Karl Gustave Reemelin
KARL GUSTAVE REEMELIN was born in Wurtemburg in 1814, and at the age of 18 years arrived in this country. This was on the eve of the election of Andrew Jackson, when he became attached to the Democratic party, to which he has always adhered. “His studies and experience at home had already given him an enthusiasm for free trade and a prejudice against paper money and a banking system; and he though he was in the Whig party an inclination toward Puritanism which was naturally repugnant to the genuine German nature. The name Democracy had a certain charm for the Germans; and as the wealthy classes most belonged to the Whig party they classed them with the European aristocracy. Reemelin became one of the founders of the Volksblatt, studied law but never practised, and entered into politics. As a member of the Ohio Legislature he criticized very sharply the then defective method of taxation, and evinced a thorough study of political economy.” He was a leading member of the Constitutional Convention in 1850—51; the article in the constitution is due to his exertions which prevents the legislature from making arbitrary division in the electoral districts. Through this great abuses had arisen, minorities at times having gained a majority in the legislature. He visited the reform schools in Europe, and guided by his report the legislature established the Reform School at Lancaster. Becoming tired of politics he eventually retired to his beautiful farm and vineyard near Cincinnati, where he has written much for agricultural journals—one upon “The Climate of Ohio” He has published “The Vine Dresser’s Manual,” “The Wine Maker’s Manual,” and “Politics as a Science.”
From Historical Collections of Ohio:by Henry Howe; Pub. 1888