Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 264, 16 September 1914 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1914,

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LOVE OF LIBERTY MARKS GERMAN INFLUENCE HERE

Edgar Iliff Traces Characteristic as It Works Through People of United States in Questions of Temperance, Slavery and Loyalty to Leaders in Country's Wars-s Cites View of Marriage. BY EDGAR ILIFF. I the German regiments In the Civil war

Over forty years ago Henry Ward can never be estimated. The loyalty

of the Germans in Missouri turned the

tides of sentiment in favor of the Union cause. Germans in War. "Washington's body-guard was made up of Germans. The first body-guard

appointed was caught in a conspiracy

Beecher said in a sermon on "The

Temperance Question": "In Germany, I went to the gardens where people go for music and beer, and I was told that, if we could only introduce such gardens into America we should have much less intemper

ance that beer would be an immense j to seize the commander-in-chief and auxiliary to the temperance reforma-! send him to England. Washington tion. My own Impression is this: that! tmm tmmm mm we have cut the thing in two. We j - have introduced the beer, but we have - not introduced the family element ! for I noticed there that a man would jl go with his good frau and sixteen or I 1 fT

less children; and that, big and little,! tliAv would Rwsirm around a table. ;

The household all went together, and '. K

about it. It was that which exercised t

moderation and restraint upon each and all."

American life in the eighteenth and! much of the nineteenth century va3 so grave, melancholy and monotonous '

that European travelers were appalled at it. German visitors exclaimed that among us "Ich konnte nicht leben." Mrs. Trollope, visiting and living in Cincinnati in 1827-1831, writes in her "Domestic Manners of the Americans," "I never saw a population so totally divested of gaiety; there is no trace of this feeling from one end of the Union to the other. They have no letes, no fair, no merry-makings, no music In the street, no Punch and Judy, no shows. A Philadelphia pub

lisher told me that no comic paper in I

America could live. Mrs, Trollope quotes a German woman of Philadelphia who said: "Americans do not love music. Their hearts are not warm. They have no ease, no forgetfulness of business and care no, not for a moment. But 1 will not stay long, for "Ich konnte nicht leben." Gain Swing Joy. In considering the German element

In the United States, tracing its influence from the first German settlement at Germantown, Pennsylvania, In 1683, we are forced to conclude that : this influence diverted us from the narrow path of selfish interest or material gain, elevated us, ennobled us, and Increased our joy of living. It , was the German influence that sancti-, tied the home, honored woman, turned 1 Borrow into song, misery into mirth and gathered the children around the Christmas tree with laughter, merri-, ment and gifts into which they put i their hearts. As to humor and caricature, the first ; comic paper in the United States was ! "Puck," founded by a German in 1876. These strong traits can be traced : back to ancient tribes who lived in j most revolting and Incestuous concub-, Inage, where brothers, sisters, parents j and children had wives In common, j The German alone contented himself j with a single wife. When polygamy i and concubinage were common the ! ancient German, without Bible, revela-! tion, or any knowledge of Christianity, j honored woman and honored himself by the one woman, shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, soul to soul. From these sturdy Teutons come the J words "house-wife," "hearth-stone," i "good wife," "haus-frau," "bank und:

bett," "haus und hof," "herz und hand," "los und ledlg," etc. Thus ho brought the true elements of civilization, if 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 Earnhardt Faust, a great piece of labor of over 1,2000 pages, I now desire to glean a few facts therefrom. Over a quarter of our population is now of German blood. The first printed suggestion of "America" was uttered by Martin Waldseemuller in Freiburg in 1507. 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 laud Wineland. Jacob Leisler, the second German governor of New York, in 1675, showed the Teutonic hatred of slavery by buying the poor Hugenot rt.demptioners, just landed in New York, and set them free. The first congress of American colonists was called together by this same Jacob Leisler. lie equipped the first warship that wont out from New York. He was the first representative of the popular 'party against the aris

tocratic element, plebian against pat-: rician, or De mocracy against Toryism. Dr. Hans Klerstede was the first practicing physician and surgeon in the American colonies in lti38. Hiens, of Wurtemburg, was with La Salle in his expedition seeking the delta of the popular government in this country were Germans, Peter Munuit, Jacob Leisler, Ledei'ed. lleins and l-'obian. October (!. ltis;!, 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 a law forbidding the sale of more than one quart of beer a day to each citizen. Peter Keurlis was the first brewer in America and ho was a man of great public spirit and strong, sturdy and honest character. The Vassar family, GJerman brewers, founded Vassar col-, lege. Protest Against Slaves. ' The greatest' monument to the Germans of America is this: The first i protest against human slavery ever; voiced In America was uttered by the j Germans in ItiSS in the village of Ger-1 mantown, Pa. This first formal ac- j tion ever taken against the barter in i human flesh within the boundaries of' the United States makes Germantown j forever memorable in the annals of our i country. The system of human Slav- j ery has always been repulsive to Ger-1 mans and the early settlers were shocked to find Quakers and Puritans i dealing in the bodies of men and worn-; en. They could not understand how i

