Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-14
GERMAN REPUBLICANS
RATIFICATION MEETING.
.rR,Y: CRIP.rs.s. E.,DosssD
s speeches by Senators scburz ana
NJc, tsoy. l"oke. n n. Chin.
man, anu Others

4 house OF the Territorial Assembly. On the
front OF the desk, en- the platform, was the in
! scriptioD,. IN. p. Chapman, the Peoples
| Choice" and the walls were draped With the
! flags Of every nation. Donch's City Band oc-
| cupIed the gallery. Mr.. ). Wolf called the
| meeting 10 oIdtr, and On his notion DIR. Chas
+. schmidt WAS chosen temporary chair % an
| The following list OF
PsRnANEEr OFFICERS
were reported by a committee and elected:
| President-AdOlph Oluss.
| Secretariss-A. Hart, X. Springsguth.
| wee PresideDts-Dr. Charles +. Schmidt, ".
u hietzerott, Gen. Jos. Gerhardt, Louis W al
dee her, Peter BauRgras, j. f. Niedfeldt, DR..
| theodore Hansman, A. Jordan, j. Emmrich.
Dr ). Schoil, n. n. Miller, z. l.. Schmidt, A.
| Becker, n. VIII, z. L. Tobriner, Michael BrisI.
Louis Dietrich, John L. Keupei @. Kahlert, II.
! X. kuckhahn, +. Moehlich, q. l.. Carson, j.
dtoTsu- r. W. Sellhsusen, John Trzeiak, A.
rR. ADOLF CLrss,
! n taking the chair, add essed the meeting in
G-umap, thanking them tor the honor done him,
std urging them 10 the performance OF their
tbipmsn, and the nominees OF the republican
paty.
The following
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
ws1 then appointed T. +. NJ. FaehtZ y. II
T, Nj Ter, Lewis Waldecker, Michael BrIei. A. n.
+: HAN, E. u. Schmidt, and 2. aarens,ein.
The committee retired for elaboration, and
IN their absence the president. in a few compli-
IEeLtary remarks, .lntIoduced General ". p.
Chapman, the nominee OF the republican party
| 10 represent the District In Congress. General
ChiImsn then came forward and was received
with prolonged applause.
GIN. CHITMAH's REMARKS.
lie SAID he came not to speak to them as Ger
mans, out as american citizens. lie referred
10 the recent Franco-Prussian war and the
triumph OF the German arps. and con gr atuIated
biz German hearers on The grand result-the
unlhcsdon or Germany, holding tn At the war on
thu ir part was defensive, and history wonld so
record II as the judgment OF the civilized world
ne held tins opinion to be general throughout
me United States, charging IL at the only opp,-
sItIon in this country to their cause came from
the De mocratic press. He then coDtrasted the
platforms of the republicans and Democrats
parties, and referred TO the issues at stake in
The contest to show that all the interests of the
people could only be subserved BY being repre-
septed IN Congress by Delegate whose views
and feelings were in accord with the party in
power, reciting the many benefits and adyan-
tages that could be granted our citizen. through
the efforts Of jealous and vigiiant Delegate
re stated cb that upon the great hebby Of
by the democratic party the republican
party makes no issue. 1t is content With
t. Law that Congress has established, and he
He then referred to certain aspersions made
upon his personal char scter arising ont OF his
Prosecution Of the rebel prison keeper Writ
which found Henry wirtx guilty. He was the
Prosecusor Of the government, and az such was
under the same control BY the court, and
,ss 70 tee same rules as to pratice before
old only bis duty toward the government, they
did theirs toward the prisoner How, Their.
could they look upon him as q tiger in human
shape, which this Louis Schade is said to declare
he was. when he performed simply the DIV
which he owed TO his government and to the
army OF comr AIDES who lad Gos.. ther lives for
their country in that miserable prisiop pen0
The Judge Advocate General tells them In bis
review that lie tina, was conducted with fair
ness and Importantly.
