The daily gazette., 1881-06-08
A GERMAN ORPHAN CEIEBRA.
TION In BALTIsIORE.
Speech by senator Bayard.

lowing ADDRESS
SENATOR BAYARD's SPEECH.
Ladies' and Gentlemen One of the
most philosophical of English poets
has told us
The, charities that soothe, and heal and
Are scatter i at the feet of man like
flowers.
Ana IL IL surely q most pleasant
thing to step aside from the dusty
highway Of active pursuits and con-
template some of the good work that is
quietly and steadily going on around
us, where The affections are healing
and nding up the wounds caused by
the misiortunes or Inflicted by the
| passionate contests and struggles of
daily life. II has been my lot for many
years to assist ill making laws for the
government of this country, but the
more consider The probe MS of social
and political arrangement, and the
forces that most influence and control
it the less do l find The statute books
have to do in the regulation of the
actual lives and occupations of the peo-
pie. l mean how few of those occupa
tons which engross the greater portion
OF our time, cause our labors and AT T.
ious considerations, in which we are
most deeply interested, spend most of
our mo itJ upon and bestow are powers
IN every way, are those to which apy
statute, law or constitution of govern.
ment compels us. The b st part of
mans life Is in the world of his natur;
affections, and that realm has laws Of
| It's thai nathan
King, Kaiser nor President, nor Reich
stays nor Congresses, aud are deaf
even 10 The voices of shouting popular
majorities, but heed and obey rather
the gentle voice of worm and q crv
ol helpless and feeble childh
i The General German Orphan Asy.
lum Is one OF the results of such ans
peals, and has been built up by the
quiet forces OF humanity and benevo.
ience, Leeding no act OF Legislature tn
create it, and the exaction Of no invoI,
untary tax to support it. 1t is an ont
growth of mans better nature.
Traced easily to lis tue source above
l love i"'uie'
The yarisnt and often opposing cur
rents oi human occupations, sympathies,
anu lfsaltions make II essential that ali
such'work to be edicient should be regu-
lated-put In harness, as it were-to
render 1t practical for the desired end.
The very hrs lining needful is association.
in order TO organize, and to do this
eilclently the s7mpathies Of individuals
must be discovered q ID then marshaled
Into cooperative relation TO each other
MOTIVE however excellent, will fail OF
efficient results If they are suffered TO be
too widely diiiused In their theater of ac
tion. Universality in benevoleuce, how.
ever delightful In theory, is impr ctlca
Die, and, Therefore, it is eminently wise
! and welt fol the liberal-minde 1, benevo-
/ lent and Thoughtful Germau-American,
/ OF Baltimore TO organize this admrabl,
D | charity Tor helpless class OF society ,ans
restrict Its administration To the orphan
OF Germans | do not say restrict IN
bengtts-for that you do not dc for tb,
whole society Is sssisted and benefite,
that which relives 1t of the care an,
maintenance OF any helpless class. Th,
g tie OF mother tongue and the mysti
associations and memories of father
/ land make the charge of German Amer;
r can orphans peculiarly binding upol
y German-American citizens, who hay,
r successfully cast their lot in free Amer
+ ca and by their intelligence, industry an
y virtues are helping TO maintain and for
Q tify the great republic and the cause a
O seii-goVernmeqt "by the people and fo
" The people," ] have heard the Interest
h ing history, and from what small bepinn
VI ing this worthy and efficient charity la
II grown to its present Importance.
,r Such deeds are like seed sown on goo
ground-the yearly crop ever increa,
Ing: with a Q o'orious harvest widening /
happy prospect. Such plantsngs are NJ
l. iertilized by annual appropriations iroI
n tne puplic treasury, nor promoted b
Is thirst Tor Office aud power, nor force
r into sudden aud fitfIl exuberance by Il
te heat OF political ambition and rivalrle
but their roots are well Sc: in the huma
heart, are refreshed by human sympatl
les, and the impulses that give them
Mt steady. and resistIess growth were i'm
Il planted by the Almighty hand. II is
"a comforting reflection that everywhe
"a AND under every form of .eoyernmel
~ such beneiactlons will ex ist; but und,
= our republican system they must
. more disconnected from official powe
and rely therefore, chiefly upon the yo
untary action OF private citizens. ID,
e. by day it grows clearer that in Cover
ty ment based upon the principle Of repr
an sentatlon that which is The reality OF Il
es Commonwealth will be represented, al
IN. in the end the individuals selected
on rule will be about the same sort of M,
gu us those who select them. The strea
cannot rise higher than the founta
Ia. from which II flows. The tasks of h
IRE man government under republican ins
at tons are fully as difficult To execute a,
In quite as high in their nature asunaer n,
IN IN, other name or form, and to perform bj
nv duties In lofty ano befitting spirit Il
ap, BILE men without rank or title are
"a much needed In America as noble m
IA having both are under European a,
TENS. Now, you may ask me, any de
sir, what has all this TO do with our q,
di- man orphans ?" =
AT Ny answer is: you have undertak
wv the place OF parents to this class of oh
to | tren, who are soon to be citIzsns of /
- United States and from among them..
=, ,ai he has chancedao be born n this conn,
Cne may be selec.s the Chief Mapistr,
A OF the Union, and many others of
per | companions may become important n
Tpe tors IN the government, State or nnti,
de- al: There is nothing finer In the thaf
ha, OF our government than that poverty =
low estate are not insuperable bars