The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-10-19
Meeting of Germans.
Proceedings Of a meeting Of German Delegates
Of La Sale County.
TURNER HALL, Ottawa, Oct. IS, 1867.


Mr.. H. Strobel called the meeting to order.
Mr.. o. Winheim, of Peru, was nominated and
unanimously elected temporary President of the
convention, Mr.. NJ. Erlenborn, Secretary, and
Mr.. c. T. Rakebraud, asst Secretary
The following societies were represented by
delegations
Ottawa Liedertafel-C Zimmerman and II.
Alschuler
Ottawa Mutual Benevolent Society-W. Kri-
ger, p Miller and. j. Maierhoier.
Ottawa Turnverein-H. Strobel, John Pur-
rucker and G. +. Koch
Ottawa French Mutual Society,". Nitschelm.
Troy Grove German Standardization Beck.
Mendoza Mutual Benevolent Society-John
Hess, Anton Erlenborn and G. Shaffner.
Mendoza Anti-Temperance Society-William
Meisenbach, Casper Fisher and c. Henning. or
Mendoza Public at LARGE. Arnold, G..
Ringer and L. Yost
Peru Turnverein-P. Morshauser, Ii. Meinke
and L. Schleger.
Lacher, A. Schlingman, 7. Heinrich, c. Rake
brand and VIM. Schafer.
Peru Sharpshocters-A. Heinze P. Singer, p.
Boehme and o. Winheim.
On motion of Mr. C. F. Koch, committee of
seven was appointed by the President to draft
resolutions expressing the Of the convention.
The President appointed the following dele
gates as such committee:
CT. Koch, Peter Miller and Herman Alschul-
or, from Ottawa; P. P. Singer, A. Birkenhart,
from Peru; Christoph Arnold and John Eess,
from Mendoza. sa
The committee on resolutions reported the fol-
lowing: o..
After careful consideration, we have come to
the conclusion to acknowledge the resolutions
adopted by the American citizens of German
tongue in Crosbys Opera House, Chicago, Aug.
IL, 1867, as expressing our own convictions and
to recommend to the convention to adopt the
same resolutions as binding upon us, to wit:
Resolced, That the Sunday and Temperance
questions are not simply questions of personal
concerning civil and religious liberty.
Resolued, That the constitution OF the United
States entirely ignores the idea of IA state
church, and no state is privileged tie pass law
which will compel the individual citizens to re-
cognise any one day as sanctifed, because certain
religious organizations see fit to do so.
Resolced, That the Declaration of independence
guarantees to us the pursuit of happiness, SO long
as we do not thereby injure our fellow citizens !;
and that no legislative body can deprive us ot.the
privilege of selecting our own day to enjoy there
in certain things which are lawful.
Reseicod, That our experience in our old
fatherland, in the matter OF intermeddling OF
church and state, has been such that we viii not
quietly tolerate their introduction into this our
adopted country.
He@lced, That we. who gave good proof OF our
Loyalty to this Union during the recent war; also
possess h positive right to make known onr wishes
at the ballot box. .l
ReWlred, Tha5 we positively object to the self
assumed conclusion that, because we are not in
clinsi to become willing slaves tothe yoke.of the
puritanical notion of Sunday, we are therefore
ungrateful children Of our adopted land. in.
Rewlred, That wenlso positively object to the
idea that an adopted citizen has only the privil-
ege Of deyoting his knowledge, muscle and life