The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-20

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70 TIE Editor Vhe National Repnbhean!
DEAR SiR Gould brown, In MS Grammar
If Grammars, says. "Threc fourths Of tho
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winch would seem 70 Imply tna'every Amer
lean Of culture should be a student In Ger
man. In order to be a scholar In English.
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ground rapidly IN all the regions oil our re-
public. In regard to our public schools, no |
teacher sbould be deemed competent to In |
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suue' AZ wy ".' 'aau u.ia''"'o"' "n'ess pio-
ncient also In the English. Also should the |
German teachers Identify themselves with |
the whole achool and tako n lively interest
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teacning any language Wot 10 enh9hten
tho mind, TO practice tongue and thought,
we certainly have TO do so when toaehing
the German language. Considered In this
point OF view, instruction In inc herman
language VIII DC more an AUXILIARY 70 the
general instruction than drawoack 70 the
same, aud VIII only require 70 look rom
this Wow In order TO hail II, not as an In
trndcr, put as welcome lriena.
inc treasures Oh herman literature ocing
In no respect INFERIOR 70 any other, and the
usefulness IN Practicai NE OF speaking ana
writing plurality OF languages are OBVIOUS
to every Intelligent mind.
US matter OF course tnat the citizcns
OF this great country should nave common
language as means OF mutual lnteliigcnce,
and characteristic feature Of their nation
allty, and English being also language
easier than almost any to acquire, to WELD
and to pronounce, II has been selected; but
II Is not adverse TO tho American Idea that
the citizens OF this country should derive
untold advantages from their ability 10 freely
converse and communicate with the natives
Of other countries, and ENJOY their national
literatures. Inc German language mas actu-
ally become the second language OF our
great republic, and the knowledge OF tue
German language Is now considered essential
to finished education. 1t Is the Language
OF the greatest press oil modern times; OF
the most profound science and philosophy,
and OF q nation destined 70 become, In no
distant future, the foremost In Europe, seems
to be entitled to appreciation BY American
citizens generality so much the more so as
u Is the mother OF Anglo-saxon and modern
English, and is spoken In this country by
about six millions oil men, a number rapidly
Increasing. By-the.by "Gerpany, Tor
merry and present, In the light OF the King
dom OF God, Is the title OF work written
by the learned and able general superintsn-
dent and court preacher, DR.. W. Hoffman,
at Berlin. His new book, Germany aud
EurOnp In the llrht nj I1niVpraal HIatnrV "
Is a supplement TO his former work. lie
styles IL a reserved chapter, but u Is rathera
long one, seeing that IL extends over two
hundred and my pages. The design OF the
former work was, In brief, to show that the
mission for and In Germany originally cx-
tended TO the house OF Hapsburg, and then
offered at the reformation to Saxony, has
been gradually transferred to Prussia, with
It's head aud creator, the house of IIohen-
zullcrn, q transierencc which eliminated In
Bohemia In 1856. Its supplement Is essen
TALLY glorihcation Of the mission Of Ger
many In Europe and the world.
Much that Is advanced Is true, for the In
tellectual influence OF Germany has been and
is mighty. However, many things which
the Herr General Superintendent Hotter
cdigor court preacher) says are simply
| absurd. Ills description Of the Anglo-Saxon
element OF the United States, for example, Is
when they learn that the Herr Hofierodigor
looks forward TO the time when the Western
| States, har'sg-hecome predomlnently Ger
man, will be stirred up by the course of
| events In tho fathcrland to establish sep
uratc monarchial State; and that the Ger
man element is to purge out the ccclcsias-
teal disorders and ecccntricities Of the
Anglo Saxon, or rather, as he terms 1t, An
| Clio Saxon element.
In regard to the position and future of the
| Germans In America, a very interesting and
| instructive letter has recently been published
| in the Cologne Gazette, from the nen of n
very prominent German In this country.
Aftcr briefly reviewing the various attempts
that have been made to find new ideas as the
basis for the organization of new parties, the
writer says:
Argument Is unnecessary to show that
such demand can never furnish the basis
for organization of q new successful party,
especially here, where on the most important
objects of the better elements of society Is
directed toward the destruction OF the abso-
Lutte domination of professional politicians
and of the corrupt system of ofllce-sceking.
The attempt to establish a German party u
at best only chimera, which would have
no bad results except 1t succeeded In rekind
ling the strong 'Hatirisiic' tendencies OF the
Americans.
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the United States increases daily, and Amerl
cans are constantly more willing to acknowl
edge the fact and to give due consideration
There Is more reasonable prospect that In
the course Of few years throughout the
Western and Middle States we shall succeed
N Introducing the German language as
subject Of instruction in oil the common
schools, In which any considerable number
Of pupils are children OF German parents
Almost every week announcement Is mad,
OF the foundation Of a new German Engllsl
school, and nearly every month a new Ger
man grammar for Americans Is published
Compared with the position of the German
In this country twenty or thirty years ago
II must be admitted that the change ha,
been very great. But notwithstanding this
the Germans largely overestimate these re
suits, and In their dreams of greater tri
umphs entirely overlooked the thorns an,
stones by which their future way is covered
They overlook the fact that their polltica
Importance Is chiefly due to the weight 0
numbers, and forget that this alone canno
permanently preserve them as an independ
ent element. The years of 1913 and 1874
, saw a large accession of young, active, en-
! thusiastic, Intelligent faces to America
These new corners sDccdily drove their nre