New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-03-29
The German Vote.


The German Vote.
There are at this moment in the United States
more than One Hundred Thousand Legal Voters
of German birth, and their number is increasing
at the rate of thousands per annum. Some OF
them are remarkably intelligent, others compare
lively ignorant, but the seat majority are an
honest, industrious, frugal and peaceable People.
They are such as would mainly be Wings ifthey
had been born and educated among us. They are
almost all vitality interested in the maintenance
of the Protective Policy, and their natural prepos-
sessions growing out of the successful struggle in
Germany against British manufacturing mono-
poly, incline them to the right side. In Germany,
the whole ground now in debate here has been
fought over within the last twenty years, and the
result is an overwhelming and irreversibc verdict
in favor of Protection. The effect Of this cannot
fail to be felt in our future Elections if the under
standings of this great and powerful class be
reached by presentment of the right issues.
Unhappily, a great part of these voters have
been thrown into the wrong scale by fortultous
circumstances The name of Democracy has
caught the thousands with whom names are
things the grog- shops and low taverns into
which immigrants, however temperate, are almost
always thrown on entering a new country, are
nearly all nurseries Of Loco Focoism, and thou
sands more arc thence mised and perverted
Thus the great majority of the German voters
stand at this moment arrayed against the mea-
sures on whose maintenance the due reward Of
their Labor and the securing of their prosperity
depend But this cannot, in the nature of things,
continue it may be changed at once, if the
Wings will but do their duty, and by uniform
kindness, by personal exertion by the diffusion of
correct information, remove the unjust impress
sions which have been artfully engendered.
We have commenced German paper for this
CITY and State, and shall continue it till Novem-
Der, even though it's whole is dead loss to
u.s. If we cannot sell the papers, we will give
them away; for, somehow or other, antidote
10 the ncessant streams of Loco Foco poison shall
be provided. Ii those who are equally bound to
do for the Good Cause will take hold with us, the
burthen will be lightened and the efficiency much
increased.
But we had intended TO speak of another mat
ter There is now printed at Cincinnati capita
German Wing paper the German Republican,
by c. j. Schmidt II is nearly or quite the onl,
one in the Valley of the Mississippi, where there
are half dozen German Loco Foco papers, an,
at least $4,000 German Voters. This paper ough
tn have a circulation of five thousand copies
though every one were given away. And yet W
learn casually that it has a meager list, is barrel
existing from day to day, and may die for wan
of sustenance before Election
Wings of Ohio, of Indiana, Illinois and Mis-
SCUM we say to you frankly that this will not an
swer That paper must be widely circulate
and generously supported, even if we have fewc
Conyentions, less costly banners, and fewer thou
sands at our great gatherings. Clay Club
throughout the West! Wings! we call upon yo
who possibly can to send a few dollars for tn
.German Republican, and distribute 1t amon
your German neighbours or to such as will pay tn
Postage. This is the sort of work to be don
this season-not merely speaking and hearing
huzzaing and singing, which arc well enough i
their way and season. We cali upon the VIII
Editors
ton of this German paper. If the energies OF tn
party are devoted to such objects, the trump
will be gained But if we are satisfied with tel
ing each other that Clay is already elected W
shall be walked up by a State defeat one of thes
days which will cause us to rub our eyes all roune
and conclude that it is as well TO win the victor
before we spend much time and breath IN reJo'cin
over it.
AMERICAN REPUBLICAN, MEETlNG.-Ihere We
large meeting of American Republicans
Wall.street, front of the Exchange, yesterday a
ternoon, to ratify the nomination of the canddat
for Mayor. The meeting was organized by the al
pointment of President, Vice Presidents and se'
eral Secretaries after which series of ResoIt
tons was read, accepted and adopted unan
mously The meeting was addressed by Messr
Savage, Col. Snow, Summons, Green, Field an