History of Austin County
William A. Trenckmann
- In
- the
- spring
- of
- 1933,
- exactions
- of
- old
- age
- forced
- William
- Trenckmann
- to
- sell
- his
- newspaper
- to
- the
- National
- Weeklies
- of
- Minnesota
- but
- he
- remained
- its
- editor
- in
- all
- matters
- pertaining
- to
- Texas.
- Mr.
- Trenckmann
- was
- regarded
- as
- one
- of
- the
- best
- informed
- men
- in
- Texas
- on
- state
- and
- national
- affairs
- and
- during
- his
- many
- years
- in
- the
- newspaper
- business
- wrote
- considerably
- about
- the
- history
- of
- the
- state
- and
- the
- nation
- while
- in
- the
- making.
- From
- the
- date
- of
- the
- founding
- of
- his
- newspaper,
- he
- wrote
- each
- week
- a
- summary
- of
- national
- and
- state
- news
- for
- the
- readers
- of
- his
- weekly
- newspaper.
- Politically,
- Mr.
- Trenckmann
- was
- a
- democrat,
- not
- in
- the
- partisan
- interpretation
- of
- the
- word
- but
- rather
- in
- the
- light
- of
- the
- tenets
- of
- justice,
- tolerance,
- freedom
- of
- speech
- and
- freedom
- of
- press,
- to
- which
- ideals
- he
- remained
- loyal
- throughout
- life,
- with
- a
- loyalty
- stimulated
- by
- the
- teachings
- of
- his
- father,
- a
- disciple
- of
- Kant,
- who
- was
- born
- in
- Germany
- in
- the
- time
- when
- the
- teachings
- of
- that
- philosopher
- on
- the
- concept
- of
- duty
- were
- beginning
- to spread.
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