New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-17

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- ,h,r love aud sympathy for their mother country
e have shared with warm hearts and large contrinu
ocs Of money I'm the struggle OF thelr oie,Icn .v
iohs VI eYce apd the unity OF Germany IN when lucy
Doy assisted bv the sympathes OF az tlelI Anei
'en eilowcitizens who understood tne IN
s,e of united Germany 10 the lnt'retS ~ W. . ,, do
eat sacrifices IN both countries during tne MI ~
cade in their strues oF H, ~" tt1dred tiops and
tss OF riendsl p between ti .No -, ttr cu,,,on
@ i,en new plcdcn and Impulse 20 ther ConI rJ
mission rtioD Nh hc Of qualification III my re
trcment rom pN'iiJ His country. frlfl an agreeable
III =. lives. 10 Won geucueu on tis ',V,' ,1
u ' Gratitude or the many liolr ui 80, rssi
s.,oorecs Will have received u,ilI. ' ond fr,n
torhe" ~ sr,rn tho national authorizes anu m"ih
,yiysfe ctzcuS will remember W.n l NO tiis dav
tnIe o many exprcsions OF your kind ieennEs ~ no
on account OF my public services III Soui ' ,,ro,,
Mr. FvARTs- GENTLEMEN; Tire nrst 'oas. ~ - IN -
4. tbe national situation Of Germany when Is ~ " V"i
tboupbts is: Germany, at last upited' one W."
' 80 ,ne Mace among the nations Of the earth
DIR. LIEBER's REMARKS
A., cn,,px.N. III the American reloices that the
yeril has passed at last which th'e"'enou
20 his country even Greece was gr"u"u Inv
Nv Dot,v ieslousiss and persisted ignomlousi!i the
German re,oces that his nation mas reaeu a' at the
-, =, ., that politica oneness which is its rghtful
-, hoyr much more must we rejoice who call Ger
- ,r "a therand and who are also loyal citizens Of
oa,est commonwealth, or have at least, dwet in 1t
- long years and deeply sympathized with every
-,csp iov or woe. our great statesman, Alexander
.
,TtnI spectacle" or Alexander Hamilton, Talley
Is s5 neSmsrscd TO George Tcnor that he had known In
Ihe Cbares Fox aud Alexander Hamilton; and
SsSThr the historian Of Rome observed to me that he
Considered Hamilton the profoundest political genius
America had produced. And II was TINS oity states
sD Who said "A nation without national government
a. an awful spectacle" Awful indeed for We behold In
rcb ruCa nation, people destined for great and
good thing, missing It's destiny for want OF compre
Sensiye gf,trument corresponding TO its fullsOuled
aspiration, Sq bat rs she Ss NaSsi GoTeFnment near
ebeforQ he a.
the peoue the ropean Continent and there is not
a. or history an act So great and so fruitful that
nv which The leaders and real representatives OF the peo
ME manfully abandoned the hating Articles Of Con
ssdfGG S hamrng he State DELEGATE into
the National representatives, government for the
whole the Greeks expressed the opposite to Their
petty sOvereiCtes And there is nothing IN all the his
tory Of Germany welcome 10 the lover of his kind
within GERMANY, peace with her neghbors.
Germany-always retaining the consciousness OF being
fhe dwelliug-pace Of one nation, always answering 10
IT, question what Is tie Gcrnaps faferaHds that it
must be the whole couniry-hai Tor centuTes-seciaIY
since the DAYS when she sacrificed herself Tor Europe IN
the Reformaton-One of the wort Of governments-an
elective monarchy with that fearful almost zee urged
20 say, criminal engine me cecuoh cdIltlall3' ny
which seven electors bargined-opcnly. soemnly-for
their votes and dstu gui>hcd jurjst In the Uniyer
sty OF Lepsc used TO express H. plucked one Iedihgr
after another out of The Unions OF tue imperial eagle
on barn-door The elective monarchy Is one oI the
worst of CovernmcntS, for 1t has all the nconve1encS
all the disadvantages OF a monarchy without hay
ing its benefits; and this elective monarchy
unsafe undignifed Government in which all the little
ererus ready to ioiu the foreigner against their
country. Never can tIe German forget nor onght he 10
ndsS tbot tle Emperor should acknowledge the SOW
ereignty an princes and other members OF the empire
The state Rights doctrine WAS known long before
j@h he Germans has IN expressive term Of utter con-
tempt in The word E'cipsiIotere petJy-stateryl. Oh,
my country, what SUI rmg aud what humiliation.
