The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-17
The Exercises this Afternoon.
ADDRESS BY CHARLES BUcKwALrER, Es

The Exercises this Afternoon.
ADDRESS BY CHARLES BUCKwALTER. ESQ.
At the exercises this afternoon, Charles Buck
walter, ESQ. delivered the following interesting
address,
Friends-Members OF the German Singing Societies:
The agreeable duty and privilege has been allotted
to me Of actively uniting with you In this grand
enss 8 dd 9o %0io IN tho he eG &
what l promise shall be but q brief address publicly
has been bestowed in your Invitation 70 fill the inn
the Tenth General s@1gerfest is about drawing to
tS close after having attracted to its festivities soce
liest interchange of social feelings In generous
science OF music It has been marked aud Interest,"
ing event In the local history of city, and there
enee arising from Re Exhibition OF thousands of
d E wth IN ss tne nv entire
decency, COED order, and general sobriety rarely 70
Hs sSSRe boa oR
and sufficient The welcome his Honor the Mayor
been most heartily and warmly endorsed by all ofour
reunion of the past few days But there is another
result OF higher character II has brought us again
tion Of our population who have largely added by
o ena S 10 sne & & OF
honest labor, steadily advanced through our valleys
The field bloom with rich narvests OF pIenty;who by
their love Of tresdom their OF repG3caa
their adoption. have become part of the national
May the spirit of this occasion iniuse itself in
social and political life. May 1t bind all closer
fruits III charity mutual concessions and goodwill,
association the more eecually will the two nation.
aites be moulded into one nation.
devotion to science and art ennobling TO the heart
ana mind MIN you tne % a.
OF The education OF your life In harmony with your
YOUTH and have pursued them eagerly and earnestly.
he civilization Of your native country has under It's
ton which has been attained there has been found
Rs 81 nusc bas an ndSduay Which, IS S
ledged among men-a depth of feeling unsurpassed.
this high cultivation You have come into our midst.
You have organized and perfected societies whose OBJ
ject bas been and is the advancement OF musical
You have exhibited to us with an ease the most q
graceful, skill the most exceling, and a force the
minds and in your friendly contention for victory
have proved that you are entitled to and must re-
ceive the high prizes OF public communication and
pause Your visit here and this union of the friends
Interest," it must arouse the feelings and excite de-
sire among us all to cultivate that which, while is
ties, stimulates the imagination, and awakens into
life all the better and nobler emotions OF the soul,
Let who worshppers Of the idols of the real
and practical, and who, In their daily treadmilI
oss 6sI there tss love AND
1IiS not only sTSas AZ s sSa ar SnG aega s9ot5
which experienced In the destruction of the ruder
resulting from the refinement of the mind and the
are ali Indeed too apt to entirely overlook or to
be Indifferent 70 the quiet but powerful influences
Is
and startling in the world, and fail to Inquire beyond
what meets our eye or strikes our sense. The histo
the stirring scenes Of the past to be accepted by
prmSry bower % eyeTooRsd d e in rb
tude of the result. But my friends this Is not the
mind investigates from result to cause.-The searches
for and finds the secret Influence which has exerted
Itself unseen. He Will discover a nations his
tory modified, changed, and controlled by her songs
and music. And let me ask why may not the hearts
they have touched-lhe minds they haye started into
active thought-the herosm they have aroused-the
have evoked-why may not these have ruled the
world? Believe me, the music of every land appeals
70 the people and wraps in It's bosom their common
suffering, memo mories Joys, and hopes. - -
with our interests, however faithful 70 your o6igS-
tons however o6edlent 10 the law however patriotic
Germany This assembling OF societies, this national
Indeed, who would have You forget the Fatherland,
the land which s%6SsO%s the home With heard the
church before whose altar the consecrated vows of
OF your brothers and fathers? would not have you
forget Germany with lts beautiful scenery It's won
M be S ms %Psf % the & SSr s and e
ni Senus % OF the FatheTland Beneath these Bending
branches let the recollectons still move OF the
ana forests you shook The air with your free voices
Who can oTge Rs land la Of his 6Pth who viii sea
his heart TO the gentle influence OF that voice which
speaks to him In poesy and song, Will forget too the
You come 10 us as children of the great masters Of
| with The spirit hovenng about you of Mozart Bee
/ tnONent anu All tnhL bAnu OF llluhulOuS nn6n VINO
| have interpreted ....
| The Language by the angels spoken:
The native tongue of eAven;'
| 90 those grand old masters VINO drew inspiration
from the gods, aud thrilled the wondering world
with heavenly symphonies. Am selfish when 1
say we claim them with you? DO fail in rendering
them full meed of honor when say that they belong
| 10 country or Cline but to the world? They who
have by miraculous touch opened mans heart, and
Joined together In generous brotherhood the nations
OF the earth,-they belong no more 10 Germany than
Shakespeare 10 England--no more than the suu be
longs land upon which its first fell, It's
glorious efulgence breaks up the darkness, and
dulckens life in every quarter OF the earth. They
the children OF genius, whose birthplace is with the
| Immortal. and who. as they wander in their pill
grimage, may rest their 6urthened spirit in some
favored spot but wing their flight over the worlds
| mit-the holy teachers OF mankind
| MY friends we have again listened 10 the moving
elOQuence of their voice. again been refreshed ant
instructed, and in the atmosphere OF the beautifn
aud good have approached nearer 70 our God. Let u
then again rejoice In this celebration. It's nnocen
festiViIies its grand concerts It's genial sOciabiJy
| will be remembered, and the happy influence o
these days will long dwell with us OfPhlladelphia
FIRE.-About quarter past twelve last even
I | ing the wood work around the engine In
/ | cooper shop adjoining Thomas -four mill ii
| William street, between llth and 18th eaugh
! | 6re. An alarm was sounded, and the dremeI
: | appeared upon the scene, but their service
I | were not needed, as the IRE was extinguishe,
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