Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-22

ASD Miniarri IALLnA
lrsu s., ST. Tnssas.l
We pubiish IN another coaml an extract
from a spirited lealer u nav German Emansi.
patton paper ja,, issued In Missouri called The
Nis'ogri Post IL viii be seen that IN thi, the
neE journal commits Itself IN the broads.l and
ircc'l way 10 the cause u Prre-Sul, while in IL,
English articles IL urges the economical aspect,
Of the question 10 very strung terms
! We have long held that tAc influence Of the
Germans on The future Of this country was To
be a most impliant one. Their peculiar social
qnaliues, L.lIns oat 81 many notorious American
deficiencies 1the artistic slil OF their common
mechanics, 80 far surprising the awkward, un.
inventive hi1iis ul our oNa workmcn and the
bold IhoughI and profound research oi their
learned men, whom persecution or ehancs has
driven 10 this country are contributions OF i'm.
mcnsc account 10 the Development Of our pen.
pie, Even the German farmer, tbo1sh by no
means 80 well adapted Tor the borders u ciyili.
nlion a. the American, It j. well kuoEn, give
certain stability and grace 70 the country he Of
the lar West which..no other new settlers do
The new German farm, We are told can always
be distinguished from the native by the shade.
trees LEI, standing near tie house. or the vines
trained over the door way, or the ilowcrS grow.
| Ing at the thresholds Aud Of an the pioneers,
/ tae Germans bold most tCnaci0u,ly 10 the home.
'teads they have erected in the wilderness, form
| ing something Of permanent society, long be.
fore The Auericans have settled on clearing
which they will determine 10 hold as their own.
| Og course, there arc many cplHteryai.ins in,
'iurnccs there, which We are all ahuudantly
familiar with. The German skcptici,m and
German mi,criali,n arc both things 10 be dead
.i, but not tendencies calculated specially to
affect our people. We can Oay pity the race
whose masses are scourced by these two curses.
Bot against all these nnd similar bal effects
lron the German immigration, we have ore
grand result, which is {, make the presence Of
the Germans IN this country blessing to all
succeeding times We mean their influence Oh
the question Of Freedom and Slavery.
| The instinct Of the 1eutonic mind is toward
individual liberty. Nowhere has the German
easily adapted himself 10 be slave master. Is.
apins IRON the inequality Of classes, the degra.
latjun Of labor and the wrongs ofguyvraments
IN his own country, he cannot easily acrc /
system here, which would only pcrpelulte that
which hy haS.so abhorrcl At hone The reu.
tonic idea Of liberty is quite another thing rrom
the Celtic idea II is true that there have been
in America, especially in our large cities, a dis
graceful class Of wealthy Germans who, justas
they played the lacquey TO the petty provincial
aristocra,s at hnmr, 50 here cringc 10 the party
IN power which holds the offices; and there have
beea als1a greater number OF poorer Germans
whom the old name Of Dcm0iTdt-a name bap.
ti.cd in tears Of blood throughout Eur0pe-h
| bcgnicd here for n time 10 the cause nf tyranny
But these are exceptions, and preirstined to
be more and more rare. The Germans now in
many Of our Western States present almost
united front fur the party Of Freedom. In New
York CITY, they poed large and enthusiastic
vote FOR Fremont; and though temporarily ren.
iered averse by an unfortunate misunderstood.
| ing Of the resolutions at the Republican Con.
vention, we cannot doubt what their future po.
stion viii be- Ia Texas, as is well known,
they have solved the problem Of raising cotton
/ 10y free labor, and would now almost insure the
freedom Of the western part Of that State, it it
should be separated from the other part
But It's in Missouri that their most impor.
tant influence is to be exerted. The publishing
Of new, bold Free Soil paper in the midst Of
shareholders, is only one ou, Of hundred indi
cations Of this influence. In ST. Louis they form
the bulk Of the powerful party Of Emancipation
which has already once sent It's Representative
TO Congress, and which, but for the baSeSi fraud,
would still be represented there They have
carried Alexandria and Jefferson City, and
many villages along the Missouri; and nov, as
vine growers, they are scattering themselves
over the sunny hiil.topS Of that beautiful State,
aud are everywhere swelling the ranks of the
army Of Emancipation. 1t is asserted that in
all Missouri there are only two Germans who
keep slaves; and those arc brohen.down noble.
men, who Try to preserve n shabby gentility-
The German immigrants, whatever their priu.
cir r'le> wele, are forced by the laws o political
economy, when they enter Missouri to be
Emaucipatiurists They compete in the market
with the Shareholders; their wealth is in land
and labor, both OF which are i-juIcd in value
by the neighhorhood Of Slavery aud they rep.
resent the democracy Gt labor, as against the
ariStocracy Of slayeholding,
| To the Germans, then, We believe in the fu.
turc will be due the emancipation OF the richest
State OF the Mississippi Valley; but, it should be
remembered tits emancipation will be very
gradual not at all so sudden as Sangunc peo.
pie expect, aud perhaps will only finally be
effected by vigorous stimulus TO the very
sources themselves Of German immigration.
TnE GERMANS IN MISSOURI