. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. CHAPTER VII. Christopher Saurs notable Letters to GovernorMorris, pleading for Legislation looking to thebetter Protection of German Immigrants in Generaland the German Redemptioners in Particular. They, wandering here, made barren forests bloom,And the new soil a happier robe assume :They planned no schemes that virtue robbed no Indian of his native groves,But, just to all, beheld their tribes increase,Did what they could to bind the world in peace,And, far retreating from a selfish band,Bade Freedom flourish in this foreign
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. CHAPTER VII. Christopher Saurs notable Letters to GovernorMorris, pleading for Legislation looking to thebetter Protection of German Immigrants in Generaland the German Redemptioners in Particular. They, wandering here, made barren forests bloom,And the new soil a happier robe assume :They planned no schemes that virtue robbed no Indian of his native groves,But, just to all, beheld their tribes increase,Did what they could to bind the world in peace,And, far retreating from a selfish band,Bade Freedom flourish in this foreign land. CHRISTOPHER SAURdid not confine his effortsfor rendering aid to his coun-trymen to the columns of hiswide-awake newspaper. Nordid he confine his energy andactivity to words alone. Hewent among the newly arrivedRedemptioners and renderedwhatever material assistancewas in his power. In certaincases he gave money to relievetheir necessities ; in others he(23S). SEAL OF WILLIAM PENN. Saurs First Letter to Gov. Morris. 239 saw that they were cared for when such care was required,and in still others, the sick and starving wretches were takento his own home and those of his friends to be cared forand nursed back to health there. If they died, he saw thatthey received Christian burial. But, while ever on the alert to render assistance of thispractical kind, he was at work in still other ways, his effortsall being directed towards the end so near his loyal Ger-man nature. His name will always be revered by Penn-sylvania-Germans for his unselfish work in the interest ofhis countrymen, and the two letters in their behalf, ad-dressed to Governor Morris, alone constitute a monumentto his memory as enduring as brass or the pyramids ofEgypt. They are here given in grateful memory of hisexcellent service in the cause of humanity. Christopher Saurs First Letter to Governor Morris ox the Trials and Wrongs of the Early German Immigrants. Germantown, Pa., Ma
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