The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-25
Monroe Doctrine Declared
So to Be.
Address on Arbitration at
UniverSaliSt Club Dinner.
Speeches by DR.. TrueblOOd, Princi-
pal Rich and H. E. Maine.

meetings OF the club that has been held
in sometime. There were 103 members
and invited guests seated around the
tables when President Francello q. jill
son invited the Rev. Richard Eddy to in
woke the divine blessing.
The dinner was choice one and after
It had received very careful atteation the
| president OF the club made few pleasant
references to George Washington and
stated the meeting being held so soon after
the birthday of the Father of His Coun-
| try IL had been deemed wise to ask the
invited guests who were to speak to dwell
on the topic "Thoughts Suggested by
| Washington's Birthday."
The speaker said he believed in Chris
| tianity Tor he thought 1t would be best
| for all TO rally under one standard, and
he made very pleasant reference to the
| baptist denominations and introduced as
the first speaker Herbert T. Maine, presi-
dent OF the Rhode Island Baptist Union.
| Mr.. Maine said that while there had
| been great deal said about Washington
at his recent anniversary ii was his opin-
lon too much could not be said in rela-
tion to SO noble person. 81 have" Mr..
| Maine continued, snapped out a line OF
thought that no one seems to have touch
ed upon. Washington was a unique char
| acter, character that found its most
| perfect place in the organization of our
government. He led in way that all
were pleased to follow. All great leaders
have had some great thought to guide
them and there seems to have been q
special call to them. Such was the case
with that great Nazarene.
lie had following that never left Him
nor will while the world stands. In the
| beginning OF our government there was q
character, that OF Washington, a sound
character in which there was no weak
| spot. AS we watch all his actions in
peace as in war or in the exigencies that
surround him he was always on the altar.
| de was chosen one, a man that God had
made to perform certain duties.
| 'He was the measure of an American
citizen an ideal, one of those men who
| may be regarded as the unit of our citi-
zenship. He built into his life all that
was noble and LETT out all that was
| worthless. Washington is the standard of
American citizenship I'm all periods
| OF our history 1t seems we must go back
to his character to get our bearings"
The speaker then dwelt on the appro-
| pirate use of the name of Washington in
State, city, and thoroughfares. In clos
| ing his address Mr.. Maine said that the
| more thought he gave to the character Of
| Washington the more he admired 1t and
| drew glowing picture of Washington
| taking his oath of office on the Bible and
said he did not think any one could be
| an ideal citizen unless he depended on
the Bible of those ideal sires.
Very pleasantly indeed did President
| Jillson introduce, as Methodist, prin-
cIpal, j. w. V. Rich OF the Messer street
| grammar school, and in a rich, amusing
and eloquent way did that gentleman
| entertain his hearers. His remarks were
| plause of the assembled gentlemen.
Mr.. Rich began by claiming that Meth
odism was the most liberal denomination
In the world and supported his claim by
brief argument and neat story. He
said that the idea seemed TO be not to
denominationatize man but to Christian
lie. "We,' he said, "think less of creeds
but more of Christian lives.
washington was fortunate in his
father and mother, fortunate in his blood.
Hesshad good blood back Of him. believe
in blood and the longer live the more
believe in it. Washington could not
attribute any faults in his character to
nor could any public school claim the
credit OF having produced him. He was
fortunate in not being loaded down with
the course OF study of a modern public
school scholar. He did not labor under
the difficulties of scholar i'm a school /
visited short time ago in neighboring
State, where all the ordinary branches OF
typewriting, ETC., had to be studied.
washington had free'start i'm this big
world. He wss taught to work. Every
thing was not done for him. lie was
taught the necessity of economy and in
dustry. 1t is not in the power of any
school on earth to bring out OF man
what is not in him. Washington's Is educa-
tion developed pure heart, true noble
ness, nigh aspirations and moral charac-
ter. As youth be had energy. / do not
think he cared anything whether men
voted for him or not, nor that he sent
hacks up snd down Virginia to bring
voters to the poles to vote when he was a
candidate. He was not politician, but
a statesman, a nobler product than pol
iticisn.
"He had not q selfish thought and did
not look before he did an action to see
whether IL would help him or not. He
believed i'm God and in George Washing
ton. Still, he could not have dreamed
OF this country's resources and think IL
he was alive during the recent crisis he
would have said let ii be America for the
Americans Let us not give way one single
inch TO seltishness or dishonor and /
think he would have said to any nation
that would rave attempted to interfere
with our ghts on this continent thus far
shalt thou go but no farther
81 am no jingoist, but think manhood
demands that we defend our own and let
no one cncroach on whit belongs to us.
DO YOU think George Washington would
have sat in the White House and permit-
ted our shops to tie closed that shops in
other countries might be opened. Wash
ington believed i'm the whole country, in
tie starry hag whose folds we are beneath.
The time had not come when he lived for
the B le 10 be put out of our public
schools nor an attempt made TO fix no
Bible that would suit everyone. That
Good Book is the foundation of our gov
crnment
"We want TO dfaw from the character OF
Washington letter manhood, a loftier
ambition, higher ideals than those Of the
past, and 20 inaggufate truer and more
Christliks spirit for the FUTURE
Benjamin y. Truoblood, La D., OF
Boston. was introduced by tho president
OF she club as a Quaker, and he
spoke at length on arbitration. lie Il a
man Of nne physique, ard a member OF
the United Stat Peace Society. lie
proved an earnest and fluent speaker, and
presented his ideas in a strong ana con-
vincing manner.
Afer referring IN happy and amusing
N amer 10 the great advance In the spirit
80 a., I,r.ttcrt "a eefdeuced bv tho speak.r.