The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-11-12
-xrrx,1Al s1RrH DAY OF SCHILLER:
e".. hu,dred wears ago last Thursday, TIE

-xrrxyrAL aIRrH DAY OF sCH,1 -
On. hundred years ago last Thursday TIC
.,.., German poet, SCHILLER was 0o,n'-
Il. 10Th Of November, 1859, the village
.tM.rbach in the little kingdom OF war
..mberg gave to Germany and to the ~0''o'
w.. At the mos. brilliant geniuses that ever
s..b,d GU. upon the night Of human 'sn0-
..,c. and despotism. A new era was
a.-niue upon the literature and political IN
citation. of own trodden Germany ana a.
n, wears rolled on, the master m'noS Oh
SCHILLER, and those intellectual g.an's CO.
temporary with him, Kl0PsIoek' orz' Lhs
.~o' HrnpER, BURGER and GGTHE' ripened
-, action, and burst upon the world IN
,,.,. Of splendor that lighted up Germany
..on the humble hearthstones of its peasants
=, the thrones Of ito hundred princes, ana
d.,,led and astonished all Europe. And'
.mid the effolgent glories of this brighter
d.v, when the light Of pure and lofty Ill.
nature, was permesting every clo'ster OF
.,-or and not only correcting the false ideas
Of the people, but renovatiOg and beaat'fy-
mo their language. SCHILLER was the
"b n particular star" in the intellectual
s,msmsus. His great soul, true to the no.
H.. impulses of enlightened humanity, ao-
so,,ed oppression in every form, and spir-
:, of freedom which could not be chained
nv the nod Of despots, breathed through all
his writings. Those exquisite productions,
9 the casting of the BELL" "the robbers"
.the BATTLE" and others, are probably ia
miliar to many of our readers, who haveap.
nreciated their FIRE and beauty, through the
medium of translations, which, OF course,
IA, to catch all the spirit and inspiration OF
the original text. 1t was natural that
man like SCHILLER, surrounded by a"horde
Of petty dsspots," should be prosecuted, and
re find him flying from the land of his birth,
"a s,cape the vengeance which his clarion
notes c: liberty had aroused. But those
narrow minded tyrants had misjudsed the
great heart of the German people; ScHIL-
fss was the idol of the masses, ne was soon
recalled in honor, from his Punishment, and
lived to see his beloved country redeemed,
:, a great measure, from the superstition
and Iespotism under which 1t had groaned
for ages.
On the 18th day Of May, 1905, he passed
rsacefully away from thescene of his laoors,
and his triumphs, leaving memory that
will live green in the hearts of his country
men. and in the hearts of millions, who own
no kindred with him, while time shall last,
anla name recorded upon the scroll OF lame,
s;a. by side with our own immortal Shak-
speare.
On Thursday evening, the Germans the
vide world over, held centennial celebra-
.oo in honor Of his birth. Ia all the prin-
ANAL cities of the fatherland and Of the
Un,.cd States, great preparations were
made, and our exchanges will, no doubt,
soon come teemng with glowing accounts
If the SCHILLER festivals. Through the po-
likeness of some of our German friends, we
received an invitation to one OF those testl-
walls in this city and, although, from our lg-
norance Of the German tongue, we could no.
appreciate all the exercises, yet there were
enough of them which we did appreciate, to
enable us to have good time. Some SIX
teen gentlemen, and four ladies, composed
the company. Choice selections from
SCHILLER were read and reclted; these read
ings and recitations being agceeaUly inter-
spersed with music and song, and other
things more especially adapted to tn" phys
zeal comfort of the inner man. The feast
Of reason and tho flow of soul" beng &C
companied by plenteous repast Of food
corporcal, and the coplous flow OF lager
The gentlemen were Intelligent, the ladies
intelligent and pretty, too, and the time roll
ed swiftly and pleasantly away, until IN the
"wee sma hours ayant the twai,' we babe
each other cordial good night, and went
home to dream Of rosy lips and bright eyes
-SCulLLER and the fatherland.