Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1878-04-19

tlOn, without proof to SUSTAIN IL. we dely
| the Gazette to show any recorded evidence
| to sustain the assertion, that the Germans
| of Western Texas "aduocated The institution OF
! sIauerY" We know there is no such evil
| dence Neither is it true that the Germans
s'put down" the Zeitung because it declared
| opposition to slavery On the contrary, it
| is a notorious fact, that the editor, before
! taking charge of the paper, declared his OPP
position to slavery, and yet he was unanimous
| IN elected, notwithstanding the editor OF
| the present "sound and orthodox democra-
| tic sheet" was, or had been, q competitor.
| After conducting the Zeitung for six months,
| in accordance with his platform, Dr.. Douai
was again unanimously reelected by the
stockholders: that being the only term
| upon which he would take the post. Be-
fore the expiration of his second term OF
six months, it was proposed to sell the pa
| per to some one who would undertake to
carry it on. It was known that a few
men in this city wished to get control OF
| the press To forestall them, Dr. Douai is
sued circular to the subscribers out Of
| San Antonio setting forth that if he
| quit the paper, it would fall into the hands
| of the hunkers: but if an sufficient number
| of adrance paying subscribers would be pro-
cured to justify him in the undertaking, he
| would purchase the paper and carry it on
in accordance with his platform. In two
weeks one hundred new names were added
to the list of subscribers. Did this look
| like a disposition to put down the free
| soil paper at San Antonio, called the Zei-
| tungV A meeting of the stockholders was
| called to decide to whom the press should
be sold. On taking the vote, ONE HUN
DRIED AND FIVE voted in favor of selling
Dr.. Douai, and fifty against-the hunkers
voting nag. This shows that majority OF
| the stockholders, who were subscribers, to
| the paper, were in favor of DIR. DOuai an
his sentiments A few of those voting
against him, commenced and underhanded
! and INSCRIPTIONS opposition against the
| Zeitung, because they knew its editor would
| not prostitute it to base party purposes, or
| to advance the selfish aims of the design
| ing and ambitious. But when the Doctor
refused to lean towards slavery, SO as to in
duce the Eastern portion Of the State to
| believe that Germans of Western Texas
were in favor of that institution, with the
! hope of thus securing the vote of the East
ern member in favor of further grant of
| land to Fisher and Miller, relentless war
| of prescription and persecution war begun
against him. The disappointed, and their
tools, raised the cry of abolitionism against
the Zeitang. The Gazette Ieran and other
paper of that ilk caught up the cry, and
labored to incite the people of San Antonio
| to mob the Office and throw it into the riv-
| er. This was what its enemies here desr-
ed The threat Of mob law enabled them
| to take advantage of the fears of the timio.
| and by representing to them, that all why
| patronized, encouraged or supported in and
way the Zeitung, would be held responsible
| for it's sentiments, and made to share its
| fate, they induced some few to withdraw
| their patronage. BY this means the patro-
| mage of of the Zeitung was so reduced
| that it ceased to be profitable. This is the
cowardly and contemplate means resorted
| to, force DR.. Douai TO sell his printing
establishment. Had it not been for few
| men who valued principle above political
preferment, and who were above pretty
prejudice, and unintiuenced by the threat
| ened prescription of the petty faction that
| essays to exercise despotic power in this
county, Dr. Douai would have been forced
to dispose of his printing establishment at
a large sarifice. At the time he did sell,
he had as many or more subscribers
| than he had before the crusad was COM
menced against him. 1t was the with
drawai of the advertising patronage of our
merchants in consequence of DR.. Douai's
| article in relation to the pecuiarities of the
| Jews, which injured the Zeitang most. The
stockholders sold the press to DR.. D0uai,
| majority preferring him to Others who
wished to purchase it. Consequently, he
| must have represented the sentiments of
| the majority. He sold it to Mr.. Oswald, a
mere business transaction between two in
dividuals, in which the Germans of Western
Texas were not interested, and had no
voice. This is a fair statement Of the call
| ses that led Douai to dispose of the Zcitang
| establishment. 1t will be readily seen that
l q, a "a tn do nvrit1 I, hot
the course p1rsued. towards that paper, by
a few men. who wish to be leaders of the
Germans, was not sanctioned by any consi-
derable portion Of the Germans. If the
State Gazette can find anything to glory
over, in the whole affair, it can do no more
than honest, consistent men in this section
| have been able to do. The whole prescrip-
ton and prosecution aginst DR.. Douai and
his paper, was gotten up by few ambitious
designing Germans and bastard Americans,
because he would not play the hypoorit on
the subject of slavery, to enable them to
humbug to eastern portion of the State, and
thus advance their own interests and secure
to them political preferment.
That railroads will induce the Germans to
become Shareholders, is as ridiculous as tho
idea that the rise in the Colorado was ow-
ing TO the melting of the snow in the noun
tains Many of them are now abe to own
slaves if they would. A very intelligent
German of this portion of the State, gives
it es his opinion thai there are thirty
thousand Germans west of the Guade'up
and that of this number. there are not
more than ten or twelve Shareholders We
have understood that Oh negro was owned
by German in New Brauntes hui he
was drowned, and the citizens, the Gasette's
advocates of slavery, believed that his
drowning was sent as a judgement of
heaven upon the owner OF purchasing a
slave
The Gazette is wholly mistaken in sup
posing that Siemering and his "lttle band
of Missionaries, ,"*) are the only Germans in
Western Texas who arc opposed to slave
ry. Ninety-nire out of every hundred are
opposed to that institution, either from
principle, prejudice or interest If it has
any doubts on this subject, let it get a
correct account of she proceedings of the
fredericksburg meeting, held to endorse
Jacob Waelder,s co rs in regard to the
Zeitung sentiments of the Germans of Wes-
{ tern Texas ON the subject of slavery.
-Four voted for the resolution endorsing
his his his course, while hundreds were
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