Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-07-23
GRANT AND COLFAX.
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Jews and Foreigners.

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Jews and Foreigners.
ARTICLE III. WHICH Is THE PATTY OF
RATIONAL LIBERTY AND PRoGREss. Coz
TISrED.
So far we have established the theory OF
mans social order on the basis of human
sm; and we W ould Immediately begin TO-
cusing il accordance to Mr.. Vero, but
with view of doing this finally, we have
to our sorrow, TO take up two more rays
oflight. l belive in having the premises
right. and go step by step in my reasoning
as il is the genius ef the Repub lean party
10 build up the frame of their constructions
from below. from primary principles Ii
seems the Democratic party is rather in
clined TO construct from above down
ward.
am sincerely sorry that, as foreigner,
1 have to wrap up my endcavors in bad
English having nothing better, but would
invite Mr.. Vero to write his next thesis in
German: then 1 shall most likely treat him
with no mere conglomeraiion of words
However this criticism If nv language inn
presses me most forcibly, that am correct
to express my opinion or 10 give evidence
that have one, one by my own construc
ion, because thereby l refute the idea the
Democrat most likely meant to give ut
terance to when he called upon the Ger :
mans and Jews to be supporters of the
Democratic ticket fol reason Of their ma
iionality and race alone, and the suscep-
tibility possibly growing out of such 10
suspect natives as born enemies to the for
eigners.
This appeal to the Germans and
Jews was regular Knownothing trick
trick tina. could only be inspired by as
umed superiority over them, by an assum-
ed native title TO gov em and shape the
minds Of Germans.
II was prctension that a nation
atty could not present diversity of epin-
lon, it was an attempt to use the national
instinct just like drover collects his cattle
by the instructive tendency of animals Of
the same species 10 cohere, and TO drive
the drove then 10 the polls to deposit their
utility and usefulness. A German may re-
ceivc such advice from German, but from
an American never; because we Germans
are intelligent enough TO understand our
position within American society.
Well, then, Mr. Vero, the next thesis
you will write in German, otherwise shall
pretend that by your criticism you meant
10 say only a native has a right to discuss
the political questions in public verbally as
well as by print, for the sweet German
accent is as disagrccable to you as the writ
ten conglomeration 0fwords Of a foreigner.
1t was not necessary TO put yourself on so
high horse as Ciceronian Latin to show
that my abbreviation. resp, was POSSIBLY
meaning respectively instead correspondent
to which you are most likely more used.
We inquire now, in what regard the
principles of humani SIN, those of personal
and as the Declaration OF Independence
says, inalienable rights, were verified before
t he civil war broke out; and here, by pa
renthesis, | may say, that although you
| volunteered to review my assertions
which would define, taking up point
by point and discussing it, that you
acted rather like Gen. Grant when he saw
himself bored by politicians. When l
spoke Of the Declaration Of Independence
as containing the principles of personal
liberty, you slighted this and spoke horse
by abiding to the specifications. Such
practice at law may do before certain ju-
ny and for certain lawyers, but am not a
lawyer, and claim, therefore, an honest
fight, otherwise the sophistry will come
back to roost ds.sf
The right ofthe individual to self posses
sion was denied by the existence Of sla-
very in the so-called Southern States This
right was denied, irrespective to the shade
of color or degree of intelligence, or even
origin, as it happened that children of
white cmigrants, landing in New Orleans,
were sold into servitude. Persons were
kept and treated as property with the de-
NAL Of inherent right to them.
The riglA of general education was deni-
I ed and proper schooling not provided for
even the poor whites.
There was no freedom ofspeech or press;
and why all this2 Because such instru-
mentalities Of the dignification of man
were inconsistent with the institute of sla-
very st,s
Slavery abrogated not alone these rights,
but violated the most sacred relations of
man in various forms, degrading; man by
compulsory State laws and against his will