The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-02-21

: aud verbose scctarian wars. ss Rercely ~ dix
our New England ancestors. HUT they rea,lil,
coniarmei IN thu requirements Of the provir
cial governments, and added 10 the wealth
prosperity and virtue of the infant coiunes
I Not few wrre men Of eminent intelligence
piety and usefulness. i1etwccn t,t5 and &c
no le-s than twenty-five Lutheran preachers
who had received their trimming at German uni
versites. came 10 Pensylvauia alone Tha,
State rivalled New England 10 tho excellence
though not in the number Of It's schools.
I'm the war of the revolution tho t;cs,uan.
publican party They were bound by no tics
I friends. IA ,arly as lsts, an acute swedish
Traveller, kalm had observed tha, the ipdiI,er'
eum or dislike of the Germans. Dutch and
French toward England, wws one of the SUR
signs OF "a coming day of American imlepemi.
ence, u Is true that. Ia some sections. the mn,
tual hatrSi of the English and German eolonists
semei, at hrst, 10 thraten the stability Of u
treaty made for any purpose. Tho rivalry be-
tween them, in Pennsylvania led 10 the forma
ton Of parties which contemici hotly for thc
mastery in the government ef the province,
But even in In Pennsylvania oil differences
were nj las, forgottcu In devotion to the com
mon cause and the troops ffom that State and
Virginia were true In the darkest days Of our
national struggle. The famous band, the sharp
shooters Of Morgan, had many Germans IN iis
ranks Muhlcuberg md his German rcgimcnt
from the valley Of Virginia arr never To he tor
gotten in the annals Of our Revolution, The
Ersihs.r yan ylessheek pleycd ..e p censnie,,oqs
part in the southern campaign; and tho nnsnes
of kalb and Stcnben arr ever associated with
those Of Washington aud Grcnc. The valm
and fidelity which the Germans displayed
throughout our long and arduous conflict enti-
tie them 10 place in our memory ny the side
Of our purat and nohlest patriots Il la sin
gular fact, that hundreds 81 the ilessans who
fought In the English runks became American
citizens
The earnest opposition of Americans 10 for.
egn influence. thu stringent naturalization laws
of lT9e, and the continued wars which wero dc.
vastating Europe now checked emigration For
several years. Hut In 1918 TO 1917 the tide
Of emigration again sct 10 with great force. and
again received fr~h impulse after tho oveeAow
Of the Rhine IN 1928, until in one year, 1927
gS, more than ten thousand German immigrants
landed IN New York, and quite a. many more
Ia Philadelphia aud Boltinorc Between thu
years 1882 and ls46, II is estimated that more
than two hundred and sixteen thousand sailed
from Bremen. and during that time morc than
two hundred and three thousand Gcrmans land.
Ell n, the por, " New York alone. Since 1896
the cmmirration has greatly increased The
arrivals for tho last nine years have averaged
at least one hundred thousand annually. But
at present there IA again slight check upon
this iuilax. partly owing TO the Nnow Nothing
movement and partly perhaps 10 tho Eastern
War Most ii those wbs, have arrived Of late
years have gonc to the West and North. West.
crn States. Many" says the reviewer, have
settled In Texas, and some ot them ar prov
Ing tho feasibility of employing FRS labor
alone. AZ did the Morayans in Georgia ~.
Y Tomai0eioi