New-York tribune., 1868-08-24
AUSTRIA.
SPEECH OF BARON voN BEUsr,

SPEECH OF BARON Won BEIsI'
Annexed is the full text of the speech deliv-
cred by Baron Beus at the banquet closing the great
rifle meeting at Vienna on the eth inst:
"GESTIEMAE The hearty welcome received In coming
among you yesterday has induced me 10 accent your
kind Invitation TO take part IN the banquet OF to-day
can at least express my thanks ana te you now
completely feel at home among you. The LANGUAGE
used by the last speaker Herr Freseben the wurteln
berg deputy 10 the Customs Parliament who had pro
posed Baron Beusts healthy imposes upon me fresh
duties of gratitude and 90 not thhE can prov my
that l see in each manifestation OF paDir pa.,
monv Of Of the past but also an encouaeemcnt
for the future In saying this have reason 20 Desve
express the sentiments Of the absent menpe,s m ., uo
Government Gentlemen, the meeting held IN TINS capl,
tai has been both imposing and ne AthOugh aV
in years feel enthusiasm for the past as wen as ior
the future But my position requires that the calming
Of experience should always dominate my teelngs
from NV words that although have become good Aus
trAn have none the less renamed good Seina TN
ni6cent valleys of our Alps where brawing torrent is
seen to gush noisly forth from among gganuc peaks
and as bannens sometimes 10 a traveller inclined tO be
dreamy who fances he distinguishes harmonious melo-
tb minors OF the festival al Vienna reaching
that heard the OF harmonious concert through
the tumutuOus sounds OF popular enthusiasm
ing 10 The bottom OF the valley have behcd this very
toTrent whose roar has nrst struck like thunder
assduously pursue its and snbsde IN clear anu
peaeefu waves into its deep bed. have thought then
Fentemen that the same thing viii happen with the
popular mind and that having Inade its Tooe o1S ,
heard during the period Of enthusiasm n wiz enter ht9
safe and s psa 20 nov SI On e large majestic
river which will give IL strength TO carry the social BARK
in safety Thus. gentlemen, iuls my nearuen te ue
sire that the enthusiasm called forth by the IehuN
ties of which Vienna has been the theater may sue
ceed In s Interior course, In avoiding tho bc"s al
current OF peace and civilization. Cheers Gentlemen
in the country 10 which formerly belonged lWas present
then animated by the nObest enthusiasm; no disagree
ment was anywhere heard II was glorious 10 near te
harmony OF song mnge with the union OF feelings ana OF
thoughts. year had scarcely passed before tne c'H
war broke ont In full force II VIII be said tat he ger
man nation united but that It's princes were NOT hat
its Governments quarreled and pushed ther sugecIs
into this sanguinary struggle What prossios f
thusiasc checrs Whoever thinks that they are may
believe with equal proprety that, because storms puIst
atmosphere and not due to the corporations atsng
from The ground. The German people were n0t nlteu.
Everybody wished for united powerful Tree ueInasy
INIT how was n 10 be arrived att Opinions we're divided
upon this point In the Norn ana IN tie ooutn III Po.
tiOn OF the North and IN portion 0 the soui bu r.
unfortunately the point OF OF parties is nneAlpe
and medaiing tendencies are not In the sahs c1 %
taken part rendered possible. May these UNHAPPY
experiences not be lost! CatchwOrds and programmes
the public mind are not In themselves sufficient 10 lead
10 the common good, and rarely succeed IN Orihsne
about an agreement in what that comnon good con
sists just and equitable ideas. resolnte atd honor
able aesthese reconcile parties aud bring nalons
itself into the affairs of Germany; aud no sspra%hons %
after vengeance nh the public mind In this emplre-0ud
cheers-bu no treaty prevents Austria from acquiring
esteem. confidence and regard by WhAd heI PeoItIo
OF her Government produce and create. Ihe HeeIse'
yelopruent OF ali moral and material resources which
pei,her the deTesiatng disiavor OF our eFInies
nor the isssrousness OF our frepds can now S
draw from the ght OF day is not diplomatic action mat
can be tugfnatfEed Intrigue but the labor of tAe
honest man. who ains foy himself esteem Tn pursuing ~
LET ua not DISTURBED this task, and may IL DC rem
dered easier 10 ussy frank and honest synFaty sueh
svpatby as comrades who have come from far ana
near participate these festivities have given us IN 40
surprising and agreeable a manner and Tor which we
cannot thank them sufficiently. Germany viii not nave
TO repent st. lCheersl Now, gentlemen. allow me TO
conclude by adding word 20 you not only IA German
but more particularly Austrian. AtHtrlas feeling
forG Germ a
jects and may boldly add, nationality In the entire
Austrian monarchy. But IL II Is desired TO make the
German element the pillar OF this ides theD gentleman,
IL must not be separated from the other who belong
70 the empire with equal right ana hdeity equally tred
yalor and devotion fCheers. The union, the concord
OF al the nations living under the scepter OF our Mus
tFidus Emperor alone guarantee the fulnment OF
that bistoricaly civizing mission OF Austria, which
alike an interest OF Austria and Of Germany Therefore
gentlemen drink to peace and y reconclliaton az the
hearers OF regular progress the Keepers OF healthy free
dom as tn stustainng pillars of secure and permanent
order"