The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-05


little to the many and more substan-
tiai evidences OF our good viii promi-
.nent and patent on alEhands 20 your
every sense. and which, / trust, are oil
themselves sufficient proofs that your
welcome IS one in the broadest.
fullest sense of the word. -
1t seems right and proper that any
city, however great and prosperous,
should welcome and greet with open
hearts and hands those who, with
Harmony" for their motto, have the
heart to step aside for time from the
cares and claims of every day bust,
ness, and, by devotion TO the study OF
music under the inspired masters are
enabled to cheer and beautify with
song and chorus, the path through
lite, otherwise rugged and serious
enough; and SO. l feel justified in say
ing, welcome to India napolis!
Her citizens, one and all. regardless
of party, creed or sect, unite in meet
ing you as brothers upon the broad
platform Of good fellowship, only re-
GREETING, in the spirit of hospitality,
there are not twice as many to re-
ceive.s.o so
We meet you, gentlemen, half way,
and for the week cheerfully partici-
pate in the festivities of the occasion.
The Capital City dons her holiday
garb, and her only endeavor is to so
entertain and please you that, when,
in after years, your memories review
the many delightful anni sersaries of
like nature you have enjoyed, this
one shall be, if not the first remem-
bered, at least, last forgotten.
Again, gentlemen, | have the honor
to extend to you, on behalf of the city
of Indianapolis, hearty welcome.
The overture from Rossini's opera of
Semiramide, by Mr.. Barus's Cincin-
natl orchestra, was then given with
great spirit and striking effect, and
Klicken's song of welcome was beau
tifully sung by the Mannerchor of
this city.
Hon. Adolph Seidensticker,L Festi-
val President, delivered the following
address in German, a translation of
which is furnished for the benefit of
your readers. - re-,stf..t
MR.. SEIDENSTICKRR s ADDRESS.
Singers and Guests:
In behalf of your singer brethren,
in behalf of the entire German popu-
lationd of this city, | bid you welcome
In our midst, welcome in this hall.
The day, to appropriately prepare
which, so many hands have hustled
the day on which the German Singers.
of the West congregate from far and
near TO celebrate their annual. reunion
by Joint sacrifices on the altar of art,
has come, and with joyful hearts we
salute on this spot dedicated TO art
and to our festiyal.os u b9T9"sng iiii
The COMMENCEMENT of cur celebra-
ton and our welcome to you is en-
HANGED in Significance and coioring
by following the welcome bid to you
byoeur honored Chief Executive. of
the State, and by the Mayor, as rep
of our Municipality, who,
BY, their presence and eloquent words,
have again given expression to the
pathy which they feel for our aims
and objects. r. b,,stxa sirf Es-sl4 hri
From year to year the great Z 'S2n-s
gerfests",. Of the German-American
population attract more the attention
Of the entire people. Our task il is
and we. must use our best efforts to
make every one of our festivals more
general and national. Whenever we
succeed in this, our endeavors and
abors have net been in vain; when
ever this is attained our songs and
will not, after they are
over, be extinguished and forgot
lin. empty air. exhaled y but they will
and reyerbate in the memory
ind convictions of the people \
Conducting our celebrations and
festivities with this aim, we may hope
If preventing, in future, that the ex-
.ltea feeling, caused by Olympic fes- :.
ivaiss like thesey shall be evershad-
,wed by the degradation and disgust,
;aused by almost cotemporane6us re-
'orts of brutal and demeralizing
With reference to our success in
his, direction our present festival viii 4
,e Judged External splendor, satisD|
nd cheerful enjoyment should not
'es considered our final purposes, but
ather as means for attaining oulr, AIM
The elevation of the peoples social
uft,ire, by uniting morality, art, and
njoyment Of life, and its diffusion
mong the entire people should be
ur aim MAJ
May the present festival, sol auspih
iouslyl and splendidly begun, be /
Celebrated by US all with reference to
his ! May each one of US, during the
Apply days of our present reunion,
keep in view this our
oble object Then neither envy,
tupidity nor prejudice will be able to
ay of our festival, that it was solely
eveted to the personal qualification Of
he participants, but that its influence
Don the great current of nnnllar Life