White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-10-10

TIE German Qnestieu.
The Leavsnsorth Commercisl has
found. IN % editorial oor the 0srmsns
and the tempersnrs shd Sunday question.
. hobby on which to ride after German
support for the Copperhesd eauss. II
dishonesty attempts to create the impres-
sion that we denounced oil Germans. and
hss not the fairness to inform it's readers
that 10 distinctly referred only to . esr-
tain elass oi Germans. Who usually con-
erepste in cities. and sre known % INF
del Germans. or rather Atheists. We
have the highest respect for Germans
generally. and regard them as among the
best and most Industrious Of our citizens.
But the class We referred to. BY no means
monopoliss the Getmsn element in
America. We retrsct not Q ~ord we
said about them on the contrary. we
here reiterate oil We said in the article 70.
ierred to. But there are thousands Of
Germans who entertain entirely different
| and far better views than that class. One
of them has written . communication
which sppears in the Lawrence Tribune.
and sccords exactly with what We. ex-
pressed. He certainly cannot be accused
of enmity toward Germans and as his
words are plain and to the point. We copy
them below -
TO THE GERMANS.
Circumstances have prevented me from at
tending your meetings, for or against female
suffrage, temperance and Sunday laws. l do
not pretend to any superior wisdom or intelli-
gence than the majority of my fellow country
men, but a word Of warning might not come
amiss.
appeal to you as one having some expert
euce in political contests, (for have for the
last twenty two years exercised the right oi
sufft age in States, both slave an free.) You
say you came to this country in search Of true
liberty and freedom. and that temperance law:
and Sabbath observances interfere with the ex
ercise of either. Do not allow your prejudice!
and passions to undermine your understanding
as regards the true meaning of these words
When you were made citizen of the Republic
you silently subscribed to the great priaciple:
to which this nation stood pledged. If they
were not to your taste, you were at liberty t.
return from whence you came /; since you pre-
ferred to make America your home, you have
no right to endeavor to revolutionize the c'un
try with ideas unpalatable to the people who
opened their doors to receive you.
!. In the old countries, admit, you had nc
Sunday laws, but you had oppression in every
form in Germany you had no Temperance So
} cietes, but some of you had poverty; in the
Fatherland you had grand beer-gardens, ball:
and theatres, always open on Suncays-for the
tysants know that SO long as the people are
amused, they will be kept from working mis-
chl ef or plotting revolution.
MY creed is the principles Of the Republican
party, born of right. justice and equity, and tc
support them devoted four years of my life tt
nv country's service. Neither do l intend 70
lose sight of the great truths which underlie the
Declaration of Independence, that this nation
chose no king but God. and / ask you earnestly
TO remember that His laws mus; be and will be
obeyed, no matter how much poor mortals may
rebel against them and to arraign yourselves
on the side Of Sunday observances, temperance
and impartial suffrage, for only in these meas
ures lie our safety as a nation and our prosper
ity as individuals.
You think that by forming new party you
can have your desires gratied, and that there
BY you will be enabled to trample under foot
all the restrictions the moral opinion of the
| American people have hedged you in with
Undeceive yourselves, Germans As the
American party had the solid phalanx Of for
eigu birth arrayed against its detestable pro-
gramme. insuring.its defeat, so will the Amer