The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-20
PRUSSIA vs.. FRANCE.
Large md Enthusiastic Meeting as
the Court House Last Night.

! the LlederkT0nz opened the meotlng
by singing
"Das list dqs Deutsche VoterJand,"
| At the conclusion of which Mr.. Al
bert Steinbach called the meeting to
order, and nominated Mr.Sam. j. Loe-
wenstein for Chairman. The nomi'
nation was confirmed.
On taking the chair, Mr.. Loewen-
stein said that the objects of this
meeting lay near every German heart.
Napoleon, the hereditary enemy Of
German unity had made an assault
upon German liberty and unity. 1.-THE
people of our adopted country sym
pathize with Germany, and it becomes
US as Germans to do more than give
our mere words to the cause of our
Fathelland. We must give material
aid to the conduct of this war"
He said that while giving material
aid was very important, moral aid
should not be forgotten.
The Germans had proven that they
had valued the peace of America.
Let them now prove that they do not
disregard the peace of their free and
united Germany. CTumultuous az
plause.l
Mr.. Albert steinbach said that it
was not long since they had been
known as PrussiaDs, Hessians. Sax
ons, etc., etc, but now those petty dis
tinctions were wiped out, and they
were Germans.
With German arms and German
courage, the Vaccinations of Franco,
which opposed German unity and
German greatness, should be OPP
posed.
In the strife between Prussia and
Austria, France had hoped to see
those powers exhaust each other and
thus fall en- easy prey 10 his arrogant
ambition.
But it fell out otherwise, and ne
was disappointed, and he now sought
to accomplish what be then failed
to do.
Now that the strife had called on
them for their sympatnies, let those
sympathies take a form that would
still the orphans hungry cries, and
give comfort to the widow. the sick
and suffering,:;viz: money.
To this end he moved the appoint
ment of a committee of two from
each Ward to solicit subscriptions.
DIR. Lauenstein moved to amend
that the President appoint a commit.
tee of three to select such solicitors
The motion as amended. was car.
ried, and DR.. G. Lauenstein, VIM
Schnackenberg and VIM. Heilman
were appointed as such committee.
Loud calls being made for Captain
G. Tomhemelt, that gentleman
came forward and said he knew Of NJ
better words with which to commence
than those of the old aud we'll beloV-
ed song:
~ oOttCH . ~ HtStt1 HNO~H
Sic soUen's jG MIGHT hGben,
Sic souen's ia nfeht haben.
Den Trefen DcItscheR Rhetn.''
This was not a strife between Franc:
and Germany, let the cable dispatches
say what they would about popular
enthusiasm and cries Of Vive War;
It was a strife with which the PEG
pie Of France had nothing to do, baC
no part or sympathy in. 1t is a wa
between Napoleon and Germany.
There were at present but two
prominent opponents Of popular feel
ing in France, TAiers and Jules FdUre
Napoleon only desired to acquire
6eoucoup gloire for his dear France
and he thanks God that Prussia haG
such a government. at this time. al
would resist this assault on the free.
dom Of Germany.
The Spanish crown and the uu.
lucky Prince Of Hohenzollern were
but the pretext. 1t had absolutely
nothing to do with the matter. Tbs
war is the result Of a long cherished
desire to possess himself of German
domain; but he would repeat;
"Sie soucn's ia nieht habea,
Den freiea Deutschen Rhetn.7
T"They shall never have it,
The free German Rhine"
It was true that Prussia haC
devoured numerous petty German
potentates, but she had never de.
voured any other Germans, while she
had given Germany a navy, and made
her colors known on the worlds seas
This was the Prussian curse some
talked about. To show how this
curse" operated, he read a letter
from enc of Evansville's citizens, now
abroad, who said that throughout
North Germany business prospects
were vastly improved; real estate had
advanced amazingly, and the whole
industrial wealth of the country was
greatly benefited since the formation
of the North German Bind. These
were the curses" that had over
spread that land since the union.
There were some Germans. who.
irons mistaken feeling of resentment
because their petty nationality had
been o~bliterated, give their sympa-
| tbies to France, but such a position
was folly, and he was glad that such
Germans were few.
"But," continued Mr.. Tomhemclt
there is still another phase to this
strife-a very delicate side 10 the
question, and one which l approach
with great delicsoy and great hesita-
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