The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-10-26
From Harper's Weekly
Can Germans Vote For Mr.. Tilden
BY EUGENE LAWRENCE.


er Mr. Tildens managers are the repre-
sentatives, is an example Of forbcarance
under injuries that does not seem 10
savor Of wisdom. To the Germans in
every part of the country the ultramon-
tame Democracy has shown almost a.
/ plain a dislike as its European leaders.
the ultrs nontane priesthood. have dis
played for the German Empire unity,
and peace. There can. in fact. be no
| possible boId Of union between the two.
The Germans during our rebellion were
loyal and patriotic. German valor was
shown on many a battlefield, and Ger
man money was lent TO US freely when
England and France closed their mar
kets against Us. The Germans had faith
in the final success Of the Union when
the ultramontanes Of Italy, France, and
Spain longed for and foretold its dcs-
truction. Our ultramontnnes at home
held great meetings in New York or
Indiana, when the rebellion was at its
height, to give aid and solace TO the in.
surgents. They threatened the Geri.ians
OF St Louis with subsection, and held in
a kind Of servitude the Germans Of Tex
as. And when the war was over, one Of
the chief measures Of the ultramontane
Den ocracy Of New York was aimed
FRI nkfort and Berlin. They proposed to
p the nations debt in currency when
currency was scarcely worth more than
alf its nominal value, and when a new
issue would have necessarily reduced Il
still lower. And this measure was urged
app rently by their leaders as a means
OF plnishing the Geri an people for their
confidence in the Union cause This
was The object distinctly suggested by
Mr. 5. 5. Cox to one of his Democratic
Audiences at Tammany Hall: we are
y; wing a tribute to the millionai-es of
Frankfort, he exclaimed October -.
1867 "of soc, 600. 900 OF gold" Hoffman
in 1865, was urging the payment Of the
debt in currency; Pendleton excited the
dishonest impulses Of his party By a sim
liar policy; and that the Germans were
not plundered in lS6S-69 by n union OF
the Northern ultramontanes and the
Southern rebels was due only TO the hon
est firmness OF the Republican leaders
The Republicans resolved to preserve the
national C edit unsullied, to protect the
German bold-holder, and observe the
strict letter Of their contract. Their
policy has proved wonderfully successful.
The dishonest suggestions OF Pendleton
and the Democracy have. no doubt, de
pressed for five years the national credit
aud weakened and impoverished the
national resources II is not impossible,
as the Saturday Review asserts (Septem. /
Der g 1861 that but for this cry OF re
pudiation our national debt might long l
ago have been funded as low as that Of
any other country. But what possible /
union can there be between any honest /
German and his party Of reputation /
which in 1865 was anxious TO plunder !
the German and all the other national /
and which has even now 4
plain desire to pay the claims Of South
eTn rebels at the cost OF the whole coun-
try? Mr.. Tilden may assert that he Is 4
opposed to these projects; but il has
been Mr. Tildens fortune to have been
for fifteen years with the most
dishonest leaders Of his party. Under
bis very oversight they plundered their
of millions unchecked
And il is plain that Mr.. Tilden can
scarcely be relied upon to protect the
Treasury from Southern ma
'auders and Northern depredators, or TO
gatch over IL more carefully than be did
,ver that Of the city Of New York
Every honest German must see In this
whole ultramontane and rebel Democra-
" his natural foes, the bitter enemies of
lis father-land.
But the long friendship between the
Republican party and the Germans has
,een founded upon a unity OF feeling
hat springs from a common origin aud
common aim. Here in the New World
he two progressive elements Of a single
ace that traces its source to the forests
# Saxony and Bavaria. to the compan-
ons Of Hermann and Charlemagne, are
nee more united under free govern.
nent. The descendants Of Germans and
1nglishmen are brethren, offspr ng Of
ommon ancestry They have loved
reedom for ages; they rcpelled the arms
4 pagan and the arts OF papal Rome to-
ether They have reunited in one
american commonwealth. Humane,
generous, tolerant, liberal, they are yet
esolved to maintain freedom and spread
IL was the voice Of Luther
nd Of German intelligence that created
he American republic. IL is the duty
( el erv German to defend with ardor
he free progress of his race, and Ger
mans have not been unfai:l ful to their
rust. Americans i'm principle and heart
he existence OF the Union today is due
q no slight degree to German valor.
iermans in ST. Louis saved Missouri to
he Union side, and baffled the plans OF .
he Coniederates and ultramontanes un-
il Grant had restored the Union arms. !
all the Western States Ger. :
lans rose at once at the call Of their
ountry TO save the institutions that had I
iven them competence and case. A
ew ultramontane Germans in New York
r Germans purchased by ultramontane
rts, may have opposed the general ten.
ency OF their ellow-countrymen. But I
n Texas the German population was
ever voluntarily disloyal. and through
ut all the North aud South the Germans
aw that the restoration OF the Union {
ras the chief necessity of the Western Z
ointment They saw that should slavery /
America must cease 10 be a /
afe refuge for the working-men Of Eu- |
ope But they had never a doubt Of {
he result They assured their country.
nen in Europe that the Union would ]
till stand The clear insight Of the
'eutonic race from st. Louis to Boston !
vas OF signal use to the country, aud the
money loaned to the Union government I
n the moment OF its deepest necessity
ed the armies that fought for freedom.
lad not the people of Germany and the
,ankers Of Frankfort and Berlin sup
lied the wants Of our empty treasury,
he soldiers Of tho Union must have
taryed in the midst Of their victories.
rance refused all aid to the struggling
.epublic. Its bankers closed their doors
o our negotiators; our bonds were un.
alable at the Paris Bourse. The French
proposed to found a new
smpire at Mexico, a new centre Of priest
,ralt and OF despotism, and check the
growth of freedom in the New World
forever England laughed at our ealam.
ty, except few grave, wise men. Eng.
Iish capitalists purchased Confederate
bonds at a large discount. but the bonds .
Of the United States were wholly dis. i
credited at the London Exchange. Our