The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-23
SOMETHING FOR THE GERMANS
To COySTDRH.


The State Journal tells Us that the Ger
mans of Texas generally will support the
Radical ticket, headed by Governor Davis.
We are not yet prepared to believe this, but
il it should turn out to be true, all we have
to say about it is this. The Democratic
party, from its start, has not only been the
friend Of Germans, but Of all foreigners
It put down the Know Nothing party,
started to put them all under the ban and
keep them from holding Office or partici
pating in the government of the country
The Democratic party of Texas has treated
the Germans fairly, at all times, and in the
late Democratic State Convention put one Of
its old and distinguished citizens on the
State ticket for one of the most important
offices within the gift of the people. 1t has
also nominated for the Legislature several
German citizens Of intelligence and repute,
as many as any reasonable man, uninter-
ested, would say they were entitled to from
their numbers The platform, also, of the
Democratic party fully recognizes the rights
of all Germans or other citizens of
foreign birth under the Constitution
and pledges a non-interference with their
social habits and customs. Could they
ask for morel Now if the Germans, under
these circumstances, choose to abjure the
Democratic party and unite their interests
and destiny with the Radical and negro
party, and vote for a Radical State ticket
with three well known Know Nothings on
it, let them do so, if they will. They have
perfect legal right to do so. They have
right to vote for Davis for second term
and Grant for third term, and so on for
life, if they desire to do so. But we will
suggest this, as they make their bed so they
must lie. By acting in this manner, they
are destined to be kept with a powerless
minority for years to come. No man of
sense supposes that the State of Texas will
ever become Radical The negroes are
bound to decrease and the white men to in
crease. OF the large number of immigrants
now coming into Texas, nearly all are Dem
ocrAts, or will vote with the Democratic
party. 1t is so, not only of the new COM
ers from the States east of the Mississippi,
but from the Northwestern States. Com
pared with these, the number of German
immigrants will be small, and the prospect
of German influence in our State, if they
now ally themselves with the Radicals and
negroes, will be less. We say all this
in kindness and with due regard tothe bast
interests of the Germans of Texas. We have
always liked the Germans We admire their
industry, their energy and their honesty.
We have been a lover of German literature,
so far as it came within our observation
through TRANSACTIONS. Her historians, hel
philosophers, her poets and men of science
rank with the very first on the globe, and
her history is an instructive and noble one.
With all this, we can scarcely comprehend
how the Germans of Texas, influenced by
a few unprincipled and consummate dema-
gogues, can bring themselves down to the
level of the Radicals and negroes of Texas,
and be willing to join them heart and hand
and share their coming fate. 1t may be so,
but we are unwilling to believe it. Any
how, we have done our duty and warned
them of the inevitable result of such action
With the light before them, if they choose
to take the course which the Journal say
they will, let the consequences rest on thei
own heads. We have been their friends, WI
have invited them in a spirit of kindness t.
go with us, we have dealt fairly with them
and now let them make their choice.