The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-29
The Young Mems Grant Cavalry
RoUsING MEGA ING.
COMPANY HI STRONG.
Speech from a Young Democrat.

The society room at Turner Hall, I
last night. was crowded. with young |
men, who have never yet voted, but
who will cast their first vote for Pres
iden: for Grant and Celfax. - -
The meeting was called to order by
Capt. Fairehild, WITH. J. Ehrman
as Secretary. After reading aud ap-
proving the minutes of the previous
meeting. on motion of Lieut.. Moses G.
Kahn, it was ordered to proceed with
the enrolment of new members, when
twenty-one recruits. were obtained on
the spot, which, added to the number
previously enlisted, made an aggre-
gate of III members The report of
the number enlisted was received with
enthusiastic applause.
The committee on caps reported,
presenting samples of three kinds.
The cap adopted is Of red, white and
blue. with bright star in the crown.
One hundred and ten caps were then
ordered for the company.
The committee on finance reported
! fund of 1895.
The committee on lamps, by T. j..
Ehrman, reported sample of a red,
white and blue lamp, which was
adopted. and 100 Of them ordered.
The lamps will be carried on the
spears to which the flag IS attached,
which will make grand display.
i The Committees on horses, reported
that thirty four extra horses had been
secured, which added to the number
before reported made sixty five. The
extra horses were then apportioned to
such as have not horses OF their own,
and, the young men instructed where
they would get them. = =
The Captain. Mr., FairchiId, then
announced that Mr.. Herman Engel
I had consented to make speech,
which announcement was received
ifwith great applause v1In1aa
Mr.. B. E. Catch then said, Gen
. tlemen, it affords mo pleasure to in
troduce to you Mr. Herman .Engel,
who, on the OCCASION of the reception
of Thomas A.@He Hendricks. carried a
torch in the Democratic procession.
,, He will address YOU
: On taking the stand, Mr.. Engel
was greeted with round after round
of applause. When quiet had been
! restored, he addressed the young men
as follows:
Gentlemen and Felloao- Citizens Il
: feel very much fattered by being
: called upon and take the orators stand
with much more pleasure as it Is
). the first time in my life that appear
before any audience. And further
Q more. as this audience consists only
g of gentlemen who enlisted themselves
i = for the future with the Repu blican
! party and are called the feature of
j the Republican party of Evansville =
= If you ask me why / come before
: you to de clare my Intention to go with
s you in this struggle, and to bel p in
| carrying out the principles of this
: words. 1t needs no word from me
e to explain why I stood by the Demo-
cratic party while in your city, as [
q presume you all know. my 7reasons for
9 so doing.
You may further know that there
L are events In life where you follow
n the direction of your sense, bidding
v silence to your spirit, and you will be
/. able to do this BY not answering the
: questions put before your mind, and
: by obeying the commands written by
! circumstances.
b But enough about this. After I
f had gone through this passage Of
| obedience of spirit, arrived on the
point of liberty of spirit and sense,
and did not hesitate how to ask the
q question: Which way have 10 go TO
be safe in a strange country? APP
plause
t Do you know that this was a ques-
J. ton put before my mind decidedly un-
h necessarily? [ Applause
Can you believe that any German
: who pretends to possess the kuowl-
S edge of reading and writing. and who
e is not bound by spiritual inf uences,
n would fail to go the way conscience
! dictates? Can you believe, | say. that
, a German who has those abilities. and
! who loves liberty, can be anything
e else but Republican,? Loud and
n prolonged applause.
do you think so little OF our
; nationality as to believe that we
would allow ourselves to be oppressed
Q in any way2 We do not want a Re-
! public, but we want a united free
= Germany, governed by one head-a
: powerful Empire-a representation Of
e knowledge ard science the first in
t. Europe. Is it possible now that a
= young man of those principles can be-
long to a party whose motto is "Ig-
norance?" Applause.
) | take the liberty to say no, without
: offending certain members of the
Democratic party, who are1ull smart
enough to use the ignorance of the
crowd for their own selfish principles.
9 And / presume that none OF you be-
5 lieve that | could be anything else
! as long as understand something
: about the political questions but good
warm. hearted Republican. APP
n plause. 4 There is q o resistance against
truth, and | will show you how |
found this out.
AS / told you before, came out of
}. that stagnation of Democratic morass,
and began to discuss the differ
: emit principles with some ofmy friends,
: who happened to be Democrats.
: The result of this was that some
i bodv gave me the advice. Read the
o Democratic papers, believe wi hat is In
J. them and vote the Democratic ticket.
TH - nod fba 0pD0Ytr1nifv in