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i' Address,
CHAS. I. GRADY,
t . r if, 'Editor,
Wilmington, N. C.
CITY.
Hook and LaiMerNo. 1, yesterday receiv-
edt&es
congratulation ot their brother fire-
oieri; oin the' -"-reception of It heir new truck.
'.There
was a procession,
and
a pleasjint
gatherjiDg at the new
f. ilowship arid kindly
"Hall" where good
creetinj refreshed
the sites of the receivers und the received
r
after p
weary tramp over our rather ''heavy"
! streets:
Tojists flew around and Marshal
Canadlay responded to the compliments
tendered him by the assembled Companies.
- GERMAN PEACE FEbTlVAl.
The, Sons of Old Germany Rejoicing A
Day of JoyThe City one Blaze of
; CJlorfFlag:8 Procession Addresses
Banquet Ball
It has been our good fortune to atteDd
many German gatherings in other cities of
the iJuion, where the Jun-loying children
of tlie Fatherland meet "in the good old
wayT and, surrounded by wives and little
onesf enjoy reasonable pleasures ina reason
able way. We have seen tlie "Turners" at
the Tttrnverein; the music loying at the est
or least ot sweet sounds in the gay sum-
iner time;- but we have never seen so gene
ral a joy and scene ot thanksgiving a3 we
witnessed on Monday, with the united Ger
mans of Wilmington. "In union there is
strength," all certainly believed, who be
held! lor the first time, all our German fel-low-citizens,
marching to the souncf of mar
tial music, arid bearing aloft the banners of
the German EmpireThe red, white and
blue ifound an appropriate place with the
red, white and black, and the colors seemed
typical of the union of ally-aces. Market
Street seemed glorious with colors.' Com
mencihg'at Water street, with the building
. occupied tly H. B. Eilers, Eq.1, and Messrs.
if. Mayer & Weill, where all the colors .of
the different States of' Germany met the
eye; soialong the street, flags streamed from
the.stores of Jacob Lyon, A. Weill & Co.,
William Goodman, Sol. Bear; & Bros, L.
Solofnon, M. M. Kate, J. C. Bauman, P.
Heinsbcrger, David & Weill, Aaron & Rhein-
- itein Fishblate, S. Blumenthal, J. Levy, all
the yay up to the Lutheran, Church, Mar
ket slreet looked as if all the pusincss men
were.having a "festival" indeed. In regard
to decorations we must not forget Slirier
" Bros, on .Front street, and Hashagen & Hot-
I tendorf, nearHhie Post, where a monster
flag fc,huug from the old liberty staff, and
r evinded union indeed. Messrs. Adrian &
Vollers. also. 4hun2 out their banners," and
the genial Hibernians decorated their hall.
: I THE PROCESSION !
at l o'clock, everything being in readiness,
the line wiis formed at the City Hall, under
thfl tli ection of Messrs. A. Adrian, Chief
jjlarshai, F. W. Kerchner, Assistant Mar
shal;! and ;U. Bbecke, H. Ohlaudf, G. JZ.
Shield; , Solomon Bear, J. C. Koch, and J.
W. Strauss,, Aids. The ; j , ;j
i, ROUTE OF MARCIT ; -
was Irom the City Hall to Market street,
up Market to Eighth and countermarch,
dowri Market to St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
wherp the addresses were delivered. The
appeirance
made by the procession as it
moveid
the streets was truly an im-
posing one, neany every citizen ox Wilming
ton, (f j&erraan birth, bemg fohud therein.
1 1 ' 1T tTT! t T
rernapp
wagons,
its most beautitul feature was two
gaily adorned with : evergreens
and
wers and flags, fitted out at Prof.
Rueckert's Musical Institute and filled with
j ! !
.happV children. About 2 o'clock the pro-
cessidnlhalted in front of the Church, the
bandlulaved anTnsDirins air and the Ger-
mans' entered the building.' The Church
was tastefully adorned with garlands -. of
roses and evergreens, conspicuous among
which jwas a huge pyramid of red and
-.white roses that towered above the beauti-
"Tul pulpit. Here, when ail were seated,
Were begun the
1 BERTICES OF, THE DAT ;
were inaugurated by the!;Te Deum,
Which
read b
y Rev. F. H. Wood, of Fifth St M.
