New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-01
GENERAL PORTERS PATRIOTIC WORDS

SPEECH OF THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT. BEFORE
THE RHODE ISLAND SOCIETY OF THE S. A r.
Providence. r. l., Nov 80 (SpeciaD.--At banquet
given this evening General Horace Porter, Presi'
dent-General Of the National Society Sons Of the
American Revolution, by the Rhode Island Society
of that order, the General said' IN part
II 10 matte, of great qualification to me to meet
under such pleasant auspices tonight TINS noIoTI
State society. My coming here from New,forK IN
wise initiates against my nsuar procsfs Ind
to Rhode Island, though their relative SIZE nss
sometimes been mater a. er OF who ptars upon p
to feel that at the end ne Is TO De IN inc hS's'
The patriotic organization TO which We belong Is
strengthening and spreading SO rapidly tnat S1s
ties in France and Hawaii 1t will always be worthy
of our best efforts TO honor the TRADITIONS Oh Wv
which gave US our liberty. TO preserve the RECORDS
OF imperishable deeds and perpetuate the names as
fame of the who deserve to be immortal As
descendants OF such men we are not craving herea,
itary titles are honorng sires who fought aia
died for the purpose of aboishng forever al nereo
ltary titles in this land. We are not boastng OF any
blue blood in our veins brt we are PROUD ma, t T
are possessed of that red blood when was shed ~
the sacred of liberty. Breed is stronger tAah
pasture. and it has been we'll said that he who do.s
not honor his ancestors will never be lkey 10 80
anything for which his descend ants Will honor MN.
one of the most gratifying signs OF the tines IS -
the unquesonabe fact that there Is marked r.
vival OF patriotism in our land. We see il mani
tested in more pronounced American sentiment, d ~
occasions OF ceremony, IN the hosting Of that ban,
ner upon. IN the marking OF tls
OF Revolutionary events by tablets, monuments ana
statues and the increased number OF books whleh
constitute our patriotic literature l canno, believe
that this arousing OF patriotic sentiment Is the re-
suit merely OF one OF those cycles which come
around periodically revive the recollection Of prone
inent historic events. am certain that II l. Que
largely to the intelligent. tireless and effective "a
bors of our great patriotic societies Labor : me-
essary to foster patriotism. Patriots. unlike poets
are not born, but made. Bolingbroke tells 10 thdt
the love OF country Is not an institution ot NATURE
but lesson of reason. AZ IL only by the fostering
OF an exalted patriotism that the peop.e ot the re
public made TO realize the true meaning or I'D
ertynot that liberty which means unbrdled license,
but that true spirit OF liberty which can turn Dnha
submission into rational obedience. IL teaches the
people who already enjoy the bood-bought reas,
ure of free republican government that they Shou.
sympathlze with liberty everywhere and regard
liberty land so broad that II knows no frontiers.
Our forefathers fought not 10 secure liberty ior
themselves but TO hold out the hope OF liberty 10
all the peoples OF earth who are strugging for tne
rights OF manhood and the manifest destiny OF me
great Republic OF the New World is 10 keep me
torch of liberty burning III II illumnes the entire
pathway OF the world and human freedom and hu-
man rights become common heritage OF mankind