The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-26

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were not without literary talents, uisbls o. MI
big 70 subject thsDselvss 70 the neee Ae1isl neM,
tnea thek luck IN newspaper editing. Bus saey
soon became aware that the tasts And sdaesnSs =
peeted. To make . living, therefore, tney Ia 70
degrade themselves 70 Chat low ksel, alo Mus
their papers gradually Lost every clam 70 nseiGy
satisfy the disgusrng appetite Of the German rsa-
ders Full cole .tiols Of sl the murders, suicides,
and accidents occurring in the United States were
the main staple Of their paps n:a !. pc srss .Sd
HIM ranslations Of articles taken without shy
discrimns.ion from the leading party organs. In
discussions with ether papers toe West Vupera
bic rudsLess and brutality Of EXPRESSION were In
common use. The exceptions Of this rule We
few and far between. There may BE- ment 80
Wsrrens, who is now the editor Of the Lead ar.
in Austria, the Lloyd; the New York S<sg pspst
(EIprsss,) started in 1872 or ls43, a. -. a..
Echthsl, and always considered "a Of The best
bns devoted exclusively 70 En- raatxa.s a.
aMr.weber, and the Ahe' -, N.nr JTss 10id and ~
W., VT, KILL, bioh sglanaara &eaphis, which rose to
Ss nsn raw Ssea efsder the editcrship Of Mr.
few more exec .tssns an. csr,nsn ~
weIe 81 =. ZIG Ayse Tow description. B indy sbsy
M the party leaders ordered them to Co.
tha;r nsh a Of the national democracy constituted
eApSss an independent opinion, or to venture be-
yvno .he narrow limits or discussion laid out by
she'A He vas certain TO be boOted down as q here
ue and traitor. With the great mass Of the German
public there was no real understanding Of the inst-
| buttons Of the country 70 be fouCc. The limitation
o. powers in the national 81 State administrations.
she sovereignty OF the States, and many other ele
| mems of political knowledge, must very naturally
be alcsost nnsehgible 70 thousands Of irmgranss,
who, in their own cO1utgy, ne-er had D.come a.
qaainted with The working Of any bnt she m 'st sim
pie political syttem, in which they themselves
com ted for nothing else but mere cypners.
The political revolutions which shook ths Euro
| pesn continent during the years ls4S and l649
wrougn, great charge in the aspect Of the German
/ large nuMbee OF people away from home, who,
in enigratiDg 70 America, slugat more for the
enjoyment OF It's political Institutions than
proportion Of those who came under such circum-
stances, and sctusted b. such motives belonged to
the better educated classes Of Germany. greater
amount Of literary talent has been imported since
the year le4s than within any pcore Of years be-
fore, WHILE on the other hard the number of those
Germans who take lively interest in newspaper
reading has at least doubled. The subscription
lists OF the exAting papers rose within few months
by hundreds-nay, by thousands. Tnua the Stats
Zeitung, in this city which fourteen years after its
establishment had not more than 5000 subs ,ribers,
has within the last six years qusdrupled that num-
Der; while at the same time two other daily papers
have an aggregate circulation of 5000 copies
being altogether an increase Of about IA 600 copies
Of the daily Issues In many ether cities the ratio
Of IL crease nearly equal to this The dn.sigcr
der WcsteMs western Inteligencer) probably had
| not more than Q, 900 subscribers in lS4S; now it
has over 1000. The Buffalo Democrat, starting
with daily issue four years ago, commenced with
from 400 to 500 scbscr.bers now it has over 1900.
| New papers shot up like 30 many mushrooms in
| every corner Of the Unicn where Germans had
settled. great part of them, it ID true, enjoyed
but short lfe but none we're discontinued without
having, to greater or less degree, permanently in
creased the total number Of newspaper readers;
thus securing by their death the existence OF others.
! These publ cations which devoted themselves oil
most entirely to the introduction OF European
theories into the political system OF this country,
gradually dropped IT, leaving the fis Id to others,
pathies for the cause of freedom in Europe, kept
clear of that 0nesidedness which would tain render
TIE adopted country subservient to the wants Of
| tho old.
None ofthe "independent'' German pagers dase
| their Establishment further hack than the year
ls4S. Since that time even several quite respects
Bile wbg papers have made their appearance, to
the utmost horror OF the oldfkshioned editors But
for the most part the wbigism OF those papers
was based entirely upon tae slavery question, or
| upon tic Kossutn doctrine of intervention Wihn
the last ear nearly four iths Of the German
| papers in the country have turned TO opposition
| agsnst the Pierce administration; bu. at the PIC
sent TINA the Know Nothing qaessi Il seems vi aD
sorb thsir attention to the exclusion o. every oh
| subject. AS long IS the tendency of the kno =
Not iDgs seemed 10 be directed only scainss the
| encroachmepts Of Raranism and JesGits II. many
German papers syn pathsed WITH them. Indeed,
| the deadly feud against those dark powers hsG
been begun much earlier by the Gsrmau press tn ir
by any secret organization OF Native Americans
Even now there are doubtless thousands OF German
born ci'izens who favor most heartily the efforts o.
the Know Nothi ngs, and in this re gard may
point to the singular fact that at the late e,ion in
this State an election district in Buffalo, inhabited
exclusively by Germans, polled vote Of rearly
! 500 for the Know Nothing ticket. But among the
Ssuapers there is acarcsy single one daring t.
| take sides with them or TO remain neutral
Even more remarkable .ha1 the large increase in
the number and circulation OF the German papers
which has taken place within the last few years, is
| The Improvement 10 their tone and character. The
dull and insipid translations which used to fill
their columns before that time have given way to
really good and meritorious original productions,
and there are many able end powerful writer's among
the present German editors. In giving the OF
some Of them, we shall, of course, not regard their
different political positions but merely their merits
as journalists.
Of those pioneers who iDaugura.ed the use of the
| German press between the years 1880 aud 1910,
! the;e are low but two whose talent and integrity
Is readily admitted. They arc NJ. Munich, in
Missouri, AID Mr. George Dieiz, OF the New York
Stodts- Zeit,sng. The former, Protestant clergy
| nan o. very liberal views, is, under the dc
plume Of " Far West" contributor to many o. the
lceciDg German journals, a. the same time earning
bis bread by the sweat of his brow as farmer.
Politics, philosophical researches into the history
AID the. bsaring OF the institutions Of the country
are his fayorits subjects. As for Mr.. Detz, be is
| hiose vi fs"o.iooa JUL CDJpsHS nI CAccA
lent reputation for his ltsadiness and consistency,
qualities which deemed to be exceedingly scarce
| among the older German editors.
One Of the most POWERFUL but also mewhat
eccs nitric, Writer'S ia Mr.. Karl Heinzep, one Of the
reddest Of red republicans, and professed sboi
| tiolist. BE was in Nav York before the year lS4S
| and connected at that time with tao Schneliposf
returned 10 Germany TO assist in the revolution,
but, it is said, did not behave very credtably. He
| afterwards came back-to this city, edited the
| Dsasehe ZafHg and the Jdaus, both Of which
were discontinued for want Of patronage, and then
started an abolition paper at Louisville, ia 1885,
| which he has lately removed to Cincinnati. Tns
Influence which his great talents might secure him
| is parayzed by his inso.erabe self con sci. aud
| egotism.
Henry b rnsteio, Of the Anzeiger des Wesfens,
came to this country In lS4s from Paris where for
several years he had been q correspondent of the
most influential German papers. Hs commenced