The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-08
BOTH COWARDLY AND HUMlLIAT-


In late number Of The BULLETIN we
referred TO the evaporation existing among
the more intelligent portion Of our Ger
man fellow citizens, over the ill-treatment
to which German American citizens are sub
jcctcd upder the laws of the German en-
pire, and the orders of its renowned chan.
cellor. Since writing that article, (but not
necessarily in consequence Of its publica-
tionl Secretary Evarts has addressed let
ter TO one Rudolph Lexow, of New York,
IN which he shows his own hand and the
pusilanimity of the American government.
Speaking of the Bancroft treaty, which is
construed to give authority for the abuses
and outrages of which the German Ameri-
cans complain, Mr.. Eyarts says This
treaty allows the German government to
consider sojourn Of t~o years on German
soil as renunciation Of citizenship of the
United States" Continuing, Mr.. Evsrts
says that: after the expiration of the two
years, the United States government would
not regard protecting intervention on its
part, as a matter of course; but would
make it dependent upon special considera-
tons, whether the party involved should be
entitled to protection"
By the employment Of no other words
could the utter cowardice Of the United
States, as well in the conclusion of such a
treaty, as in the maintenance of the nation
81 dignity, be so humIliatingly set forth.
And for this display of cowardly littleness,
for this complete surrender Of the rights of
not less than five millions Of our people,
Should they, or any Of them. tarry awhile
in the land Of their nativity we have to
thank Ulysses 5. Grant, whom many of
those same citizens would, for the third
time, elevate to the presidency OF the Uni
ted States. 1t is. in its length and breadth,
nothing less than an ayowal that the Ger
man government may destroy citizenship
created under our constitution, whenever
the naturalizcd citizen chooses to remain
or is detained in the fathcrland beyond the
two years! The German citizen may pay
all the taxes and assessments imposed upon
him by our laws, may shed his blood in
their defence, or in defence of our govern.
ment; yet We say to him, after two years in
the land Of your birth all the service you
have rendered US, your boosted citizenship
OF the most glorious Republic the sun ever
shone upon, will avail you nothing. Your
citizenship may be struck down, you may
be outraged in your person and your prop
ertyi you may wake the echoes of heaven
by your appeals for help; point to your
scars obtained in our national service; but
you will receive no protection as matter
OF right, from the only source upon which
you have any claims; or from the only pow.
er upon which you have right to call
You have no rights that we are bound to
protect, so don't ask it of US
1t has been left to Democratic congress
to right this great wrong; and now LEI
there be no delay in doing it. The infamous.
Grant. Bancroft treaty must be terminated
and German American citizens must be res.
tored to all the right Of which they were
berctt by it. This Is II duty that is no,
only owed to more than five millions of oul
people, but is duty that is owed to gu,
dignity as nation. The treaty is a blo,cl
. upon our national escu,chcon, placed Their,