Worcester daily spy., 1860-04-27

I "Kdpaunenthum." We cannot become natural
Americans; we do no not wish to be apes
| of Amercanism and less than what the
Americans are we will not become. Letus be
| Germans without Germanlsm, but also Amerl-
cans without Americanism let us be simply
| American citizens with German nature, and let
| us seek Americanization in the free develop
ment of the truly human, as it is indicated in
the Declaration of Independence"
On page 20 he continues -
"NO criticism and no action-that is Irish.
| Action without criticism-that is American.
Criticism without action-that is German.
Criticism and at the same time action-that
is what the Germans and Americans ought to
accomplish With each other"
On page 32:-
"The American is always prepared to give
material aid to the cause OF his conviction and
this is his noble side; but he breads like fire
the danger of losing, tor the sake of that con-
vlctlnn, the chance Of making money, anc this
is his weakest side. He will rather pay $1,000
for the cause of freedom, than to be deprived
OF the prospect of making 500 by exposing
himself for the sake of freedom. Not avarice
makes him coward, but covetousness not so
much his wealth as the prospect of accumulat
ing the same. 1t is the greatest punishment
for him TO be disenabled to make" any more
money, because money making is the greatest
happiness. Consequently, we find the least
moral courage where they make the most
money, and, unfortunately, the least money
where the most moral courage is. If l had a
Yankee as my friend, and should be in case of
want, should rather trust that he would sacri.
nee SlO'0O0 for my preservation than hope
that he would risk to lose a trade amounting
to 500, for the sake of showing sympathy for
my infdelitv."
On page "a. According to my opinion the
Americans, by means of their natural faculties
upon which, first of all, depends the most, are
qualified to be the most courageous people of
the earth. The oaks of Westphalen, Fresland
and other parts, which were transplantcd from
North Germany to the celtic soil Of Britain
produced, by the influence Of the English sea
breeze, that tough product, the qualities of
which are described here by means of a COM
parison with the hickory. The hickory is the
symbol of indestructibity and infleXibility of
energy, the first attribute of which is courage
If shall go still farther with my comparison,
then l compare the American wit the nut of
the hickory, and the German-not with the
eckhorn that is eaten by the swine but with
the walnut. The nut Of the hickory tree has
smaller kernel, heart less full, but its shell
will resist the hammer of events the walnut
has larger heart, but every stroke will,
through the thin shell, infct a wonnd through
1t. The heart Of the walnut within the shell
of the nut of the hickory-that is the kind of
nut which could not be cracked by any jaw
of this world"
Mr.. Heinzen places much confidence upon
the American ladies in respect to the introduce
ton of German thought into American life
and there is reason to believe that lie has not
misplaced that confidence. He concludes:
German language, German literature, and
German radicalism have, first of all, to hope
the most from the American women. 1t is
quite cheering to hear an American lady ad-
dress a German radical, in the language of
Goethe and Schiller =
"We gehts linen, Herr Landsmann!"