New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-10
POLITICAL MISCELLANY.
THE GERMAN PRESS.
FALSE STATEMENTS EXPOSED.

To the Editor OF the Tribune.
SIR: On my way from st. Louis 30 New
York found the following choice clipping in one OF the
Philadelphia papers Of last Sunday:
There IL now but single German Republican daily
which still cings to the fortunes OF Honest Horace, and
that the Davenport Demokrat small sheet, edited by
one Sebolt who in 1884, declared In his paper that
President Lincoln was much OF a despot rs King
Louis XVI of France and that he richly deserved the
latters fate. The Cincinnati Courier and the PITTS
burgh Volksbla which mt first were among the stanch-
est supporters OF Mr.. Greeley have now declared 10r
mons silence The Louisville Anzeiger and the Wescoe
OF Columbus, Oho-two Of the most influential German
Democratic papers, and hitherto ardent advocates OF
Greeleys electon-haye now dropped him. and they
will not support him, even II he were nominated AZ ba
tlm0re. SO runs the world away
As exactly the same paragraph has been travelling
through the Grant press for several weeks without
statement OF its source or original authorship leach reprint
becoming the theft OF fasehood permit me sufficient
space your paper to state that the above Is entre
untrue It would be difficult to find single statement
in the paragraph which Is not manifest and gross raise
hood Instead Of "but q single German Republican
daily still clinng to Greeley" every single German
Republican daily Except one) that supported
the principles Of the Liberal movement preyi
Gus to the Cincinnati Convention, now supports
Horace Greeley. Instead Of but zone sheet" IN
Davenport Iowa, every single German paper OF tnai
state except one) has come our iOr MI Greelcy, anu
even one opposed to both Grant and Greeley 30
I'm the great State OF Illinois, where all the German pa
pers of such centers of German population as Chcago
cate Mr. Greeeys election, with but solitary collect
orsl exception. The Ptsbrg VolksbdH never falered
IN the support of Liberal ticket, and as to the ON
nous silence" of the WesHiche Post Organ OF carr
schurz) st. Louis, Will simply say that that paper
never was and oup0ken In the good cause
than now. Surveying the field even from the German
standpoint challenge scrutiny or contradiction 10 tue
following: 49,
l. That the leading Germans like schurz Koerner'
Maior-GeD. Wnlick, Muench, DR.. Theme, Dr. Bauer,
Subolt Rittig &C. well nearly all the German He
publican papers, are for Greeley. go,
q That even the few German leaders who still oppose
Ar he OtteuQOTteF.
Grant. o.
g. That excepting the very slender proportion OF Ger
mans who have supported Grant from the beginning
whether secured through patronage or otherwise Ger
man opposition TO Mr. Greeley Is almost entirely DEM
ocratic, and not Republican. -, 4,
These fact II is true that certain proportion OF
the German foro still unsatisfied with the nomination
of Mr.. Greeley remains TO be won. But 1t can De ana
believe will be. For instance, in Cincinnati ana In IN
diana greatly need German paper 10 advocate our
cause do hesitate to predict that when votes
shall have counted in November 1t will appear even
10 the bndest widest Grant crcrs that Dir greeley
has received mich larger proportion Of the German
vote than has before been united upon any Ires
dental CANDIDATE JOSEPH PULlIILh
YORK.. IulT g.