The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-30
THIS DISPROVES IT.

"A Reprint of Mr.. Abbetts Speech Fails
to Sustain Dominy Halloran's Charge.
The Rev. Daniel Halloran, of the Third
Street Methodist Church, said recently
that Ex-Governor Albeit had attended
the National Turn Fest in Scheutzen
Park in Newark on June 21, 1885. When
a JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter asked him
on Saturday. how sure he was of the fact,
he said that he was in error as to the Sun
day visit, but he still insisted that the eX-
Governor had. in speech delivered at
the Turn Fest ON the following Tuesday,
said something in APPROVAL OF the Sunday
gathering. The speech, Ex-Governor Abb
bett delivered was reported in the Newark
Journal on June "a, 1885. It's full text dis
proves the truth of MIR. Halloran IS charge,
and it is therefore reproduced entire as
follows:-
Members of the Turn Bund, it gives me great
pleasure to meet you on this twenty fourth
annual festival of the North American Turner's:
The city of Newark and her citizens have opened
their homes and hearts to you. / stand here to
welcome you on behalf of the entire State of New
Jersey. CCheers9 When you look upon the
members OF the Turner societies of this country
and throughout the world, their power and their
influence, few of you may think of the early his
tory OF the man that was the founder tf the
society, and whose grandson is among us today.
lCheers.) The man whom we affectionately call
Father jain, the founder of your society. should
never be forgotten. tCheers.) He was born in the
midst of stormy period in the history of bis native
land When he was but twenty mine years of
age two battles were fought in Prussia that laid
her prostrate at the feet of the foreign invader,
and one year after that In O treaty made by the
Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia was
despoiled of half Of his dominions. Father jain
was at that time German professor, loving his
books and his studies but imbued with spirit
of liberty and love of fatherland When he saw
the fair fields of his native country bathed in the
blood of her sons; when he saw the ruthless
trample upon her liberties, the spirit of the
young man rose and he determined to devote his
whole life to the restoration of his country and
to the defeat of the invader, and he made up his
mind that the proper way to do it was to
SO that they should be "frish, frei, stark und
treu." Tremendous cheering.) He founded the
Turn school in Prussia; they spread all over
Germany; the people took the spirit of the man
and knew that it was meant to educate the
people to stand as soldiers to redeem Prussia.
Well Father Jahn had the privilege and pleasure
of marching into Paris with the allied armies in
1915, and when he returned to Prussia strange
to say, these Turning clubs which were estab-
lished all over Prussia, became menace, so the
king thought, to imperial power. The dream of
Father jain was united Germany. He looked
beyond the lines of Prussia; he wanted united into
one mighty people all the nations that spoke the
German tongue, and he preached it in his clubs
and in his schools And what think you as Ger
mans that are proud of Germany, that is dear to
your hearts. Remember that Father jain was
trine in 1919. He was only in advance of his
time. Jena. Waterloo, Sedowa and Sedan have
made united Germany, nation powerful
above all others. But is if not alone in Europe
that the teachings of Father jain in these Turn
ing schools have been productive of good; wher-
ever German intelligence and valor have planted
their language and customs, these schools have
been of influence of good, and today throughout
this great broad land they exist in every State
of the Union, and / have pleasure in welcoming
their representatives to this glorious little Com
monwealth today.
This country owes to these societies and their
teachings some of her best and bravest soldiers
(Cheers.) When Lincoln issued his proclama-
ton calling for volunteers to fight for the preser-
walton of the Union, the Turner's poured their
stalwart and strong armed men into the
Union armies. Some of the States in
deed sent entire regiments equipped by them
selves, and today we have seen in these grand
fields and on the streets of the beautiful city of
Newark the tattered and torn battle flags of the
Twentieth of New York. recall at
this moment Weber, Blanker, STAN, and host
of others-Turners all-that went forth and came
back covered with glory, and beneath the sod of
the Southern States lies many brave Turner.
am told that the Twentieth New York had
Colonel Weber, who afterwards became general,
and was a Turner, and one of the bravest and
best of men. But it is not only in the times of
war that the Turner's can be called upon; in
times of peace they give us contented, happy
and prosperous people. They bring, it is true, in
ask the man that decries them to remember
what they have done for this land, to
look upon the broad prairies of the West
where mighty States have been built by
their energy and their struggle for exist
tence. They have done no harm but only good;
and say that the man who would forget the
land of his father and forget the home where the
happy days of his childhood We're passed, would
deny the mother that bore him and is unfit to be
an American citizen.
Wherever slavery is to be put down there you
will find the Turner'S ringing forth their cry of
Balm Frei;" wherever disorder is to be put
down yon hear the Turner'S ring out their cry
and all is quiet; wherever tyranny is to be
abolished you hear the Turner's ring out their cry
and down goes the flag of the tyrant; wherever
there are corrupt men unfit to rule, you will find
them ringing out their cry, and away they go
with the Turner's votes.
Tonight again bid you welcome to New Jer-
sey, hoping that you have had a pleasant time
among our people, and will now only say in
your own words "Gut He'll in the name Of all
the people of the State. tremendous cheering
which lasted several minutes.)
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