The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-27
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There are changes in popular life which
make themselves known by waits and strays
To the great movement Of the stream be-
low. corresponds the drift OF straws upon
the surface. And thus it happens that the
superficial observer sometimes discovers
what the philosophic thinker has vainly
the former notices the manGuvres Of
the sheep with their tails, 0et the kind read
or pardon On expressive Hibernicsm) and
predicts storm, while the latter prepares
himself for O drenching by watching the
trees and the sky.
During the last half century great change
has been going on in the character OF our
population. immigration, after having re-
ceived the irregular supplies afforded by Eng
land and France. by Ireland and Germany,
was well-nigh monopolized for time by the
Irish, as 1t is now by the Germans. The
latter nre rapidly filling the waste places of
the country and leavening the public opin-
ion Of its inhabitants. We have seen this
shifting of the tide in Charleston. Years
was commanded by the Frcnchman; then
the Hnonannt oava nIano to tho T~;cl, Cc.t.-.
lie: rtyn "curl.r =aul f. .ri .sr..
ny ,tu,urc,i ,. e,,t ,sciple Of
L..tre. and Sie'anc,irln And ,.,o evidences
ot The prosperity Of Ibis class or 5ur lc,rw-
citizens Is rery striking iay "a hay
money Immcdia o'y axe! r.'a yai, ,hey-
bain 10 Improve their III. i..a jada.od es,. *;
!ishmenls, AZ ;heyyR Sc ,ipder.. III d.
erect an mrfy3i.e cathtiyai wr;ct TTi,Sn
ll'r', f-fsEll t'hr Tnkes.i'll ohl.',' ID,
cuu > ano .,t s,,0frs -
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The influenc fthr German .. .'uent n,-on
.at'oD'i polite IS becrmiil. nor. ana .po-c
pronounced. In lhr d o national cris., M.
'redil of ihs Sor"rnment was susteiu,i by
The Frankfort and lrciacr. bankers. rhr
!t:ndto-hnnd conflict III tl,r Empire s,e,c
Nc-n ''N ncm0cr rnts and lsupu,,..a,,s.
uas uecIded by Governor Hof1man's Ger
man speeches. To this dexterous politician
Tie Nation has assigned the soubriquet of
The most dangerous OF Democrats" The
that the contest for supremacy is renewed
by the Republicans, in the nomination of
General Sgel, n well-known and popular
German, for the Secretaryship OF State. An
other bid for the German vote, is the propo- |
sition on the part Of certain politicians to |
transfer the capital OF the United States to |
Lie German headquarters at the West-the
City OF st. Louis. Thus the evidences are
from day to day, proving that
an important nationality, heretofore we'll
NIGH ignored by party leaders and hack pol-
ltlcians has assumed position OF very great
influence In the direction OF public affairs.
Indeed, such result might have been natu-
rally expected, in view OF the continuous
and multidudinous reinforcements which are
made to our German population.
Even in the City of New York, the Germans
will soon, IL they do not now, hold the BAL
ance Of power. At the West, they are com
paratively undemonstrative, yet numerous
and consciously strong.
what Will be the result OF this power, here
'ofore well-nigh latent, but now beginning
20 assert itself at the ballot-box and In the
councils OF the republIc7 Favorable, we
believe, both to order and to liberty. When
of old the whole civilized world was trim.
tary to Roman imperialism, the freedom OF
mankind was guarded amid the fastnesses
of the German forests. Hermann was the
washington OF the antique world. And
when the eagles Of q more potent empire
had subjusat.d Europe, 1t was the Landwehr
which swept away, like resistless flood.
Inc bulwarks and thrones Of Napoleonic des-
potism. These national traditions will mt
be forgotten in the new world. But with
Ill his enthusiasm for liberty, the German
s also conservative. He is fond Of old
lsnges. even to extravaganza. Ho holds to
Ills own language; he pours forth his hap-
piest emotions and tenderest confidence in
The 'heart-full" gutturals OF the Elbe and
'he Rhine. He preserves his own customs
.he social festivals, the family usages md
'ubordination inherited from immemorinl
ame. In every way ho is useful member
'f the body social andihe body polite. Ard
.he hands now 30 busy in adjusting the
rembling scales Of trade, in welding the
'onderoqs pickaxc in Pennsylvania mine
mi Missourlan mountain, in guiding the
bright plough over Virginia farms and Min
hcsota prairlcs, will do their part when the
Landwchr rises against tho corrupt
Of Washington and the selfish
greed OF New England. s. ~
vi all men among us, the German trader
8 RECEIVING an Instructive lesson In politics.
In every direction lie Is taxed and hampcred