The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-22

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declared war against Germany, we
were not amazed that-the Boston
Post, the Chicago 1fWesT the. Cinein-
/ natl Enquirer, and some lesser Demo-
cratic journals belonging to the fac
ton Of the DemOcrOtie party which
/ learns nothing and fOrgets nothing,
regardless of all right-feeling and hu-
manity, took the part of the French.
I But is has in the highest degree as
founded US, that the New York World
also, after q short leaning to the Ger
man side, decided TO embrace the en-
tire French cause. Under these cir
eumstances it is not to be WOndered
at that the Courier of this city in the
meantime with some moderation, but
with no less evil-mindedness, turned
/ in and took the part Of France. In
last Fridays paper the Courier says:
GBut if the French have indeed
eliminated Napoleon from their cause
and if they shall be aLle to present
/ themselves to mankind as q Eepubli-
can people in arms to repel a mOH-
archial invader the current Of liberal
sympathy will be turned in another
direction" -
Should tho Courier lie able through
oNlAA A44ACNOAEAAl lllA4oNAA AANlNAhA-
Tits readers, then the intelligence Of the
I American people would stand very
/ low. That the Courier only sought q
pretext has already come out, for on
the next day, last Saturday, with Pi-
Gus hypocrisy, it takes tbe frightful
Misrepresentation of the French
that the Germans lost 5000 killed
Eaud 5000 wOuHded-and declares
arrHfffnH
to credenee. The Courier and other
Democratic papers have certainly the
I freedom mtosympathizew with the French
as We have the liberty to sympathl2o
with the cause Of the Germans. With
our American politics the war has
lnOtliing to do, but we expose the atti-
tHde OF q number Of Democratic pa=
pers and draw attention to them, be-
cause they show that q faction Of the
Democratic press so head-strOng hold
to their tradfti0ns-that they are una
bic TO separats the right from the
wrong, or that their course was induo-
ed by worse motives; and herein lies
an universal evil which must be in
the highest degree prejudicial to the
Democratic party.
/ The Union of Italy under Victor
Emanuel and the expulsion of tho
renlaining Italian Princess called
forth shouts of applause from the
Democratic journals, while they cha
racterize the efforts of tho King Of
Prussia TO unite Germany as an infa-
nous crime. While these liekspittles
of Louis Napoleon upheld him when,
without cause he forced war upon
Austria III order TO further the union
of Italy, theY now uphold the aame
Napoleon who makes war against
Prussia in order to prevent the Union
OF Germany and tear away part Of
Germany to annex it to France.
They approve all that their chosen
darling does, no matter how contra
dictory or unrighteOus it may be.
And who is this darling of theirs? A
imam who has violated the most
solemn of promises and hottest Of
oaths given to the French Republi-
cans to retain their rights-whO let
loose the dogs of war in order to de-
stroy the Republic. and to .pandeF TO
his lust for power 1 When sham
Democratic Journals are closely joined
with q wanton, audaciOus rObber
who is warning against n people that
have until now only expressed friend
ship for this Republic, then 1t must be
that the right feeling of an important
part of the Democratic press is in q
wretched condition. The need OF a
right feeling must, in the eyes of all
thoughtful and reasonable friends of
right and humanity, cast n dark
shadow upon the Democratic party.
If the majority of the Democratic
party is inspired by such opinions,
then has the party Outlived itself.
To us Germans, regardless of party,
it must be painful to know that there
are journals in this Republic which
are possessed with so ungOVernable
hate towards the German people, that
in q bloody war they approve the cause
of an accuTsed tyrant who fights In
order to prevent the union Of the Ger
man people, in order to prevent the
German people taking fitting place
among the nations of the earth.
We must leave the consideration of
such fearful prejudiees, such extreme
hate, such heaven-crying unrighte-
BUSINESS, for our feelings overcome us.
The love of Christ. dies upon our
tongue and we can scarcely say, ''Fa-
ther forgive them, for they know not
what they do"
The Anzieger des Westens, Of st.
Louis, one of the few Influential Ger
man papers in the farther Western
States, which have remained faithful
to the Democratic party, has the fol-
lowing significant and powerful arti-
Gle: 80 a
With the exception of the Missouri
Republican and n few other rather in
Significant papers the entire Demo
cratic press IN AnleTieG has taken sides
in the present SUdF for France. This
is q fact which cannot be denied, and
which should not be concealed from
the German-Americans. In vain one
seeks for reasons to explain this SYM
pathy of the American Democracy
with BOnapartism and its victimi the
misguided French people. As the
the traditional predilection for France
on account of the support it gave to
the United States in the war of inde-
pendence, as nativistic dislike for the
unlOved German element in America,
as, finally, ignorance and prejudices
with regard to European relations are
within the Republican party at least
as strong rs in the Democratic party,
one might assume that the sympathy
for Germany or France in both parties
must be about equally divided. But
this is not so. The overwhelming
majority Of the Republican papers
recognizes the justice of the cause of
Germany and brings articles on the
war and state of affairs in Germany
and France which betOken thorough
knowledge of the subject and indie
pendent Judgment, while a majority
| lust as Overwhelming of the Demo-
cratic papers of the English language
not only sympathiZes with France,
| but are filled with the most yenOmOus
lies and the greatest abuse with re-
gard to Germany. .l.. 3
The insults which Democratic pa
pers now heap upon the German peO-
Die go deep, and will not soon be for
gotten. And it should not be forgot
ten, for it shows clearly the spirit
which animates the English Demo-
pect from them.
The Journal of New York, one Of
the daily Democratic papers, copies
and fully approves the above article.
We might go on and quote columns
upon columns to the same effect, show
ing the warm sympathy Of the Re
publicans as a body, as a unit, with
Germany; showing the ceaseless Op-
position and ridieule of everything
German in the war and out of it, by
the Democratic press, throughout the
country; and showing the just anger
and opposition reused in the hearts Of
German Democrats against their fel-
low Democrats by these facts. The
German is slow to anger, and he viii
rather suffer the blathering of a seat
terbrained opponent than bring the
matter to the issue Of personal srbi-
tration. But the continued and in
creasing insults heaped upon the Ger
man people and the German nation
bythe Democratic press since thiswar
commenced have been too much for
even German forbearanee and lOyeGf
peace. At the polls this fall the result
win show whether the German citi-
zens Of Ohio are DreDared To take their