E. Church, .after" which CReyfCJ. D. B?m-
i
heim fPaster of St. Paul's, announced the'
410th ; Iymn. hia i was deightfullj; reu-
ty the Choir, under conduct of Prof.
RQecaferitk.tVeTor'CanU 36ree other,
musical instruments, and assisted by more
than 30 Tocalists ladies and gentlemen.
At the conclusion of nhe Hymn, a feeling
and impressive prajer was offered by ReyJ
H. L Singletcv First Presbyterian,
church, after Jwhicli Mrjt Bernbeim, the
Orator of the Day came forward and de
livered bis'adciress. - '
MR, BERNHEIil 8AID
Fellow, Country men Jf. our.
Common FaJikerlaiiH t
Wp ureassembled to-day in the JQouse of.
God, in t)rder to return ounhearty thanks
to the Almighty Disposer ot all events, for
having brought the late war between Prance
and jGermany : to a speedy close, and for
haying given an honorable peace to our
native conntrv.
war: wnetner mstjor
unjust, whether
offensiye or defensive, is no child's play ; it
i3 the last resort of nations t adiust their
difficulties, and a terrible visitation, per
mitted by Providence, for some good and
wise purpose, though what that purpose is,
is often long unknown to U3. Under any
circumstances
War i3 a curse, wLich oft does men befall,
The sorest chastisement upon the earth.
Eruptions, earthquakes, conflagrations, all
With famine, pestilence or common dearth, '
The cup so full of woe hare never wreathe5d,
As when with fiendistf joy the I sword's un
' sheathed. .! V . )
Deatruction, pillage, wantonness and crime,
Deserted cities where no children, play ;
Rapine and murder all have now their time, j
And silent churches, mouldering to decay
These mark the spots where law and order died,
As nation's tombstones, spared to humble
pride. j
' i ' .' - '
Twas war which humbled Greece and' Rome of
Tore,
Destroyed their greatness and despoiled their
store ; '
Their mouldering temples, acqueducts, yea, all
Tell us the tale what war did them befall, '
And history adds the epitaph thereto
What war has done what war will ever do.
' ' ' ! ' : ' 1 -
Even. upon the vicorious;nation war leaves
sad vestiges of its affliction and desolating
power. What mean these wailinga heard
in mat y families of our Fatherland f What
language is conveyed to the heart by the
silent tear shed at the fireside, where stands
the vacant chair? And bow suggestive
are the habiliments of mourning to be seen
in every city, town and village of Germany?
Wives made widows, parents made child
less, fathers Jbowed down with' sorrow at
the loss of hopeful sons, and mothers weep
ing over, the graves of their dead) and re7
fusing to be comforted ! Yet, in the midst
of all this sorrow, how feelingly did the
King of Prussia, now Emperor Germany
manifest his sympathy when he issued a
decree, as I have bten informed, that ' six
weeks should be devoted to lament the
failcn' dead,-ere any demosstratforis of joy
over the victories achieved by the German
army snouia take place. All Honor to
King William's heart.
But the time has now arrived when we
should discontinue bur mourning and cele
brate a Jubilee of Peace ; j a time that has
been appointed in Germany for this purpose
and accepted also over all this, our adopted
country, by the German citizens of Ameri
ca. We join iff, to day, with all our German
brethren on the two continents, Europe and
America, to offer praise and thanksgiving
to Almighty God for pressing the chalice
of war so lightly to the lips of our Father
land; in vindicating her honor in this gi
gantic struggleanain bringing about such
glorious results, of which we shall speak
hereafter; ' ' . i
But, before I proceed further, I would
state that we have not come here to-day t
wound the feelings of any one, of whatso
ever religious belief he may profess himself
to be; nor to come in conflict with any one,
of whatever political persuasion he may be
held; nor even to triumph over the downj
fall and- misfortunes Of a vanquished foe ;
and, least of all, do we intend to wound
the feelings of the citizens, neighbors and
friends "of our adopted and well-beloved
country America. Yet we . cannot forget
that wo are Germans, who still love our
native country,; -for we would be regarded
as being 3tntrue to .nature, or, ratner, as
escapecl criminals "wh left their country
for their country's good" if we likewise did
cot verify and feel' what the poet has said
Breathes ther a a man with soul 60 dead,
Who neV'er to himself hath said.;
This is my own, my native land.