durinc and since The dr. T irty Years War Let MS
turn from his sad prte and look at Germany pOliti
Cay regenerated. bismarck Sald IN the farhaneht OF
North GERMANY - nation has after all the right of
breathing" true, but IL has not only nc hight of
breathing but the duty 81 brea hng as hattoh' -,
let us then all rejoice, ADerlcHns, Germans ana Ger
man-Amercaus, that Germany Las curly entered on me
path OF Union, never more 10 leaNe IT. GtIall necus
and insists Union, oneness for the sake OF
safety liberty, Of dignity, aud OF the duty OF occupy
for tie profit and progress 81 all is her true destiny,
thwartcd SO long, lie Iched nj last. -
Sir Won recoect from your Yale days that are told
when the Spartans held their great ieast-no quite as
good los the way, hcrt-the chorus OF old men
sang Eve have doue great things; ne chorus OF men
responded eve are doing great things and the chorus
Of youths sang, eve shall do greater things Young
Sparta was measurably boastiu other youths are;
but have not the young men 81 our generation pretty
events Fort Douclsuu l. Worm Bunker Hill, aud Grave
iOtfe equal o. Waterloo have right to say So and say
You. SIR during 10 Baron Won GcrolD, go to that
country whittier vi,h from az my heart could accom-
In my days OF earliest manhood Prosperity be with
you wherever you may De-.
n.
gations in learning aud literature to Germany Most
Of US have learned Of German literature that we
have already forgotten. laughter But we have
great scholar and great author who never forgetS any
thing that be ever learned aud is constantly teaching
others what they never knew. lArplanse.l give you
then 90 The Literature Of Germany and have the
honor TO introduce in response to this toast VIM Cullen
Bryant.
MR.. BRYANT's SPEECH.
husi inst bppu civ n
6eld for remark ! shall hardly venture to enter 1t
shall merely peep into over the hedge, and refrain
from infctng upon the patience Of this company tenth
part OF the tedOusness for which the toast gives an o
pOrtunity. Meantime / shall ask Of our accomplished
guest In whose honor assembled and who IN de-
parting for Europe behind him troops Of friends
shall ask also Of the other German gentlemen who sit
al this board not To with critical attention
70 what shall say OF their literature
most afiuent literature is that Of Germany; rich In
every one OF It's departments and great Is the influence
which has exercised the literature OF other conn
tries. I well remember the time-it was In my early
youth almost iu my chdhoOd-when a very serious
alarm was manifesto lest the literature Of IAN
guage shoulI become discmpcrcd aud spoiled by the
oOnagiOu which threatened 10 from Germany The Ger
man mind hal then ust shaken itself free from the let
ters Of cold aud slaV,,h imitation OF French models
Emil, aadv If Tlc Robbins. . of which Clmpbel,
IN poem OF that dav speaks with much enthusiasm
the blood Of large audiences was frozen In
their VEINS. Young mai lens were weeping IN their
closets Gocthes Sorrows OF Werter An inferior
genius. Kofzebue. had Uttered numerous brood OF
sentimental comedies. which had taken possession OF our
stage In narratives and ballads the German authors
had made daring u-e Of the supernatural, In winch
they followed, with eXaggeTaiOn. by the En-
esh author Lewis. n us Monk" his Castle Spectre"
and "Ttlrs OF Won Ter" The German metaphysCians
had laid before the world ~ specuatiOus In phi
lOsoT Of a sultlcr nature than had ever before
elaine the attention Of the world. The German ration
ass, learned and Icrsevcring, were questioning VIII
reserve a multitude OF paints OF belief which had
hitherto been held with undouE'ing reverence Al these
symptoms created certain uneaSiness and anxiety TOT
the final result, a. remember, bOth in England ana