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The Texas State Convention of Germans in 1854
Comaltown, a German settlement across the Comal River from New
Braunfels and now a part of that city."4
The charges made by Rossy and the New Braunfels residents
were all answered by Herman Spiess in an article in which he said
that the Politischer Verein of New Braunfels had elected a delegate,
that residents of Sisterdale had gone to New Braunfels to discuss
the approaching San Antonio convention, and that the non-citizens5
referred to by Rossy had all refused, because of their non-citizen-
ship, to accept the positions entrusted to them but had finally been
persuaded to accept them."1
Writing from Mill Creek in Austin County on May 26, 1854,
Friedrich Ernst also spoke for the German opposition. He said
that it was very unwise for the German settlers to take such a
defiant stand against slavery. He feared that the slaveowners
and nativists might deny the German immigrant all political rights
in order to protect themselves. Ernst believed that political clubs
were good for those who otherwise interested themselves little in
politics.17
The San Antonio Western Texan and the Texas State Gazette
represented the opposition of the American settlers. In its issue
of June 8, 1854, The Western Texan said that for several years the
Germans had been organizing singing societies in Texas, that there
had always been ultra-radicals among them who, not being satisfied
with the views of their fellow-countrymen on prevailing conditions,
had passed resolutions of a radical character and then sent them
out as the views of all of the German settlers. The great mass of
the Germans in Texas, said The Western Texan, were enterprising
and useful citizens, who knew the laws and recognized the value of
the existing institutions. While this newspaper spoke against the
ultra-radicals among the Germans, it seemed to have a good opinion
of the great mass of the German settlers.'8 The Texas State
Gazette, published at Austin, referred to an article which had ap-
'4Neu Braunfelser Zeitung, June 30, 1854, p. 2, col. 5, and July 7, 1854,
p. 2, col. 2.
"See footnote 12.
'oNeu Braunfelser Zeitung, June 2, 1854, p. 1, col. 5 to p. 2, col. 2.
"'Ibid., June 9, 1854, p. 2, col. 2.
"ZNeu Braunfelser Zeitung, June 16, 1854, p. 2, cols. 2-3. The Zeitung
printed a translation of the article in The Western Texan.257
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