The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-03
THE GERMAN CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA TO BE
TAUGHT HOW TO READ AND WHAT TO READ.

TAUGHT HOW TO READ AND WHAT TO READ.
The New York Evening Post accounts for the defeat
the black republicans in Pennsylvania after this fashion,
"The republican party defeated at the last election
simply from want of information In certain localities of TIL
true sas before the country. We had time
after the late canvass began to teach the people of Penn
ylvana bow to read what to read and then furnish then
with proper reading matter in time for them digest it be
fore the election More time all that wanted to have
made Fremont irresistible in Pennsylvania he ii
New York. Buchanan succeeded there simply because
large portion of the population not accustomed to
papers written In the English language any which
represented fairly and orcby the views and purposes of thu
republican party. The consequence that the poitca
odacaon Of the great body Of her German and nconsd
cradle portion of her native population, had to be begun
and completed far that concerned thu
short space Of four months"
We give the above fair sample of the fppant gno-
and deliberate ofthe backrepub
press II has long been the habit of many persons and
many presses outside of Pennsylvania to speak Of he
hardy yeomanry particularly those of German birth
origin iterate school-hang class of people, sta
onay in their ideas and habits and indssouby welded
krout and the democratic partya habit which tn,
Post evidently desires to perpetuate These wretched
the result of real assumed ignorance
on the part of those who utter them spirit of evty
or in spirit of bitter party prejudice created by lively
recoHecuon OF iong series Vi uemocrhuc triumpns
achieved in the Keystone State In their progress in
riculture and the mechanical arts in literary and scientific
atainments in general intelligence in full and accurate
knowledge of federal as well State politics and in q
chronic anpathy debt and extravaganza of every kind
and degree the German population of Pennsylvania will
vorably and proudly compare with any class of people
in the United States The Germans of Pennsylvania have
given to the country of its most distinguished heroes
statesmen scholars orators and divnes and it is the
neghbors and descendants of these ustrious men that
the Post undertakes to instructo teach them how
read what to read and then furnish them with proper
reading matter!"
If the Post believes that there diversity of political
opinion among the German citizens Of Pennsylvania that
they all the democratic ticket and all read papers
those issued by the German democratic press it is
entirely mistaken For many years the Germans Of that
State have been nearly equally divided on parties and
party questions If there has been preponderance
1t is but slightly in favor Of the democratic party The
famous democratic German county of Berks has always
had rival and generally successful rival in the opposi
ton German county of Lancaster and the democratic
German counties Of Schuykill Northampton and Lehigh
have been osced by the opposition German counties of
Lebanon, Union, and Dauphn. There are in the State
nearly many opposition papers printed in the German
language there democratic papers published in the
who do not cannot read the newspapers printed In
the gsh language is very small that their votes on
either side could not materially affect the result Of gen.
eral election.
The Post intimstes that there was lack Of timely ex