The daily gazette., 1883-09-17
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let us therefore gather the best and advance
the worthiest and cultivate aspirations only
for what is best and ha"0 omit on occa-
sions of festivity IKE Lhis 10 hiend ana merge
the home customs, the Sports and pastimes
of older countries with American lives.
And whilst the success and progress in
good fortune of many will gladden. our eyes,
there may also be disclosed TO us the misior-
tune and distress of others. "The poor We
have always with you, and the need for
systematic and thoughtful benevolence to
the helpless and unfortunate members of
society is ever present. To every class we
ha 'e oar measure OF duty; to the happy and
successful, hearty congratulation; to the
unfortunate, our sympathy and timely
BuccOr.
And, therefore, should we aid who need our
And freely give to those who need our
giving.
Scorn the cold rule:
All barter, no bestowing,
Let no false shame deter from open showing,
The crystal spring runs clear, though men be-
hold 1t flowing.
congratulate the German Americans In
their selection Of this State as their home.
1t has always been the home of brave and
worthy people, and we can review our his
tory from the earliest colonial periods to the
present day, with an honest pride. To es-
tADllsn our 0ALlODhl eAlbJence,n DbaLe cO0Jfl-
| buted propOrtionately more freely and faith
full than Delaware, and the bones of her
sons have whltened almost every battle
field In that great struggle for independ-
ence from Long Island to Georgia. Among
the sisterhood of the States of the Union
none has been more steadfast in maintain
/ ing her plighted faith to every obligation,
financial and political, nor has any exhib-
tied greater fidelity to the letter and spirit
Al. 80.
| State, however populous or wealthy, has
more untarnished record in the public ser
vice, on the field Of battle, in naval conflict
or In the halls of council than
| our own. 1 have travelled far and
wide over the vast dominion of our
Union and have been filed with admiration,
gratitude and wonder at the marvellous ex-
| tent and variety OF natural wealth and ad-
vantages 1t contains, but upon fair survey
of the entire field, considering climate, soil,
geographical position and general social
/ condition, do not know In any quarter of
/ the globe filter home for honest aud indus
| trious free men and women, than the Penin-
sula lying between the Chesapeake and
Delaware bays.
Our conditions under which we may hope
TO maintain this happy state of things are to
be honest, industrious, frugal and public
| spirited, appreciating the blessings Of civil
and religious liberty which are ours by IN.
heritance, and remembering that whatever
we held Of power or property, is held by III
in trust to be faithfully kept and transmitted
to the generations who are to come after US.
This sums up the duties Of our citizenship
and adjuring you, each and all, to perform
your full share of its labors, 1 now leave you
to tLe enjoyment of your well-earned
pleasures.
The address was listened to with close at
| tantinn and frenuent aDnlAu demonatrated
the pleasure with which 1t was received.
The Delaware Saengerbund sang can Di'
Frieude," and DR.. August KuhlmAnn mad
brief address in German.
President Freye then formally declared
the Volksfest open and expressed the hop
that it would prove source of pleasure t
) all who favored il with their presence.