New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-01

sympathy with ana admiration Tor the etatcsmah WIN
occupies proud and commanding position among the
chiefs Of the nation for the Senator whose voice potent
in the councils Of the state for the bold champion OF
the rights and liberties Of the people, whose destiny Is
our destiny, and whose glory Is our glory. but
we will not disguise the fact that we are nero
also 10 express our affection for hin as oe-
scendants Of tho race TO whose Keeping are
now intrusted the highest interests OF human culture LII
the world; citizens whose attachment and devouoh
to the land of their adoption are unlimited but who do
forget that lines Of their mental well as ply ST.
cal geneaogy still point the old homes OF their fathers
We throng around the whose cradle STOOD on the
border Of the German Rhine, because we still feel the
current Of the old stream with its "reminiscences ana
songs, souls though now live on the banks OF
the Hudson, of the Mississippi or OF the ONO 90 not
know whether the warm German words yelling out Of
warm German hearts here tonight will serve as pro-
vocation to certain politicians. who are wont to
labor under periodical fits OF apprt for the
union and peace of the American nation whenever
the German friends turn their backs upon them, to
repeat what recently said In the Senate Chamber by
Mr. Carpenter and still more recently at the Cooper In
stitute, by that noble specimen Of native American
nationality, Daniel Sickes. 1t is strange how difficult IL
is for certain people TO that the vgor and organic
consistency Of the young and growing American natoh
finds its best in the free and unrammeled lhte
action Of the various elements OF European culture
is the very reverse of sefevdent proposition that
would be conducive to the vital strength and Individual
ity of the American people. 1t was very wise man
and a very sagacous interpreter OF historical pheno
mena who said " UniuS hnGu9 untusque noTS,
gems semper imbeehs d Jragiiis est" nation
without diversity OF habit speech Is always imbecie
and weak. 1t is than strange that the people
have referred to persist in their blindness and prejudice
after the Germans this country had occasion during
thd last two decades especially both at the polls ana on
the field of BATTLE to show that they are not necessarily
bad American patriots because they refuse lightly to
part with the guage and traditions Of their race But
do TO be seriously distressed by the umhrage
of these meni for mean to rejoice whenever, on
the sunny hillside, beside the smoking plain on which
the Engshspeakng farmer p ants his corn, see the
German preparing the stony ground In winch DC IL
about TO plant the vne mean to rejoice before that
the enterprise and impetuous energy or the Anglo
Saxon finds its counterpart In the patient, foinng
industry of the people who came from my native land
mean to rejoice that the firm and sometimes stubborn
spirit which has borne the fruit Of so many conflicts In
defense OF civil freedom both the little island In the
north of Europe and the shores OF the New World Is
tempered the mild houghfuness OF the Suabian
or Saxon the merry thoughtessness OF the sons OF
the Rhine. rejoice that the nervous speech OF the mod
Brons loses nothing either in the melody or sense
when it from the lips of.a German Senator re-
joice whenever / see o spark which young German
caught in the land of thinkers break out as the
fame Of enthusiasm freedom In word, rejoice ut
the exhibition Of every new fact which tends To prove
that Tie very Utmost of his heart man may be at the
sa,1e time thorouGhgoing and true American pa
tr1ot But what have Just said Ia by means TO be
understood as though wished to institute any invd
GUS comparison between the races which stand here
upon common ground to claim superiority OF rank or
merit because we are Germans. Our city at TINS mo-
ment honored by the presence of great number OF
citzeps who meet here in furtherance OF common ma
tional purpose and who certainly will not ask each
other what language they have learned from their
mothers propose to teach their children Ihey are
about to break old party letters to throw down BARRIERS
to destroy inveteate preudces to sweep away OLD rub
bish which has become impeachment OF new LIE ana
growth Wherever such work to be done the Germans
are always welcome When letters to be broken ana
barriers are be thrown down, the Germans generay
have their part In the task and one. am sure Will
he offended if we point with pride TO the fact that on the
present occasion also the first and best blows have been
struck by q Gernan-Carl Schurz.