New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-20
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conscience is our reward But now thdt nDcl,! or"
the republic have riumphanty demonstrated De1e ihe
civilized world shat their foes cannot prev eI a,ss
them, that a great caase has cohlV ,
all IT is 1T that orr pseas sno no. e
festival; II Is the chorus OF feemen tbat We dsIx
TO hear. Shame upon the man who trills song WIZ
he should fight battle; but honor TO him WHO
first achieves his freedom. and then chants praises
Music the form OF combined expression hlst eiei
csed by the German mind in this country ny the cu,
ture and spread OF music the Germans nave oone nu
to Invest American society with new life and mano!n
attractions. The effect has been TO make many
cans regard @ musician and German az cohveftipie
terms even TO this very day. There germ Oh Iutn
concealed under this mistaken notion. Every German
though he be without musical culture, mas m'sIcai s
lgence inhaled like the fragrance OF wild howers Ion
the very atmosphere Of his native country MS nInu'
long stranger the political activity OF other nacn
has found and leisure for geniier tastes more
genial studies and moro harmonious deVepp,nen.,
than tie more calous Yankee. aDsoroeo ~
the perpetual adaptation Of means 70 ehns.
For ourselves we treasure and poetry az the most
papabie link between our Western homes ana tne o!s
of distant home Al bound they carry US BACK 10
The Fatheraud and revive the impressions that were
wont 10 gladden. the hours Of youth subduing Tor
season the ceaseless din OF daily toll and traffic ney
break tie slumbers Of those bomebred spirits that nov
cred around US when we dwelt among our own. lLey
bridge the ocean, not alone TO carry the backward
march Of memory but 10 convey TO US tne new
creations OF our countTys genius In their most pop
ular and apDreciable form; like an electric cnr'
rent they preserve the burDish even Of toe duIest
STEEL and suffer not the rust to settle They hsve
proved themselves 10 history as the most ei-cient
safeguards Of nationality in the land OF sfransers
Our counttymen whom the last century wat.d 20 the
shores of the Hudson the Schoharie and the Mohawf
clung to their national manners thoughts and feengs
Just long as they peTpetuaed the mastery OF the
grand and simple strains of the Gel choral ~ inns
ii not until the third generation began 10 intohe
the English anthems and Ia consequence to give ear -
English Sermons that they lost the thread OF rational
continuity with their fathers who lived before thein
We do not need to be told that music Is not the ory
badge Of our nobility Int il is the broad popular fnnc-
alton which the structure Of our greatness II ereceo
fh.r nj
emancipation Of the world had Frustrated the epefsles
of Germany, music was the star on which the nation
leaned on. She threw OFF the heaviest fumes 81 ber
eth.rgy. the asylum in whose pale for generations he
common heart of the country sought refuge AZ
length the dty assumed large proportions and asprcd
To boder flights, until the wondrous dramas Of Schiller
and Goethe Ieverherated from cline cline nnd lien
The erred phaaly ofour mighty passed the ltof
thought from hand nand until people TOOK the
lead In the mental development Of Europe. a Ike
career must be run by each individual German; Lcm
the cbastened sensational life TO which music has IN.
troduced him. his way lies through the 1azes OF igor
Gus thought 81 the msnly earnestness If action Orr
couDirymrD at home are now called upon To ret1e IN
their public affairs the teach OF cur bards and our
thinkers to translate words int Deeds the theory Of
the closet into the practice Of daily life to conquer for
the nauonsl mind homestead Il the land OF It's birth,
TO produce German state free and united Germany.
In the solution of this problem we cannot greatly ald
them. We in the midst Of mature political s'itu.
tons OF the advantages OF which we have coDstsnty
psrtaken which ma, at times require Our services Tor
their preservation, but where creative energy with
out an object. Standing on American roll. we must
share the political lsbos OF our feogc1ens Id the
spirit Of that profound humanity IN whien we Lave
sre still turned homeward; we can never re.
nounce the land Of our fathers without
renouncne our better selves. The times
have happily gone by when the Germans.
dazzed BY the material achievements Of the New
World made haste east hs memore, and bis attain
uents behind him in his overweening anxiety 70 out
IIerod the Uerods Of practical Amercansm. The me-
mOrable known as the know Nothing move
ment made manifest to the dulest peTcepon that the
German does not rise In the scale OF bong by apng
American manners and babbiing American phrases.
The more hrmy cling to the intellectual treasures
of nationality the more will We be respected by Tie
native population. What hrmness of character IS to
the individual national pride is to people; the
at once Of SELF esteem and Of the regard Of Others:
our very DOORS in the midst Of our fellow o.
every cline. Is abundant opportunity for o. a0et
efforts. Time when German poet sang;
Germans nation to be your stars in their course Lave de
whereisfei TIA, ys p'sht be fteer row be men
Germany is eXerting herself 10 lastly ihe predictions
Custing aside the swaddling clothes OF eosmopohtan
nanty il hes based its policy the SOLD foundation ~
IT'S interests. The festival OF its mark-nen and its
singers held this year at Bremen and at Dresden are
p-otes.s s inst dslnon aud atrOpby they point the
way which the country viii recover lsseii, slowly.
perhsus BUT surely TO W. on ia other hand as Ger
mans in foreign parts the estch OF Schiller is clearly
Applicable. TO constitute German nation IN tho
bowels OF the American, is impossible; but 10 lend our
influence to tie struggle for the best OF man is
not Only feasible but solemn duty and our influence
will take the rmer hold, and wear for Itself the wider
bed tie highly prize the fruits OF our German
culture; that though some justly or uDJusty comp am OF
neglect or even insult, what though few may have
been Quoted by their country instead Of quitting her,
we must not speak III Of the fatherand lis froward
child that maligns its parents. even for cause. We
nav leave IL to piqued aristocras and self concerted
refugees To bete their country for having Withheld
from them sphere OF action, or because their fortunes
are more promising abroad. True, Germany Is aptto
forget her children outside OF her border untll snob
time as she needs patriotic contribution; not Know
ing what she has lost she treats them as an English
l..,,
petinacy in inviting themselves 20 the family gather
end Of the table 1t is natural for TO view the matter
in another light. We think OF poor Cordeha, thrust
from her fathers door because she could not heave her
heart into her mouth yet ready to give suecor When the
favored ones fail in their duty.
No blown ambition do srmsincite,
But love- dear love- and our aged fathers night,
Soon we hear nut see him
Hail Len TO the land Of our sages. poets, our
composers Hail TO the great Republic, which has
given o kindly welcome, which has crushed Rebel
lion and reset the foundation stone OF Liberty Hafo
the Ninth German Musical Festival MAY IL have
long aud glorious line Of successors for the honor OF
Germany and the good OF America, shedding Their re-
flung influences the spirit OF the people sustained
by the favor of our worthiest citizens. and crowned
with Joy and gadness, Is this has been
THR SINGERS AND HE PRIZES
OF coarse the singing amounted TO very little at the
pic mic; all intent upon social enjoyment they
sang here and there but no effort could bring any
successful concerted effect out Of such chaos AZ pre-
sened itself this occasion; Great interest Was fet
on the subject Of the prizes the friends Of each society
claiming for their favorite the right TO carry home the
banner or the cup
We awarded the first prize in article OF yester
day 10 the Saengerbund OF Philadelphia slvlDg them
credit the Lederafe Of Buffalo only on account
of the more important music which they sang. lie
Prize Judges. Messrs. Timnl, Thomas ana Mayerhoef'
in accordance with our previously oppressed Jndgment
gave the st prize the Ssengsrbund OF Philadelphia
] a lie satisfaction although