The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-05-22
THE GERMAN ELEMENT

New OXFORD, Pa, April 81, 1856.
| To the Editor of the National Era:
| On the last Saturday in March we formed
| the New Oxford Republican Association. mum
bering thirtytwo members-which would have
been at least three times as strong if the Har-
risburg Anti-Pierce Coalition meeting and
ticket had not scared off the Catholics, filled
the Democrats with mistrust, and filled the
idolatrous worshippers of the name Wing "
with new foolish hopes. Still, we will increase
and Adams county will be represented in Phila
delphia by true and genuine delegates from our
little place, if a county organization cannot be
efected-contesting, if necessary, the seats in
said Convention with the spurious A,lti-Admin.
istration Know Nothing) delegates from Get.
tysburg, if they should send any there, as they
probably will attempt.
An account of our declaration, platform,
and Constitution, with the names of our Off
cers-John Hirsh, President; John Roland
! (Democrat,) and Ambrose Stoub, Catholic,
Vice Presidents and Alex. Hines, Secretary
will be sent this week to the Central Association
at Washington.
In confirmation of the correctness of your
views, so often expressed in the Era, respect
ing the fatal effect of anti foreigner Know Moth
ingism, take the liberty to add the following
statistics, taken from the photographic division
of Won Berghaus's Physicolischen Atlas, edited
under the auspices of Alex. Won Humboldt
| Number of Germans, according to average
calculations, for the middle of the nineteenth
century: In Germany, 37,725, 900 Schleswig,
100000; Switzerland, l,550,OOQ; Netherlands,
$500, 900; Belgium, 100000; France, 1885,
600; Hungary and Gallicia, 1875, 900; Tran.
sylvania, 100000; Russia, $4,000; Wales,
$4,000; Ireland, 5,O00-in Europe, AZ, ZOO, 900.
nf n ,
Nina, 200; Algiers, 2,000-in Africa, III 900.
In East Indies and Australia, 5000. United
States of America, 5,233, 900 New Brunswick.
$4,000; Brazil and Surinam, 10000; Mexico,
l,OOO-in America, 5,324, 1000. Total in ali
the world, 54,500,000.
| Now, you will please observe that the Ger.
mans, in all extra German countries, are the
! cutttcdtors Of the soil; of course, by genealo
gy and by occupation, Anti Slavery in princi
pie and feeling. Deluded here by the name
of Democrat, and whipped into the ranks of
the Slave Oligarchy by Know Nothingism, and
without the latter the slave tyranny would at
once be crushed by the very German foreign
erS. Observe the continuation, taken from
the same Atlas the 5,233. 600 of German orr
gin, out Of free population of 20,0OO,O 900 in
1850, are distributed in the different States as
follows:
Of the population of Maine, the Germans
form 10 per cent. New Hampshire, 10; Mas
sachusetts, 22-Boston, 20-Lowell, Ia; YER
mont, 8; New York, l9-New York City, IL
Brooklyn, 2l-Albany, l8-Buffalo, 30-Roch-
ester, 2O-Troy, 8; New Jersey. Is; Pennsyl-
vania. 49-Philadelphia, 27-Pittsburgh, &c
Ohio, 47-Cincinnati, 81; Michigan, AZ; Wis
consin, 40; Iowa, A; Illinois, AZ; Indiana, 40 ;
Missouri, 44-St. Louis, So; Arkansas, 81 F;
Kentucky, %; Tennessee, 30; Mississippi, 10 /;
Louisiana, l3-New Orleans, l Alabama, Is;
Georgia, 10; Florida, 4 Texas, South Caro-
lima, 9; North Carolina, 0; Virginia. IA; Ma
ryland, 29-Baltimore, 81; Delaware, I3.
From this we learn that the cultivators of the
West are principally German. That in Ohio,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,
and Missouri. even Arkansas, where Know
Nothingism fourishes, this unconstitutional
Order are the faithful servants of the Slave
Dynasty, their leaders preventing the olsen
thralment of the truest lovers of Liberty, do
you believe, unrewarded?
1t must be fair to assume more than one.
third of the German population as being for.
eign born; and in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Arkan.
sas, more than one-half.
More, whenever l have more subscribers for
the Era. Yours, &C., NJ. d. G. PFEIFFER.
In speaking Of the Germans in America, our
friend means, We presume, to include all of
German Origin.-G b.