Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-11-23

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ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF GERMAN
CTTIzENS.
NEW YORK, November 2l.-AbOut
four thousand Germsus met at the Ger
mania assembly rooms to express SYM
patbv with the Cuban cause, and urge
The administration to adopt vigorous
policy toward Spain. EX-Alderman
Rudde presided, and many prominent
citizens, mostly men o. letters meT-
chants or bankers, occupied the plat
form. DR.. T. FTech said that the butch
cry at Santiago de Cuba was but an cpl
sode of the bloody history OF Spanish
rule on American soil. 1t is moral Ne
cessitv for this nation of freemen TO end
these outrages on humanity and civil
lzanOn, and assist people IN a struggle
FOR liberty OF conscience and freedom
from military despotism. The American
flag had been studiOusly insulted, and
Is honor should be sustained at al haz-
ards. Ex-Assistaut District-Attorney
AIge,pOn 5. Sullivan characterized the
presaDt .SsDect of the Cuban question as
,,a~v crawl. No nation should rush into
war for a meye technicality, but the haz-
ard of war slfOcld not deter a nation
from maintaining the inviOlability OF its
territory. including tbe decks Of its ships
On the high seas; rom protecting It's
citizens from illegal violence; from up
holding the dignity Of Us nag, nor
from demanding every right Sc
cured by treaty and international
law. a failure 10 vindicate thees prln-
ciUles will, in time, bring greater evils
thau war. ain the case Of the Virgin
ius. - said the speaker, my judgment Is
clear u the position that II was an out
rage o. every principle of law, and OF
every nat, onal duty. 1t was a violation
of the rights granted us by solemn
treaties. In vas studied insult TO our
FLAG and our NatiOnal name, and was
wicked sequence to the long history OF
oppressiou and corruption never sur
passed. Reparatiol,' must be most am
ple.u DIR. BerchmonI' held the admins
tratiOn responsible for ne massacre, De-
cause it sold ships and a rms TO opaln'
and now pleads il has no .Srihs anu no
ships. He would 70. give an
if vigorous policy snOu4u
now be adopted. Hon. s. 5. CINA, theh
read a series Of resolutions, viii, u ne
intends to lay before congress at its L NAI
session. The resolutions call for an al y
pie satisfaction from Spain, and Is
cOuched in very determined language.
Appropriate resolutions were adopted by
the meeting, after which DR.. Glander-
kee, DR. Aurbach and others addressed
the meeting. Hon. :. 5. Cox, in the |
course Of his remarks, said that the |
first act Of congress should be one of lay /
ing embargo on the Spanish war vessel
Arapiles, now being repaired at the |
Brooklyn navy-yard.
TALK WITH THE BARK ON.
New YORK, November pa tele- |
gram from Havana on the twenty-first, |
gives the following, from the D5driO: |
awe do not consider it within the bounds
of Justice or reason that war shOulU
result from the capture of the Nirginius
and its legal consequences; but If con- /
dict comes, let US emulate the example |
d Carthage, Numancia and Sagun- |
tig N, and make the Spanish race in |
Cub.a the admiration of the American |
hemisphere The ViOz de Cuba believes |
theque stiOn will be settled by diplomacy; |
bat never; heless il praises the activity |
of the artillery and engineer corps, in |
r.pairing the Notifications which will |
in short time be in perfect condition. |
sICKLEs's TROUBLES CONFIRMED.
LONDON. November 22.-Dispatches |
from Madrid agree in representing that
the late interviews between Minister
Sickles and the Spanish authorities were !
Of a stormy character. Sickles barely |
escaped a mObbing by the crowd which !
..ongfegated in front of bis residence. |
In consequence of these demonstrations /
DE determined to leave Madrid; but the 1
a'0vernment having dispersed Che mob, |
ant since maintained peace, he has re- |
solved 10 remain in the city.
ATTFR CHARLEsTOwN NAvY-YARD.
BosTo Y, November 22.-WOrk in the |
ChsrlestoNvn navy-yard is going on very |
brfskly, and all the men il Is possible to
utilize are ,UBpioyed. The franklin /
will be ready l,Dr sea in two weeks, and /
the BROOKLYN Is being rapidly put in /
order. Visitors are excluded from the /
vari, Sc that the Workmen may not be |
interiered with.
A SECOND ATTEMPT on sICKLBs's LIFE. |
NEW York, November 22.-A Wash |
ingtOn special says an official dispatch |
go Secretary Fish, received at twelve /
o'clock last night, says that second
attempt was made to assassinate SIckles, |
and that one thousand troops now guard |
lhe American legation at Madrid.
ALL DEPARTMENTS ACTIVE.
WASHINGTON, November 22.-Prepa- |
rations have been quietly going ON un- /
der direction OF the secretary Of war Ia |
placing our aTsenais in a condition to |
.upply the wants OF the army in tie |
6eld in ease Of war, and looking to the |
.zludition OF armament Of our foTtifica- |
ions for q successful defense Of cur har- |
1ors against the hostile attack by iron /
clads. The ordnance department OF
the army j. at this moment IN the most
active preparations for a state Of war, |
a ud is ready to supply an army with |
"a. .Igs equipment Of war material, i'll |
rJudiVg The most approved bTeech-load- |
mo aCns, and field, and seige |
batteries Of artillery, with every kind |
~ ammunition. The telegraph has |
Laau vigorously used, urging forward |
every preparation to The greatest extent. /
INC ordnance officers are fully alive to |
-5be yravity of the occasion, and to the |
r,s-cessitv for ample preparations to meet
Al demands. should war be the result Of
,ur nresent complication, WHILE nom |
.fha nature Of the case, the navy had 10
Ne the active initiative. The war de-
7Iqent is fully alive to the Crisis, ana
"a, iiga,,i. ~iy preparing for the future
CONFLICTING.
,,,sr,r,,c,- *. December 22.-The
rsnorf -fIil,t, that &C., >qila sttempt had been
made osdt' on IT, M. of general Sickles can
not be true, as the deI - tL2ent ol Staee
has no information on the - -, ~ !
have any dispatches been rec -StSu ~ -
o late hour this evening irol.' si.iiSl .iSl
Madrid or Cuba. A number Of o..
were assigned to-day to vessels now -
ting out for sea.
THE CINCINNATI BOARD OF TRADE I
TAKES A HAND.
CINCINNATI, November 22.-The fol- |
owing preamble and res, luton were
.Dssged unanimously by the board OF
trade to-day:
WHEREis, The barbaTous treatment |
.,f persons lately captured of the coast !
9f Cuba bv tae Spanisrds having caused
= widespread feeling Of indignation
fbrogghout the United States, calling
f0r soaae action on the part OF the gov
arnment, hoping the principles OF ar5i-
9ration under which our nation settled
all our difficulties with England may
be safely invoked; therefore
ReSOlUed, That We recommend the