New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-20
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
THE LAGER BIER MANIA"-0NCE MORE.
To the Editor Of The y. T. Tribune:

To the Editor ~ The " L. Tribune
SIR: Your paper Of Nov. accidentally fell Into my
hands day or two ago. My attention was attracted
70 an article taken from The Scqlpd and headed
" The Lager Bier Mania 1t seems to me that Il
commentary would not be ont of place. 1t reminded
ne forciby of the leaders and paragraphs of many OF
cur late campaign papers, which were distinguished
by an unscnpulous twistDg and peryertiug of facts
calculated to frighten To- misead, to bewilder and be-
fog the many who drew their Information from these
impure sources The facts Cf the writer OF the article
are mostly stated neore ;ty and his specua'ions TO
ssy II @ least altoge ole SIDED. l am German,
iabi,ual beer druker, aud therefore DESTROYS to
rui u plea for cd King Gambrinus OF course,
sinl Dot take 10 pro, tn the evils mentioned
in itnay not arse from he abae that is, immodrats
use Of lsger-bier Regular tel rs shall not take un-
der my protection.
The authors Introductory remarks pass over. They
are yery farfeched al look if lorcoly pressed into
svoe to give sgisteria air to tie wseacre who is
mounting the tripod sort OF lions skln which does
not quite cover the animal within.
He SAYS the history of the German nation proves the
truth Of he assertion that food has eat influence
ppon mans Temperance mt Well, bow Why the
history Of Germany more Than tnat OF o'her hs'ohs
1t is not said THAT is objectionable ID their food
The character Of that people in the days o Amnus seems
be saly accounted for when their food considered
Not word is said how they differ, whether for the
better or the worse, though the spirit in which the
remark lie made is very apparent According to Iacl,
tlf tue tIeIlndDS III sUC "a "cic
eaters ard drinkers, ard got credit, at the same time,
fer s,ne very commendablc virtues. just like our
"damn,d Dutchmen' of to-day. None OF your dys-
pepcs your snrsapsrilla men. They eat and drink
web because they have good stomachs and that their
heads are as good, they have abuDdantly proved.
VIVA. is meant by the old " Bayarians' 1 cannot
make out. Does it mean the aged men OF Bavaria at
II pre- sent time their anc estos OF thousand years
eeol In either the illustration il very lame.
Sedentay habits have often been attended with
toi dency toward obesity, lagerber or no ager'blcr
If your clerks and young men about town (which
latter FEVER before have been suspected of sedentary
habits do not take enough exercise, 1t Is their fault
not the leger-b lers.
TLen s effect ON women is mentioned The writer
profefses TO have frequent cases OF scAy infants
IN consequence of the mothers being addicted to beer
drinking In the next line il il stated that women have
no taste for it, seldom drink it, and that in Europe il is
considered vugar Sy them to ank It, L h,s se,
that it was considered vulgar, though lived some
| twenty Yeas IN Germany.
Next lager.ber has to account for the fact that
Germany is subject 10 the rule of hiry-sx pc y ty
rant. al for the Indifference with which this state Of
affairs is endured. IeTson that charges them with
rdititre ce in this matter must be very Ignorant OF
what has been going on there for the last % Yeas Is
il 70 very strange that they have not yet been
h in bringing about change, when the enlightened"
An eIcans have not Jet been sbe 10 get rid Of Slave
~ rddaIce desrcd by tie majority of heiT people,
with 10 outside forces TO thw sItit And this evil too
quite Lew one compared with royalty, which had
thousand years to grow up 10 what il lie. Truly one
dots not need lager-btr 70 explain that. Moreover
iLose Germans who have lived long enough in the
country that is ruled by Amer cans" TO know
thing about it, seriously revolving in their minds
Wheeler those petty tyrants are not prefer able to
phantom liberty, where individual Independence is
Or, WI cd in party wiles and social prejudces.
Next, the writer tells wnat be saw 10 the liger-
bier saloons Lethargic stupidity characterized the
crowd othsbitual Imbibers there.
My extensive experience on this point Is altogether
6EOtnt. Wherever ! entered saloon Of that kind, q
gel eia hum Of voices pery AIDED the somewhat snoky
atmosphere; discussion was going on 10 the various
little clusters of guo.'s frequently my caught de-
bates on subjects Of the highest order-literary phil
osopbical-t violently handled OILY by " greasy me-
ohsLcs." However crude the yiews advanced might
have been, they we're surely Tot a sign of mental
incidence.
The in preston was altogether more favorable than
the one produced by visit 10 the mirrored establish
eLts where brandy smashes and gin. coo kails are
dispensed, and whore / never heard anything but a
b. -tial bowling, proane swearing, some refined ora
ton on horses.
The bter.dripkng portion Of the nations of Europe
re1t furnsh the writer with example how under
sm, end lose the appreciation of the beautiful.
Beer" aecorcii TO him, destroys all fine distinc-
oi and griDds the edge from critical faculties
To be taurted With materialism by Yankee is de
cidedly cool Where lie art life stirriog where
gel eray dffused than in those very beer drink
ing ctuntri,et The horrible daubs that erace' go
many of the mansions Of the well TODD classes 10
this country do Dot speak particularly for the appreea-
ton Of the b autiful Further, Is not Germany, decid
edy beer drinking county, acknowledged to be fore
mtst in critical acumen Some who RabualIy are
admit that. Criticism has become almost a national