Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-06-14
THE CHRONICLE.
LETTER FROM GRRMANY.
Correspondence of the, ,cnEOzIcrEl

III true representative, Lue common
> veal consists in muzzling the pulpit
, and the press, and lettering the arm
Of the legislative, judicial and exeeu.
tive departments Of the government
, OF our fathers. he must be allowed
to bring to US his vices, which he has
been taught to regard at home as vir.
tues, as well as his poverty, and tc
the latter we do not object, and we
must receive him with open arm and
heart; we must take him by the
hand we must direct him to raise
himself from his poverty to a condi-
ton of affiuence and respectability
but we dare not say to him-giVe up
certain habits, for they corrupt good
, morals. They are opposed to the
spirit of truth, they will not do in
this land Of purer morality, Of higher
religious standard they are arrows
tipped with poison aimed at the heart
Of our republican institutions. Give
them up and come with us and we
will do you good. This we dare not
propose, and escape being denounced
in the Journals of good old fatherland
as a church of "hypOcritlcal, eanting,
ranting impostOrs;' anation Of "hum-
bugs a government Of Ignorant,
uneducated, purse-proud fanatics, +"
with a president at our head, whose
more proper placer was the "tailor's
BENCH" or the wood wagon from
Carondelet to st. Louis"
ITO put the Independence of the
communities and of the States in prop
er relation with the sovereignty Of the
union, is the endeavor Of the Ger
man element throughout the land;
and in so far it this element,) forms
an united party of Intervention be-
tween the extremes of the political
parties" in America. That is, hence.
forth these parties must listen to US,
and place at the head Of power men
who will change and make laws to
suit the views Of those whose training
lin matters of State have been receive
ed under monarchical forms of gov
eminent, and whose characteristic
[ virtues, as inherited from fatherland.
are too dear to sacrifice for the well
fare Of the land of their adoption
More than this. We even expect to
take possession of the white House"
! some Of these days, as you might have
understood long ago, and especially
since we had already let you see that,
by turn of the hand, we were able
to give Schurz one Of the best seats In
! the Senate. But, then, as it is ''abso-
/ lutely advisable to keep sticking
these facts under stupid Jonathan's
nose, in order to wake him up, we
now consider it our duty-and more
| especially since Hebes Udterldnd has
SO Unexpectedly developed such'won-
I derful strength and energy in taking
] -rnk ~ hnHnnrHNU
and teaching all Europe, and the rest
of creation, how 10 fall down and wor-
ship. To tell you in still palmer
words, who we are and what we must
have. The brilliant position which
united, mighty Germany beyond the
seas holds, as the leader Of sll present
lEuropeah dynastles, has emboldened
US, as American adopted citizens, TO
demand numerous changes in church
and State. Although we may be
called, in the land Of our birth, by the
adherents Of monarchy, renegades,
| deserters, criminals, refuse or the
lowest, worst class, in many instan-
ees 'transpOrtedn to the land Of ras-
Gallons, murderers, and thieves, as
unworthy of q place among the civil
lied Of dear old fatherland, 1t makes
no difference; we are German, and
we will stick to the customs and usa-
ges Of the dear old German land,
although these customs are repugnant
to the institutions of the land which
has done so much for us. Paul SchurZ
Is our leader. Him will we follow on
the Sabbath question and all other
topics Of interest to us as lovers of
drink, song, and dance on this great |
day OF recreation, instead Of parading |
Janus-faced to the place falsely called |
the house OF God. Schurz is our hope. !
In him we confide. He will bring |
US safely through; and the day is not |
far distant when our philosophy, our |
religion, will be that Of our beloved |
adopted land.
But our bold writer Is not done yet. |
After going on to say, that this won
derful procession in New York, had |
opened the eyes Of the English-speak-
ing population, which had hitherto
always been taught by the shallow
Drained reports Of American newspa-
pers on their returning, shooting, and |
singing festivals, to look upon them |
only as singers, jumpers or target |
shooters. whose common symbol, un- |
der the dominion of Gambrinus and
Bachus, was PretzeL, Bier, SehlDeizer-
kds, he lets off for the benefit of his |
European friends, the following -
1.-THE imposing procession of working |
people with their insignia, showed the |
Mr.. Yankees, for once, that the facto- |
ries and workshops Of the land from |
the powerful machine mandatory to |
the light manufacture of eonfection- |
=. L. rsf Ms--r. ~
there is no kind Of industry, no trade, |
no business in which the Germans
are not the leaders and the best work |
men, throughout the land"
May ask the candid German read
er, whether it would not have been /
better; and certainly much more mod |
est, as we'll as nearer the truth, to have |
simply said, some Of the largest manu- !
factories as well as smaller workshops /
of our great common country are in |
the hands Of the Germans, who rank
among the best in all the departments 4
of industry? This we think, would |
have been more becoming. 1t is al
ways best to be as modest as possible
in allusion TO our own virtues. If
they are really of deeper tone than
our neighbors, they will not remain
long in obscurity. They will find
worthy recognition at the right time.
Would it not be better too, did not
correspondents who profess so much
deep, undying glove" for the land Of
their adoption. prove the sincerity Of
their affection, in their reports to faith
erland or ''uear" America, by report
ing the truth and writing but the
truth? Did thew do this, Germany
would not, as an intelligent, progress
sive, religious German expressed it a
moment ago, have such vertOirte, en-
tangled, crazy ideas of the American
people and American institutiOns.-
If they are honest representatives of
their German brethren, it is difficult
for US TO comprehend how the Ger
man can have so much "Liebe, !" love,
for q land whose laws, institutions,
and people are so tainted with corrup-
tion, and so incapable Of performing
the great task Of religious and politi-
cal leaders. If they do not fairly rep
resent them the sooner our German
fellow citizens give the lie to their
the better for all parties.
I am, and ever have been, the true
friend Of the Germans. am, and
always have been, willing to give
them as adopted citizens Of my ma
tive land, ali the credit they deserve,
but not any more. The fact cannot
be denied that they form the most in
duefrfnua and honest norfiOn of Our I