New-York tribune., 1884-10-05
GERMAN CENTENNIAL.
cr1ERR,TIyG A soCIETYs GOOD w0 RK

| CELEBRATING A SOCIETYS GOOD WO RK
rxrRcIsrs IN sTEIXwAY HALr-ADDRESsKs by
ANDREW D. WHITE AID CARL sciIum
| The German Society of the City of New-lork eel
| ebrated its one hundredth Anniversary yesterday
afternoon at Steinway Hail Ihe society h"s
rendered invaluable aid to German Immigrants
who were formerly regarded as legitimate p'uiuo'
for all the swindlers who infested Castle Garden
The meeting Yesterday was large and enthusiastic
| The hall was completely filled by representative
| German citizens aud not a few native Ameilcaiis'
| while ladies' were present in great numbers Hnci
| lean and German flags. and a banner prcsehte" 10
the society forty wears ago by the city OF Bremen
| were the chief decorations. Carl SchuR anu
President White. of Cornell University were the
rrincinal sncokers while the exercises were varied
Inv sin oinc At songs by the Arion and Lieder-
kranz Societies Charles Ilauset. president OF INC
| German Society, made n brief address whlch
| was received with much favor. After greeting
| those present Mr. llauselt reminded his hearers
| that on August %, 1871. thirteen men came 'o.
| rether for the purpose OF forming a society VI
which the present Is the outcome. lhoSc men,
| reinforced by twenty Others, organized society
| on October \. 1874. to which hundreds OF tho"
sands of prosperous German n-Amercan cltiAehs o"o
their happiness.
| Carl schurz referred to the founting OF the So
| cietv when New-York had scarcely 10000 inhab-
itants. The remarks of Mr.. Schurz were for the
most part retrospective and were delivered IN the
| German language and in n conversational tone
| The speech was chiefly remarkable for the apathy
with which it received, the silence being quite
| marked. .v
| wa, sung and loudly applauded. PRESIDENT
White formerly Minister, to Germany, was then ln-
troduced. lie congratulated the society on its con
| huO
The influence of German thought in the United state
has in my opinion been useful IN developing ana iOdi
Ing healthfuy both these tendencies lake nrsl % rhe
tendene7 oward purely bopaf, , monIsr govern
ment requires education, more thought more ser
restraint than any other; that when hatl0hs nave
sona to ssermaTs the despoism Of the mob be-
come more cruel odious than the despotism OF any
ermsn thought sR has n tended among 1s strengthen
the ola Te9tCno eas%d Dc, and AnsOsa1Sn ns ony rs s
hut duties This old German idea chimes IN wel WIN n
the old den hai an ndyd N g i hat
| the school must go before the BALLOT lna'
an 1aRkIE tha % devotion
70 Republican principles Is sure 10 ne HuPnsneu ' -!
on i'm obedience 10 the best thoughts Of the Nation there
will come spasns Of diseased action ana reaction IN DUO
| diencc to wild schomcrs and drcalncr-. ,.
brought mp under tn reforms Of stein me eo1leh ap
peals of fichte. and III" songs OF ARM ana h"rh,l
should forget that democracy means nnt ohy Ilsats'
but duties. that to bc free men must III thc.ciy's Iot
freedom cOnurc you. my fellow CtHtnHo ol a., ii
birth aud descent hy all moorics of the Od N3id
aud by a your hopes " the New. stand 10y th'c ln,a7
and especially ia the interest oi ntnrsS IpI it'uo
allow tlc educational system OF our conntry, 3lEH
by The people and for tlc people 10 nc unnrr'''u w. %
stand firmly hy II never allow II To- De wnfPr1 lh ""
dirncc to crood ot party. or class nut ,l-t INN
sole aim shall ho ID" r,onolp ol ,nn 'n1'" &
aud political growth ~ the Whoc "l "i "%,,I % W
stl another point I'm which German political lho1tn.
hn. been Of good tendency &. In IT. idea Of the relations
of national hhfuy to hhi"unl ull, .r ~ @, Han,
this Eepublc had constantly before them two great n
nocr londg o poi.in: nud secondly the danger Of
too rtont locali,ntiou ~ owc hadinf I" hnn'N ln'
der of IT. Kind which has bc..cd this country. which ha;
indeed hlcrd Other countries lti'ccrininy no sma,l
adopted into the new Federal constitution "i the ''lhn
Empire nui Of those Two old fears The fcarof eNrcs.ne
powerful school Of political thinkers whose icnn' n'l'
vcfc really nnntchicl men I" WH"lh 'u 'll !,, M i y"
| locnl organization were everything ana the hhlloh VII
''i' v,ro,m" iho Influence Of German thought nud ~
lc.- but bccuu-c 20 b, fall Of hope. undorsind me nay
do dot -uc Ia tornd pdtYcris nm no po'-lml.l 'lor
observation aud study Of the American people IN nli
parts of the country lead me far more strongly toward
nriniln Than pc .iluNn. Ibcc,c The eroa' currents
oi ufcin mi. Republic are sound There gc, indeed,
many thing. which trouble and disgust us. When some
of ny German friends have attended 10 some 81 the cNl
things which appear in American lfc' have answered
AYES. every great scclhhg, boiling 'anl"n lhipWH 10
the surface the worst there IS in H. and almost all al we
l. upon The surface ot the boiling candron hcrc f.
R"S"s RSdT the surface s Of t. boiling 6@66ne scc@
| ing American life f. vast mass Of noble
cudavor of earnest purpose. of determined effort for
good This n is which has carried our country through
the terrific crises of the autaycry agitation, Of The
ciy war and which Is 10 give ms yet nobler and higher
| evolution q a nation.
German influence here f. to be exertcd them in the
attempt efrts nation, not In attempting
TO fufhi-l up out people not In UdNanIing the
corpse of utilization really dead but In influencing for
good civilization imperfect though II may be rs yet.
Is still undcraid by great principles permcated by Sgor-
ous conceptions Of right and tending steadily toward
better future.
this basis Of American lifc as IL now exists he
leve that the hcahful elements OF German thought
viii aid powerfully I'm cvoging future for this land
purcr lis politics nOblcr u its conception Of life more
beautiful I'm the bloom OF art more precious In the fruit
. az, Of character.
In the evening the society had dinner AT Lied-
erkranz Hail. IN East Ffty-eIghth-st.. large mum
bcr Of invited guests present Several speeches
were made, aud the tOa3ts proposed and responses
made which were published IN lHE lMbUNL yes
| leIdnN.