Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-19

It was in the year 1907 that Walter
Fuerst, Werner Staufiacber and Arnold
Won MelchthRl met together and swore
their country should be freed from the
hated domination of Austria. That
meeting and the compact made between
them furnish the subject for the embel-
lishment Of the banner OF the Swiss can
tons. The freedom which they swore TO
achieve at that secret meeting was won,
and the country Of the Swiss has re-
tanned its liberties through the vicissi-
tudes Of revolving ages ever since.
sMy suffering country shall be freed
And shine with tenfoid glory
Sospoke the gallant Minkelried
Renowned in German story.
mo tyrant, even OF kingly grade,
shall cross or darker my way
Out flashed his sword, and so he made
For Freedoms cause a highway.
It was TO celebrate that great event
which took place in 1907, when the three
patriots named above met 10 compact q
plan for the redemption of their cOun-
try from the domination OF the hated
Austrian, that the Greutli Society had a
procession and a ball yesterday. The
members Of the society met in the
| Cochran Hail early in the day and went
from there to the headquarters Of the
various societies in the city and escorted.
representatives from all to the place Of
rendezvous to participate in their cele-
bration.
PRESENTATION OF FLAGS.
Before the procession was formed, pre-
sentation Of two beautiful flags took
place in front Of the Cochran Hail, on
Main street. Miss Zweifel presented to
the Gruetli Society a beautiful swiss
flag, bearing on one side the picture Of
the three friends and patriots named
above, compaeting their patriotic love,
friendship and VOWS that they would
have their freedom as their fathers had
il, surrounded BY a scroll in German,
which is freely translated into this;
&" Freedom and unitY,a nations greatest
blessing.u on the other side the white
cross, which was rendered sacred by the
Crusade wars, and which has since be-
come an emblem of peace, and nom
combativeness, and charity all over the
earth. In all European wars Of
late, the Christian who goes forth
with the red cross on a white field, is a
sacred person, devoted to good offices on
both sides, the succoT of the wounded
and the solace Of the dying. He IS e
So is Switzerland, which rears aloft It's
neutral banners free, and even sacred
from the rude intrusion of despots and
corquest-seekers. The beautiful young
lady that presented this flag to the
Greutli Society in front of the Cochran
Hall, did so in the following pretty
speech:
MISS ZWEIFEL'S SPEECH.
President and Members OF the Memphis
Gruetn Society:
FRIENDs-You, sons of Switzerland,
have Just now received the beautiful
flag Of your old country, of your father
land. To you that flag is as dear as
father and mother; that white cross in
the blood-red field brings tOyourr emem-
branee all those virtues and heroic deeds
of your forefatheTs, which mad their
country free and Independent. You
were taught to honor that emblem of
your beautiful country, and to that
flag YOU swore allegiance, whenever she
called you to her assistance in time of
danger But, dear friends, by your own
free-wili and accord, you left the old
home. and by your own choice you Sc
lected this great Union of free States as
your new home. YOurallegianee is now
due to this country; up 70 this flag, the
stars and stripes, you have to look for
protection. This country adopted you
as citizens, and to her are due your obed-
fence and your patriotism. This en-
Of the starry heavens, the star
spangled banner, demands Of you to
practise all those virtues which have
made your old country free and indie
pendent. You still may love Switzer-
land with the love of a good son; this
country YOU must love with the strong
and faithful love of a husband, and good
alone will make good husbands.
This banner, the beautiful red, white
md blue. which viii henceforth on all
occasions, be carried before you,
.0nfers on you the hOuOrs of citizens of
his great country; honor you also the
country, her flag by faithfully practising
he duties of true citizens.
With this fervent wish, Vice-President
# the Greutli Society, 1 present you
his emblem Of our great and happy re-
Miss Amelia ScheibIer presented the
society with a beautiful American flag
n the following beautiful speech, which
We give In the original German:
SPEECH OF MISS SCHEIBLER.
Herr president und Mitglieder DIES Memphis
Grueti-Nereins;
GEsCHAETzTE FREUNDE-Hier weht
ie, die schOene, stole Fahne der klei-
zen, freien Schweiz; hier, unter dem
Himmel des grossen, freien
Amerika's. NOch vor wenigen Wochen {
yeilte sic in der alien, theuren Heimath, /
ron ScweiZerkunst verfertigt, -t"ausende
ron Meilen entfernt; heute schOn er-
reut sic die Herzen ihrer SOehne,
in diesem Lande cine neue
Ieimath gefunden haben. !
Unsern VOrfahren wurde das weisse ,
<reuz i'm rothen Felde Jahrhunderte !
lindurch vOrgetragen, N hire kaempfe
uer Freiheit Und Unabhaengigkeit, und :
war das kIeuz siegreich. Das
-othe Fed soil zeigen, dass unsere Vac !
.er nit ihrem HerzblUte auf hundert
SchlachtfeIdern hire Freiheit und I'm
lbhaengigkeit erkaempft haben; das
Ceisse kreuz, dass ihr CLAUDE an die ]
3estimmung der Schweiz, elm freies und
,lueckliches Land i'm Herzen Europa's |
~ sein und zu bleiben, Elm reiner und
CLAUDE war. .
Die andere Seite der Fahne stellt den !
leiligen Aktd der GruenduDg der chweiz I
lar, den GrUetliSchUUT. Drei edle, pa !
riotische Maenner gruendeten sic. Ais !
jonst ueberau die Freiheit verloren
da erhoben sic das Banner der !
und Cot war NIT linen. Drei
Ileine Laendchen nur bideten zuerst I
lie Schweiz-jetzt sind es zweiund- !
.wanzig Kantone.-A Arm uDd unbe- !
war sic damals; jetzt list sic reich !
IN Ehren und an Guetern, und wer in J
III den Laendern der gebildeten Welt {
laette NIGHT scbon Ruehmliehes gehOert {
Unserm Naterland? J
ia, Iebe Glieder des Gruetli-V ereins,
hr koennt stolz sein auf euro neue z
moege dieses heilige Bundles |
auch INNER stOlz auf euch sein 7
lOennen! Moege die Liebe EUR Freiheit, I
Ter Geist der Eintracht, das M~itgefuehl
uer andere euch inner auszeichnen,
vie cure Naeter!
Und NIT diesem Herzenswunsche
lebergebe ieh dem -Praesidenten eurer ,
fesellschaft desc herrliche Fahne. I
These flags were received by the Pres
y ~ H.