Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1915-01-04

timore Cityi The following ar
ticle from The Fatherland, writ
ten by Frederick F. Schrader,
one OF the Editors, the German
Correspondent endorses every
word of it,
I'VE are Americans and proud Of
it; but we believe the present war
was a conspiracy Of England, France
and Russia to crush Germany, and
as Americans Of German blood we
purpose to say what we think.
We are tired Of beeing tolerated,
Datronized, spoken Of as good, law
abiding, peaceful citizens, as though
we had no other claim to regard, no
right to an opinion that is not for
med for us by the Boston school and
does not echo the political doctrines
OF those whose ancestors were the
shopkeepers Of England.
England did not discover this
continent II settled New England
and old Virginia. New-York was
not foundet by England, nor was
New Orleans, nor st. Louis, nor
Louisiana, nor Delaware, nor Rhode
Island, nor the Mohawk Valley, nor
Pennsylvania, nor Wisconsin or
Minnesota.
We had our share in the settle
mont Of this country We helped to
develop it. cultivate it educate it,
and fight for it, We helped to make
its history and are entitled to some
thing more than liberation.
Above oil. we are entitled TO re-
presentation and a voice in the Of
ficial deliverances of this govern
ment on the great questions which
concern the future welfare Of tho
country for which our ancestors shed
their blood.
We come Of a race whose efficien-
cy is the marvel OF the world, whose
science has made for the happiness
of all nations, whose songs and
poetry are the inheritance OF the
whole world.
We come of race of inventors,
Of pathfinders, fighters. Our an
ccnors established The principles Of
personal liberty, OF religioious tole-
rance and education. Their history
is recorded by Julius Caesar and by
Tacitus. Their bodies are great,
but their souls are still greater,
said the Emperor Titus. who,
asks Seneca, is braver than the
Gcrnan?" Death alone subdues
item, not fear" declared Sidonius.
Liberty" testifies the Roman poet
Lucanus, is the Germans birth
right 1t is a privilege. wrote the
Roman historian Florus, (which ma
turo has granted to the Germans.
and which the Greeks, with all their
art, knew not how 90 obtain" lii
bcrty," observed Montesquieu, that
lovely thing, was discovered in the
wild forests of Germany, and HUI
me, the great English historian.
says; "Jf our part of the world
maintain sentiments Of liberty. hon
or equity and valor superior to the
rest Of mankind, it owes these ad-
vantages to the seeds implanted by
those generous barbarians."
AS hali-naked tribes, after the
longest and most glorious struggle
for liberty recorded in the annals OF
mankind, our ancestors crushed the
masters of the world and shattered
the boundless empire of Rome, to
establish q new civilization upon it's
ruins. The Visigoths under Theodo-
ric side by side with the legions OF
Aetius destroyed the Hunnish hosts
OF Attila on the plains Of Chalons
and preserved for centuries OF
power and glory the Germanic ele-
ment in the civilization Of modern
Europe" (Cressy) And "a youth
full prince of Germanic race. Karl
Martell and his Franks, at the battle
of Tours, hurled back the Saracen
floodtidc under Abderrahman and
saved Europe from Mahomedan
rule.
We are proud Of our race and
kindred. and the history of cen
turies justifies our pride We are
builders and artists, merchants and
writer's ~ but we are not politi-
clans. That is our one Weakness
We have been content to serve in
stead Of to govern and because OF
this we have been the victims OF
insolcnce
We have been content to adopt
resolutions OF protest and write let
ters to the newspapers inveighing
against the misrepresentation of our
kindred and the shifty eyasions OF
neutrality BY Bryan. Our share in
the country's upbuilding gives us an
right to be heard in the councils of
the nation
we are Americans Far better
Americans than those who are sell
ling tho independence Of this coun-
try to Great Britain The Bryans.
the Pages. the Lodges and Gardners.
who are doing what they can, as the
servilc tools of England, to enthrone
Russia and Japan upon the ruins Of
German civilization
They are betraying the United