Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-11-25
s.The German Orator from M~eadviIle.v

EDITOR CHRONICLE Permit me
TO answer through your columns an
article in last weeks Constitution,
wherein 1 am made party defendant
Said article is signed, "The German
/ Orator from Meadville" aud the first
count in my Indictment is in the
words following: az never knew the
individual in question ever did
develOpe courage enough to exchange
the needle for the swOrd-gOOd for
him, that at last he got a chance to
| publish this, will he be kind enough
to let the world also know, why he
came home and remained at home as
soon as fighting was to be done"
The imputatiOn in This count is a
falsehooG. I fought at Fort DOnelson,
Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Nicks-
burg, and until my regiment was
reduced to eighty, and my company
to less than a cOrpOrals guard then /
had my choice either to Join another
regiment or resign, and l chose the
latter. Where was this valiant Ora
tori during this time-the cats paw,
who, in his harangue called me a
traitor at the instance of the Jesuit
crackeTy man-his Informant"
The second count is as follows: AZ
expressed my indignation against n
individual, n German and a republic
can, who, as I was informed should
have said (had said that the majority
of the Germans could not read nor
(Or) write, and. therefore could not
vote more intelligibly than the ne
gro" Contemplate falsehOOd! In
conversation with your Jesuit crack
cry Informant" Isaid that all men
should be treated alike. 1t was
argued that the negro was ignorant.
/ replied that many Germans could
neither read or write. No one will
deny this who has ever e the
muster or pay rolls of a German regi-
ment. This is the sum total of my
offending. yield allegiance to but
one gOvernment-the government for
which l fought, of the country OF my
adoption yet l love my own people
as sincerely Is any German living,
and he who says l don't is a calumni-
ator and a villain, and a coward if he
fails to resent the epithets. In the
next place I am supposed TO be a
know nothing. | rather like this,
Mr.. "OratOr," since it is evident that
your informant" just at this point
knew nothing more about which TO
lie. The last count is as follows
FINALLY, l beg leave to ask the re-
porter Of said German speech(?) to
sharpen his shears so he may cut his
own coat pockets short enough never
to admita whisky bottle himselfand
his family will most profit thereby"
l don't drink democratic whisky and
this L take it is what most Offends
both the valiant Orator and his
Jesuit ''informer." Woneder if Mr..
"Oratorn knew when he was enjoy
ing the Inequalities of his crackeTy
''informer' that said infoTmer made
most of his worldly store by keeping
a drinking shop. My family scorn the
cOmmiseratiOn Of the above extract.
1 may have faults, but it is quite
certain that l VIII never tarnish the
glorious record of Germans in the
late war by striking hands with
rebels, and solely for the purpose Of
conciliating the whisky influence of
city ward and thereby get Office.
see that this article is ''communi-
cated.n 1t is well for Dear Editor
that il is, for I would pity even q
Catholic school teacher, eX-justice of
the peace, attorney at law, or a boy of
ten years whetherh he got his education
in Germany Or-America, who was so
ignorant as to murder language as it
is murdered in this article. Now Mr..
"Orator, F" you will remember that on
a certain occasion L scoTned ySJIr ac-
quaintance, and l have now no wish
to cultivate il further.
GERMAN REPUBLICAN REPORTER.