The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-23
From the New York Journal Of Commerce July 30.
NEW YORKER STATS ZEiTUNG.

L The remarks which We made, few days agt
upon The growing influence If our G r,nan po
lpuaton, have eilcited c"mu en's. Tar and nra
! some OF which are useful aud interesting Th
Ssaats Z-itung, oft is city, uhch ranks de-
servediy, first among german journals in Amer
ica, devo,es three cnu,ns, npin rs many success
sive days, TO calm, vet en-r retc discussion u
; the question "1'he Fnnre OF the German Ell.
, ment in the United S atrs'' The writer IN
eviden ly been for many years and American
citizen; understands h,s cosntrvm4n thoroughly
and unites tn. tendcrest interest IN their w.liar
to accurate know ledge OF Ih ir faults, aud tn,
evils they mus. entail up,n them. He write
for Germans, and discusses his thesis frrm
German ana not from al A me rican.p' int of view
exh"rtug his read rs 10 apply the rrmf dies iha
are needed TO make themselves useful citizens
The spirit of his article afford ample proof tha
the great number Of highly respected German
among are keenly sensitive to the deteriorae e
quality Of the immigration since l545, and to TIL
influence it is likely to exert upon the des,inie
of The country. He says:
"Germans now find Germans every where =
The great mass Of modern immig grafton make
powerful Developments must proceed from
such masses they can exert an influence u2ol
social aud political relations which wou
} have been impossible while their number a
small"
i What these masses are, what feelings and in
tentions they bring To naturalization, and how
they leave their impress upon the interests Of tn
country, through the ballot b K, may be gather
ed from the following passage
! 1Germaps need self government and modesfy
We are en,hus:ssst tor liberty; yet have scarce
lv oiven anv other proc. IF our devo ion tn i,
than by demanding free license to ret drunk
We gable about our political insight, and de-
mors'rate it by wordy, abstract platforms, nnd :
| good share Of shamelessness in our judgments ;
| In another place, the writer further says
| "Let crnsure the eagerness of those who
barely landed on our shores, begin To pry the
world ont of its foundation; we blame heir agi-
t.tinns to disturb, yes even 10 annikiiate the
| free It and hes, existing form Of government, in
order to substitute for it ideal Of fancy, or tn,
product Of some philosophic o. unphilnsophc
| theory
Agan:
awe condemn some Of our ha'f witted coun
trymen, who, befnrp they have overstepped the
boundaries of New York city; be- fore their now
ledge ofthe country extends beyond The view OF
the liviny torrents in the streets. and the alter.
nate dreaming and bombast Of Germans in beer
Stops; before they know English enough % read
paper, or to converse with an american, be Cir
already to speak con,emptuousy of the New
World"
The Specializing individuality Of the German
mind inclines them, more than any other pcope,
to cherish fantas,icai imprac icable hobbies, and
their earnts,ness of character lead them to en-.
deavor to propagat' the wildcat Of their pc,
Utopias. Confned to III 70 abs raction such
| bubbles may succeed ch other and burst with.
out BARN; but, practically applied to remodel
government. they b come blows at the very
| bulwarks ofs"ciety. The Red Republicans who
| throng the West and portions of the South, will
do incalculable injury to the land il their indu
ence is not counteracted- A dreaIny, yet VIC
lent, arrogant ioafng has become a German
characteristic. The Stunts Zeitung says of it
"Loafing (Bummeiei) is fostered, in certain
| circles with kind of pathos II t'smade duty
| TO speak cynicaly, aud where there is an "p
p or,uniiy to act it out. Dogmatic vulgnri'y
grows into naturat vulsaiity, and the one is al
| disgusting as The other. We misunderstood
the liberty we enjoy, and postpone Improvement
| until some future time Of freed ,m."
