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

1t appears W reliable statistics that the whole
number Of Gcrinans arriving In this country
from $50 10 lSS was three IN one-hali millions
Il yearly average Of over $1,000, aud Of these
three-GuaTlcis Of n million came between 1876
and lSss, the boom year beipG 1857. There Rrl
to-day In the United states over four milllIps oI
persons who were born on German soil. OF
Germans OF the first and second generation,
there are about twelve millions. OF persons
who can, RneeslIally, speak the language there
are fifteen millions. Ma Eat!er Of fact,, there.
speak or can speak the. German language by
virtue Of nativity or hereditary descent.
To the younger portion Of this uudicncoI feel
that ! owe q lev rema:ss explanatory oil the re,
marketable tidal wave o. lmIn!grntion that set ip
To this country from Germany after tho yea,
1915. That WAS an cre ntiul year In German
modern history. i bad rs antcceIeuts deep III
the past and Was the Outcome OF the struggled
aud hopes and aspirations OF n long suffering
people who longcd toI both unity aud liberty
most iilustrlous statesman that liberty aud
union were zone and iuieptralle."
have often thought that the special reason
why Germans were consp!cuously. loyal % the
American union dpFinc our civil war was be.
In their OWN country. Quoting again the Ian
guago OF Daniel Webster, the history OF their
country has been that Of 4 land 'disSevc,ed,
dl.cordant and bGliserent''-a laul "ren. with
!u,ernccine war and drcnchcl With iratraciJal
blood" The familiar vision OF the petty states
Of their native land, with their armies aud their
taz budgets, their spenlthr!ft dyuss.Ics, aud
their alliances with dcro,isn throughout
Europe, rose up before them like a fr!ghtful
nightmare. bidding them beware OF cuiailing
the possibility OF such q curse upon their
children IN this country. Il was the ex-
ample Of the unity aud liberty OF the
United States Of America lnat sppeaied 10 their
hearts and imacinn,Ions In The days oi'4;. They
wanted their German States 70 be under one
federal government, with II federal parliament
In which their respective siate5 .nd thp!r re.
spectivo peoples should be represented. aud In
which ali laws should originate: and they want
In addition these fundamental requisites Of
a free government. liberty OF the pres and trial
by Jury. They did not demand a Republic such
ms ours, Tor that was lmpracticable IN Germany
that day. Republicans not born full icdgcd
out of dcspotisni. rs Minerva was born out OF
The head OF Jupiter. What they wanted was a
monarchy Rad parliamentary govern
mont, such as England enjoys.
It YVES In lStStlat the REVOLUTION broke ont In
Fnuce that deposcd the monarchy and pro.
n Republic. II was this occurrence that
particularly fied the popular heart IN Germany.
Hungary rosc In revolution aud Berlin ana other
German ci'ies saw iminan:e tIs!nss OF the pco-
Pile. 1t looked for q time as II the day OF dlom
bad cone for the hereditary clas.et But old
IDEAS had been loo lGrc euircnched on German
10 be changed thus suddenly. The arm les
we're not with tho people and tho latter were
1ayoncttcl Into submission, Russia and Austria
Hungary aud Prussia crushed The Ropu.
ar movement 10 Germany. There was a com.
,ie,e collapse Of the whole uprising, and with
collapse the flight from Germany began that
las given 10 the United StAteS Its immense Ger
losuiatiop. The Young men fed to escape
and proiiacted military service, and