New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-26
THE GERMANS IN MISSOURI
corr-spopdtsos Of The N. Y. Tribune

MISSOURI. Feb. 20, 1857.
In this communication wisn to say fez words
Of my own coun'ymen. The Ger0sns in Mic
sour, amounting ~ over 100000 (St Louis sione
conta ps 40, G0O) conceded TO be industrious farm
ers skillful mecban cs enterprising merchants, add
some OF them esteemed teachers lawyers, physician,
&C., most of them rapidly progress ng 10 wealth and
influence, may be classified US follows: l. Toe veil
educated portion, without distinction of provincial
origin, OF former party connections, OF religious
views &C., are, as in other States, with few
pitlab Exceptions, unanimous 10 their position
to Slavery and its ex ensop forming already the nu
cleus of future Repub ic,n party In this STATE
Part Of them Ieraln.d from voting at the last eiec
ton, part voted under protest for Fillmore, aud
few voted for Fremont although there was no COM
plete ticket of the Republican party. 2. The mas
Of the Protestant religionists (eyangelical being
more under the control OF their preachers thau Is
desirable but naturally and .insnc lively sverse to
human serfdtm, and having oil the while been mem-
beers Of The Democratic party, were led u vote for
Buchanan, under the impression or delusion tina.
he was the very man to make Kansas Free State
without disturbing the peace of the country. 8.
The German Catholics, the smallest of the three
classes, entirely controlled by their priests, voted
the Democratic ticket with few exceptions, having
been made to believe that the Democratic party
was the only one under whose dominion their rcllgi
GUS rights would be safe.
Ii is 10 be hoped that the frst-named class will
fast increase under the progress Ofenghtenment and
further experience.
1t is fact worth being noted, that while the
Al Il.
to prove that IT il right and proper TO enslaye black
spd white people alike, while the Northern freemea
generally from religious sentiments oppose Slavery
as being IN contradiction to the exalted splRt Of
Christianity, the Bible being thus used pro aud
CONTRA the Gern ans place themselves On the stand
point OF Humanity, defend Freedom an attribute
Of human nature, and condemn SerfdOm ~ it's
heinOus degradation. Indeed, sh-ll the solution Of
the slave question be postponed TIL our theOlOgians
will have agreed on the true Interpretation vi aa-
cient religious books There were 80 nalienable
human rights before there was Bible or sectarian
theology. This is not an exclusively Christian
country and the regulation of our public affairs
must MT be suffered To depend On religious dogma.
This is and ought TO be the country Of tree with
eQusl rights aud duties for all.
The relation Of our citizens Of native aud o. for
eign origin is not unfrirn6 y, though complete
amalp amation may be reserved for future genera
lions; while the relation between the friends of
II
cable. We NUT here fight our way through as
well 40 We can. Our native fellow -ctizeus have in
the first beginning many advantages over u.s. which
We must try to cOuntt radiance by perseyering ex-
ertions. Thus VT generally euccerd and eventually
find cut that also our European experience and the
hard school We went through is not quite a loss.
We expect and beg for no iavorS 10 this country;
all demand is that justice be done 10 u.s. which
is not always the care. Governor GardDer OF Mas
81. hoo IN HI Na. q
January g. uttered au uniruth, 20 far as the Ger
mans in America ARE concerned, in saying lhatlhe
foreign rote icith hardly exception, always has
beer, and ia and must be attached t. that party
"wh Oh c, operates with Slavery at the South, aud
'bapishes from its platform the more enlightened
sediments OF the age" &c. Is 1t nothing that
more han fifty OF the German papers, with more
than half Of all the subscribers 10 German papers,
fought, in the last canvass for Freedom and FIRE.
mont Aud must tell Mr.. Gardner, what no one
will deny, that In Missouri Dy cOuutrymen have
latt,Ty shown considerably more spirit Of liberty
and more moral cOur ,ge than The Yankees livlOg
among Us; and that be is wrong to mOnop,ize all
toe more exalted moral sentiments for the natives OF
New-England 1t is as absurd not TO discern be-
tween foreigners as not to distinguish between Ia
t.es, or in classifying people to place Americans
and freedom all on one side, and Europeans and
seIidom Oh the other. Was not the author OF
common seusc" foreigner OF il there lie not
rs yet an abundance IN this country; and 50 lar as
true hberaly is concerned, even Mr.. Gardner might
improve his stock by adopting a little from the
genuine German genius
1t is true that the Germans, up to the last gen-
elal election have nearly Unanimously acted With
the Democratic patty; on the reasons Why they did
so l ind 10 treat in my next communication.
They did not, senseless, run into the camp of op-
prtssors, but had always patriotic object in view,
although they may have erred there and then like
offers.
lie iolloSin is an Instance Of gical nonsense
81 Tat s'rt Oo often net with in this country fr
abI'h he brains al no German writer would be
ehil ~ ough. The ~ Y. Dug Book (who-e -dlt,r,s
Nor,Leln, nar't American, Who, according to Mr..
CaIdner, must be supposed 70 be ,rurally endowed
with nobler mstlncs ard ealg h. ened senti-
nen's jnsite. Slavery by gffirrning ",ha, nic,ers
are Issfs, aud not mes a. III; hey have NO soas.
" liut! "eie men, It wolld u wrong o. hold them
in Slavery, for 10 possess 4 soul i. ~ he God.
"borp, sid W hateyer has God f.r +. her |, emit.
ttd 10 God Jretdom Qnery: Whn are the
fathers Of the half.nlcgersl and ~Lat must y.
thilh of the efforts usde and boosted Of TO Christ.
isI ize these soulless beasts
To this The ST. Louis Leader replies. THAT ne
'.sroes art properly aid truly men, aud have all
1.-The Natural and ihalienable rights tLat white men
have. But negroes have not the same aeouirsi
rights; III con ing into existence and into society
they have [psobaby by being the successor.
ard descendants OF th-t accursed fellow Ham1
aenated greater number Of natural rights than
some white men, and are therefore lawfully held
in Slavery" Oh. these " enlightened" nb;Io.o.
piers When will Americans place Themselves
ON tie simple and primitive hsmaniar,au stand.
point Got which spoke before, aad say: Human
seryitude is Ri hit under club-law FAR.Wgsr.