New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-13
THE GERMANS IN AMERICA.
,rp1y TO sENATOR THOMPSON.

kEPL ~ sc ~ L IA II " :" 'ON'
Mr. A. RorsIrR Editor Of Tie Quincy Ill.) Tribune and
late member Of the National Assembly of Germany has
addressed letter to the Hon. j. b. Thompson, L. $.
Senator from kentucky through the columns of Tie
Onigcy Wig in reply TO a speech delivered by that
gentleman on the 10th OF April wherein he assaled the
German population of our country in language highly
offensive and insulting. We give below some extracts
from this letter 1t viii be that he has a way Of
telling pl.in truth in very forcibe language Observe
how he handles the subject Of Old and Young America
'The ,he informs usl is the America Of the con
.,.nt PILGRIMS Of Plymonh of the pioneers of religious
freedom Of the phaIthropc Quakers, tho country OF
Roger illians aud William Penn, of Samuel aud John
Adams OF Otis and Patrick Henry OF benjamin trankin
and Fulton, of Washington and Jefferson, of Hamilton
ard Madison, of Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams
the country which in her Struggle for independence tnaA
fully accepted the enthusiastic support oi h"6e-mhled
foricuers and after having conquered Independence no
ly Acknowledged by magnanimous hospitality toward
ali the foreiCnbo people who came or would come TO
,.tte here That is tie country for which La fayetie
Koscusko and Baron steuben goriousy fought and Dc
Knlh Montgomery and Pulaski ceeruly died the coln-
trv Of the independent, mixing and inproNins farmers
@: the hardy and weathcr-beaien pioneers o. the s'S
and Ioles who are roaming all seas Of enterprs
ing manufacturers, Of the unbounaed spirit OF ih'eaon
,lat country upon which the world LOOKS WIN as'ohs
mont and reverence considering her unheardo inerhs
commerce the unfetered rivalry in trading and nanI
facturpe the liberal democratic cons iuons 'he h.sh
principle OF self government end oi hsip youfse tHc
unlimited no. ptaly and above all, her almost PeFiec'
freedom and her splendid niunhcence toward her schools
This rs The country which we looking for when we
rsook the graves of our fathers and already es,ab
Eshed position in life through the peris of the pa hcss
ocean 10 establish home in country, remote an,
kLcwn 10 US under laws equally unkaowa TO US, ana
euorg people speaking tongue foreign to vs. lAis IS
the people that received with hospitality and Willingly
threw pen tie door for have 10 Their right OF
c!iyershp and whose ntmhers free equal eItzen as
brethren in prosperity and adversely, We are Wiling 10 oe
in life and II death.
But there is ye: another America unfortunately eciPs-
ir tie pure sreudor az old America. This the America
of the losfers ana rowdies mscr whether theh may
sgrsee the Newlck Bowery the halls OF The United
Sthies Senate snd House Of Representatives.
Thc country of Judge Lynch and mob law the country
where reyolvers and bowie-knve are egs!a!on whcre
m.rnhrs of The first families allowed deliberately 10
nner schoo teachers for whipping lying boys OF dis
..,ncushed extraction: where exGovernors proclaim
~ T. no be fuliimen, of sacred duty TO society, ana
~ leadnr parers deem such deed worthy oi recon-
,oanse hv seai IN The legislature where Consressnen
Id secretsres of the Treasury swear 10 the Pesceai
bsrsC,sr OF notorious rowdy aud scamp, and > Sen
go, yoIun,oor in his defense the country wnere ie re-
srI, o rial depends upon the question who can pay
,be Iost owyer the country where pish.s arc suaPPe'
h, Seo- oainst Senator and Congfessueh 10 drank
rvvn, ATTACK the minority with their mss IN o.u.r 10
tuy ,beu the country OF ohseeseekeTs ana
of cbiy Ice alton ana Cg-clins, oi UapAh dl uaIu
re- (aray and Sloo claims o. ccnstrHcN'e i''oSSo -
Gadsden isea,es the country where votes N az
toIgL. by Postmaster Offices 10 the irishds V
and where the lGrcCs: party Of .he country e no ~ :.
lC bat the will Of the Pres Cent, nor an ~ -
together bu. the d" common booty the essuH -,
tfsrd Of ira Js and shameless want q prneie ""'''