III was saio tnat ne c9nssed irons 10 ne ,-ut IN.
the wrists OF this prisoner at great Der sonaI
t I W an. The fact is that the prison
heetI reported evidence Of Virus inten ton TO
commit suicide, and be was put to irons to pre-
vent selfGestructOn. He afterward COM
planned that the irons were painful to him. ard
they were removed, and guard placed in his
room, and kept there for the purpose OF pre-
venting self-destruction. Furthermore, ne
(Gen. O. had in his possession at this time let
tiers written by Wirz during the progress of the
trial, thanking him for acts OF personal kind
ness. He Was, indeed, pitiable object
although q monster in human shape, aud ne
Gen. c. did not believe he could have cOm-
mitted an act of cruelty toward the prisoner 80
helpless aud pOwerless was he, and SO iuevits-
be was his doom, in view of the cumulative
evidence Of guilt. Gen. Chapman dweu at
length upon the trial, reciting pages OF the evi.
dence AZ taken from the ottic report of the
same, and closed upon that subject as follows:
at may be added in conclusion that the court
before which the prisoner was tried vas COM
POSED OF officers high in rank and eminent for
their faithful services and probity OF character
and that several of them were distinguished Tor
their legal attachments. The investigation OF
the case was conducted throughout with pa
tlence and impartiality, and the conclusion
reached is one from which the Overwhelming
volume OF testimony left no escape"
In concluding his remarks he said: The out
look under our new form OF government il, to
my mind, suspicious. / believe q successful
administration Of the local government under
the present form Will secure to US tue perms-
a a hal -
to rest the question ofthe removal of the capital
forever. And, sir, IL there Is one thing above
all others touching the interests OF this whole
country, as we'll az this District, which desire.
il is that the seat Of the government shall re-
main where its illustrious founder located it,
and that IL shall become what that illustrious
man and his associates designed it should be-
Senator Schurz having entered the hall
during the delivery or Gen. Chipman's address,
ana having An engagement requiring him 70
him.
SENATOR eoHuRz
was received with enthusiastic aprlause, and
spoke IN German rs follows:-s'My German
friencs, am very sorry that I cannot have the
pleasure OF addressing you at length, but 1 will
say all i am able to say in the short time
! have 10 stay. l am Obliged to 60 back to
the Senate, now in session. l did not intend
TO participate in this campaign, and + should
probably not have been here tonight if INV
name had not appeared in the papers with
the statement that stood on the side OF Mer
rick. Now, nv friends, for the last fifteen
years l have advocated the principles of the
republican party, and have urged nav German
| iIit nds in innumerable speeches to d. the same
mat is 10 stand by the principles OF the great
| rel ublican party, faithful and forever
| Applause 4 stand to-day as I ever stood.
| have always counselled my German friends
| 10 fellow the advice OF their cons .,ences
They call me an independent republican There
| Is great dlrereIce between an independpnt
republican and a democrat, anu ole that can
essily be seen. have opposed the executive
power IN some instances because [ behaved
that some o. the measures taken By the execu-
tvs are lot in accord with the republican
party. j intend to continue au independert
man IN carrying out republican principles and
what have done myself I have advised nv
German friends 10 do. Those principles tod az
are Just as nrm In my heart as they were fifteen
years ago, and do here declare, IL | were a
cit zen OF this District, should vote for n p
Ch'pman, who will represent your Interests
better than any other man know Of
am compelled to be excused, as must re-
turn 70 The Senate; and wishing you SUCCESS in
yonI choice, bid you good night. lProlonged
| applause
RBsoLUTIoNao
Inc COMMITTEES on resolutions reported q Sc
| ries, which were adopted amid applause They
setforth That We will not permit that this
new national Territory should elect rebel sym
panther to the United States Congress; ID AZ on
election day We will establish where the sympa-
thiesof the majority Of German voters Law. and