The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-07-16
A WORD TO TIE GER MANS.

cent date, has the following very excel
lent and we'll timed remarks, to which
we call the attention of any Germans in
this County who have felt like voting the
Abolition Mongrel ticket opposed to the
Democracy
"When all but the Democratic Party
rushed into the Know Nothing Lodges
two years ago, and there in the secret
watches of the night in their dens of
darkness each took a secret and solemn
oath to prescribe all citizens of foreign
birth, aud especially those holding to tie
Catholic faith when Wings, Free Soil
ers, and Black Republicans Joined hands
to disfranchise aid to degrade socially
aud politically this class Of our pcpula-
ton, and would ere this haye succeeded
had not the great Democratic party
thrown itself between them and their
intended victims we never expected TO
witness 50 strange and incompreheEsi6le
a sight as a German, for any political or
pecuniary consideration whatever, ally
ing himself with this Know Nothing,
Free Soil Fusion party. There are i
few however, who call themselves Ger
mans and who claim to represent all
the intelligence, patriotism, and dccen-
cy of that people, busy at work, poison
ing the minds of their more honest hut
less pretending countrymen, and melting
the latter to acts of hostility against
their ancient, ~sreadfast, aud long tried
friends, the Democratic party of this
country. These German ipgrates are
known as busy bodies aud mischief ma
kers IN every community where they re-
side. They were driven ont Of Germa-
uy in As for their clanishness and med
dlesomeness. They ignore the Bible
and all revealed religion, believe in no
future state of rewards and punishment,
and act on the infdel motto live while
we live" They aim at anarchy in pol
%itics, morals, and religion, and are a
curse to any country or community.
Their hatredto all forms of government
and religion is such that they would
willingly be disfranehised themselves
for the sake of seeing the Catholic and
Protestant portion of their countrymen
deprived of their votes. Their present
alliance with the Republican Know
Nothings against the Democrats demon
strates the depth of this feeling. Two
years ago the very Republican leaders
who now are cheek by jowl with them,
took anawful oath TO prescribe them, TO
reduce their society to the grade OF free
negroes, with no rights politically as
men, but mere machines, lockers on rs
it were, among the lords Of the soil, the
Natures Of Americu. This We say was
their secret and sworn intentions two
years ago. These hair Tipped Germans,
these Red Mouthed Republicans know
it, and Notwithstanding all this they are
low ready TO lick the hand that was
raised to smite them. Had the Demo
cratic party given away aud fallen il
with the Know Nothing movement,
there would have been passed by this
Fusion Congress. laws, virtually driving
all such creatures out of the country as
men dangerous to liberty and unworthy
the rights of American citizens. TWAS
no love for them, traitors as they are to
every consideration of gratitude aud
that the Democratic party did
so act but it was a determination
to stand by the principle of L" equal and
exact justice to all men of whatever
nation or creed,'' which is the founda-
ton of the democratic faith, that Undue
ed the party to defend a cause which
all other foreign born subjects, pro-
them.
"To Illustrate their want OF consisteu-
cy and consequent a of honesty, it is
enough to say that they are this day the
and humble followers IN this
State. of Tom FORD and Tom SPooNER,
the acknowledged High Priests of Know
Nothingism for the last two years, 50 sci
dom seeing the light that their eyes have
become enlarged like night mares, de-
ways and means to rob these very
people of their rights. Still they, are
following them, afar off, by the glim-
mer of their dark lanterns, ready to do
their damnable and detestible bidding
the Democracy.
"Les no true German be cajolcd by
them They are presuming, ofieious,
aud claim to be wise above their fellow
countrymen but thank God they are
few, as contemplate in numbers as they
are in character. Like empty kettles
they sound big, and can make more
noise than they can poll votes. They
are to their own country a disgrace, to
themselves untrue, and to their friends
uugrateful. They are educated fanat-
les and have no other bond of union
with the fusionists of this country than
fanaticism. That they would glory in
the dissolution OF the Union we have no
doubt, aud that they are throwing what
little influence they have into the disun-
ion scale is abuudantly evident from
their acts.
"We warn our patriotic German friends
to shan them as they would the pesti-
@lence, to stand by the Democratic par
tv as the marty have stood nv than and