The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-13
New Paper-A German Enterprise.

NS" AHpeE-A NReFmnh
The first number of The Patriot,
new German weekly newspaper estab'
lished in this city, made it's appearance
Saturday morning, Mr.. p. Rappeport,
editor. The enterprise is established on
a sound basis and the first number of
the paper gives promise of ability and
usefulness. We trust it will meet n
friendly reception at the hands of our
German fellow. citizens, and be liber-
ally sustained by them and by all our
merchants with advertising patronage.
The tone and scope of the Patriot, politi-
cally and otherwise, will be best shown
by its salntatory, of which the follow
ing is u translation:
OUR PROGRAMME.
1t is only short time since that one
of those peaceful revolutions, that are
fought out at the ballot box, took place
in this country.
Ulysses s. Grant took the place of
Andrew Johnson as President of the
United States. a hero in the field, the
saviour of his country, he accepted his
position with the words: "Let us have
peace.'
We will what Grant WILTSHIRE
whole Union and peace. On peace
depends the welfare of people. Let
US have peace with all the whole world,
but also among ourselves all the
wounds of the country caused by the
war shall be healed, but to do that ef-
fectuaIly all the iniquity contained in
them must be squeezed out.
Our Union has still sick members,
and only will they be cured, when
security of life and property will be
re-established there. When the bitter
hate, armed with deadly weapons, be-
tween political opponents will be abol-
ished. then peace and liberty will be
perfect.
Peace and liberty! These two words
contain all the happiness and woe of a
nation and of each of its members.
Where the sun of liberty casts his rays
on tho pretty palm of peace, the hepPi-
ness OF man is budding and blooming.
Nobody deserves to enjoy the blessings
or peace who ever aimed to destroy IT.;
and nobody is worthy of his liberty
who wants to trammel others. Peace
and liberty are common property to all
and belong to every body. Z"
TO uphold this principle is the duty of
n free press and will always be our aim.
Now, although We frankly say that It
| Is our belief that the Republican party
In this country il on the right path TO
produce what we aim for, we do
not want 10 say that we intend to pub.
| lish party paper In the strict sense of
the word. Although we fully endorse
the principles Of the Republican party,
we still shall always Judge and crit
icise impnrlinily, and truth and honesty
| shall always guide rs.
Our paper is Il German enterprise.
Founded by Germans, designated to
Germans, written ill the German lam
guage, it shall always stand for the in
| terests of our Countrymen and promote
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the attention OF the Germans to the fact
that it depends only on themselves
| if they want 20 occupy in this country
that position to which they are entitled
according TO their intelligence and their
numerical strength. Their influence
has already begun, there is German
III lie u. S. Senate and IL German in
the House of Representatives. But this
is only the beginning and if the Ger
mans always will truly preserve their
Language and their nationality they
will surely occupy far more promi-
low citizens know this we'll enough,
they find 1t already necessary to
know the German language and
they take pains 10 learn it. In
many States our language is taught i'll
| the public schools. In Ohio there is at
each school "a German teacher; within
n short time twill be the same III Penn
sylvnniR, and surely a time VIII come
when the German language is spoken
in this country by as many people as
the English language. No matter how
late this time will come, IL is the duty
of the Germans to preserve and to keep
up their language, their sentiments and
their simplicity.
Our paper shall always aim for the
social unity of our Germans; we shall
strive to cultivate in this country the
amusements and the sociability of our
old country. These are the principles
that will guide us in publishing this
paper, and we expect the heartiest sup
port OF our German countrymen and
our American friends and fellow citi-
zens. We hOpe that our intentions will
be appreciated, and We feel confident
that we will succeed in accomplishing
our task to the satisfaction of all and
every body.