The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-09-30
where does the Prescription Belong.

Where does the Prescription Belong.
In some parts of the country systematic ef-
forts are made by German, Democrats to pre-
vent their countrymen, by series Of threats
and prosecutions, from voting any other than
the Democratic ticket, or from forming or
carnations to help any other party. We have
seen little of this in our own city, even here
in Evansville. We have known Germans to
withdraw their patronage from other Germans,
because they left the Democratic party to
Join other parties. 1t is known to many of our
citizens that the German Democrats here re-
used to purchase beer of a German brewery
firm in Lamasco, because this firm permitted
German Republican meeting to be held in a
hall in their brewery, which is place of gen.
eral public meetings. Such attempts as this
at persecution are unworthy of any class of
American citizens. They are disgracefMl to
any class whether German born or American
born. They are more proscriptive than any
thing to be found in Know Nothingism. They
are only fit for European despotisms, and the
men who dare practice such prosecutions here
are unworthy of the liberties they enjoy, aud
should have remained the minions of Austri-
an despotism. These very men make war
upon Know Nothingism because of its pro-
scription as they charge-it proscribes foreign
ers, they say-it will not allow foreigners to
hold Office, nor to vote till they have been a
great many years in the country, &c. Yet
these men, these foreigners, prescribe their
own countrymen in their business. They tell
them, if they do not vote in certain way, if
you do not act with a certain party, we will
not buy of you, we will ruin your business,
we will take the bread and butter out of the
mouths of your family--in fact, if you don't
act with us, we will starve and prosecute you
into submission. That is just precisely the
language of the actions of certain Germans in
this city to certain of their countrymen. We
ccntemn all such unmanly prosecutions and
we scorn the one-man despots who practice it
We hope no German will permit fears Of per-
secution from the hands of such men to pre-
vent him from acting as he pleases.
But we commenced this article with the in
tention of giving the facts of piece of Ger
man persecution at Bayou Sara. The Deutsche
Zeitung, is the name of Daily German Dem
ocratic paper published at that place. But that
paper has declined running up the name Of
Buchanan, and shows preference for Fire.
mont. This has given great offence to the
German Buchanan men. They have used
every effort to whip the Deutsche Zeitung into
the Buchanan Democratic ranks, but the edi-
tor is obstinate. The vilest persecution has
been used to make him relinquish his honest
opinions, and become tool of Democratic
despotism. The following letter is a speci-
men of some of the influences brought to bear
to brighten the editor
Editors Of the Deutsche Zestung:
New ORLEANS, Aug. 90 1856.
GENTLEMEN: The course which your pa
per has pursued during the last few months
has been undoubtedly the cause of disgrace
for all our citizens Of German birth, who are
accused of Abolitionism by their support of
your paper. This state of things shall not
continue. | have therefore prepared extracts
of your paper, to show that it is nuisance IN
the South, which should be removed, and my
article is accepted by one of the English press
es of this city for publication. If that is done
you will perceive that the further existence oil
your paper is mere impossibility. But l will
not adopt that severe measure withouta warn
ing. Now 1 propose you
First, To hoist the Democratic banner and
publish the Democratic Ticket from to-mor-
row to the end of the canvass.
Second, To defend the Democratic princi-
pies purely and sincerely.
The effect of it will be, that the German
population be united at the next election in
our city.
But ask your formal and written promise
to abide to my above demands previous to the
hour of IL o'clock at midday of this date
Should L have not received it, 1 will go on, and
you may bear the consequence.
Respectfully yours,
G. F. HEUNISCH.
At the Notarial Office, No. ~, Elk. Alley
But this letter did not at all frighten the
Zeitung man, and he pursued his own con-
victions, and We presume is still acting as
American citizens have right to do, just as
he pleases, so as to offend no code of law OF
morals. This illustrates that the Know Moth
ings, if they do prescribe as it is charged upon
them they do, are not SO great proscriptionists
as the German Democrats themselves. We
are opposed to all prescription. This is free
country and every man has right to vote as
he pleases, and he who tries to prevent him
doing this, especially by petty persecution, is
unworthy of the freedom and equality he here
enjoys, and should go back to where such ty-
ranny is but an imitation of the policy of the
ruling Government.