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With our habits and opinions. IL would bo wrong but,
to thp, attending oircnhstances will mako 1t Of


Ttris hsva 10 fnrEher RI arsamont to use in sappori
Of tho p1inciple upon whioh tho present German
movement was inaugllratotl than that advanood>
ii mado holy for tho nero day'a cake. II any
whoro any ono sets up tts observance on Jow-
iHh foundation; thon order youto work on 1t,
to ride on It, to dance on IT. TO do anything TINT
shall remove thia onoroaohmone upon ohfisttan'
Now for tho so-callod !. Hoaing'al New Do
parturo."., Tho qorinans, aa n nationality aro
donlocratlo III .ttolr yiows upon all quostlons +
tho Domocratlo party had boon tho party Of the
Sssn0ss ase seea found "u anor aoa tSo bsnnor
tho party to AZ aosna the GaflS9s Goas9
steo tho S "or On ta er sna a
earliest organization, In 1906 formed ita most
earnest and powerful foreign .olomont.
Tho tthnI !loHsands %tS 1s b1roa on
timony to their tlolty to tho principle d h',:
NAH lborty. Tic war onaea aud alavcrty abol-
lsllod, tho Puritanioal olemont controlling tho
Republican party, always busy about other mons
salvation, always laboriug to secure Hoayot. for
own spiritual duties. .sot about to tind somc
other evil, not nntfonal, to agitate. 1ntompor-
anoo and misunderstanding offorod field: These
questions had bocn abandoned In 1850, In order
ovs tsst 9 u s Gs1s1 o~ @ aets mt tho sst mSS
TINT tho Republican party, after the oloao OF tue
war, WAS to DO mado q whip with which to 1aeli
evory mnn who dlRorod with tho leaders as to tEio
matter Of appetite ana ,s Tue more 1f
tho party for principle, md not for groed.-
turned thelr bucks upon thu whole crow, and, III
1870 and II, whom the Republican Legislaturos
o e neA sTy wsa5n , stts
among tho Germans hocarno SO general that; II,
tho Oily Of Chicago It required; during tho last
Presidential ca campaign, ths amon5 g4H'1perna9n 4'p n9a
Staats-Zeitttng to keep tho aermans from going
over On masso to tho Liberal purity.
Tho rigid enforcement Of tho Sunday laws,
soon after the November election. wore not OF q
.claraotcr to modify tho nvoraion alroady strong,
ticiel thinker, ut al oonyersnnt with tho German
mode Of Thought, could prcdiot TINT, by tho next'
election, not = corporal's guard could bo found,
Misseuri, ! Wisconsin, Iowa, ind Michigan 70 vote
In tli'a city, tho indignation Of tho Germans
against tho Staats- zoitang iii general, aud R1r.
HqynE IN psrcaSa was gathering srengtaa
by him and hia paper during tho , can campaign.
much aa tho repeal Of the obnoxious Sunday
ordinances, thoy believed, had been in bis power power
profcrrod to lot the law stand, for tha purpose
Of playing tho role Of mediator between tho
German md tho aggressive "Yankoo:" Evory
two years, or whom mombora OF tho City ooun-
DO clooted, he bad tho power to aayo the "vator-
land" by nominating candidates. for tho diffor-
ont Offices who, at his command, al
lowed tho law to, romain do9d-io.-
IT, IL Hpesinss Hapoin 'u Supremacy ' ovor the dormas
ho ihas over made an effort 70 hayo thoso laws
ropealod or modified. Alr. Medill was tho tirst
M Mosing md enforce tho law. A Republican
Legislature has enactod; a Temperance law. in
spite Of Mr.. Hesing aud his paper. Even Re-,
publican Chief Of Police hns not been. disturbed
Ii ss nG 1ss 2ay h'9Sa Saro paa Mr. I'm hespE ez s
influence with tho Republican party was tue
him, one day, that ho was fast getting into TUG
situation Of Z ships captain without crow, and
that, If he did not mako haata, to rench 2 saie
larhor, hinasoH and papcr would lind high and
dry, angle md alone upon tho zanzibar OF pro-
! Bcriptiyo Ropublicaniem. ...., :,
Tho fact Of tls conversion, however late, and a.
Of lending tho influence Of Ills paper to ..'e
ca,tse which ho had heretofore indirectly aidod (.
In defoating, is to his credit, oyen now; aud 1t
| Ia but natural TINT tho Germans, without dis-
tinotion Of purity should reeoyo Tit1 gsss fa ha
| acknowledged it's past error, and, although " un-
dor compulsion, agreeably fallen into tho lib
cra1 ranks, hauling down from it's staff tho flag
OF tu8 parry THAI WOu1u 1uAKo A LILO 4ul1ho1sal!ks
Of tho globe shapo themse1yos into one pat:
torn. Mr. Hosing and his papor alono had
changed, and Ifosug's Now Departure" as
atyled by The TRIBUNE, applied but to Hesing
aud his paper. Tho Germans had MI gono ahead
months before him.
It would not bo right to impugn A1r. Hosing'a
motive In this New Departure and wo'belieye,
as ho has onorgotically nfirrnod, that Lo is will
ing to work In the ranks, and docs not purpose,
as has boon ntimatod to use his conucrsion to
bring tho German olomont" again ,n1or hia
control, TINT its votes may DO ut hand for his
| own ACKNOWLEDGMENT or party capital, rather
than for tho principles at stake In the present
| movement.
So much by way Of explanation. Nov TINT the
Gormano have put tho ball in motion, to continue
tho calling and holding Of purely Gorman moot;
iugs as advised is great mistake. Let the cal
be general ono. Let overy man who bolievcf
in liborty of opinion, liberty Of action when the
rights Of others aro not interfered Within fact
tho honest, ubornl-minded mon Of every nation
ality who would Boe the country BaYod from
pluldor, fanattcism, and demagoRery,-put hun
Bolf upon tho sido OF Reform, aud Join tho Nov
Moyement which must eventually load to victory
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