Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-06-26
A Democratic Estimate of Germans
prom the Dubuque Times.)


regarding the question of the sale of
liquor on Sunday, and the action of
aportion of the German population
opposed TO the enforcement of the
ordinance. Several saloon keepers
being on trial for violating the ordi~
nance, bailiff searching for jurors
laid hold upon the clerks in Field Il
Letters immense establishment, and
summoned them to sit upon a jdry.
The clerks protested, and so did their
employers but the balitf was mex
orable. The jury disagreed, and the
accused was not nvicted-though
the clerks from Field &c Letters ia
vored conviction. Thereup6n, the
German saloon keepers Union"
passed a resolution urging all Ger
mans to refuss their patronage to
Messrs. Field x Letter until they
should discharge the clerks who had
obeyed the law and served upon that
jury. The Illinois Stats Zeitunq,
edited by Mr. Hesing, also published
an editorial of the Same purport.
This worked well for Field Il Lei
ter 1t brought their names promin-
entity before the community, and the
comments of Chicago papers there
upon made them and their business
known over half dozen States, to
hundreds of thousands who had new
or heard of them before. 1t secured
for them trade from thousands of
customers who were indignant at the
prescription attempted to be enforc-
ed. Ard now the matter became in
volved with a political move. MIR.
Hesing, editor of the Stats Zeituag,
bad recently taken "new depar-
ture" out of the Republi 3an party, in
search Of some more "liberar' fold.
And, as Fred Douglass says, "all
roads from the Republican party
lead directly to the Democratic
camp" Mr. Hosing had reached
within easy haiiug distance 81 no
Democracy, when the Democratic
organ Of Chicago, the Times, extend
ed to him and his fellow Germans the
following welcome:
These Dutchmen, while in their
own country, were hcwers Of wood
and drawers Of water. They were
never accustomed to speak TO man
with clean shirt without hum bly,
doffiing their hats; aud the limits
of their horizon was the shop where
they toied twelve hours a day for q
pittance, and tho beer shop whore
they could Supply what few brains
they had with beer and tobacco
Mere cattle in their own country ;
dashed by official whips, constantly
environcd by political sabres, trust
ed with nothing, drafted, driven
about, shot, expatriated, they uevol
had q moment, or . thought, or a.
aspiration which was not owned 10y
some superior. And this class o
cattle here have just as much brains
dignity, and value as they had il
their own country. They are pend
ed by such men as Hesing, and, a
the probing Of his goad they pull
and back, and haw, and gee, anC
below as ho wills.
The Republican panty may 10
have done every lhire chat some
Germans might ask 5ut it has Ger
tainly done moro than any othe.
party. And never has il, orauy 2 Z
son or paper representing it, perpo
trated any such foul and malignant
insult as this, by the Democratic or
gan ofChicago, upon the most peace
loving, freedom loving, industrious
and useful class OF our fellow citizens
What Mr.. Hesing can gain by leav
ing the Republican party for on'
which treats him and his brother
Germans Go this sort Of welcome. i
is certainly difficult to discover.