The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-06
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Another Letter from, Judge Coch.

piratical attack on the character Of En-
r.hapeaking citizens Of this city who
differ from you on the question Of Ger.
man in the public schools. r
You hold those men up TO your Ger
man readers as infamous; fiI only To be
clicked" and marked" and the effect
and intent Of your editorial Is 10 induce
your German readers to quit associating
and dealing with these gentlemen, as
they ought If your characterization Of
them be true.
In at least three articles written since
then you have not taken back any thing
you then said, but have rather sought 10
iortify your position.
AZ q pretended leader and defender Of
the German element in this city you have
declared open war on the character and
business Of other portions oflhis commu.
nifty.
Until you lake back some Of your out.
rAgeous utterances or demean youseH diff.
lerently, shall endeavor to "trip you Of
your egotistiCAl pretensions as defend
en-" &c, and hold you up in your real
character as 4 deiamer.
Your German editorial in yonr issue
Of the 25th, with all the help and
advice you had, while scarcely less ma
lignant than your former illusions, was
more eowGruy than they, for while Il
takes back nothing before written, Il a,
sumes that the contempt" and repre-
hensIon felt in this city for one who has
shown himself an alien and enemy tc
our social and business harmony, was in,
tended for German citizens and friends.
To this ia added n breach OF etiquette in
bringing before the public private in.
terylew between you and myseif, wherein
you do violence TO truth and ilagrantly
Disguise the real idea expressed by me
Is it by a life and course like this that
you expect to be able to prove that you
'are man Of good moral character
When you apply for your naturalization
papers?
You stick to all you have said and done
and then declare you shave always been
Tor the utmost possible harmony between
the German.American and English.Amer'
lean citizens" Let us see your notion o.
harmony"
You publish an inAammatory, incen,
diary and libeloHs account Of meeting
Of the school board, in which you cal
good and true citizens German hatera" anC
Know NOthings." You characterize The
cOaduct Of member rs infamous anC
AK your reallersto mark him and other:
ior supporting his infamy. And this you
call harmony Ir.ruE rgsF
1t did not occur 10 you that il would
BE- an act Of dgeency to send US marked
copy Of your paper, 10 say nothing OF q
Translation, or did you mean to force Il,
to becoms patronsof your paper in order
to protect ourselves against your stabs ia
the dark? "Harmonyp
You urge your German readers TO keer
these men in mind 40 us 10 give them a
"loot punch" in the future. Harmony!
You brand them as marrow minded
aud intoIerant," and hint at perjury and
shame. Harmony" 1J3I7lHiHaE
You untruly say that member Of thai
Board Of Education made "loaming" OF
"irothy" or raging attack on German
More harmony!
The effect on the mind Of every believ-
log reader Of your article Is TO induce
him to quit HAsOciaIing aud dealing witt
such men-to frown ON them aud to drive
them from society into iniamy. This i.
the utmost harmony" you encourage in
the hearts Of your German readers to.
wards other ciIIEsus. H.....a4
Yea, 1t is the harmony that comes oil
An utter surrender OF our convictions Ia
your alien and imperious will. ItiS the
harmony that comes to slaves and ielons
or the absolute subjection u one clsr
or clasS 10 another,
1t ia the harmony that would allow you
Asnbjecl Of an old world monarchy, &c
come here and, before your feet are warm
on our soil, tyrannize over our will, OUT
judgment, and our conscience.
Nay, more, it would allow you 10 rot
u'ot our good name-to ViIlify, traduce
and deiaue men in language they can
not read nor speak, and to readers whom
You feeE to inciteto faction and hatred
Ia this your notion of"the true freedom
andliberNlity which are bound to rule in
thu country?' Do you think you will
help the German language in the schools
and encourage lls to associate and deal
"l'h German citizens by thus speaking
o! US in the German Language and press
You say, all this talk is clue 10 the Ger
mans whose interests you represent"
Now sir, please give us the names o.
the Germans in this city who admit tina
you represent them in this wholesale
SANDER, and who propose 10 Join you il
Your marking" and "kicking' business
Who are they that have banded TO-
Se'her As Germans TO speak TO no man
vote Tor no man, buy from no man, Sel
70 no man, and injnre every man VIII,
dATc' refuse to grant anything whicl
any alien or adventurer may demand?
You, and those who adopt your posi-
lion, have madeA wantoR and Ishameles
attack, and | am' willing that III
lines shall be drawn and the issue mad
whether the "eleven heroea" did right o.
wrong, and whether they are the "ene
mics OF Germany as you call u., or III
friends OF America?
TO say that you are defending the in
'erests Of Germans" is a sad mistake an
ettontery.
You are the worst enemy they have il
this city. You have invited them /
"nark and "kick" every citizen VIII
does not favor your views Of German i
the schools, and you have invited ever
such citizen to smArks and "kickn 70
and all Germans who back you.
You are thus forcing 4 class fight
which you seek to set the Germans as
eIaas agAinst other citizens, and you Al
building up German KnoWnothing
party, while, in ignorance or malice, 20
are charging like purpose on others.
Twill be watched whether any Gel
mans in this city sympAthirs with YOU
attacks on everything and everybody ne
herman, and il remains 10 be seen VII
WI come out ahead. Ihaye. heard III,
were is 4 society In this city where not
cotd is allowed to be spoken except i
herman, ant, none but Germans are Al
.sSed to joint. lam told that HE d
AnoW Nothing watchwort was e Amerj
cans Rhall rnla A manic. ~ If -. 10y 4