The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-16

the old followed TO reuuito Themselves With
thelr children In q moro favored land.
Al that date the United States mad only about
2,tOO;on of pcople. AZ least, one.halIot this
population resided cast Ot the Ohio river. There
was no west as we know II today. Tho western
country was new. and sparScly settled. There
was goyethmen. land yet for sale In Illinois,
Michigan aud Wisconsin,, md imr.ense areas Of
u In lows, Minnesota aud all the trans Minis-
slppl country. Chicago FsS then 4 Town oileS !
than %,0U inhsbi'hnis, Milwaukee OF about 90.
go. while Minneapolis aud Saint FAnl were
known rs the foit Smelling reservation. Eati.
rally, therefore, II was 10 the cheap lands OF the
west that the tidal OF German immigration
took Its way. We had less than s,VW miles Of
railway when this great immigration movement
set 10 rs hgalnst 1000 miles to-day. The lial.
tImure & ohio had no, been completed ~
wheeling aud the PENNSYLVANIA l.AIlrOal had
barely reached Pittsburgh and had no eepacc'
ton west OF that point. rho principal German
movement iron, the seAooari was therefore
Xix, and thence BY the chain Of lakes to is OBJ
IeCtIye points IN the great west, Many immI.
grants came by way OF the lhnnIylyanla Canal
- Pittsburgh, aud thence down the Onto and up
the Mississippi 10 their points, Of destination.
quito n number who landed IN baltimore came
IN wagons over the National ROAD from Cumbcr.
lhn1 10 ibis city. ] particularly femembe, that
my if!end Or. ulrich came By this latter route.
Ihe American Idea ns 10 why this great over
How oil GernAns ihJs eagerly sought the cheap
lands OF the West has been that they were pfincl.
pally Il nation OF peasants at home. We arc
not generally aware that while II Is true that out
81 the ij,lNO,0O people living In Germuny nearly
100000 are nGricllturlSts or horlIculturlsts,
yet they arc no.a rural population In tho Amcti.
cati senses Of the word. so far from II they arc
pfeeminenily a Town population. Only lhiE'
teen per cent OF thsm live 10 tho country In the
sense that we speak Of country life In tho United
States. Nearly Onc.half Of tho entire population
Of Germany live Ia towns having 2,W0 or m0Ie
inhabitants. They have had this instinct Of
liyiIg IN communities. since their earliest days.
Ninety four per cent OF German soil Is tillablc
and The population humber 10 10 the square
mile. They are able to live thus coinpactiy be.
cause the amount Of land that each man tlils Is
y lac!c patch, and because market garieafRg,
dalIylha md the culture Of the viue is SO much
a feature CT their employment.
AS In their own county, SO In this, tho pre-.
pondetance Of German population !s found IN
our cities mud towns. Iii the city OF New York
there are more Germans than In any Of the great
cities OF Germany except Berlin, anil Chicago
has 4 larger Gesman population than either
frankiort0n.,hc Main, Bremen, Munich, SUIT.
CART, or sttassburg. and after Chicago come ~
good seconds, Milwaukee, st. Louis aud Cineia-
natl. IL Tact, Il may DO said that every city west
o. New England has n large German population.
There IL, perhaps, In the. area named not u city
or large town the politics Gnl municipal policy
oi which the Gcinuns cannot control ii they
vote rs u unit.
Having thus reviewed, at greater length thin
! OllkiiNllH lHtcllllcu. tIt IlskOEv oil Gcfnlnn
immigration 10 the United states, i close my
sketch With n word or Two In regard 10 It's ilture.
Germans Will continue to c0fic to America
in greater or lcts numbers. as IN the past, for all
lime TO come As one generation loses lis ideu.
tlty with the Fatherland and becomes swallowed
up III the indistlnguishablc mass that cons.l.
tutcs our conglomeraic nation, another genera.
lion. fresh from the old soil, Will probably take
It's place. As | said ut the outset OF these 70.
marks, wenrc as u whole an Anglo.Saxon people.
I Az Tim NNf1laF l.AFnanG tnER thai. NnnI-t Itn..-
thy with their native country they will simply
| become allied With that tuuumeratie comnlny
iu this country whoSe blood, whose laws and
whose Liberties came from Germany BY way Of
10 one of his memorable speeches lhn, he be.
lievci that this great lnud had been reserved by
the Almighty rs n theatre for the highest eI.
periment Of which the human race Il capable.
In these eNperlments German blood must nee.
essarily play a large part. What shall that part
be, my German fellow %cItlzansc You have pcr.
formed great deeds ia the past; you baye ittus.
trated your p:owets on Il thousand battlcfelis;
you have wonderfully advanced the world by
Your countless discoveries IN The arts and sci.
tnccs: you have enhanced the literature Of al
time by some OF the noblest contributions OF
prose add rOetry; you have exalted music 10 a
pedestal that oycslools and commands the
homage OF AL nImiring world.
In THIS land you aud your children have on,
portunit!c, for n greater future than even the
great part of your ancestors IN Germany. / do
not believe tha, German blood viii become dc.
generate in the Eew world. It's ChsraoterlsllCs
aie additionally conservative. Its patience, Its
philosophy, its saving common sense. its thrift
and us honesty aro Nil proverbial. Aud these
arc The characteristics Of German blood In this
country. That they may continue 10 DO lis
characteristics In the veins Of Your l2test pos.
teritI on thit continent. "a my slucorc hcnadic.
ton TO you. GerRans OF Wheeling, on this com.
memo rative occasion.
After Mr.. Campbell concluded his
address, the assemblage dispersed, and
those present devoted themselves to
social enjoyment,
Fricr 10 the addresses a paper balloon
was sent up, and the ascension was very
successful, and was watched with much
interest.
All in all, the day was most e~njoyably
spent.
This evening the Executive Committee
will hold its final meeting to wind up
the Affairs OF the TEST.