the Quakers could harmonize slavery I

with religion, and hoping to awaken i IP

theim from their moral stupor, they appealed to their sense of honor, their pride and vaunted humanity. "I cannot now follow the development of the German people in America through the Revolutionary war, the War of 1812, the Mexican war, and the part they took in the - Civil and Spanish-American wars. The value of

then found a new body-guard under the command of Major Barth Von Heer, who had served aB a cavalry lieutenant under Frederick the Great In the Seven Years' war. Washington praised this body-guard, called the "Independent Troop Horse," for Its loyalty. After the war, this gallant body of soldiers had the honor to escort Washington to his home at Mount Vernon. This body-guard was composed of fourteen officers and fifty-three men all Germans! The gratitude of the American congress was displayed by giving each man a pension of $500 a year. The "Teddy Bear," so popular among American children, was invented by Mrs. Marguerite Steiff of Glengen, Wurtemberg, Germany, and she is the sole manufacturer. Love Then Liberty. The great movement toward prevention of cruelty to animals was started by Henry Beigh, a German. He is the father of all of the humane societies in the civilized world. That one glorious fight on behalf of poor dumb animals should endear the German name to every one who takes a wide view of life and who loves the common animal kinship in us all.

Thus we see that the cardinal virtue of the German race is liberty and that this liberty Is tempered with love of law and order. It has never been sufficiently emphasized that complete religious liberty was first granted and realized under Frederick the Great. When Germany took this advanced step, England, France and Italy were still Blitting noses, cutting off ears and putting heretics to death. The spirit of Germany is embodied in that famous German metaphysician, Immanuel Kant, who laid It down as fundamental in the realm of will and reason that "there is no authority in the world which can command human liberty." -

SEPTEMBER MORN COMES TO GENNETT The muchly talked of musical-comedy, "September Morn," has been secured by Manager Murray on a tremendous guarantee for matinee and night, Saturday, September 19, coming direct from its successful run of fifteen weeks is alone a guarantee of the popularity of this tuneful, jingling,

musical comedy. The many song hits are being sung In all Chicago cafes and phonograph records are in great demand. Books and lyrics are by Arthur Gillespie; music by Aubrey Stauffer; dances by Virgil Bennett and staged by Frank Tannehill. .Rowland and Clifford are responsible for the production and send It forth as the greatest musical comedy of the century. .The cast Includes Leo Greenwood, Charles S. Morgan, Ollie Carew, Barbara Douglas, Georgia Ellen, Robert Thurston and forty-seven efficient helpers. Seat sale starts Thursday at the Murray theatre, and from present indications Manager Murray will hardly be able to accommodate all demands for seats.

EDUCATOR BORN AT CAMBRIDGE

Forty-seven years aso today occurred the birth at Cambridge City, Ind., of Glen Levin Swiggett, prominent university professor. He was the son of Levin and Hester Swiggett and following his early education in the Indiana public schools he entered Indiana uni

versity. He graduated from that institution in 1888. He later attended Johns Hopkins and the universities of Gottingen, Marburg and Berlin, in Germany. On November 22, 1892. oc

curred his marriage to Emma Bain of Martinsville. From 1890 to 1892 he was connected with the Indianapolis academy and from 1895 to 1900 he was professor of German and Spanish at Purdue university. Other Institutions in which he has taught are Swarthmore, University of Pennsylvania, Smith and Sewanee. He is the author of a number of works on modern languages and is the editor of the Pathfinder Magazine.

of the veterans are expected. Mr. Mathews is president of the regiment organization. , '

COMMITTEE PLANS REGIMENT REUNION The arrangements.committee of the 124th Indiana volunteers will meet Saturday at 2 o'clock in the office of County Assessor Mathews to complete plans for the regimental reunion to be held here Sept. 23 and 24. The ranks of the 124th regiment are rapidly dwindling and only about seventy-five persons including the wives

EXPECT REPORTS ON WOMAN LABOR It is believed that the commission of- Indiana citizens which la Investigating working conditions of women in the state has collected the Information necessary In the towns and cities where women are employed end that in the meeting which will be held here next Monday, the facts gathered In the ten cities In this district will be made public. Employers of women expected the commission to make the Investigation on the same day the hearing was made, but It has been revealed that one of the members went to every employer last May and collected data which could be used in such an Investigation. . India in 1913 sent to the United States 162 students, and China sent

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