The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-20
OUR GERMAN FELLOW CITIZENS.

The last number of the Onondaga Democrat German
paper) contains another chapter know-nothingism
from which we make few extracts Replying to the OBJ
jections againsthe Germans for forming exclusive mil
itary companies, the editor remarks:
g r. the know-nohings will look back to the days OF
Washington they will that then already existed in
Pennsylvania two full regiments composed of Germans
by BIRTH who even had the words OF command spoken
in German Were they therefore less liked oy the great
Washington? At several occasions he spoke in high
terms of admiration of their conduct and galantry and
whenever he met them he spoke words in German
them in order to show how he loved these foreign
ers, Conrad Bush who died in Pompey long since,
aged lO2 years. of these foreigners, who eft
the Hessan army and joined the Americans and fought
well with them for liberty lie personally nc
quainted with Washington and esteemed by hmi but
when he died, the American papers gave only neagre
notice Of the death of this revolutionary foreigner
q Do the know-nothings not know that at the Begin
ming of the revolutionary Rev. Mr.. Muehlenberg,
who preached to a Lutheran congregation in Virginia,
collected the young Of bis flock in military COM
pany was elected their captain and marched with them
on n Sabbath to the church? Here he assembled the
pulpit in full military uniform took leave OF his flock
Ia German and told them the time had come that every
good citizen should fight for his country with the sword
and not with the Bible2 Did Rev Captain Muehlenbcrg
with his German company ever dishonor the American
flag Has any German company ever dshonored the nag
of their adopted country? The nothings boast OF
their oreathers who fought in the revolutionary war
we have also forefaihers, whom we can boast Of
We have our Steuben De Kab, Muehcnberg and Others
but we have Benedict Arnold. Have the German
military companies in any shown themselves unwor-
thy Of the confidence bestowed upon them or course
they did burn blue lights in 1872 they did not pray
like Corwin that the Americans in Mexico might find
bloody graves; but they fought well and did not turn
traitors If had not been for the German and irish
companies the Mexican war would have ended IN niue
different STYLE And yet the know-nothngs want TO have
such gallant excluded from the army and navy and
The right Of citizenship They set up fierce howl when
President Pierce appointed Thomas Grey second euen
ant because this man. who had fought all the battles in
Mexico, and distinguished himself by his galantry and
conduct was by birth an freshman Who made the rev.
dictionary troops military body? Was it not German
officer by the name OF Seuben, who left his country and
his good salary and joined almost penness army only
for the sake Of liberty7 1t by his foreign influence
that the army saved from ruin.
allow contemplate these sncers and assumptions of the
ndoos are They boast Of the merits and virtues Of
their oreahers because they cannot show some OF their
own. They are like the bird which ornnmented seil
with the feathers of other birds that its ugness
should not be seen h