The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-10-16
'Tuesday Evening, Oc. Ia, 1881
Tho Gsrmans and Politics.


birth have generally voted the ticket Ia
beled Democratic rather from a liking
for the label than because OF any iniolli
gent and hearty sympathy with the meas
ures which that label was made to cover
The Counties mainly settled by Germans
have usually given overwhelming major
tiles fnr what is termed the Democratic
ticket. But the Germans are essentially
reading and rejecting people. They
cannot always be ruled by mere nnmes.
They are now inquiring, comforting, dis
eussing. andrefuse longer tube led blind
fold as they have been. The Green Bay
Spectator Of the eth ult. says:
Tne GERMAN PLATFORM or BRowN
CouNFY German f llOw citizens in
this county have been holding series of
meetings at the Town Hall, in This placr
for the Investigation and discussion Of
the great political questions which inter
est or affect the people Of Wisconsin,
These meetings have been largely at
tended, and their proceedings manifested
the utmost harmony aud good feeling,
and desire fully To investigate every
subject of any polilical Importance, and
70 act understandngly in voting at the
pulls. ~
We shall endeavor to give brief and
faithful synopsis ofthe resolutions adopt
cd by the Germans:
They resolved TINT they were Demp
Gratis, bu, that they should support priu,
cipcs instead Of party. and vote only for
the men who were pledged To sustain
tho measures which they deemed the
most judicious.
They resolved thatth are in favor Of
Protective Tariff
Thu, they will advocate Banking
System for Wisconsin.
That the Liquor License Law should
be repealed, because the traffic is now a
monopoly, enjoyed by those who can pay
500 year for license.
They resolved that the General Gov.
ernment ought to give or sell the public
lands at cost price, To actual settleis only
and in limited quantities .t
They reject the anti Sabbath resolu
ton Of the Fond du Lac Convention, and
resolved that they were satisfied will
the present laws regulating the nbserv
ance Of the Sabba:h, aud opposed To any
further legislation on the subject.
A resolution was introduced by Mr.
Lewis Hnffel, approving of the course
Of President Fillmore, in suppressinl
tho invasion Of Cuba by armed citizenf
Of tho United States, aud plcdging Il
supportthe Administration in enforcing
its treaty stipulations aud the laws of III,
land. and preserving un,urnshed our ma
tional honor which resolution was a
dopted by large majority.
A Aresolution was agreed To, that they
will not be governed'by party nomination
in voting fJ- candidates for office; but tha
they viii enjoavor to vote only for mel
who believe in tho abnvo principles
These Germans call themselves Dem
ocrats, aud doubtless are so. They JUS
tify their claim 10 tho appellation, mt by
swallowing whatever they are told is
Democratic, but by meeting aud discus.
sing through successive days the various
questions Of Public Policy now promin
emily before the country, aud coming to o
decision upou each according as their
unbiased Iconvictions pronounce mosl
conducive to the Public Good, They
are Democrats in uuth, and their princi
pies aud intelligent convictions will i'm
pol them to vote with tho Wings. Al
least, we see not how they, being friends
oftho Protective Policy, can do other
wise.
If all party organizations could DO ut
ierly dissolved, nil party prejudicOs oblit
eratod. and our whole people were L
assemble In our several townships an,
discuss the questions Of practical pol
itics now demanding Congressional Leg
islalive action. we have tho most VI
doubling conviction that at least tw,
thirds ofthem would pronounce in fav,
ofProiecton TO Hume Industry by Di
criminulng Duties on tho lmportatio
of Foreign Products. Appropriations b
Congress in aid OF River and Haibor Ia
proyomenls throughout the Union, an
Free Grants Of Public Laddsin llmite
areas to Actual Settlers on condition tht
such lands should never DO consolidate
into largo estates and SO cease To b
owned by their cutiVators. There migt
be other questions on which Our view
would be ovetruled, but not on the fore
going. And yet we see Protection r.
fused, River aud Harbor improvement
jockeyed out Of Congress-, and Land r,
form STAYED OF from year 10 year. main
: by the potency nf party machinery. Tn
cannot al@eys be- ~ Y. TtibIa..
IitIn0lE-lA extra session Of the lie
islalifs isto be called fn tho apportio
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