Ever since the days of Louis XlVj France
has been, either openly er concealed, the
inveterate enemy of Germany. The war of
the Spanish Succession was brought on by
the ambitious rapacity of that monarch,
who is so justly denounced by all historians.!
The right to the Spanish throne, upon the
decease of Charles II, King ot Spain, was
vested in a German bouse the House of
Hapsburg, then, ': and still, ruling Austria j
but Louis desired to obtain the vacant
throne of Spain for his own family, and
immediately unsheathed the sword to se4
cure it. Fortune favored him, not so much
by victory as by the , death of that scion of.
the Austrian house wlio was intended to
wear the Spanish crown. But the fortunes
of war were turned against some of the
States of. Germany, bordering on 1 France,1
and thus the noble city of Strasbourg, with
the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, were
lost to Germany, and. were incorporated
with France. 1 ' 2 . ) K
The manner in which Napoleon I threat
ened Germany is well known to' us all J He
sported with ki ngdomi and crp wbs, as if
they were children's toys, and ; conferred
th jm upon his family and favorites, while
bis victorious armies everywhere made 'sad
havoc among the peaceful ' inhabitants ot
our Fatherland; , no age or sex was spared,
and on the slightest pretext citizens were
murdered in cold blood. It Inay truly be
said that, at one time helpless and bleeding
Germany lay crushed under tao neel ot the
mighty conqueror, until at length, at the
battle J of Waterloo, tinder the English
General. Wellin&tco. and :the Germaii Geor
eral. RIucher. the star ef the odf Napoleon
set to rise.no more. 1 hiyt n.
J fTV. a Anra ri hftVft. not Tflt-' T
. ... . XUICV .... j ; , j-- :
since tncfe last, menuoneu eveni
tools : Place. .The son of the amiable, lovely,
yet distressed Louis a of Mecklenburg, wife
of Frederick,, fVYilliam IIL, of s Prussia, was
thea living and ?was brought up and school
ed in the calamities of these times. Need
you askWhola he? The world has learned
to know him J and his noble and . truthful
character. ; It is. the t present Emperor of
Germany, who has, in his declining years
been, permitted to see the ancient enemy of
hiiathierlahd humbled by his victorious
army. r3ut, hqwJ gratifying it is to know,
that be did not inaugurate, this late war,
but conceded to the Emperor of France all
that'.he at first demanded, in order to avert
the calamities of war. - Napoleon III., em
lehed by;: this concession, w as deter
mnjdto Vring Qt, a conflict vof arms per
haps instrgatedto do so by the French
people; he made still further and unneces
sary demands, . calculated only to humble
Prussia, which, however, were not conceded,
when the Emperor of France declared war
against Prussia, and immediately the whole
of Germany, Austria alone excepted, arose
as one man to defend the honor of their
Fatherland, .,..
The results are now well known to the
world, and they have added more glory to
the German Empire than, any one could
possibly have expected. And now, when
we contemplate the shortness of the time
in which these events took place; the utter
prostration of France a nation numbering
bef. re the war, -10,000,000 inhabitants ; the
compilation of ' all ot the German States,
with the exception of a portion ot Austria,
into one grand Empire, thus realizing the
dreams of all of her distinguished poets ;
the influence which the results ot the war
will have upon the worlds the respect and
honor that have attached themselves to so
mighty an achievement ; the intelligence
and ability of German statesmen and gen
erals ; we know not which should astonish
us mest, and we cannot repress the excla
mation : What wouders have been wrought
in the lasbfcw month's J Who could have
imagined, nine months ago, that such
events as these could possibly take place !
Suppose? for a moment, that the results
of the Franco-Prussian war had been all
against Germany ! Our very blood' runs
cold at the bare thought ! What awful
miseries would have befallen our beloved
Fatherland ! What misfortunes would have i
borne upon all Europe ! The French army
was composed in a great measure ot soldiers
taken from French provinces in Africa,
denominated Turcos, whose religion is Ma
hommedanism and heathenism, a collection,
of blood-thirsty, lawless and uncivilized
human beings, whose business has always
been murder, rapine and robbery, pirates
at sea, free hooters on land. What crimes
such soldiers, as the victors, let loese upon
the Christian families of our native land
would have perpetrated, is more readily
imagined than described ! Besides, the
Germans, too often underrated by those
who should eyet have been tbeir best friends,
coming from the same Saxon steck, would
then have been still more ; afflicted with the
derisions and taunts of an unfeeling world.
