The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20

into close profitable relations with them.
Prom his printing establishments Issued
many learned books OF which German
~.ettlers were the authors. Nevertheless.
under date Of May 0, i7os. In n letter
In his friend, Peter Colllnson, he speaks
thus. Of a people who were To FUR
nish 80 much Of the bone ana
sinew Of Pennsylvania: 'Thuse who
! come hither are generally the most stupid
| o. their own nation. and. a. ienoran"e l.
often attended with great creduliiy, when
knayery Nould mi-lead II, and with siispi-
cicn, when honesty would set II right.
and. as few OF the English understand the
German Language and 30 cannot address
them, either from the press or pulpit. u ~
almost impossible to remove any prejudice
| they NAV entertain. Tlrir clergy have
y.rv little Influence on the peopl". who
seem To lake pleasure In ab.sinR and dis
charging the minister ola every trivial occa-
sion. Not b-'ng used TO liberty, they
know not how TO make modest u~e oil II
They arr under no restraint from eccle-
~siastifal government they behave, how
ever, snbmissivclv enough n present IN
the civil government. which | wish th"y
may Cortin,i- 20 do. 'or | remember when
they modeatly declined lnt"rmcddling with
our cl~ct .ouS hut nov they c0me In droves
and carry all laforc them. except In one or
two conntics-- Franklin went ou 20 SAY
that. sFeN of their childr'u in IN" country
know English. They imppfr many hooks
from Germany, and Of ~" 81 printing
house. In the province. two are entirely
German: two half German half English,
and but two are entirely English They
have one German Newspaper, and onc-hau
Of the German advertisements Intended 20
IT, general ATE nov printed In Dutch lt'"r
mani and Tnglish. The signs in our streets
prilndclphial have inscriptions In both
| languages, and In some places only IN
German. 1'hev begin % late 10 make oil
their bonds and other legal instruments
in their own language. which Though !
think II ought not TO bel ara allowed In
! our courts. where the German business
| 80 incrcascs that there is continued need OF
Interpreters, and, ! suppose In a few years
they will alsn 10 necessary in The Assembly,
20 tell one half ~ " Legislators what the
otI,er hnlf Snvs. la short, unless the stream
of importation could lie turned from this
| 10 other colonies, a. you very '~udiclourly
proposed. they will soon outnumisr u-,
20 that all NJ" advantages W. will have
will. in nv ,yinior. not be abb" to preserve
our hngtago. aud even our government
will become ~prceauous
Franklin letter provokes tho following
| comment from the author 81 this volume'
-Well-nigh 100 wears have come and gone
since his unjust TRADE against the German
cnloni-t-. Not one ~ the fears that seemed
to I--Sess his soul has ben realized II Ia
tru" the Quaker no longer governs the land
He went To the rear. a. the Germans came
70 the front and assumed control 81 the
Government. They beCame tho dominant
rac, IN Pennsylvania, and they are 80 to-
day. They did no violonc" 90 the laws;
they upheld them and enforced them.
They have made the State the grandest
of all tho fnrtv-nve. Or rankin lived
t. s~c how idla his predictions were, and
even he rrcanted
In a recently issued history 81 Pennsvl-
wanna hv Dr Allert Bodies occurs the fol-
lowing statement. The Germans, per-
hap, were less given to the enjoyment
Of agriculture than tho Scotch-lriSh and
other settlers. vet in their own way they
enjoyed existence. Sc Mr.. D~ifenderfer
| submits that the assertion will not be ac-
| c,ptcd hv any one acquainted with the
history ~ the German immigration into
pcnn-yivana He has had before him.,
ha tells III. the lists of tho-e who reached
London during the great German exodus
in 100 on their way to America. One OF
tho>a lists gives the pursuits Of 2.a2s adult
! ualns: Of that number, / .NSS were farmers.
Another list. comprising 1893 adult males
had loss farmers. our author deems "
! safe TO say that rs per cent. Of the German
c,,lnnist, in Pennsylvania wore agricul-
turi-,s Not, only did thrre-fourth- OF
the settlers take to farming, but they and
their descendants chung 10 that vocation.
Look saws MIR pTendcrrer. at the
counties settled principally 10y Germans
Lancaster. Berks, Lebanon. York. lehigh
and Northampton They compri-" to-day
the great agricultural region Of the Com
monweaIth, and tho men who arr doing the
! farming on their fertile acres nre the Inca
descendants, thre. four OF five generations
removed from The first farmer immigrants
And again: Nineteenth OF the farmers
in eastern Pcnnsylvania to-day ar" de-
-cendanis Of the men who. We arr graveIy
Informed. did not And the Same endowment
in aericulture a. the Scotch-lrish, Welsh.
English and others"
Tn. testimony a, the we'll known hts
tori,n. Uildrrth, runs ~ follows "A still
lars.r numbar Of these German cnilo-
found refuge in Pennsylvania. "a which
colony. also. many were carried aS IN
| dantured servants. Il was This iminigTN-
,ion which frst introduced INTO America
compact bodies 81 German settlers ana
along with them the duCma~ AMI worship
Of the German Lutheran AMI German
Reform Churches Constantly suppieH
with new recruits and occupying contiguous
tracts Of territory. th" Immigrants pre-
sery,d and have transmitted 10 our day
especially in PENNSYLVANIA, the ''ermsn
language and German manners lhcir
industry was remarkable. They took care
,o s.,,,e on fertile lands. and they 40
/ bcoame distinguished - IN" hest Farmers
\, America t. "a" same effect wrote
/ proud who IN i7pS published n history
- p,pu.ylyaua III" Germans seem
NOR, ADAPTED 20 agriculture and improve
mont. of a wilderness, and IN" IRISH Tor
,raao n. Grman soon get estates
| a., tb,s country. whore industry and economy
nv. ,ho chief requisites to procure them.
Mn. than hall 81 MIR Dincnd"rHers
IN b. allotted 20 an account 81 IN" Re
l.,.,,,,.rs The first Germans 10 come