East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-09-06
Gov. Barry on European and German
Emigration 70 Silchigan.

Emigration to Michigan.
The evening organ of the black repub-
lican party has an article under the
above head, which is so full of misrepre-
sentations as to forbid the idea that it
was not intentional, and done for the
purpose of misleading the Germans, and
thus securing few votes from that class
of our fellew citizons for Mr.. Blair for
Governor. That sheet says:
/. "Hon. Charles L. Fleschmann,
our Consul TO S:uttgardt, the capital of
the Kingdom of Wirtemberg, was orig
inally banished from that kingdom! on
account of his political opinions"
This statement is without any fond
dation in truth. Mr.. Fleschmaun was
from Bavaria and not W'irtenberg, and
so far from being banished from any part
of Germany, be was urged to remain,
and high and honorable positions under
the government were repeatedly offered
him. His reasons for leaving Bavaria
were as far as possible from being po-
litical
2. "Mr. Fleischmann, having resided
in Washington while in this country, had
to depend on some one else to prepare o
statement for him"
SO far from this being true, Mr. Fleisch-
mann resided most of the time in other
places than Washington-prncipally in
Ohio and Indiana, where he became well
acquainted with the resources of the
United States. 1t was while ne w&s re.
siding in the latter State, and following
the occupation Of engineer on railway,
that he was appointed by Mr.. Ellsworth,
Commissioner Of Patents, to position
in the Patent Office at Washington.
3. "Mr. Fleischmann obtained from
an American gentleman from Michigan
a paper of considerable length, stating
some facts with regard to the agricul-
ture, timber, minerals, water courses,
and natural harbors with which northern
Michigan abounds."
This statement is in part correct, "A
paper which contained the principal STA
tistics of our State, was drawn up by
Il. II. Thompson, of Flint, tho Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in the
fourth District, who was then in Ger
many. 1t was through his influence that
Mr. Fleischmann became interested in
this subject, and being furnished with
the necessary statistics, book of about
three hundred pages was prepared in the
German language by Mr.. Fleischmaan,
at the special instance and request Of
Mr.. Thompson, which was then and still
is unequaled. 1t is fnll of wood cuts IL
lustra'ing ell the implements of husband
ry in q new country, describing the man
ner in which they are used here, and
generally, containing such practical in
formation as would be useful to the Ger
man emigrant seeking home in a new
country. Through the influence of Mr..
Thompson and Mr.. Fleischmann, the
tide Of emigration was turned from Wis
consin to Michigan, and we are thus in
dehted to them for the thriving settle
ments in Saginaw and Midland. Frank
inmuth, Frankinlust, and other towns in
that part Of our State, had their origin
in this effort of Mr. Thompson, so ably
seconded by man Of such general in
formation and such high character as MIR.
Fleischmann.
4. "This paper was submitted to the
King. The careful old monarch, fear
ful that his people might possibly be de
ceived, said to Mr.. Fleischmann, Send
the original Of this paper, which is writ
ten in English, to the Governor Of Mich
igan, and, if lie endorses and corrobor-
ates the statements, 1 will advise those
of my people who desire to leave me to
90 to this State OF Michigan"
All this is nero imagination. Mr..
Fleisohmann has many and many time
declared that no such direction or re-
quest was ever made by the King, or the
paper or book was never transmitted to
Gov. Barry. 1t was not prepared in the
English language, ard has never been
translated. SO much for this part of the
statement.
s.. "After waiting Ave long months,
Mr.. Fleischmaun received the paper at
Stuttgardt from Governor Berry, with
this endorsement on its back "Tho
State of Michigan is already sufficiently
well known to the whole world not to
require a Recommendation at my hands.
And as for Dutchmen, we already more
among us than we want"
This is q wholesale fabracation. The
paper or book written by Mr. Fleisch
mann WAS never transmitted 10 Gov.
Barry, and, therefore, could not have
been returned by him with any such en-
as stated. The whole state
ment is unworthy Of credit, and to those
who arc acquainted with Mr.. Fleisch
mann, the pretense that ho ever said in
broken English, "T'he whole State Of
Michigan, init its Governor Parry, might
go to ter tivel," is so ridiculously fool
ish, as to stamp the whole article as
base attempt to prejudice Gov. Barry
with the German population OF this State.
Mr.. Feischmann is man of liberal ed
ucation, speaks and writes the English
language with as much case and as cor
recily as any man in the State, and the
pretending quotation of what he said in
broken English, is libel, and could only
have been intended to bring high mind
ed and very able German into discredit.
The whole article is tissue Of mis-
representation, Withholding credit from
Mr.. Thompson which he is justly entitled
to, ibelling Mr.. Flcischmaun as having
fed from Germany, and, after residence