And the map of Europe might have been
stowed away as old rubbish, the world
having as little use lor it for many years to
come, as it nas ror mat oi ratagonia. ino
countiy would have been safe from the en
croachments of French ideasFrench infi
delity, and French politics; and England
might have added a few more hundred
millions to her national debt, already much
oo large for her comfort and prosperity;
The Saxon race that appears to be des
ined to regulate and control the affairs of
the world; patient, calculating, yet deter
mined, no difficulties are too great for it to
overcome; and the soener we all, English
Saxons and German Saxoris, become con
scious of the fact that we have common
interests, a common destiny, as we have a
common origin, and sheuld be united in a
common bond of friendship, the better it
will be for us all, the better for the world
at large.
.What has-been so long desired, namely :
The unification of the German States, has
at length been achieved ; we shall hereafter
know no North Germany nor South Ger
many ; no Rhine Germans - nor Germans
from Silesia ; no Bayern nr Schwabeu ; no
Hessen nor Sachsen: no Lothrinfrer nor
Braunschweiger ; all will be known as Ger
mans only, and that will be surhcient to
distinguish us from other nations, and suf
ficient to command respect wherever we gc;
and, from the indications that are already
apparent, it will not be long before we will
see inaugurated in this country the thor
oughness of an education us is only known
in German Gymnasia. and Universities, the
excellencies ot the common-school system
of Prussia, the patient and exhausti ve in
vestigation of German mind, the military
discipline and education of German armies,
and perhaps also the integrity, Gemueth
lichkeit and friendship of German charac
ter. . .
It is the patient and, energetic industry
of the German farmer that has, in the main,
caused the soil of this, country to yield
abundantly, and niade it to blossom as the
rose. H istue pruaeni anu ecouuimcai
management ot the Germans in America
that has greatly benefitted the commerce
and manufactures of our country. And the
translations of German theology, literature
and science have enriched our libraries and
made our educational institutions effective.
German customs1 and manners have been
appreciated and frequently adopted in all
parts of this growing country, and the Ger
man language is now introduced in many
of our schools. Who, then, would blu3h at
the mention of hi3 German origin f Who
could be so ignorant and depraved as to
desire it to be forgotton that German blood
flows in his veins ? Who would not rather
say, "If I forget thee, O, my dear native
land 1 let my right hand forget hercunniag;
if I remember, thee not to esteem and honor,
let my "tongue clcave to the roof of my
mouth.';. 1 j i I ;
Yes, beloved citizens of Deutschland, let us
ever be proud that we are Germans; .our
Fatherland has honored us in her late gigan
tic war with France, both in the manner m
wbich.Jit 0wj$ cpnclucted m$lW the
victories' that 'ftave ! been 1 achieved let us
never forget to honor her by our honest and
npTigtt'charlcter, ad by our 1 patient and
persevering energy, striving for excellence
in all the positions of life in which we may
be placed. , ' . '.
; i Our festival to-day, our Peace Jubilee, is
intended to acknowledge the God of our
fathers as the Almighty and All-wise Dis
poser of all these events : to Him are pur
sincere thanks dueT for it is His right hand,
aim j.a.13 uuiy arm iuai uaiu goueu us tue
victory. Truly, the Lord reignetb ; ' let the
earth rejoice; lefcthe multitude of the isles
be glad thereof, and all the people under
heaven shall 'see His glory. It is God that
has given us now an honored Fatherland;
it is He that has made us one people ; and
it is He that has linked us together in one
Common destiny. To Him be all the praise!
Amen. j
At the conclusion of Mr. JBernheim's ad
dress, that grand, immortal song, Luther's
Battle Hymn, was announced by the Pastor
and beautifully rendered by the Choir.
Mr. Bernheim then introduced Prof.4 J. J.
