Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-12
THE GERMAN MOVEMENT.
A Few Words to Democratic Germans,
from a FrieRa.

Considerable dissatisfaction has been
expressed by some of the German popu-
lation, at our remarks in regard to the
movement now going on among them,
and developed IN their recent mass meet
ings. We can only sag that We are 8etu-
ated by the very best of feelings toward
all Germans In our midst, and that in
speaking and acting as we have done, we
have only dom cur duty as a journalist,
in exposing and pointing out what we
conceive 70 be a movement fraught with
danger to the Democratic party, and to
the German people themselves. Every m
who knows the writer, knows this ID be
true.
As we remarked at the close Of our re-
port of the last meeting, we have at pres
ent no means Of judging of the ends and
aims of the movement, except by the
men who f-nauguratedit it, and who, though
they may not be ostensibly at the head OF
it, are the leading spirits in it. We called
a few of them by name-F. W. Louis, f..
w. Buttinghaus, L. Woehller, etc. b are
they? f. W. Louis was a saloOn-keeper,
who was elevate TO the Infamous Board
of County Commissioners by fraudulent
negro votes and Yauke9 b~ayonets, and
who, since the Board has been done away
with, has returned to his pristine avoca-
ton; Buttlnghaus has long been known
as a Radical Of the dirJiesJ dye, elected Re-
eorder by negro and Radical votes;
Woehller was and is a s~sioon-keeper,
a Radical of the SGnS cWJOtte brand, who
made his saloon the headquarters of the
negro politicians who hung around the
Gr6enlaw Opera House during the days
of their supremacy.
We will not pursue the catalogue,
although we might do so al jRfHltu1n.
Suffice to say, that out Of the ~thirty-two
committeeman appointed at the first
meeting las reported by the NeHe Zeit
twenty-three are known as either violent,
"out-and-Out' Radicals, or tinctured with
that devilish spirit which would ostracise
men of their own colOr-nay, Of their
own flesh and blood, to elevate the negro
above them.
What could we look for from q move
ment -inaugurated and led by such men?
True. we are told that the association the
"Y~erbuendung," will put iG to vote which
party they will support, and if the Dem
ocraric party gets the most votes lin cOun-
Gil or caucusj they win support that party
and its nominees. But the demagogues
who are leading the masses Of honest,
Woodworking Germans), who as a general
thing, know and care very little about
politics) viii take very good care that the
Democratic party does not get the most
votes.
We are told, again, that the Germans
are not office seekers. As q class, we ad-
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decent, educated German can make a bet
ter and a more honest living than is to be
Obtained by dabbling in local politics.
But who is it that speaks OF the " booty
hungry ring, which absorbs ali offices F"
Men who, as we have shown, have for
years enjoyed the spotls Of Offices created
by thieviug scallawag and carpet-h a leg
i~alstion, and won by Yankee bayonets and
negro votes.
VI have followed this subject further
than we intended when we began. We
nave no idea Of speaking cur whole
mind on this subject at present, and
we reserve until after the next meeting
shall nave occurred 70 do so.
The above is written at the request,
and wfth the full Endorsement OF The
most respectable German gentlemen in
this city, to whom our remarks were
read before putting them in print. We
intend 20 fight this movement and defeat
it if possible. No German who calls him
self a Democrat will lend himself to any
such infamous designs as Louis,
d" Colonel" R~ultlnghaus and others Of
their ilk wish tC perPetFate. More suon
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