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The German Turner** FestivalFor several dmyi past the Garmau Tamar*' hare bud processions through our streets, gymoMtlo ex-ercsoe* ai the grvunds on Spring street Hill, a di* trlbution or priree by the ladies, the whale to wind up wah a hall, and tbe escorting of the different companies of Turner*, from abroad, to the several Bepole, with baoij of music. IThe Tumera have enjoyed tLemselvut and the people have participated in that enjoyment. It was u harmless innocent recreation, in which none could he injured who tookvparl. it ia peculiarly German. As il if id better language than we can command, hut fully in accvwdance with onr own views, we copy bchiW an article from one of the ablest journals of this, or any other country, on a similar occasioo in on ewicrr city. It is plain and attaigtforward, and contain? sober truths and wholesome advice, while ibe conti asi drawn is a fair cue :Americans can play at Suldlcr or make the cx* bauating and perilous duties of a volunteer fireman the excuse fur romo very aulemn or equally boisterous turn-out; but Wert a thousand fltaid New Yorkers u. walk aboni garlanded with flower* for three day®, sinpnc, playing et leap fmg, and very temperately drinking Tory *ettk beei, there would be just • •uc thousand writ* lt;fe tenofico tnquir*Hdo applied Tor, very by out tbouaaud deeply afmctedItunili*'. r'liildr«n would rafuve to admit, on the part of huch fathers, ovon the flight paternal author' Ity acknowledged in this dny and generation ; and the 6oucr of wivcf would rival tbo?e of Micbal at K*rid. Wbut. bv executed that extraordinary pa* *r«i Wli.r* liic ArL,** girded only with a linen epb- i od rAn.I yatl as a natiou are at least no lesaiboughLful, Do lof* thrifty than the Americans.-Hna-t a* we may of our system of education,_therr 1 urr un»rr cultivated men among the merchant* and j mechanic* of Goiuiairy thau among the correspond 1 •ng cli»i*-c in Uii c.iuntry; while in general thought j iuilr.i-- ana Owoiiui. to Uic study of gr«at nocial. poiiucd. -cirotific, or literary questions, Germany it j very jar U-yiJtid ue. Tnt- Germans who Come here, j n;*.p brmg omro ir le** money with them, ■ i*nc ihcy are rniM.nt tYic rao*. thrirty and pro*per»us I of-or |«qulsa-t. \ U»PT find much time—all i •: them ir the cxcepimur being very rare—for lut-lv nasltmv. having for it* only object*rtxrrcaiicic aud pleasureOui rrao.-rr will acqtiii us of l*eing probe to hold | , nj t-ireign example* lor imitat*.p hut here i» one by wtiieh American* might profit, if they could f..| I Ji.y ii lt;Vuld o rccurtriirr .»f ibe-sv festival be gel .n iueJing in our citirco- kindred to ibu* o( which | t iliey arc tlic IruU. ibis Would bo h fureigc influence 1 again?- «ii«L*fc vc nned no wommg. * *Our j.ylclt;* aspect bar boen c lung noticed that * n ha.- become o nmtiooal trait by which we *re d«- i lt;scribed and rcouguitcd 11 wh*' well said ibat if ibur% tr .en* ini' -rv il the Cuiied Slates, than in !. *5bci countnee. there is also lex* hnppiuesi We ! « i-»w U 11vi. and live to u.il. All of m d© it, ncL a* veil ar p.»or If n ma*. chose tlt;. retire fn»in the wnrln ntuigvthor, it u well: be can do so. hot wbal- | ' c'or hit wealth, ii he rcmainr In the active World M be feol^ ihai he tnusi work us if he wore I | a»rk:og U. keep bita'df and family from atarvati .q. i b« »r on the ewile ude nf affa\r, and he mu« rida 1 1 «por u and rush mi wjtb it, at bf ororwholmwl ond ca*t uputj furgcifu! shorn.. We gn about wuh aqx I kou* facer we Lbiuk uf our busincs? a* we walk ; it |.* wtUi ut when wc lie d..trn and when »e rij»o up ■ I it codx-udio ur. IkmIv and soul. Gres' uervoui eo-ergy -u; which lt;re surpass all other natiou*,- 'Cna | l»l* u.» Xa, oodnre fatigue and ncrfiojplirh g'cul , Unng* . but oar physical type has degenerated .Me M A DM)H bavi* lew. of that beauty which re- i i -uic* (mui vigorour health anil a finely halBDcod lt;»r gnuixaiion. than tvr.y other composed of tbe higher j recer ; and after our feverish toil or »iur feverish | pleasure is- over, we collapse at once ioio inertia. 1 u»rp..r and « repulsive taciturnity which almost j amount? In taor.^eDces Able U; put forth lt;iti occ*i l*in'1 o' Iwi much pbyricc! nr hicclJ sinrngth as any lt;.rh**r pcoplv. nod having tbai fM-TFevlt; rant de-Ujrtniuntwin whu-.h tniikc* coLLiuue our ucfiag gitig labor ut l«.ug a body and roul will hatig together wi- have re I |p«« elasticity of morale and of mind • than an) oLftcr nalioo. We ,nmh fiercely on u. a ocrutin end. aud iberc dnp. ^ucc«jL«fnt ho: exba.iRi- i cd. nuincr, lt;if e r\ntory that briugt os uc joy ur- I less, indeed, it opeo* the road u. another ; when by ! wmv mysterious proccsi oar crhausted energies are j at once recmiied. and plunge again into tbe ( with unabated vigor. We bave atrcxigth and epirits for work, but m»n» for tb* * crone enjoy- 1 iDODt ..| quiet and bumolj pleasure,Perhaps it ir bopojoss for os to attempt live another life Icexorahlc natoro may possibly hare doomed ii* to thii* exi»iicnr« of joylcxs toil that we may. tnachine-ltkc, work oat beT great problem in this age and in ibis country. Bat this does not ap-jrc^r Tb**r« if ui. rviMtou for believing that wk would uehicve iiuo if Wf h.oted more like ojod with a stEibng1 heaven above onr haada, aod t glad earth beneath onr feel. We need not work lesa If we played more. The eoxistaol and fyrtematlc Interruption of onr lui) by innocent rccreatii»n--nil rexuliop and Iecturc*-bearing, and other u intolloc -iua, “ employ menu, but hearty, homely amnsa-o*oi—hkj actually become to us a grwat national I ■hut Mnrr iban any otber teaching, we need u. be toaght U bt happy and could wo get s ler*u.n * froni '.ur GerxuxL Irieods, tbeir visit would win ; then/ yet waruier wticifmb. i i
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Milwaukee Daily Milwaukee News
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Sep 02, 1857
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