Bodner, of St. Pauls' Institute, who deliv
ered an address in German.
Mr. Bodner said :
Ladies and Gentlemen :
Jam deeply moved by the exalted pur
pose which assembles us to-day. It is an
exalting moment in which we unite with
the millioLs who to-day, in America, cele
brate the festival, united in spirit and join
ing in the cry of jubilee which echoes across
the broad ocean and mingles with the joy
of bur brethren and sisters in the old fath
erland. That we may appreciate the advantages
of German progress and of the German vic
tory most effectively, it would be most ap
propriate were we to unfold a condensed
picture of the success of Germany which
shows by what efforts, battles and sacrifices
Germany arose to the position in which to
day it is our pride to find her.
In history we find that our forefathers are
first mentioned in connection with the great
Roman JuliusCsar, because at that time
the Romans mrde the bloody acquaintance
of the Germans. The territory which the
old Germans at that time called their home
has in the course of centuries changed
so much that it would be hard for any
one to find in history aught of these
great and old and beautiful cities which
garnish Germany to-day. The principal
part of the soil was then covered by shad
owy forests in which large herds ot cattle
found plentiful food, The Germans were a
free set of hunters who mostly lived on the
products of their hunts. The soil was but
little tilled, and of industry they knew but
very little. Their necessities were small.
They were tall, handsome and strong, and
white and clear was the color of their skin.
The golden or blonde hair covered in. pro
fusion the heads of men and women, and
out. of the great blue eye shone courage and
a noble appreriatjon of liberty. . They cele
brated iu the great. Wodan, an invisible, all
creating ana directing power, and the men
most esteemed the housewives who educated'
the youth strong, virtuous and manly. Lib
erty was the German's greatest possession,
and hunting and war their greatest pleasures.
The greatest crime among them was breach
ot faith, or breach of confidence; T eir
courts were held uader the broad canopy of
heaven, and they required neither advocates
nor; lawyers. At the outbreak of war they
elected the most capable to the leadiof ar
mies. They at that time could not withstand
the power of the Romans who conquered
Germany and erected within her borders
roads tor the transportation of troops, and
strongholds. But such a liberty-loving
people could not long endure Roman slave
ry. ; They all rallied around the noblest of
the! Champions of liberty Armenius the
Cheroker who succeeded in decoying
Varius, the Roman governor who was dis
pat6hcd with great forces to suppress the
insurrection, into a swampy woody locality,
where he not only vanquished the Roman
majority, but completely annihilated them.
This was the great Armenius' battle in the
Teutoburger forrest, Before Christ 9. To
the fame and national spirit of this great
Armenius do we owe to day the existence of
the German people. In aDpreciation of this
there was erected in the Teutoburger forrest
a statue to the memory of Armenius. Al
though the Romans after these disasters
feared, that they would be molested by the
terrible Teutons, these people did not covet
the conquest ot foreign territory but only,
de8irel to enjoy their liberty unmolested n
their own soil.
About two hundred years later the differ
ent sections ot the great Sueven tribe form1
ed into a confederation called the Allema-i
nians, i. e. perfect men, and invaded the
Roman tributaries on the Rhcin and
lower Nector, destroyed the cities and tor-
tresses erected by the Romans, and liberated
their southern brethren. The Francs in
the South and the Friis's and Saxons in
the ! North arose almost simultaneously.
Fries's, Saxosians, Francs, Thuringians,
Bavarians and Allemanians, stately of figure,
had then mingled into one as a German
people, which, wherever it went in its at
tempts at conquest brought with it an irre
sistable reputation for bravery which could
not be resisted. This fame has been pre
served by the Germans in the late war and
we are proud of it.
In the fifth century, a wild horde ot Tar
tars out of Asia emptied into Europe where
they carried everything ; before them and
cut down those who would or eould not
yield. So they came under the leadership
ef Atilla into Germany when, A. D., 451
they caused a slaughter such as the German
soil had never seen before, it drank the
blood of 160,000. ; After leveling to the
earth the most beautiful cities, these wild
Huns were compelled to commence the ret
rogade movement to the lower Donan the
Hungary of to-day.
