The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30
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sency AID patriotic n every crisis. CAP
psalss1 Loving your mother country As
you DO 50 sfTectiona1ely does not HeSn
that vou love your adopted country less,
BAT that voa have hearts good enough 10
love both tAppaause.D Transplanted n
ire free soft % America, German charsc-
teTs<tscs have strengthened our institu-
tons and exercised both Szluiary ard
wise influence In our progress as 3 IA
ton. Love - the fstheraar3a. that deep
and noble sentiment which has ever dis
ttnguished you. means 70 our German
citizens always love CT America and her
free institutions and absolute and I'M
qualified devotion 70 every true Amer.-
can interest Respect for law and order
and faithful obedience 10 the constituted
authority have been distinguishing traits
os the German on both sides OF the At
fantie, while hatred o. wrong and oppres-
sion has called him 20 arms as quickly
from his farm on cur Western prairies AZ
from his ancestral vineyard IN the Rhine.
Historians have recorded IN all its
greatness the strength and service OF that
gallant German-AmericAn army which
rallied 10 the standard % liberty and
Union az the call Of Lincoln snd enrolled
IN its splendid history the Irnnerishable
names OF thousands who so nobiy suffered
and died for their lmperlied country. But
no such enumeration of the hon.
ora5le services can do fun Jus
tice 20 the service OF those brave
men. aor can Il estimate az It's true value
their firm support OF the Union in its
moral effect UPON al our people Proudly
can these German-American soldiers point
to their deeds OF valor and Suffering in
that great war Confidently can
they claim that they brought no
shame upon the German name. ana bore
themselves upon hundred fields In Amerl-
ca as well as did the soldiers OF Frederick
and Blucher. of the old wars. and Won
Moltke in the greatest European war OF
recent years. Great cheering1 The gov
eminent appreciated their splendid ser
vices. When the news of the fan OF Rich
mond reached Washington City. the peo-
pie assembled in large numbers at the
residence Of Mr.. Seward. then secretary
OF state. Responding 10 their call for
speech. the premier said. among other
things: i am now about writing my for
eign dispatches. What shall ] tell the
king OF PrussiaT He answered his own
question with this glowing tribute 10 our
German fellow citizens. ! viii tell him
that the Germans have been as faithful
TO the standard Of the Union as his excel
lent minister. Baron Geroll, has been con-
slant In his friendship 10 the United
States Tremendous aoplaase.) My fell
low citizens. better or more faithful SOL
dlers never mustered around any flag,
ngatlng for any cause. than those willing
ami steady German-American volunteers
Great cheeringD The troops who fought
under Willch and Siegel kautz and Aus
teFhaus. Hartranft. Weitzel and He.nt-
ze.man. were the equal OF their trained
hinsmen OF the imperial armies Of Ger
many. You viii remember that old Gen.
Which used to boast laughing; Give me
two brigades OF my corn-fed Western Ger
mans and / will land them on the north
nd In ha ndnna
applause and laughter) Gen. Sheridan.
too. declared after visiting Europe, where
he studied the movements OF the Franco
Prussian war, that he saw no troops that
excelled our own. either Of the Western
and the Eastern armies, and Abraham
Lincoln proclaimed over and over again
that the Germans We're true. patriotic and
faithful TO the flag OF our country.
But, my fet.ow citizens. It is OF the I
German-Amerlcan In peace that / would
now speak. conservative. Industrious. +
steady. sensible. honest fond OF home I
and family, a good citizen, and who could /
Do fond OF home and family and not be /
good citizen? (Cheers) Not deluded by |
false theories Of ananoe, nor misiod by /
catch phrases of the campaign. AS in the /
crisis of the civil war he was faithful TO /
the country and sustain ed the flag. so in /
every crisis since he has stood for the I
financial honor and integrity OF the gov /
efEfNGnt OF the lI4kcu SLdkSs, Always Z
standing opposed to imitation and replcia- /
ton, 10 matter what the form or nature !
Of the guise In which these specious poll I
cies were presented. More than once in /
the close states during the struggle for the I
resumption Of specie payments the Ger
American vote turned the scale in {
favor Of honest finance and the nations Z
plighted faith. The German citizens 90
not believe in either cheap men or cheap
money. (Appause) They typtfy sturdy
manhood in their own lives, ana they insist +.
upon sound money IN their own business. +
It is gratifying TO every lover OF this coun- +
try this year TO feel that the German /
Americans OF the United States are stand I
ing unitedly today for profession to Amer +
lean industries; for protection 20 Amer 4
lean labor;.in favor OF doing our work at /
home and by our American citizens" +
Enthusiasts applause and cries OF "Hur- I
rah for McKiniey.)