The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-11
THE aERVAE ELEVEEg.

THE @ERNAE ELEVEET.
= great deal j.. said. nowadays. about
tie German element which La irtr r.-
Republican party. AND ii j. spoken os
a, d sort OF Ealauce-ot-powrr the de-
fecTion Of which from tie Republican
party causes tie defeat Of that party
and the success Of the Democratic party.
That idea j. based. Of cour,-. upou tire
theory That such element in breaking
from The Republican party VIII swing
Ovsr 70 the Democratic party. To e
certain extent that theory J, true: bat
only 70 . certain extent. j. = Ior t-H-
IL if- full sense.
The German element We now -Pei.- 80.
j. very uncertain element: there t.
litJle reliable strength ia II. The Ger
man politician j. Of all men the most
uneasy Carl >churz is specimen o..
rh- German poliric.an--ior 10 cali i..i.
"a statesman j. an abuse gt that t-lr...
There j. d constant a-IHandon the par,
Of the German politicians for conc-z-
>ions. Their motto l. give. give. give
Thcv lave no idea OF the giv, r.i.l g.. .,,.
doctrine. II j. all give with IA"m. a..i
whenever their demands are not accc,!cd
TO they bolt. i political party cannot
build safely or permanently on such
material. Ever since the Republican
party has had existence il has been court
ing and cOaXing, and cOOing over Tie
German. In proportion to their mum
ber. the Germans lave had two Office
10 one held 10y any other nationality.
and the minute anything comes Eu
la Municipal. State or National policy
that ''GerIuan element suspects a. IA
yOring strict temperance and rigid sun
day observance the GERMAN element
scratches their tickets and vote for :;
Democrat. Their motto l. rule or ruin
and their fHyOr i retained by concc--
>iOns greater than those made To nIy
other portion Of the party.
But when We speak Di the GERMAN
element" in the Republican party. w.
speak Of the amti->unday portion That
portion which would convert Suudav
into Il day Of excessive indulgence. and
who would sled not tear if they saw
the sills OF every church IN the land rot
ting and wasting away. But That Ger
man element" does not include all III"
Germans, by a large number. There j.
Il very strong element in the German
population that i represented by a class
who are as thoroughly antagOnisiic To
German Sunday laNiUy a. the most de
voted descendant of New England can
be. In politics, this element has had lit
tie power, while. numerically it j. a
power, and under present conditions will
show itself 10 be such. That German
element las its churches. and it frowus
upon Sunday saloons and Sunday cy-
ceSSeS. Tie very fact that the liberal
Germans have left the Republican ranks
will commend the Sunday loving Ger
mans to the party. and will stimulate the
Temperance Germans to Il greater effort
We do tot see any cause for diScoUr-
a@Cmeni that that class of very respecta-
bic, but very unreasonable, Germans
have cut loose from the Republicans
They were very expensive allies; it i by
no means certain that they did not cost
more than they came to; and at all
events the Republican party row is re-
lieved from the constant question.
''WLat shall be done at this election for
the Germans.' And 80 long as the Re
publican party has had being that qUcs-
ton has been the annual problem to be
soIved.-CIecel0Hd HeT0Id.
in no part Of the State does the above
article apply with greater truth than in
Hancock county. The lager-beer Gle
ment among the Germans has been most
exacting, tyranmical and unreasonable
in its demands upon both parties. If
politics means, as defined by Webster,
''the regulation and government of
nation or State for the preservation of
its safety, peace and Prosperity then,
no party can have permanent success
which forms an alliance with faction
that has no higher object than a scran-
bic for loaves and fishes" There are
some Order-loving, moral people among
the Germans Of this county, who are
anxious for the downfall OF the ''whis-
key ring" They will work for the sue
cess of Republican principles. The bal
ance of the German vote las never been
mt heart with us, and we can count the
loss of it as gain. if we shall exchange ii
for better and truer material