Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-07-18
How the Germans View the Rebellion.
rLetter from Rayard Taylor1


GOTTA, June 29-During the last four
weeks have traversed Belgium, the Rhine,
and a considerable portion of Middle Germa.
ny, including Francona and the Upper Pala-
innate Of Bavaria / have sedulously read
every German newspaper | could find, have
taken every opportunity to converse upon the
one Ito mel absorbing topic, and it is with
the most earnest satisfaction ] now declare
that | have found bnt che opinion among
all classes-hat the rebellion IS utterly afro
ciouS in ats Character, and that the qou-
ernmem must triumph, because it has both
might and right on uS side Among
others whom l have met ] have heard
this expression from the lips of a dis
tinguishrd reigning prince, and l have no
doubt that the overwhelming sentiment of the
German people on the subject is expressed
therein. The reactonists, was informed in
Frankfort, had been jubilant during the win.
ter at the prospect of dissolution of the
Union; bnt since the recent loyal uprising
of our people they keep quiet. The sympa-
thy for our government, in Germany, may
remark, is not necessarily given on account of
our form OF government. On the contrary,
the liberals here decidedly prefer a constitu.
tional monarchy but even those who go so
far as to say that De should be better off by
making change in this direction, do not hes.
itate an instant in their denunciation of the
rebellion.
Here, there is an adherence of slavery
among all casses-an adherence so much the
more sincere than that of England, because,
except to very small extent, there are no
material interests to counterfeit it. The con.
science of Germany does not wholly lie in her
pocket No doubt, the patriotic stand which
our German citizens have taken, especially in
the west, contributes to the sympathy for our
cause. Even those who condemned Hecker
Schurz, Bernstein, and others, as rebels at
home, are now proud TO see them fighting so
CALAMITY on the side of law and order, in the
land of their adoption. There is also large
class here who profess the old Latin maxim
OF quieta non mouere, to whom ali rebelions,
whether against republics or despotisms, are
inimical, because they consider the principle
of rebellion a contagious disease which may
at any moment become epidemic. Whatever
the various causes may be, which have con-
tributed to the sentiment in our favor, you
may be sure of one thing-that the heart and
soul of Germany are cordially with us, and
that she desires, she fully expects, our tri-
umph.
Meanwhile the disturbances in our trade have
caused some suffering among the manufacture
ing classes. Many establishments, both in
Prussia, the Saxon Principalites and Bavaria,
have been obliged to discharge great number
of their wOrkmen, on account OF the falling off
in their American orders. Here, in ThuriDgia
there are numerous manufactures Of children's
toys, exclusively for America, which are now
altogether suspended. l shall suggest to their
owners the production of miniature drums
trumpets, flags, gibbets for traitors, Fort Sum
tiers, Harper's Ferries, &C., which l think
would find good demand among our chill
dren