The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-04
nnw SPECIAL. NOTICES
Tur Editor of the "R,cHMorpER ANzgr-

THE Editor of the "RIoHMorDER AEzEI-
err "a German paper published In this city and TO
whom am in no way responsthie IN his issue ~
SATURDAY,, the 24tb OF March, hsd the impudencs TO
elect from the entire foreign population Of this
city Ito his own petite expressiou as the only
fool among them-and to assert that was under the
influence of certain septemsu who had first made
m. a WhiE and then Know Nothing
lei certainly true that am Whis, and sxpect
to sin ones but will inform the editor when and
how bscame q WING IL wss when vas living In
Baltimore and when Mr.. Van Buren, was a candi-
date for the rreadsncS, snd before ever sa1 .ne
gentleman eiluded to as exercising control over
my jud gnent and action; and II was because hesrd
| a numb1r OF Germans. who had come TO this coun-
try as hare done for the reason that could make
more money than | could at bome insisting that
| the whole German population ouEht to vote for
Martin Van Buren, because his father was German,
| and If he was elected the Germans would get all
| the Offices they wanted | didn't think they were
en- tited to hold these Offices because If they were
not fit to fill Offices in their country they were
stiIl less fit to hold them In this; and If they had
been fl for them at home they would have remained
there and not come here to look for them7 and be-
| ceuHs | loved the country of my adoption better
than lazy set of office hunters from my own couD-
| try ard because thought Americans knew more
| about freedom to which they were born, and the
| CONSTITUTION under which they were raised, than
| those that spoke my native language aud know no.
thing about either until they got here and some OF
about nv own liberties than did for their holding
| Office These were the reasons why Joined the
Whiu party, and voted for the Wing candidate; and
| after I joined them | stuck to them, b'eause
thou ihe principles of the Wing party would sd-
vance my interests more than the principles OF the
| other party.
| thought after I became an American citizen.
that the government ought to protect my labor and
encourage my industry. rather than protect the la
Dor and encourage the industry OF these LETT behind
me in the old country, and this the Democrats re-
fused to do saying let all the people IN tins country
want from abroad and encourage the British, french
and German working men On the other side OF the
water, in preference to or oWn people at home
| know what know Nothing" means, but if it means
that natives of this country are better emitted TO
rule the country than foreigners whether they DC
| Irish German, Enslisb French. spaniards or MeXi-
| eans-thsn / am d Know Nothing In principle, for
| I don't want any Office myself, and couldn't get
one If did ana wouldn't be fit for one II coH6,
and Thick about As mt as the rest OF my coun.
trvman that am acauainted with; but believe that
the psople of this country understand enough about
| their own affairs to manage tor themselves and
don't seg tnet because they let me come hero and
| live among them ard enjoy my liberty and follow
nv trade and they support me in my business and
protect me in my rights, that THAT gives n1e any
claim TO oak them to get out of my aud make
room for me to ia and have an Office too
| If 1 were Mt my native home in Germany. and an
American citizen were to come there and set hiu-
self up for office, should not feel that he had
any night 70 complain OF me, aud feel unkindy to-
yyaTds !, g. beGause preferred my own countTyman
TO him; and think it would be very hard matter
for any American to get 40 office WHARF came from
that ygag worth any ones having and for tha
don't con.plan because Americans choose to nave
their country controlled by their own people, in pre-
ference to ui!Go.
that thew should in cor their share of offices,
and don't want any foreigners to como here and
shove them out OF the way.
The Democrats make great fus the ii gifts OF
The Germans to hold Offices; but all they want is
in this town. The Democrats held meeting last
week to nominate all the city officers. How many
did they give the Usrmansl
Now / don't see much difference between the
Know Nothings, who say openly that they wont
give any German an Office, and the Democrats, who
say they are entitled to them, but take good care
not to give them any-but keep all for Themselves
but hat difference there Is is in favor OF the Know
othings who act honestly about it, and practice
what they preach; and az for prescription don't
see that German am any more prescribed by
the Know NOthinRs, than as u Wing, was pro.
scribed by the Democrats. So, Mr.. Editor, you may
put that in your Dutch Democratic pipe and spoke
it, Ifthere is any Democratic German in this city
that ala Mt prescribe me and nay party as Wings ]
would like rs see him pointed out: that's ALL And
if thsy can't find any, let them talk more to
about prescription When they had the power, they
prescribed both natives ard foreigners, unless they
would fall down and worship the demon OF Democ-
racy, aod now they fad themselves in minority,
they whine about prescription.
But net only love my adopted country, and mean
TO do all can to serve it's interests, but under
greater obi cations to the natives than to for
eigners and therefore mean TO vote with them -
have been three times ruined since | have been
hers-twice by fire and once by robbery-end have
been three times rs-established in business, and
every time by the native Wings and Democrats and
no fellow country man of mine ever yet lent any
aid IN nay dstress and therefore they have claims
on me support them for offices that, by the way
they will never get; and If any of my countrymen
are weak and silly enough to let the democrats
them tools for their own purposes to the time
of he election and then be at fer their folly
they may do it, but they don't catch in any such
trap.
But there ia another thing that made me a Know
Nothing and that is that was carried into the "cu-
vett' by my brother German. Mr.. Henry Miller,
where | saw the elephant" lsrge life In the
month OF September last, | wss in Baltimore with
him, and he took up to the German Roman Gath
Ole church. where heard the Priest preach in the
German language from IL O'clock to |, politics,
viii newspaper in his hand, from which he would
read and then address his congre cation, aud he tod
them in my presence and in my hearing, that those
VINE did not come up on the next Sunday and pledge
themselves to vote for candidates that certain par
ties to nominate that week. (fOr the Maryland
election that to come of on the following month
of October.) would longer be permitted TO claim
Jesus rs his brother NJ AIRY his sister, pointing
at the time to the picture of Jesus and the Vr-
gin Mary.
If had not been satisfied before, this would have
hsen enough to convince of the dangerous intiu
ence of the Priesthood and the unttness OF the Ro-
man Catholics govern this country; and that the
two matters of Politics and Religion or Church and
state, were too much mixed up with that denomua-
ton OF Christians to command my confidence in
The selection of proper persons to discharge public
duties. 49,
should be opposed to the Know Nothipgs is natural
snouvh but if there is any why foreign Pro-
tesants (of which one) should be, have yet to
learn and will thank the editor of the Anxeiger if
he will condescend to inform me.
Now. then the aforesaid editor has my reasons for
my being u Wing and Know Nothing, and he NAV
make the most of it and If he chooses to make
jackass OF himself he do but he will find it
is out of his power TO drive or persuade to initiate
his example.
Since the Democrats muck in love with the
German population. why don't they put some of EN-
ia the Common Council to regulate city atfairs or
select for constable geen collector some
thing that will confer either profit or honof-
And why don't the ecitor, who sets himself up as
their guardian ana protector come forward with the
spirit of man, and claim 1t for them? Until he does
and has succeeded he had better shut up about Ger
| mans being prescribed.
The Irish Catholics may get some cficea but Ger
man Professionals never do. They will serve the Dem.
ocrats for voting purposes, and that is ALL and after
that it is don't know nothing one side and
don't csre nothing the other So will 60 in for
the benefit of my children, who will hope be able
to take of themselves especially my two young
est John Minor Bolts and Henry Clay.
ap lit VALENTINE HECKLER
CARD TO THE PUBLIo.--In the Pen
ny Post of yesterday, there is g long letter from
Valentine Heckler in which the following passage
occurs:
But there is another thing that made me Know
Nothing and that s that carried into the 'cul.
vert" by my brother German Mr. Henry Miller where