duty, bound