The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-07-09

they were for placing none but Americans
on guard"
This portion, the Foreigners are most
respectfully requested not to read, and
the Know Nothings will please cut it out
and paste it in their hats.
In another column the Journal says:
"For the benefit of those who read
German, we intend devoting a portion Of
our columns to German reading matter,
which will make the journal an interest
ing and welcome visitor to that portion of
our community"
Oh, what a fall! Less than a year ago
the Journal was abusing the foreigners i n
the most unmeasured terms, and o a
portion of it is to be printed in a foreign
language! Oh Know Nothingism, Know
Nothingism, thou that latest the "Dutch"
and didst establish the Journal, how hand
somely are ye sold.
Can any man or set of men be silly
enough to suppose that the foreigners
have forgotten the events of last fall ?
Suppose we give a specimen of the Ian
guage used towards them as we find it
published "heretotore" in this same Jour-
nal.
"Nearly four-ffths of the beggary, two
thirds of the pauperism, and more than
three-ffths of the crime, spring from our
foreign population"
"Trained to crime at home, and sent
hither because their presence %endangers
the peace and security of society in their
native country, these men arrive here, in
many instances, direct from the prison and
consequently destitute of support. To
obtain it they betake themselves to their
old courses; and not only do they commit
crimes themselves, but lead those with
whom they become acquainted on their
voyage, and who are equally needy into
their Preparation"
And now this Journal, the politics of
which is to be "the same as heretofore, "
is to be printed partly in the German Ian
guage! It claimed last fall that the Ger
mans were "too ignorant to be fit for citi-
zcnship . and now it appears to think they
are ignorant enough to be humbugged into
the party which has not yet ceased to per-
secute them.
It's first German chapter ought to read
something in this wise. "What if we did
abuse and SANDER you a few weeks ago ?
What if We did say we'd rather vote for a
nigger than q "lop-eared Dutchman Z"
What if we did murder your brethren at
Cincinnati and New Orleans? What if we
did drive some of your friends and rela-
tiyes into their houses at Louisville and
then set their homes on fire, leaving them
no alternative but to be burned alive or to
be shot down like wild beasts? You wont
pay any attention to these little matters,
we were only in fun. Come along with
us, like good fellows, and get your heads
chopped off. What if we did drive Dem
ocrats with you from the polls and MUIR
der them because they tried to protect
you? Come along with us now and help
us beat the Democrats who saved you
from political degradation, and then we
can turn our undivided force against
yor."
What must be their opinion of the
intelligence Of the men that they hope to
deceive by this shallow trick? We call
it a shallow trick, for it is nothing else.
They cannot hope to give the Journal
a circulation among Germans who cannot
read English by printing a column or two
in the German language, when there are
abundance of papers printed exclusively
in that language at the same price. 1t
is a mere device, Oh the part of the aiders
and abetters of those who persecute the
Germans, to make them believe that they,
the aiders and abetters aforesaid, are the
most devoted friends of the foreigners.
The Know Nothings are treated with
as little respect and consideration as the
foreigners. While that portion of the
Journal printed in English may treat them
as kindly and complacently as if they
were bosom friends, the German portion,
which they will be unable to read, must,
10 have any effect, take the part of the
Foreigners against the Know Nothings;
and to win the Foreigners from the Dem
~ocratic party, must be more generous to
them, and more severe on the Know Moth
ings than the Democrats themselves.
Tbey must ont. Herod Hnrod against the