Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-25
TO THE EDITORS.

HAMBURG, OCTOBER 81 1854
GENTLEMEN Your paper Of the 9th of this month
tans selections from thePars correspondent Of the
New York Commercial Advertiser and Journal or Com
lneroe which anscribe and enclose herewith doubt il
you would have inserted the communication If you had
considered the full bearing thereo but you have done
so, aad your columns viii aid to spread what deem
most vanton standr, ask the favor Of you to insert
these lines.
Every body must be convinced that American consus
and commercial agents abroad the
and at the time best abused individuals the globe
For the general slang Of party papers and
respondents Of common should care nor
does the fuscme praise from writer's from abroad who
exto some official because he may have rendered 10 their
highly iportan person trivial service, excite any
Jealousy; but, far as concerned do dis
tncy and uncquiyocay protest against respectable pa
pers lending their columns to spread not against ndv
dual only against whole naonaities anderous and
malicious yituperations The communication in ques-
tion charges distinctly /" all the and GER
whom The United States Government hare not 5sa
0shamsd TO appoint their agents abroad with the unlawful
shameful and dsgraceful practice Of manufacturing Ame
rican citizens and your paper, in publishing this, has
seemingly assented to what asserted aud therefore
must beg leave to say that nm Of those all Cor
mans United States citizen since became Of age, for
nearly thirty years resident of the United States and
have been, until six months ago, of those whom the
United States have not been ashamed TO appoint agents
abroad being consul at this port have not derived
from the issue vises Of passports; for till the
circular of the Department Of State OF June 1st, 1885,
did not know consuls had right to make charge But
have done all in my power, as far my poor ability
would permit to protect American citizens, whether they
may have been by birth from choices and believe
have done act that would could cast disgrace
the Office held or on the land Of my adoption Ny c-
ca conduct must have passed under the observation OF
many of citizens they record IN the Depart
ment Of State; and trust, hope, nay pray, that
Correspondent" Of his friends who in
mica to all not born in the United States hemay at
the very next session of Congress- call to inves
gate by committee, any way that may lead to fair
exposition Of the acts of not only all The German but Of
all consu,s and agents abroad that IL mean and
dsgraceul actions have been perpetrated the name of
the miscreant may be held TO scorn and infamy 1t
may now be deemed popular to attack citizens Of foreign
birth and writer's from abroad belonging in every
of the word, to the Know Nothing party may deem it
right and fair to stab the regulations of said al Ger
abroad" in the dark; but deem, unwilling
and have been to ntrude myself the public with what
concerns personally it due to myself (where all are
ncuded) to say, publicly pronounce the .'eomnnnca-
tion, as far as concerned, wilfu and malicious
invention and also assert that the gentleman who Filed
the otice-acting Vice Consui--on my coming out,
though he be Hamburg merchant, is too high minded
and honorable to have demeaned himself by any
ton such Correspondent" ascribes all Germans
Had been less known during the time held Office
might remark there must be record in the Department
of State unsolicited testimonial from highly respecta
BILE gentlemen of this city both Americans and Germans,
that would prove by its tenor that at least as far as one
of all the Germans concerned Correspondent
what is not true. 3vA@@
have gentlemen intruded fear, too mnch alreadyon
your valuable columns with what only myself
but deemt due to my children oil natives Of the United
States and to my reputation to hur back with ndgna-
tion an unprovoked and unmerted assault.
remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
. SAML BROMBERG,
Late U. s. Consul, now Vice Consul.at Hamburg.
I've perform painful duty in admitting the afove letter.
- ~ hoe ;,rf he
plant which he makes butt finding in articles of other
papers sentiment suggestion which we ap
prove and copying without the careful examination for
which often have not time, in danger Of and
often commit the nadyertency Of including some excep-
tionable statement opinion. This the doubt
less in the letter referred to by Mr. BRoMBERG What
ever it Was entirely repudate any injurious mputa
ton on that worthy gentleman for whom we happen to
have cause to entertain high esteem, and whose cour-
tesy fidelity and excellent character occasioned in
sincere regret when heard Of his removal from the post
which he had filed SO honoraby y.--Eds. Nui. inleg