The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-16
BY EDGAR lulEF.

we should have much less intemper-
ance-that beer would be an immense
auxiliary to the temperance reforma- |
ton. My own impression is this: that
We have cut the thing in two. We
have introduced the beer. but we have
not introduced the family element
for l noticed there that man would
60 with his good frau and sixteen or
less children; and that, big and little,
they would swarm around table.
The household all went together, and
the going together was the best thing
about 1t. 1t was that which exercised
moderation and restraint upon each
and all"
American life in the eighteenth and
much of the nineteenth century was
SO grave, melancholy and monotonous
that European travellers were appalled,
at It. German visitors exclaimed that
among us Itch konnte NIGHT leben.
Mrs. Trollope, visiting and living in
Cincinnati in 1S27-1S31, writes in her
Domestic Manners of the Americans"
II never saw population so totally
Invested Of gaiety; there is no trace
of this feeling from one end of the
Union to the other They have no
fetes, no fair, no merry-makings, no
music in the street, no Punch and
Juuy, liz Sho"o. "A hiIduClPAlo pun
Usher told me that no comic paper in
America could live" Mrs Trollope
quotes a German woman of Philadel-
phia who said: Americans do not
love music. Their hearts are not
warm. They have no ease, no forget
fulness of business and care-no, not
for a moment. But / will not stay
long. for "Ich konnte NIGHT leben."
Gain Swing Joy.
In considering the German element
IN the United States, tracing its in
f1uence from the first German settle
ment at Germantown, Pennsylvania,
in 1853, we are forced to conclude that
this influence diverted us from the
narrow path of selfish interest or ma
terial gain, elevated us, ennobled us,
and increased our joy of living. 1t
was the German influence that sancti-
fled the home, honored woman, turned
sorrow into song, misery into mirth
and gathered the children around the
Christmas tree with laughter, merri-
ment and gifts into which they put
their hearts.
As to humor and caricature the first
comic paper in the United States was
Puck" founded by a German in 1876. i,
These strong traits can be traced
back to ancient tribes who lived in |
most revolving and incestuous concub- !
image, where brothers, sisters, parents
and children had wives in common.
The German alone contented himself ,
with a single wife. When polygamy /
and concubinage were common the !
ancient German without Bible, revela- |
ton, or any knowledge Of Christianity, !
honored woman and honored himself
by the one woman, shoulder to
shoulder, heart to heart, soul to soul. |
From these sturdy Teutons come the |
words housewife" "hearth-stone,"
good wife," "haus-frau," bank und
bett," "haus und hof," herr und
hand" "los und ledig," etc. Thus he
brought the true elements of civilian
ton, il civilization stands for liberty, |
loyalty and fidelity to high ideals. |
Upon such a historic basis we must |
honor the race.
German Blood Here.
Having just read the two volumes |!
of "The German Element in the
United States" by Albert Barnhardt
10000 pages, l now desire to CLEAN a
few facts therefrom.
Over quarter of our population is
now of German blood. The first print !
ed suggestion of "America' was utter
ed by Martin Waldseemuller in Fret |
burg in 1907. He diffused the name !
widely by charts, books and globes. !
The first German to land in the New !
World arrived before Columbus. He |
came with Leif's expedition and his !,
name was "Tyker the German" He |
discovered grapes and made wine and
they called the land Wineland. Jacob
Leisler, the second German governor
of New York, in 1875, showed the
Tal1fOpiC hatred n slavery nv huVinp
the poor Hugenot redemptioners, just
landed in New York, and set them
free. The first congress of American
ColOniSts was called together by this
same Jacob Leisler. He equipped the
first warship that went out from New
York. He was the first representative
OF the popular party against the arts
tocratic element, plebian against pat
rician or Democracy against Toryism,
DR.. Hans KierStede was the first praC-
ticing physician and surgeon in the
American colonies in 1893. Hens, of
Wurtemburg, was with La Sale in his
expedition seeking the delta of the
popular government in this country
We're Germans, Peter Munuit, Jacob
Leisler, Ledered. Helms and Fobian.
October 6, 1853, begins German history
in the United States. The settlers of
Germantown, Pa, started the first
paper mill in America. They built the
first brewery and passed law forbid
ding the sale of more than one quart
Of beer Il day to each citizen. Peter
keurlis was The first brewer in
America and he was Il man of great
public spirit and strong, sturdy and
honest character. The Nassar family,
German brewers, founded Vassar col
Iege.
Protest Against Slaves.
The greatest monument to the Ger
mans of America is this: The first
protest against human slavery ever
voiced in America was uttered by the
Germans in 1858 in the village of Ger
mantown, Pa. This first formal ac-
ton ever taken against the barter in
human flesh within the boundaries of
the United States makes Germantown
forever memorable in the annals of our
country. The system of human slav
cry has always been repulsive to Ger
mans and the early settlers were
shocked to find Quakers and Puritans
dealing in the bodies of men and wom-
en-. They could not understand how
the Quakers could harmonic slavery
with ralioiop and bOpiDp n awakap