From The People
Mr Editor of The Ank Annon Coukier: - The Germán Ametlcaos, (so they cnll tliemselvcs) celfbrated whal they cali the Germán day, on the 23d of September lust. In tlie prncéasloo they carrled a banner on whlch was prinled "Tren zu Amerika unil Stoltzauf Deuschland." The uodergigned approves of the ti i's t but can not be proud of Germany, for we dtepii-e that goveinnicnt and its flaar, fr under that. llag that governmeut did rob us of our liherly, whicll we know ttiat by the Inws of God or nature we are entitk-d fo, and whioh we enjoy in our adoptPtl country. Thanks to the Unlted States tor Invlting all the oppressed in any country to come aud partiike of the riofhts and libcrlies whlch tbey possess and inherited trom their glurious lorcfiithers; bonght wlth ttieir blood and suffcrin}rs for jears, but ;it hist sec u red to tbcm, fur themselves aiu their posterity; glory to God. Xow all of us emigrant, wbo have been naturallzed, let us be true to the United States, fiom the east shoru of Main e to the Pacific ocean in the wtst, and f rom our nortb linet) the soutli of Florida and thcGulf of Mex'co. Ah! whac a larire country frorn whieh to stlect n home, tor we have the rigbt to select it in the United States. Now, Mr. Editor, we have een in the Farm Field and Stockman, published In Chicago, tliat in Rockforú, IHinos,the lust wt-ek In last September, (the same weck the Germ in-Ainericims celebrated here) one hundred and seveoly Swedes, lie:nIJ J5y a Swedlsli tiatid incl carryinfi a Swedlsli flair, marclvd to tlie court houso wliere lliej' weie naturalizad and in returninj; they carritd the United States Ilig. That in en lis a ohange of heart and patrlotism, Hurrah for sncb Swedes and Swedish days, hoping that all other emigiants will sve and do likewise, (no cliinnishncss.) Let us as soon as we are nituralized drop all formnr names of nationalities, only be good citizens of tlie United Stales and be proud of it, too. Once an emigrant and now iiL. S. oltizen
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