The EmBeror Charles the Great at the
end of the 8th and commencement of the
9 th century did much to deserve the thanks
of Germany. He laid the foundation ef
many cities, and enlarged and embellished
many others. - j' ; '" Vj. . '
MTn 1A Kannlenn flimnTvAd the Whole
German Empire and pfaced in its stead the
"Confederation of the Rhein," of whichi he
wanted to te the protector. Of the terrible
scenes he enacted in Germany our fathers
w
bear witness who participated in the battle
of Attsterhtz in 1805, Jena" in 1806, and
Aspern and Wagram in 1809.'. Taking Solo
mon as ourguideVecah say with him that
"pride cornea before the falL'? Napoleon
wanted, to play scfioql master oyer all the
European monarctaand make all Europe
subservient to his Will, for which purpose
he overran Germany again; in 1812, and
caused at Kachbadk, Kulm, Dennewitz and
Wartemburg terrible loss of blood; but the
battle f of Leipsic Oct.sl8, 1813, broke his
neck. The Germans, Russians, and Austri
ans followed hinv fb Paris, dictated there
peace, and sent the dangerous disturber of
peace to Elba; from which place he how
ever, after a confinement of eighteen months
managed to eacape, to return to Paris, and
favored by tTCTSonr1lltfeB
France. ? Scarcely bad the ; German tnon-
archs, at that time engaged at Vienna with
the settlement of European affairs, heard of
this news, when they concluded unanimous
ly to punish the dangerous as well as pre
sumptive man for his actions, arid gave at
once orders to renew the war. June 16-18,
1815, the French were whipped at Ligny
and Waterloo by the German Blucher and
English Wellington in such a manner that
they retreated in the? utmost disorder into
France. .On the 7tbJef Julj the allies cele
brated their entry into Paris, dictated again
peace and exiled ther disturber to the iso
lated maritime island of St. Helena in the
Atlantic Ocean, where, up to his death, he
had time to ponder oyer his sins. r
After the glorious war of liberation Ger
many enjoyed the blessings of peace until
1848. What terrible political blood-saturated
storm-cloud hung over Germany in
1848 is fresh in all our memories vet! It
furnished another opportunity for the house
ot Jtfonaparte to mix in the affairs of Europe.
What intrigues Napoleon III. employed to
ascend the throne from which his reat
uncle had , been precipitated is also well
known to, us all. But He also became as
presumptuous as hisanceslor. ffe also con
sidered himself especially delegated to alter
the map of Europe according to his notion.
From Austria he tookin 1858, Lombardy,
which he traded to Italy for the small con
sideration of Savoy. But he undertook
also to interpose armed interference in the
affairs of the free people ot America. Select
ing the outbreak of our civil war as an op
portune occasion, he established through
French bayonets on our" Southern borders
an EmpireMexico and by ; deceptive
promises, he, tempted the noblest and best
of Austria's princes Maximilian to ascend
the Mexican throne. It is known to history
that he became the murderer of Maximilian.
The whole of Europe looked with a certain r
anxiety ana suspense at every JNew Year ion
His New Year's speech, because what He
said in Paris.- should eovern the fat of
Europe for the-ensuing yean Only as late
as 1866, he lost some of the presti&re he had
hitherto .enjoyed, simply because Bismark
naa grown oyer nis neau and had twisted
his nose most outrageously! rf s
Since Prussia after annexation, or rather!
re-possession of Schleswig and Holstein did
not choose to recognize the"Austrian re-action
ary superiority in the rotten old Ger
man Confederation, war was declared by
Austria, and not only with astonishing ce
lerity were the Austriacs whipped at'Konig
gratz and Sadowa, but, at the same time,
her allies, the Saxons, Bavarians, Wur
temburgers, Hessians, Nassauers and Hano
verians, and inside of six weeks the shining
helmets stood before the old city of the
Ca3sars, (Kaisers) which would have placed
the jovial citizens of Vienna in a somewhat
critical position Tiad not a treaty of peace
i t i , i ; . .
Been signea so quicKiy; wnicn acKnowiedg
ed the supremacy of Prussia in. German af
fairs. At the same time Bismark Concluded
separate treaties with the South German
States by which King William was made
Commander-in-Chief of all German forces.
Of such , extraordinary successes of the
Prussian forces, he in, Paris had of course
not dreamt had deemed impossibilities.
