, 1873-05-29
South side---In the Sd, 4th, and
9Th Wards.
Vest Division---In tho 7th, 8th, and
l4th Wards. u,
North Diviston--In the 10th and
20th Wards. g.
Committees Appointed and Adj
dresses Delivered.

EIGHTH WARD.
Tho moeting OF tho Eighth Ward Gor1nhns
Book place at half-paBt 8 o'clock at Twelfth
atreot Turner Hall, Nr. Nfehon being voted to
tho chair. Tho hall WAS filled.
The Chairman said that tho moettu8 should
ho organizcd as an American 1nooting, tho spoak-
ing to bc in English. Tho fight was not Cor
mon fight. nor for lagor~boor. It WAS question
of froodom, to be decided at tho noxt
olootion, question whether any section OF
Tho pooplo should DO dictated to
By another section. Ho wished to tako hiB glass
Of lager on Sunday ae on any other day. It was
not quostion Of saloon-keopers; 1t waa ques-
Zion whether tho Americans should say, "You
Germans shall not do 40 and 80, aud you Cor
mans ehAll do 40 and 3d." They were as much
American oitizens a. tho Americans Themselves.
10 rs wo1l rs ell other Germans paid their taxes,
and contributed to the support of Government
lko every other citizen who claimed to bo called
American.
voice" Not like J. Y. gcam1non, thought"
"No. Not liko J.. Y. Sca1nmon; nor q. d. Fur
vol, nor Ogden, who paid $4,000 to $4,000 to
tho lawyers to fight tho city thoir liability to
pay tates."' He attacked Mayor Medill, who ut
ono timo was very good man, and had often
taken glaas Of lagdr With tho speaker, but tho
Mayor had lent his oar to tho temperance men,
and now ho was changing his vicws:
4 VOICE" Yes, ho has changed from fro
proof to waterproof" [Laughtor].
Tho speaker referred to tho appointment Of
Washbirno and the prosecution Of Klokke na
part Of tho evil Of tho Mayors lltening to tho
counaels Of tho temperance men: He asked tho
mont, which, in tho absonco Of any other name,
and in view Of the popular, daliko to tho words
noerman meSvemont," " bo dubbed "Tho German
Mr. r n Waber wna rnpnptoi Hecretarv
Ir. Horting, Of tho Union, being called for.
said ho WAS glad TO find this . moeting Of citi-
eens, eoHmopoltan in character, having, for ite
not be difficult to show that this movement Is
essentially American, its object being to defend
tho fundamental principles Of American liberty.
:agatnst the enemies Of that liberty who wore
Sspp4s nSs4p 4Bo tS Cloak aD9s al 4seo ate tho
monious, and church. going Times, md
TX scsmmon represented this "a movoment
was movement Of respectable citizens, and
they would DO ab1o to prove, notwithstanding
the snoers Of those roferred to, that they in
tended defence Of tho true principles Of
3errcd to tho movement as that Of the "b-d
Dutch" It WAS nothing Of tho kind. Poople Of
soop @ nav Ta han nd h them Is
sacred cause Of liborty. He oxpaiated at
great length on tho distinction conferred
on them ns Germans as against Ameri-
cans, and insisted that In accepting
her soil, aud in porforming the dutios Of citi-
EenB the distinction had ceased, and they stood
On the eamo footing as those born undor the
stars and stripes, Ho wished to nail lio. At
night, Brother Hatfield bud said that tho foreign
born citizens boro subordinate share of tie
glory OF defending tho Union. It was a lie, and
ho need not do more than to characterize 1t aB
L..
cry Of nationality Whenever Tho Gormans
sought to attain any object, was because they
had forgotten thoae principles for which their
fathers had fought and fallen. The Germans
nB Gor1nans, but as American citizens. The
preas generally had ,nisreprosented them. THE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE had been the only one that
had attempted to place the Issues in juHt man.
1nisled tie people with aneora. But It was In
possible that tho truth could be hidden any
longer. All classes Of oitizena would
JOIN, in the movement: and the false
denounced, and the courao Of TUE TRIBUNE
commended and followed. Ho ridiculad the cry
Of ''inadcls." raised against thom it was the
Puritan notion that Puritans, and they alone,
held 3 special lease to Heaven. This country
grew into prosperity and power undor a system
OF religious liberty that foreign peoplos sighed
for and came to repose unaer with hopes these
Eastern puritana now sought to blast. Had q
power to tako from another part tho right to eat
and drink what they thought proper7 That was
a. He dem, asnied !, T. that any, such right existed:
themselves liable to tho Inv wore personally ro-
sponslblo for their acts, but donted that the Inv
could go further than punish thom--to prevent
iho4. He quoted Osborn Morgan, III tho Brit
the cause Of moro crime than alcohol. We're
they, therefore, to exclude women7 1.-THE ques-
Eon raised o loud laugh.] Tho practical isauo
was, how they were to accomplish their object.
Irish, Germans, and all other nationnlitfoB, must
,hnite, and thoy would find that tho Puritan ele-
mont was smaller in tho native American heart
than It appeared. He wanted to aee the question
Of whisky and beer subordinated to tho broad
ers made mistake last Sunday In defying tie
law. Tho people made tho law, and the law
must and shall bo obeyed. (dreat ,applauao.]
Germans who broke the law should 10 troatoi to
grape and canister, but all tho people the
Times had killed by grape aud canister were
aliye yet.
Voice" Give 1t to 'om."
They were not, ns tho Times was, scheming to
build themselves up on the ruins Of other poo
ploB regulations; they lad not hceu horse
whipped for defaming . lady; they had not boon
rillfying some Of tho best and purest men and
Ing religion: fvociforous applauao] Tho crit
fciBmB Of tho Times were beneath tho notice Of
good men, aud Ao only noticed them to show tho
spirit that animated some Of tho English.wsitlug
press. uo concluded by all earnest appeal to
thoae present to support the moyemont.
Mr. Emil Diotzgch, being called for, mado
powerful ad1rcss IN German, which was fre-
quens!y Interrupted by applause, appealing to
thoir sympathiss as . people who had left
Fathorlund, believing they would find In this
country tho political and personal freedom thoy
hacked at home. Wore tho men who had III
ov osp5 ~5ro m BE- prppsta
i, ID bounded, and fined, when tho great Amosi-
ca . houses escaped md wore protected Ho
ruf e,rcd with Bolne Indignation, to tho prooaod-
ings Of tho Libor:y League IN connection with
thfs Mbjoot.
Han ator Kehoe WAS callotl. He said ho was
,onins the Sunday law, and the right way for
t6o pse ple to express tlloir dsapproyal Of OK
istinr Ii ws waa to meet as They wore doing. llo
iid not .ondomn tho Mayor for enforcing tho
iaws u as b found them, but ho did condemn him
draw H tt bis fHtgmdHpg ~ m ht on power & FL the the
I'm nil the power to tho omnipotont
1osscpl, 1iss Nc xlill. IIo exhausted himself ia