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LVKVTWAIi or TUB TUKMVitttKW AT P1TT»BUHU -HK VIVAL UK PIC (MNEM^IIIITOHY OK TIIK AMHO* CIATION.TOW.tog..00irtlt;r,Moimtesolu-UCll M formu-S Dllld* armed f three ICKftnUout toKeening the lt;l‘i-teclicut rdlnury ry thing »t ftwny. ;o ooar i to 11 Vi'secoivod dr. |jiv* shot by . SaM5-l*«uul 10. Al-tragiron; resent i for lo-dctnils i been a r wodlt;:n b-J IU-;li thou-k, K*iu fih tilt., g of tin*he twen-t, f-uw-tlie At* of eight0 reinlt-1 France Ich, witb clt;dUcnta,k neverH ftppCUiIQtlOU Ol’tcnlay, u orsGuir-umicruUi »e llousosltioii onurc with cat cnoin-lo«r*. K, v, Camp-and Ar.*? The city of Pittsburg in greatly oniivcn«l this week, by the regular annual mco’ing of the #h. aoclullou known a* the Turnvcreiu or *'Turncri,r Brunches of thin large, aud we believe respecta-lc Association exist in most of the large cities or tho United States, and is composed principal, y of young men of German birth or extraction, Sotno forty or Ufty blanches of the association ore now represented at Pittsburg, engaging lu their annual festivities, arul merry-makings.Of lice history, churactor, design and constitution of the Twknvkukis, nothing is known hy the mass of the ieople who are not of Teutonic blood, Many posses* vuguc and unfounded Mein of its nature which are Calculated to arouse prejudice against tbo Institution. Theoretically, a Turner Society, lu modelled atior the Grecian pjmMtto, which wcro combinations of physical and Intellectual exercise and development— schools of the Uralo and muscle. Bot the prae* tide tendency of a oonsociatlon of w many of like sympathies and beliefs Is to tinge the society with certain political as well a* religion* hues Those urc not coostitutioual and organic inherent-, but must be regarded as Inevitable concomitants. H were hardly proper, however, to hold the association responsible for certain obnoxious dogmas which obtain with many of It* members.The History of the Tcunvkuki* la not without interest. It had Its origin with Fukokkiu Bot'M J.UIN, us early a*, ihe .spring of lllh HIh llrst TarnUtrtz (Gymnasium) was begun in that year tit the /Iukh/mUU, a large public house near Beilin. l'russia. Dr. Jain was u man oI profound learning and an ardent patriot, und hi* memory K dear to thousand* »ud tens oi thousands who have enjoyed the benefit or hi.-* arduous labor*.Our readers will rcliP-mber that in I dot), tin; French were musters of Germany. Jaiin, who was u prominent und active patriot, was for ulong time employed in d-visng the iwt nmniu for piepuring the Gurumns for u cwikul wlili their oppressors. Ills classic mind bit upou Lhe Men id restoring. In soiiw degree, lhe uneWut M/muni*, a* butter ndupied to coograluluto the young tiwu of Germany where the more ruudiiy llielr patriotic impulses might be developed and nurtured. Ici 181b, as we have said, he reduced his plans to practice. But the disaster* which the French armies experienced la Uussla, led the German* to a war against France iuucIisooner than the most sanguine hiul hoped. When the peuuo of Furls was concluded, the which had tautt closed during the time of war, were reopened, aud, wbvu the Gormans found themselves disappointed in their expectations ul liberal Institutions, when lhe princes broke their most solemn promises, the gymnasia were nuulo use of lo inspire lie youth with uti ardor for liberty. Many imprudent stupa were taken by the German people, und JallN himself wu» not always wise in hiu conduct. Much lind crept into the gymmna with which ihe public wiw dissatisfied, and when Sand (ji member of the Burscbon shaft at the Go! versify of Jena) assassinated Kotzkiiuk, uud the government, which had already bccotuo auspicious of the secret societies, ordorcd them to Vo closed, no opposition was uttulg. » Jaiix uud iiauy of bis friend* were arrested, and Ireated In u very nrbllrury anil Illegal manner, bat were ul ter words discharged without Irlal.They were, however, again organized by the impetuous Jaiin, and the revolution of 1830 uguin aroused their liberal tendencies. They wcro denounced as a revolutionary society and again suppressed. But tho| old master-spirit was still alive, and from Ihe rains ofasecoid downfall arcs* u structure which was destined to hear tho storms of oi»pos1liou longer than uny of Its predecessors. Tho Ternsvukik has since continued' to exist uud (lourUh, and with thousands of young Germans who have left 'hi/id, it, too, Las emigrated to the shores of the New World to uttaln m degree of prosper-A l.KTit winera, thu*. graph frv. yonug U Nidly alfi roliowint pleased 1 her whoIhe Wju.KorroH lt;I am, ler with timt 1 fe Fond dK knew w der, uffe bum is I lo UeuiDOW, in:your d follows, to susb und d( for you history lt;kar pa name c bniuiie. pert y, thing, for uiy young away hua!H-how y d rop a eating■hade the ext ous eXi my*tciUK, \liyoung and a» be Muhe is : ought Ihe Do whole I do, it too. over y have hate I. lov: is wtiyr.hate \ log look posui loug live 1 how Butt mU y tore IhavYoutheehoo;ix’irrOuHive ago 1 sum our i tlcut $1,0'Tt kill ikill,120carrandThe
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Milwaukee Daily American
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Aug 29, 1856
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