His plans had been crossed he had design
ed it different. Even if the Austrians with
their allies, the South Germans, had, which
was not to be expected, been overpowered,
then he would have found a provocation to
cross the Rhine to aid them, and after cas
tigating Prussia, to , accept of the Rhine
provinces as a small compensation. This
explains how Austria could cede to Italy,
which had attacked it simultaneously, in
the South, the flower garden of Europe, the
beautiful Venetia, although the Italians
had been beaten both oh land and at sea.
Austria should be indemnified by Prussian
territory.. But thanks to an All Wise Prov
idence and German prowess in connection
with the needle gun; events took a different
turn. The North German States after this
glorious contest united under the Presiden
cy of'the King of Prussia in one Confedera
tion, and strong efforts were made to make
it easy to the Southern States to join the
Confederation, thereby ? establishing once
more a United Germany.
But what seemed to German diplomats a
great difficulty, should become to Him in
Paris'the easiest thing. Jealousy of the
German tame J and glory, overreached by
Bismark's diplomacy and placed in the
shade, there must now since Germany in
the ljUxemDOurg question naa oeen so con
ceding as to allow it to be settled in a
peaceable manner be some cause found to
i n i a
punisn irrussia ivi uei piesumpuoa iu exisb
as a German nation without his august
sanction. Now since it is generally the
case that when one is determined to pick a
quarrel with, another, no matter how peace
able and retiring the latter's disposition may
be, a cause is readily lound, po matter, how
trivial of ridiculous. f
The Soanisb crown was offered to a Ger
man 'urince' ? He grasped at this most eager
ly,'; la butHttlei sugar' coated terms he
sent leKinfr William; and tetoed the accept
ance as if.ift in Paris had the right to de
cide whetbeVa TJetmah4 prince ! should be
come a soldier; peasant, mechanic, or King.
But the otd King took even this and caused
quest addressed a iahortly -after, to the grey
- ii . i i
naireu f fung: 74pt reccu muauvi, i
the nalace i?ardjens.i'tliat this was Jiot satis
factory to his maTesty of the French, but
his nephew, for the sake of. Hear , peace, to
relinq nis hisf 1 bfalmw for the ;time being,
whicirtaa ddieJutth inipertinent re-
that the pnnce must for all j time, to come
llJ P haim tothe,panishtliroae,
wa more than he dared! to. take, for the
honor of Germany; - even if he as far as it
On the bnllvintv French
maand thereby accepted the impudently
offered challenge. Now it became incum
bent upon Him in Paristd Cross tho Rhine
without delay to carry along, $ notch tolehs, "
the iSouth German States, and to partake- of
Prussia for breakfast by the way, to dine in
Berlin and enjoy the Hhine wine at the
meal. But here again hi had miscalculat
ed. ; United as one. man North and
South Germans kent the
TOatriBey By danger nited. -Germans
V4,' vuicicu x rencu territory Deiore tne
enemy had obtained a'glimpsiffltheRhine
andjwith admirable: bravery mhrched on to
Paris, where the Germans ih this, century
now dictated terms of peace for, thelhird
time. v -r- -; r-r-.
, Ob, Almighty Ruler of this worldow
inexplicable are Thy ways, the. arjiSricmy
of Germany did'st Thou select, as, a, means
to create German unity, ardently 'longed for
by Schiller, Goethe,Arndt, and othefs.1 And
in the words of Joseph can we say to' the
French., because like .Joseph , tm of i the
pit we arose tp glory and honor from
the'slighted position into which'.we,iri con
sequence of discord and 'want of powerful
pressure from without, had ' drifted among
other nations. , The disturbers of Europe's
peace and the arch-enemies of Germany now
lie humbled at hrf feet."" Germaiiy, has
achieved unity; is now" a German Empire
powpiful to outside nations,iland has' the
prospect of a glorious future in which to en
joy the blessings of peace .undisturbed.
Oh ! you great Arndt ! Thou' who sang
so well the German fatherland,4 how"glad
would you be that your dream of German
Unity has at last . been t realized. Would
you were among the living. ; tYou, would
to-day with us praise the Almighty," for so
much bounty and mercy and joiij In tfae cry
of jubilee, resounding Tr'om -millions' of
voices in response to y our questR)n,Cfi 1
fWhere is the Gernian Fatherland 'vS-
Not Prussia, not Swabla, not Rayaria.
