, 1874-12-19

t1lt tttpY Couldn't DO Ht1ff0ti, ht1u En0 Ca1o HneM
important onough to apltt on."
ROBERT COLLIER.
H4octuro on ":rIao t;ursnan-Arncr crfcnn
Uitixcn.
The I1oy, Robert Collyor ioctNrcd in WcHt
Twelfth streot Turner I1all last evening, on
"Tho Gormau- American Citizon." The attonl-
auco was rather thin. Afr. Collyor uas intro
ducod by AGr. Troadont 1fauoko, OF tho Tnrn~
vcrc,n Corwaorts) Association. 1t ,ras, he Haid,
the first lecture of tho courao.
Tho locturcr opened by saying that twonty-fvo
yoars ago he mado up his mind to omlgrato to
America. uo waa not thon married, but ho
wanted to be. All young mon who wero worth
their salt should bo married. ut &c years Of age.
lIo was blacksmith, but not good ono. Ills
hoad waa not In accord with hia anvil. That was
QUO reason why ho wan not good tradoHmau.
Tho oshor WAS that ha master used to got on on
n sproo ind leave him to find out tho trade for
himself uo WIS not 4 good aclolar, because
lis loacher was rathor fast with his ruo, and Lis
parcntp woro too poor to keep him undor tuition
aftor ho waa Il yoara old. Tho lecturer datai1od
several interesting anecdosos Of hA carly oaroor,
especially about his marriage. Ho WIS oyor
l,oad and cara in loyo, md resolved to get mar-
ho 1oyotl children.
They got martod-ho and his vifo-on Tues
day. the 11th Of April, 1850, aud sailod for Amcr
ca "Wednesday mornug. 1Io had two choices
before lim-oithor Canada or tho United Statos.
IIo choao tho Inter. 1to chose the United
6tatos booauAo thoro ho would bo undor To.
p n u nnsao Shea lore
about tho samo analogy to tho Royalty OF
England that kitclon did to parlor. 1lo
respected Victoria aud King William Of PrutBia.
or, rathor, tho Emperor Of Germany. but King
or Queen NaH no moro rBe to a mutton, after it
wns ab1o to tnho caro- of itself, thnn was pic
ture on nleurschnum pipc. Before ho emtgratcd
ho was told that tho Ynnkces would pinch out 4
mnn's toeth for money. Then ho Haid ho would
uorolatcd his carly yoxperioucesin New York, ena
showed how considerato the. American people
were to now arrivals. 11o Ind Ind sufficient OK
American roopo wcro moro generous to tho poor
man tlnn nly other nation on Garth. Laugh
tori Thcy found out that he could talk a littlc
in tito Church to which ho belonged, and next to
man who could talk. 11o WAS solicited to be-
como citizcn, which ho did us soon as ho thor
ouB!.ly undogstood what ho vas doing. Had ho
ron1aiuod in England hn would, doubtless l,avo
had to hummer away at tho anvil all tho days or
ha life. It only took him eleven years IN thee
l!epubllo to get out Of tho forge. Ito reiterated
thai America. was tho frienliieBt nation in
tho world to tho poor man. Therefore, tho poor
man should loyo tho groat country which was Ills
lopo a,,d refuge.
iIo lad an object In relating his early expo
rioncos. llo lad becn asked to speak about the
German pooplo III Amorlcn. There WIS no d1B-
tinct German pooplo In America, my more than
thoro was O aiatinct American nationality IN
Germany. 1t could not be. Thoy could as we'll
below Cairo, where the Ohio and tho nlissssppi
blended. pick out two aropa Of water. nnd say
this belongs to this,. md to tlis. Oh, no:
They all mot in tho ocean, q, md formed 9i
| waB not good TINT thero should bo. To bc hure
thcro wero fow counties in Pennsylvania w1lero
there woro pcoplo distinct from the otl!er people
sylyania Dutch." But thoy werc bayou Of
stag1Iaut wator. Thoro was no progression.
| There was NO enlightenment. There was no ad-
snncenent in political ideas Religion Ill those
show TINT it vas iettor tint there should bo no
as was England also. In tho 1lfo Of tho world,
aeEmaSmy amycc, England nt md 90 1rs'ana at VSss
Old. ills was now. :And every German.
Iri4hnan and Engishman should recognize this
fact, and should not blow their sectional or
national projudces into flame: They should
bo Anlcrica1l,-trno to tho nationality OF the
| great land tlns rccaiyed shom, mud thai co,.-
fo1rod upon them the bonoiits Of her laws aud
| hor institutions. They should DO loyal to that
land, while ut tho game timo tlioY might fondy
cherish the memory aud tho history Of tho land
| thov loft behind thom
character. Americans universally acknowledged
that thoy wore tho most industrious Of all the
pcoplo WHO came to thls country. Boadoa. thoy
beloved in festiyity, md had groatly revived
the iino old customs Of Christians, which tho
Puritan hud almost frozen out. The dermnn
decorated oven tho bocr-lal with eycEgseens.
II he got drauls,-as TO did sometimes, sadly
Ae never shot Bomo other man, rs tho American
Irish,nan did whom he got drunk-if ho didn't
have a knifo !; Or blackoa both his eyoH. as The
Eugishmnn did. No; tho German got good,
n"tnsed, and was prepared to throw bis arms
around tho neck Of aonlo other nlan when they
felt mutually 1nnudliu. Laughtor.l
Tho lecturer then ontorod on catalogue OF
German yirtuoH, which WAS rathor oyerpowering,
md mado people Of other nationalities foel thA'
they wcro very small potatoes indeed. German
tailors were tho bost In tho world: Iheir
stitcl,ea lastoa even longer than their cloth. We
nocdcd BONO of that We needed tho German
| soltdity. II WAS food for America, Tharo werc
customs which werc transplantod from Germany
TINT wore improvements in America. They had
n high appreciation OF the beauties OF. nature
nad Of art. III Identifying hotnes and in rails
ing Children, tho GormhnB wore superior race
ILaugftcrl Thoughtful Americans were DO
ginning to think whether tho tinlo would mi
como when this vigorous and prolific raco would
govern tho Contiaont, by raising millions Of 1acr
and women TO take rho places Of thoso whom
Americans did not raise. [Langhter.l
But, In political Matters ho thought NIL Of
tEion should DO content to tako lesson from tht
Americans. THEY had been nlnesy-e!ght yeays
,ractcing tho science Of Holf-govornnont Thilt
taeir fataars aud granIfathors, aud themselves
had boen content to DO governed
THO American system OF Government
fountain of frocdon1. The lecturer concluded
by brilliantly producing grand combination o
olomontB in Amorica which would mako 1t tit
grandest TIM tlnest, and noblest nation Oh th,
oartl. Loud applauso.]
layo beon ns foe to tho Association. In doini
10, ho praised Bomo Gosmaus for saving. hi
books during tho great fro, aud gave aa good n
imitation Of an Irishman'a brogue, rho rofuact