Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-25
Hugging the Germans.

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large one, and though of course the ma
tive American population vastly pre-
ponderates, still the Germans hold the
balance of power between the two po-
litical parties. Whichever way their
vote is cast, the State goes, and the cleo
tons are determined. The large pro-
portion Of their votes can never be
reached through the English tongue
Many OF them, though they have been
IN this country several years, and have
become naturalized, do not speak the
English language, and the great MAORI
ty of them only read, and get their po-
lltical opinions from the newspapers
published in their mother tongue. The
consequence is that few intelligent,
shrewd leading Germans, such as Rusch,
Gulich and Olshausen, in this county,
invariably determine which way the
vote of their countrymen shall be cast,
and make handsome thing out Of their
influence by driving sharp bargains for
offices, profitable honors, etc. Indeed,
SO well has Rusch managed his cards,
ever since that summer of $50, when be
effected the remarkable union between
the Know Nothings and Germans, and
had himself elected State Senator, that
we would not be at all surprised to see
Rusch succeed Grimes to the U. S. Sen
ate, and our friend Gulich District Judge
for this Judicial District.
Now we like the Germans personally,
as far a. our individual interests with
them has gone. We abhor their politi-
cal doctrines and their infidelity. They
are, however, an industrious, peaceable
people-good humored, sociable, and
slow to quarrel. They mind their own
business and pay their debts, than which
these times We know of no higher enco-
MUM to bestow. But why they should
take precedence-beth in the quality
and number Of official positions in this
State--over native born citizens, we can.
not exactly appreciate. Why the Ger
mans should take the lead we cannot ex-
actly see, unless it be from the fact that
they have the leaders Of the Republican
party completely under their control.
When the Germans voted with the
Democratic arty, as they did some five
years ago, We always thought that both
from their number, their wealth, aud the
taxes they paid, that they, along with
other adopted citizens, were entitled to
have representation in the affairs of
state, and due allowance of civil posts
Of profit and trust. We still think that
they are entitled to their proper proper
ton. That the Democracy are dispos-
ed to give it to them is shown by the
fact that from Dubuque county, where
the Democracy have a large majority,
and can always elect their candidates,
they at the last election nominated aud
returned to the Legislature that talented
and t'ue-heartcd young German, Nr. F.
A. Guiffke. But that they should take
the lead and fill the most important
offices we never have consented to and
never will, we care not whether they
vote with US or with the Brown Repub.
hcans. In Scott county here when they
vote with us, we almost invariably
placed one of their number on our Legi.-
lat've ticket as delegate to the House,
for there are several thousand Germans
in the county, and they we're entitled to
it. The Democracy always gave them
what they were entitled to. But thev
never put them in the lead and n.,.r
will, and no sensible adopted citizen
would care about seeing his class TAKING
it.
The trucking at present by the lead
ers Of the Republican party to the Ger
man vote-the complimenting and "soft
sawder" they pour out upon them-the
sycophancy with which those among
them, who want Office, cling to the coat
tails Of the German leadera must dis