, 1873-11-16
THAT "PRusslAN" FLAG.


Mr.. ruo.,rr C~,,,,n, 1v,,r , w.,
1no n..n1n1asi s1,n c.r,,,... ts'n r,. AaoW
eao D.spanyod INC Ger1nan FlnE ON
AIS lsuaiutnE on tho Day After tha
0ity Election.
From the Illinois staata-ztttuno
40 ne Eatfor q TIE INtno1' staats. .ztitunP:,
"A a RIoas many I,1 hmeflcahs hnyo hekod mo thu
Question, Whethor 1T Is tzuo that you displayed
larse aoan H. VI an sa' alief ine @
very small American nag. I have denied it
numbesosa tincs still, in my opinion, It IL tho
general boliof among Americans, aud, + think it
eEoasea IN unnecessary end unpleasant prejudice.
born) has for bis national flag land, i think tho
Qernan-Anerloan shares 1t oqually), deemed
1t boat to call your intention to this current r,-
NOR, 30 TINT you may DO whnt you consider bcst
IN tho PROMISES. Yours, truly, L. +. ST.
In reply to this kinuly lotter let us lrgt stato
the facts.
upon the 9th day Of November, as On grert
Ze1tung displayed on the top Of it's building two
dngs,. viz: the national American flag over tLa
prlncipal front on Washington street, and tho
nationality oTor tho side front on Filth avenue.
Bonh tlRgs are Of equal nizo nolt!ior Of them ia
hoisted balow tho other; only an u1mit;rated
fool could believe us capable Of Offering such m
try Of our choico. or tho country Of orr birth.
But aa far as there ia any difforouco in tia nnri
ton Of the two 1lacg IL il in favor NJ fha A,rn,;
can flag since thnt wavna nvar In ,n,In trnit
tho bune AZ stntc1 ,hnya L ho1' '' a. ,e Il
been diH1,loved IN TIM so1nn roia,,vo ,ost INV .se
.uny formor occasions, but tI,is is tLo f1rnt TIM
Nav to t1oaa oo,eHta ,ea a;.t % u. ,u.
nces becanso thnv ,,rto f1,a idna - Ln,;,'
defeated by nurnbar NJ Nd oooJ ar,arans;, LSs'l ~
eena Ms any who llappcn to haye baon horn en- nn
tho English, e have nothinp to s"v aoe%e N a Is n9t
would 10 OF no uAe For they, In Mi nrohnhi,;tvS
spite Of oil NO could saw would late un ma Inols
down upon us as "foraiuuersH with tho aan,o
genuine "Amesioan Nr. Lo, looka down WIZ upon un,1
them.
but with those of our fellow-citizeus who ain-
cerely believe that tho digplayiue Of tI,e Garmnn
an improper thing to do, wo IRE wiling to roason
in tho kindEoyt manner. In the w5r1a ~ Iha
late Mr.. Greeley no aidroaa thom as ''o
"A{en and B,eth,tn:' Many and many time
Of Irish birth, carrying the greon iiar Of Erin
slde By aldo with tic Ameroon fnr. fiave yo11
eyep beloved that these citizons were desiroua
OF returning under tic bouign rule ot tbs Drit-
iAl Queen Have YOU not looked upon that ttlnr
NOT al the omblom Of forocn ailecinnoo' bnt
as an amblom expressive Of the kinl ron,en1-
branco in which the country that gave them
1sh T6a s ha bes BY nRSs1 bs S et5ens
as you hayep For, us for TINT matter, you know
worry very well, nen md brothron, that none OF
you were askod whother yoq would Or would not
becaaso you @ could not @ t. a' No@ Now Sa ao no
blamo you for it, but neither should You blamo
us for kindly remembering tho motho. tint boro
us; 8.
That 10 all the Significance tho displaying OF
tho acrnan colors has, and VIC want you net
only to tolerate It (for hsat you could not clnu1
any special crodit, because wo shall do it any
how. whether you DO OF do not appreciate our
reasonb), but to understand why, no do it md
Why We: are not any tho worso American citi-
zenH for showing that we honor cur native
nationality;
You do in spite and hatred, but most Of you out
OF bona ido Ignorance that Gornlan 1lag us we
cau It, does not mean that the Germau-speaking
oltizsna o. tn's country e9ns'der ! themselves az
eub1ects ol Emperor William !" 1t does not
signify On ~ allegiance nee, to nny foreign potentate.
Aeneet ltWoaid mover 90 ,ui,splayod, If thoro e1-
1stod tho Blightost possibility Of it's being con-
sIraea as m oSlaonco or our taxing eltles with
Hermany, as nation, tI & n ai,y conflict between
shat nation and re United States, Our NJ
1oElanco bolongs 70 thls hopublic, which We have
voluntarily chosen 1or our country our }u'aItouo
tno more thah that, ont no less etther) belongs
your ancestors, too, have omigratod to England.
Cannot you uuaoTstand that sentiment? Only
try to- You that hayo boon ootn near Plymouth
hocH Do yog net thf91gh y @g; al your lifetime
your mother, aud. though YOU may have holpotl
y building up now glorious States or cities "out
West," doea not, OIL all joyful occasions, your
memory carry you back "down East" to tho
p1ace wllero your cradle stood, where loving
mothar guided your first tottering steps in life,
where ~ your Temembrauce OF the nsaociationa
, Of childhood and oarly youth ceuterBP Aud IL
thote Woro particular symbols Of TINT perfectly
legitimate sentiment, would you not diRplay
thom Whenever you wantod to exproes your 10y
mud o1ultation at aomo public ovente II YOU
nnawor that question IN the affirmative, then
men and brethren yon have stated tho reason
1or wnlGh cltizenb q Chlcago, boru q fow thou
eaud mtios east OF plymouth lfock, lovo to giyo
outward expression to their remembrance Of
their @ piaGo @ o.; ~ BIRTH
Whaa tilo display OF tho German tlag does not
elgrity (ylz.: MaloFlanSe @ TO foreign conntry)
- " nnen uonn uoan uon Anerlean soil thHt
iIn;to1 tIa 11 ~, uam t.,i,. ; ol te
uuAte9 ota|oe tu"h To ate bHa1t !ullJ lns1at upon