Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-21
.B HIT HIM AGAIN,
1. it a Crime to be Gern,an.

10 J. NJ. Edmmads, Esq, Chairman Of
u the National Republican Executive
., COMMITTEES, Wasbiagtoss,.D. sGaa%
z. DEAR SIR-Having been a Republi-
can ever since the present Republican
party was formed and having never
voted any other Federal ticket than
the Republican, claim the right to
call your attention to matter which
lies within the control of your COM,
mittee, and which threatens to ipiure
. the Republican party by alternating
from 1T large mass of its present sup
porters. -,
L have been so unfortunate as to dis
please the central and chief organ of
the Republican party-the Washing
ton National Republican by some
letters in the New York, Herald, con-
tanning the results of Investigations
into the political and industrial condi-
ton of several Southern States; and
your organ accordingly informs its
readers, in an editoral article, which
has just come into my hands, that 1
ought not to be believed-not because
have. misstated facts or am an
incapable or inaccurate observ-
er-but on the ground that am a.
"Dutch Jew,n Dutch standing here, of
course, for German. / have noticed
that ignorant Americans commonly
call the Germans "Dutch." t....,t
Now, If were, in the organs ele-.
CANT phrase, q "Duteh Jew," don't
see what that has to do with the ered-
ulity of my statements. L am, in.
fact, German, and am proud of my
descent from a people who have been
the faithful supporters of fibertyio on
twp continents. / am not Jew, but
it; for the Jews in this country are an
Intelligent. industrious and peaceable
body Of citizens. iaa.& ;..,.4,s..a..
But the organ thinks differently.
Speaking in the name of the .Republi-
can Administration. whose mouth
piece it is, it has the folly to assert
that if man is German by blood he
is therefore not to be believed; if he is
jew by religion he is therefore un-
worthy Of confidence. .........s =.
4 Is this really Republican doctrine?
If mot, is it prudent in you to allow
your organ to offer such wapton in
suit to q very large number of citizens,
lGefmans and Jews, who mostly vote
the Republican ticket, and whose votes
next year will be absolutely indispen-
sable to the success of the partyo
You ought to muzzle your dog, the
National Republican. A recent and
no torious Indigestion, and he is snap
ping at the heels of his friends. If you
let him go on he will presently do the
patty a damage.
We are to have important elections
this Fall; and next year there will be
q Presidential election. Have You
forgotten this? Is it not an insane
folly to let your official organ, under
your very nose, fling gratuitous in
suit in the faces of several hundred
thousand German and Jewish voters,
and this in the name of the Republi-
can party, and as presumably an Of
fetal declaration OF the sentiments Of
theparty chiefs? Do you really want
to drive these voters away from the
Republican ranks? or do you imagine
they have no self-respect or resent
ment? And have you no fear that the
Democrats will use such declarations,
made IN your chief organ, against the
party next year? Or even in Ohio and
Pennsylvania this year? ....
The Republican party should have
respectable organ in Washington. If
you cannot get rid of the National Re-
publican you ought at least to change
its name. You might call it the Nd-
tiOrdt idiot. l make you the sugges-
tion as a sincere and earnest Republi-
can. Yours truly,
CHARLES NoRDH0FF.
Atlanta, Ga, June 2S, 1875. "a Ss4 81