! Some of our cities becoming, through
German influence. anything but what they
should be In Cincinnati, The papers complain
Of sporting, fi"ing, hunting, fishing, qnarrelIng
common labor buying and selling, bar,ering III
selling spirituous liquors playing marbles, pitch
ing quoits, flying kites, Kicking football or play.
ing ''shinney'" on the Sabbath day and cal
sainy upon the authorities to make it once mort
a "day of rest "
Even in B stpn where the number Of Ger
mans is comparatively small, one of their ex-
i ecrable, infIdel Unions has been formed, with
a platform in init ,tlon Of that hich is subscrib
ed 10 by hundreds If thousands oftheir brother
en- in The west. We request lovers of the rel
iginn, morality and order, from which has pro
ceeded no light share Of our nations pros per
ity, to ponder over portion Of the modest dem
H., H.. <.c Go.,-
aical outlaw.
"I Abrngation Of the Sunday laws
g Abrogaiien OF Thanksgiving days.
Abrogation of public prayers in Congress!
and the Legislatures.
/ A. Exclusion Of the Bible and other religioul
sectar an books from the Free Schools.
5. Repeal Of every law which di-qualfie!
individual citizens, on account Of their relig giou'
or irreIigious opinions from giving testimony
in the courts or holding public Offices
i This last "demand is directed against III,
exclusion oftesimuny Of atheists from Court.
of Justice The peculiar claim of these 'cial
list, Communist, new corners, 10 set up as
refor ners to rur well considered, long establish
ed, and excellent institutions, may be inferred
j from what s said Of their relative knowledge BY
the paper ab..ye mentioned -heS taas L unl
! -as follows
) "Gernans are If but small account here, il
the world Of science. Those who compar,
Germans abroad and here, can hardly su ,ppse
we are Germans at ali |; so little of the knowl
edge We boast about, do we exhibit. To sligh
Americans in this reshect, betrays the creates
ignorance. American schools, colleges, ant
universities, dot the whole land. They are not
| to be sure, such inst utions TO BE- foun'
j in Germany, where you'h hs ure corrupted an
indoctrinattd d into vice but have an end il
view, which they are careful to attain. Libra
ries, Societies, and Lectures bring knowedy
to every citizen. No, it is not Americans, bu
/ Germans in America, who are d 1ficient
Where are our Libraries, colleges, universities
aud scientific assemblies We cannot p int I,
any such, that are 10 our credit"
Too many, we fear the Qr ater number o
, Germars in the ULited States, are unambiiiou
RI Of learning, either f,r themselves their chill
dren. Still there are large numbers of prise
/, worthy exceptions noble -mulators Of tho
D who have, in all ages, considered knowledge
next to virtue the greatest attribute of man
We have visited German townships in th
West, where each family possessed its litl
: library; where the faigues OF field labor wer
g succeeded by literary reunions, "f which Mu
nlch or Berlin nigh, have BEEN proud: au
, where the early dreams of Chat t-anbrland
= Southry and Colrrdyr, seemed to have b~cnm
a reality The very ariicls before
tokea of earnest endeavor 10 create nucleus
around which Germans may cluster, to IN
benefit and n It to the detrime Mt ot A'nr,ic'.
FIRST Of all, the writer recon nends hi
cnuntrymen to learn English. lie says:
s.Those do best soonest, who make thru
selves acquainted with the EngIish ldnguag'
i. Communist and Socialist then consgn thri
. theories to the lumber room; complaining poet
, hang their Tyres upon the nearest IS nin' 'nt1
oak, and only profession i censnrs remain be
hind, to amuse their neighbors and as onnd ne,
r comers by the scofHngs which are their trade.
t -" America is an unknown land for he ne,
O observer, n, mstt,r how mlny books lie may
have read, or hat ideal he may have firm
, before coming here. THIS ideal can not b
4 rraliz- d ami the sooner he ILr vs. criticism
j. and piilo sophie theories "verbnard and b.gIn
j, 10 examine, ponder and ds>cr'L,inate, the soon.
will he build himself into The American fabric
q and be prepared to act as USEFUL citizen.
The second OF the 'hree ar icles we have al
Iuded to, is exclusively devs:cd to the snhjec
of g National FESTIVITIES" We approva, hie I,
ly, of the structures upon 'hs grovclng vulgar
II ity which has attended the iran pl1niiBa q