History of Milwaukee, city and county . s of the republic in harmony with the native born and secure a voice intheir preservation. Incidentally the native born realized that the constant accession of for-eign born stimulated his material prosperity. The latter came with soundbodies and willing hands to work. They were frugal, industrious and thus became an asset rather than a liability to the community. The German born who was at a special disadvantage compared with otherforeigners who spoke the English language upon arrival, became a specialobject of contempt and suffered more lar
History of Milwaukee, city and county . s of the republic in harmony with the native born and secure a voice intheir preservation. Incidentally the native born realized that the constant accession of for-eign born stimulated his material prosperity. The latter came with soundbodies and willing hands to work. They were frugal, industrious and thus became an asset rather than a liability to the community. The German born who was at a special disadvantage compared with otherforeigners who spoke the English language upon arrival, became a specialobject of contempt and suffered more largely from this hatred than the Scotch,Irish and other similar nationalities. The cry of Damn the Dutch was amore or less familiar one until 1S71 when the result of the Franco-Prussianwar lent a new aspect to the German character and its mental and physicalfibre. Nevertheless, with the arrival of every ship-load of immigrants wool up thecry that the country was being inundated by a foreign population which would HHOUSAU CONf IIKXKV WEHRS, NO. 1 GRAND AVENUEA famous restaurant where excellent coffee, wines and beers were served for ninny years TRANSITION, ALT-MILWAUKEE TO AMERICAN CITY 767 in time seriously endanger the stability of our form of government. TheGerman immigrant, however, readily adapted himself to his new environ-ments, freely imbibed the spirit of our political institutions, added vastly tothe material progress of the country. Old and new world conceptions sometimes collided in a peculiar native element, for instance, had been taught to observe the Sabbath withalmost puritanical regularity. When the Germans eame with a continentalconception of Sunday observance there was more or less irritation. Brassband music and parades were deemed sacrilegious. The qixiet of the Sabbathhad become proverbial. The issue came when the Fourth of July in the earlier period of the Ger-man immigration, fell upon a Sunday the Germans planned a joyous celebra-ti
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