Daily globe., 1879-06-25
TRENCH FESTIVAL,

st. JOHNS Day Celebration In MIN
-Address to the Mayor and his response
-.Ercarsio,s to White Rear. 55aSgS-s
The Frenchmen of this city celebrated St..
Johns day, yesterday, despite the threaten
ing weather and the rain and mud. A large
audience assembled at the French Catholic
church at 8 o'clock, and listened to dis
course by Father Lodriere of Osseo.- Joseph
Vezena also made a short address, which
was responded to by Father Burnette.
At o'clock the procession was formed,
with Francis Trepaneier as marshal, includ ;
ing several French societies, headed by q
platoon of police and Haynes band. The
procession marched to the city hall, when
the following addresses were made by Mayor
Rand and Hon. T. Demeules
q -. MR. FDEMEULEs ADDRESS. scg ri y
To HIS HONOR MAYOR RAND: 1t is with feel
ings of just and honest pride that acceptad
the appointment to present you as q represent
ative of all nationalities in our beaut ifuI CITY,
our profound respects. We are Frenchmen
descendants of the race that produced the
early explorers of North America; of Louis
Hennepin, the discoverer of the western Mis-
sissippi river, and the natural falls of St. An
thony, who was the first civilized man who
mingled his voice with the noise of its waters
IN pronouncing its baptismal name Saint An
thony. The voice of Hennepin was first head
in these plains when h. returned thanks to
God, and to whom he consecrated the soil where
now IS built the great and commercial city of
Minneapolis city which enchants every visi-
tor; city which from its natural advantages
and population is destined to become the
metropolis of the Northwest. We are the de-
scendants of Duluth and Menard, who, two
hundred years ago planted the first germ of
Christianity and civilization upon tho virgin
soil of our glorious State, of the same race which
produced Lafayette, the friend of America
whose heart beat in unison with the heart of
the immortal Washington for the sacred rights
of freedom and humanity We co1nu,emorate
to-day the nativity Of 81. John the Baptist, the
precursor of Christianity, civilization and tenn
perance. Our mother country La Belle France,
having been by unhappy circumstances forced
to cede Canada, our native land, to an unsym-
pathetic English denomination, who denied to
our fathers certain rights and privileges to
which they were entitled, and in the most of
their struggles for liberty, they founded an
association under the patronage of St. John
the Baptist and we to-day revere his name in
spiration.
The flags carried by us to-day, the American
and French, were associated together as the
sym bols of liberty all over the world, by the
mighty hands of Washington and Lafayette.
Mr.. Mayor wishing you long and happy life
whom we are proud to live, we bid you good
morning.
THE MARoR's REPLY.
To the address Mayor Rand responded as
follows:
Mr.. President Demeules and Members of the
Order of st. Jean Baptist:
l accept your address and compliments to
our city with thanks, and offer you in return
this address, and behalf of my fellow citi- !
zens, an earnest welcome to the city. together
with its utmost freedom. With full appreci-
alton of the causes that led to the organization
of your society in Canada nearly half z cen.
tury ago, and a knowledge of the hearty SYM
pathy that all Americans feel toward any and |
all people who have struggled heroically with |
ollgarchical governments, the city of Mime |
apolIs congratulates you OH the vigorous con-
tlnuance OF your organization. The sentiments |
that imbued the breasts of the early founders
of your society will always have an abiding
place in the hearts of all people who believe in
and are willing to sacrifice their lives for pop
ular government. Your allusion to tho name
OF OF Laafay stte, your fellow sountrynan and ono
hearts sentiments of brotherhood 30 deep and |
thrilling that the very thought of nationalities
dwindles into insignifcance.
shIhe pride is commendable one that you
feel in the nationality of those heroic adven-
turers, who, with the undaunted heroism that
has A1"uc Guo ETeuCu uaC1Ou SO conspicuous In
the worlds history, trod the soil OF what is
now the State Of Minnesota two hundred years
ago. Who is there that can read of the heroic
Duluth and his adventures in this country
with the natives without feeling the mesmerlo
infusion of heroism tingle in his veins; or
general of Canada 1873 years ago,lwhea he was
pleading for the suppression of the sale of
brandy to the Indians. He said it was a
great curse That sentiment has been
echoed by the American people ever since.
evils incident to crazed savagery might have |
been unknown had the sale been interdicted it |
is impossible to estimate.
The tribute to Father Henuepin in naming |
this, the banner county of our State, after him,
would, even in the absence of his deeds and |
their record, have per petuated his name His |
baptismal of the falls of st. Anthony, when in |
all their romantic beauty they sang at the coun-
ellis of the nations of savages, who were al wild
and untamed as the waters that tumbled and |
roared over the rocky chasm, should by artistic |
hands also be perpetuated. In all their wild |
beauty they remained for over one hundred |
and fifty years, until in the grand march of |
they have been made to sing the |
song of industry, and converted into Of the |
prime factors that are building up mighty |
empire in this great Northwest. .Ga
thank you again for your visit and sincerely |
hope that the sentiments that called your or |
ganization into life may be ever fresh and |
green in your hearts, and that they may be re-
newed and re-invigorated in your decendants. |
After the speeches the procession formed |
and marched to the St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba depot, where the excursionists to |
the number of three hundred took the train |
for White Bear, where the day was spent
in conjunction with the French societies |
from st. Paul.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELETS.