, 1873-05-27
STILL MOVING,
@orman Mass-n1ceting In tho Eight
ecnth Ward,
Gall for q Mooting in tho Eighth
Ward.
Letter from tho Editor of the
&Frcic Presse."


tho purpose Of effocting m organization to bat-
tlo againat tho temperance candidates at next
falls election. Tho mooting was callod to order
by Charles Knobolsdorf, EBq., who stated It's
obiect
Mr. Knobolsilorf was clcotod Chairman, md
on taking tho chair said they were not lighting
for whisky and boor, but for their poraonal
aiherty. They Ind como to this country
to . live Id land OF liberty, and
not Of oppression. Tho Republicans woro most
ly responsible for thoso obnoxious laws, and
3lave forced tlom upon nearly oil tho 6tatcs in
tho Union. They havo brought thiugs. to such
state TINT tho police entor mans house to
MOO whothor ho Is drinking boor after Il O'clock.
aHo spoke about tho undigni1od condtct Of tho
Circuit Judges who nominated thonsolVea ind
appointed campaign conirntttoos, as II tue Poo
.plc worc nothing but voting cattle. 1t IS timo
that this atato of things waa changel md ho waa
glad that the Germans tako Hucl> 81 interest In
tho uattor, and turn ont In such argo numbers
whorovor q mooting is bold.
Tho Hon. Otto pe1tzor waa called upon for n
speech. He said TINT there wafno uso In vast
ing timo In expntiatng upon tlp morite Of Cor
man-Amoricans aa citizens Of to United Btates.
This movement, which wns caled o "now movo-
1nont," was not now at all. Tic ranks Of euch
as had brokon old party tfeB'fo tho purpose Of
fighting official corruption nd fanaticism wero
only being swollod by now o'nvertH. lie, nmong
others, had loft tho old papy for this purpose,
and had fought most II thoHo that wore
nov new placing tho kniie at t tho throats Of
1lo expressed hts regret apon ono point, nano-
1y: That tho movo1neft had boon run 20 fur
mostly BY GermanB. This was grave error.
poor title had oftcn boon tho cause Of tho
failure Of mas,y good drama. This movement
was stamped as . dernan movement BY the
English pross, Wild, WAS placing the wllolo
thing in a false lisha and had mado an unfavor-
nblo imprcHsion upon many well-mcaning and
4bora-minde4 !4!et 9 Englsl'-apeakia9g eMItlzons
Knov-Nothingiam. ana they dornandod
tho Same Of thoir opponents. 0erman-An,erican
citizona simply demended that ttolr moro liberal
views, customs, and habits Should receiyo tic
consideration duo them in stats and city logis1a-
tion, and that their Constitutional rights Should
not bo curtailcd or endangered by fnuatcal lawa
and Ordinances.
Mr.. Jamcs Ennis, tho nost speakor, eaid he
did not como to speak, |ut only to ace what
ACTION ACTION wMas M taken in the Eighteenth
mont, for the purpose OF opposing al fanatlcal
a1d as nnftgnsa toss laWs Ih haa 1g4e a9a they
mem to take any arbitrary measures: but they
would peacefully fight the bntt1o at tho ballot-
boz. Ho showed how tho present Temperance
aS ssz eeG a b s agsstqs IT, ard I'D why
plo had always been opposed to those 1aws,
Which wero only passed because 1t was thought
that they would mover DO enforced. Sunday was
the only day Of rest and recreation Of tic poor
workingman, who only took glass Of bcor on
Sunday because they hare not tho ti1no or in-
olination to drink every day in the wook.
The Chairman appointed tho following Cam
Relg9' cemmittee y Woelfo. wp; sasnd,s,raon.
Jas. Hanloy, Gustav Elol, n: o. Ohlin, John
etatz, Jacob schiedingor, 9. Knobaladorf, II.
Enge1, mud NJ. Dieden.
Tho meeting then adjourned.
EIGHTH WARD.
abhe Citizens q tac Etghth Iiard Irrespective " Nj
t!onatfty or Party Greed:
The undersigned committee of citizens having
beon instructed to insite tho cooperation Of tho
Aboral-mindod citizens Of tho Eighth Ward,
without regard to their nationality or party
creed, towards effocting 4 thorough organ-
cation for tho no1t city campaign, hereby
request all citizens who fnvor tho mainteuauco
of civil liberty III its broadost Bengo to partici-
patio in mags-mooting to bo hold at Vorwaorts
Turner Hull, Twelfth street, on Wednesday next
May 25, when good apeakcrs will address tho
people Oh the leading questions ut issue. Tho
in this matter, do not wish to have their course
misunderstood US clannsh ono. It is not their
intention to mako fight for German habits or
as The The CHAMPIONS Of "ee
They regard certain laws, now in forco and
strictly carried out by the city administration,
az an Infringement upon tho civil Ill.,
oy o1sy Is, guaranteed to thom by tho spirit
and intend, ii. unison with tho liberal. minded
ciizons OF all nationalitios to meet their oppo-
nens on tho Legitimate political battle-ground
OF American citizons ut the balot-box. In this
campaign, they trust, they. will DO sustained by
MI supporters of tr,,o ropnblicaniam, and by tho
enomies Of petty tyranny and narrow-minded
qosaAp /. N1cnorr, wu. Il. EnEn1n,
GzoaoE & @. dAnSsrn, pESkls MURRAY,
W. KUnL, J. WALwoNTH.
F. LINDEN, l.. DoLDENWEoK,
e. SCHWARTZ, G. MEyEn.
i. UGauARDT.
LETTER FROM I'm. M1cuaEL1g.
70 Che Editor q The Chicago 1rtbnne:
Tho Inter- Ocean of Saturdays Issue publishes
Know Nothing Movement" which C contains tho tho
following paragraph:
There seems to bo rather q singular coincidence
q ideas between Mr. nuchneIs Of the Frtte fytsst.
rnys Tho Gcrmnns propose to treat tho uutve Ancrt-
esna a. they tTe%ted @ ho Erenennen n ls7o hst
Territory to tho German Empire.
This being an entirely incorrect Interpretation
Of tho position which tho Freic Pyesse and nv.
self hayo taken in this movement, would re-
spoctfully ask leave to mako q fow corrections
Trough tho columns Of your paper.
Tho Freie Presse opposes Sunday and TOM
pcranco measures Oh the ground that tho Con-
stitution does not recognize any State religion,
the 1attor because VIC consider all such measures
to be prejudcial. and do not allow any ono to
proscribo to us when where. or whatever we may
cat or drink. Wo have mover pretended to die.
tato to our fellos-ctizons how they shall live,
but We shall also rosist any attempt to exercise
any similar control over us.
We have advocated that heavy punishment
phould bo inflicted upon tho drunkard; haye nd
Focatod tho closing Of nll thoHo saloons which
aorYe aa an abode for rowdiea aud criminals; but
VIC have also stated that those places are nui-
sanceB as we'll OIL weekdays as on tho Sabbath
md therefore ought to bo brolon up entirely.
At & meeting held rocently in Aurora Turn.
halle, when called upon tospoak, stated that il
tho movement now iuaugurated was intended to
be degraded to . moro beer or whisky quarrel I
shopla not join In It that, however. would ho
Of all clements, and against tho usurpations OF
those fanatics who, III manifest violation of tho
Constitution of tho United States, attempt to
fores NATIONAL Sunday upon US, III the shape Of
a pnritanical Sabbath.
I have frequently warned the Germans OF sorno
notorious aomagoguca who arc trying to make
this movement q strictly dornlan cause, and or
K1,o,v .hath 10, INT