The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-03-15
Germans and German Influence.
From the Tennessee State Zietung

From the Tennessee State Zietung
1t would be interesting if one could give
a comprehensive answer to the question
what is the German fatherland p by trav
cling round the world and taking glance
at the German settlements on its surface
If We began AT the right place, it migh
probably be effected by going from one Gen
man place to another. by water and land
in Geman ships, without inter- upton
around the world and find it all one grea,
Germany, only q little diluted. From
Hamburg We could sail in German ships te
New York where Germans swarm by score:
of thousands From this point one could
pass from one German village to another, ir
every State through the Indian Territory
itself, to San Francisco. Deep in the inter
lor of North America one would discover
unsupported and unheard of German vii
lagos among fields OF golden grain, aud to-
wards the South among the vine yards
In San francisco one can lodge comfortably
in German hotels, read German journals,
sing German songs in German clubs, and
drink Bavarian bcer-unless one prefers
the cheap aud good California German
wine.
1t was from San Francisco that German
sent the first ship to the mouth of the An
son river, in Siberia and there will prob
ably be during the course OF ten years OPP
portunities to sail in German vessels to
Japan, China, or the Arson territory.
In China there are now more or less Ger
man business houses and cafes, and it is
possible to travel from the Pacific to St
Petersburg, so that there are frequent OPP
portuntieo to speak, sing, and drink with
Germans What is not as yet will come
that is to say the belt around the earth of
German social and educational influence.
From this belt Of such influences some
thing will surely come which will do Justice
to us Germans, and let us reaiize that we
are indeed a cosmopolite nation. No other
nation has had such cohesive and intel
lectual race. The English who stretch out
their commercial fleets like the arms of a
polypus around the earth, have, after all,
in most of their colonies only an enforced
and superficial hold, wrung and maintained
by the strong hand Of ships of war, cunning
and power which they win and strive to
hold by war and violence, without gaining
really aught.
The Germans have established themselves
every where, singly or in small sequestred
groups, and conquer only by industry. apt
ness and bodily or intellectual power.
Even in their gymnastic, shooting and song
festiva! Is, held here and there, they exert an
influence not without it's value.
There is an indescribable charm in cul-
tivated German ability. especially in the
German song as sung by educated men.
Even those who do not understand the
words are charmed by the melody and ex-
preston, as We have seen not only Ameri-
cans, but in the Spanish and Portuguese
provinces, and it has often been described
even enthusiastically in their journals.
German teachers of music and song are
esteemed and welcomed all the world over,
and with them Germans have in many
branches of art and manufacture almost a
monopoly, simply because they really excel
in them.
Yes, we believe that our cosmopolite Ger
many is destined to have its share in in
fluencing culture throughout the world.
In the realization of this it fourishes and
progresses bravely.