The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-11
Mans IN AMERICA
| PLAYED In EarIy Settles
! Of the Country.
IMITATION OF VIRGINIA.
...a Taken During tho
..ry war A Gallant
|...Love OF Liberty.

,,e "a from the pen Of H. J.
vas recently contributed to
. American:
les OF Virginia, Worth caro-
and America generally are
the part the early German
in promoting civilization In
Hemisphere.
ans who made their homes In
,,ght with them the best ele-
,snest fruits of a thousand
t,re and civilization, and used
development of agriculture,
n higher education. They
~ be found among the noisy
q constantly boast of their
&. They have never Joined
- drones who, by their I'M
sv,.ac,,lations, undermine the
H. Nation. They have been
'.snt TO do their duty and to
Isssings of liberty as peaceful
nra iSso German and French
~ .ent to Virginia to Introduce
n European grapes and wines.
I'm Lederer,. a son OF the
M called himself, came 10
y 10 and Governor Berkeley
80 times during the following
rniore the Alleghanies. His
~ map which he had drawn
a in London in 1872, and gives
accounts of the countries and
- southern slope Of the Appa-
Et e 6. 1888, that Franz Daniel
landed on the wood-covered
pslaware with the first colony
,mmIgrants. There were thir-
- from the old city of Crefeld
leland. They founded German
niece of land given them by
tai William Penn.
vernon spotswood founded near
y the Rappahannock the Ger.
\, Germania, and another COLI
be-tillers on the banks of the
The Governor married a Ger
Colonel Byrd. in his Progress
hes" gives such a glowing de-
n the governors domestic life
beloved wife and children that
|ike an idyl. Soon after all the
|unties of Virginia were settled
N Germans. Their pastor was
knkel, from Sa2ony, and his sue
I'm Casper Stoever, preached in
and Madison, and raised money
I'M for the erection of a parson-
lic library and a school building.
was the very first school for
kdren in the Old Dominion. 1t
klished after Governor Berkeley
len TO the English government
5rable words. II thank God that
mo free schools nor printing, and
|hall not have these for 100 years,
hg has brought disobedience and
q sects into the world, and prints
hvulged them, and libels against
government. God keep us from
hdred years ago the beautiful
hh valley was almost entirely
Germans. Since 1882. hundreds
IN families had come, mostly
|nsylvania. no the present day
) Of places and of their inhab-
lr witness to the fact that Ger
b flows in the veins of most Nir7
Who reside there, although they
peak anything but the English
he War of the Revolution broke
lived in Woodstock, Va, an In
|ricnd of Patrick Henry and
darlington. He was Peter Much
pastor Of the German congrega-
hat place. On Sunday morning
church was filled with German
and their wives and children.
'erg stepped before the altar, and !
'lemn ring in his voice he closed |
n with the following words:
,rethren and sisters, l am sorry
ave to tell you that these will |
ring words to you. Still, IL God |
hall come back. A higher duty |
and l must follow. Our country.
we owe our wealth and our
In danger; she needs our help: |
upon her sons to drive away the
!. You all know what we have |
turing the last years; how all our
lnces have been In vain: how
king has only deaf ears for us.
pture says: There is a time for
8 IN the world--a time for
and praying That time is over
ere Is also n time for fighting,
: time has come. whatsoever.
love liberty and country, let
threw off his robe and III the
81 colonel. stood before his |
toh which began to sing the
\ Elm Feste Burgist unser
lutside of the church tho sound
? was heard, and in less than
our l62 members OF his congre-
q enlisted In the cause. His |
the Eighth Virginia, consisted |
OF Germans, ard was. there's
LED the German regiment. |
y me war. and especially at
ne and Yorktown, he and his
'otdlers had their fun share IN
to the American cause.
my one instance Of what the |
nave done for America and Vir-
me late war between the States
ans in Virginia were not found |
Two OF the generals. Kemper
stead. were of German descent.
te library building at Richmond
OF Major Heros Won Borcke
NE OF the daring general adj
art. "a GA
carolina on the night of Sep
I'LL, the fierce Tuscaroras In
e an effort to destroy all white
no butchered over 200 of them.
~ OF 1000 warriors, they con-
u, ronianawking for three days. !
thy tiny OF 600 persons, planted by
/ Trieu at the junction of the
rent rivers, bore the brunt
~, An until reinforced by the milf
Z. Sarolina. This colony was
y Bern. From these settlers
= I, SOME OF the best citizens of |
- ine charge that these were |
tne poor white trash" Is
4Sun,S1,ation. This country has |
The Athens of North Caro-
e Scotch emigration started to- |
,hs.s The emigrants landed In
Sts, AT Wilmington, N. C. In
T S had a population of So
ia ~ central and western part
ne, began to fill up with this
w We're called the "Scotch-
., influx set southwark, down
VI Virginia. into North Caro-
= hsentle Moravians (Germans)
rsa west and founded Salem, |
my tracts OF land were granted
,vs Walls IN North Carolina by tho