No! No ! ! Noli! -
The wholeGermany it must he!! t H;f.
Let us rejoice ,at the German: success and
victories all the pibre, since they are also
nereito us or incalculable and ihcatimihln
use. 1 We need not to be ashamed to be Get-
manj and can be proud to call the language
of Sebiller and Goethe our? native tonfU
et us here also preserve tbc good old Gerr
manimorals and Geraah edocation; and let
us here also cultivate German-trait t whicrl
alone will enable us to becomei powerful
an4 command respect. .7t,T,f, i0 tvsnu it
May Almighty .God . grant tjiiajptayew
Tte procession VWed;lrom!th'Cwh
to the?City Hall, where . the, banquel ,was
spread. The first toast givenwas ' ,
THE OLD FATHERLAND. ? T
Mr. Peschau said: '
Gentlemen: .
At the time mother nature distributed trie
power ot oratory l was located - as a sfeTy
child, and never have I felt Ibo "Wanl 'ot
power mare than I do , to-day ,JJo wever,
whet is lacking. ot power must .bejBupplied
by good intentions. r r '
When a son leayes. the paternal - roof to
found a home of his own ho -takes upon
himself, new obligations, chief amonjj thea
ine protection oi tne wiie liut wpo ,.woula
demand he should deny his parents! ' I, in
quire n ow, who can expect ' of 1 us: Ger
mans although American citizens that t we
should deny the old Fatherland; winch is
aearito us; wnicu we nonor ana respeet.and
of which we are proudlnHe whoncanai) it
is an unnatural son of Germany,;; ni gstai.i
Have we not a right to be proudiOjur
old Fatherland; home of arts and literature;
home of thought; home of. industry, faith
and: honor. Behold the old structure: fur
thousands of years has it existed and braved
the storms of time. But,do, not, therefore,
imagine it to be decaying and wiLhoutlyi-
tality Stranger Germany shouts, .'.'flapdi
off ri Woe to him who does not heed toe
Call.-' . ' ::t : J H! " :r
Spirits of departed Germans: spirits, of
Armenius; of Charles; of "Henry; of Barba-
resss; of Rudolf; spirits of Schillof Stein;
of Jahn; ot Koerner, and of he oldrumb-
bler Jlucher,you neea not feel ashamed for
there does yet course pure, proud German
blood in the veins of Germany's sons. 1 3,e
Eyer memorable in the annals of history
will be the battle ef the Teutoburg .Forest:
Ever; memorable the grand battle of nations .
at.Leipsig,- worthy to be placed by the side
of ihese are Woerth and Weissemburg,
Forl)acb, Gravelotte and Metz, crowned, by
Seaan. Ever worthy art than Germany, of
the fove of thy children.
To thee I offer them; to thee three cheers.
i OUR ADOPTED country,
Wasi responded to by Mr. A. Weill, Who
replied very . beautifully to the toast, and
concluded. r " J ! f
The Germans are remarkable foi their In
dustry and perseverance, and 1 for "strung
love j for the land ot their nativity t A Mey ,
have always shown their readiness .to ex-r
pend every effort for the benefit of their
adopted homes, l he late unhappy war in
this r country has shown the world that
wberesover the home of the German is thsrt
is his allegiance. May the same feelings
always inspire you, my , countrymen, and,
while our hearts may be' sad ;over4he sor
row? of our Fatherland,' let' us always feel
thati America is the land of the f reef that 'it
is our, country; that to it we r owe our alt,
and that with it must rest eurf weal or ;wce
Professor Grabau replied to wThe .Heroes
of the War,'? and Major Engelnard :fprtthe
,MCity otWilmington and ilrjKerchner
Commercial Prosperity :s j! s
To the sixth regular toast of sjq4
IB;1J :.;?.- SI TBS rH' i '5 UiJiS -
Mr. Charles I Grady,, thie editme oi ttifa Poai,
twascalled to respond: ".-.j AT ff
p He said that, unprepared to pi-operlypre-'aent
the claims of ; nhe'Press" 'tfpontehta
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