The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-22

I, rational anarchy or iawlessness than all
| the anarchists of Paterson, New Jersey
| and their comrades the world over.
is this great organization OF women pro-
| noting good citizenship as the highest
patriotic duty?
Memories 10 the Revolutionary heroes
are admirable when wrought In bronze or
| marble but they have just as much 10 do
with patriotism and no more than Statues
OF the apostles have to do with religion.
Let us erect them; let us have parlia-
mentary law and bunting; let us have
genealogies and epitaph; let us present
loving cups and listen 10 recital tions and
violin solos and eat pink ices and have ex-
hibitions OF Colonial samplers and pew
ter mugs; let us cultivate antiguarianism
and social intercourse but In the name of
the forefathers who made real sacrifices
for the country they loved let us not call
ourselves patriots unless we add to these
other harmless and agreeable functions
somewhat more definite serious work in
service in doing what these men would be
doing were they here today and were
they confronting the insidious and terri
BILE dangers of prosperity and wealth, as
nobly as they confronted poverty and
obloquy
One watchword OF Washington he would
wish To change. were he here today. He
said, I'm time of peace, prepare for war"
He spoke for his day, not for ours, when
a permanent tribunal at the Hague,
stands ready TO settle international quar-
rels as he planned that our supreme
court should settle interstate disputes.
Were Washington to speak today would
he not say. I'm time OF present peace pre-
pare for permanent peace?"
1T you would honor the great citizens OF
the past, get their spirit of devotion: see
to 1t that every boy ard girl who grows
up in Providence knows what good citi-
gh 81 Al. Ill.
mean. See to IL that. through schools
and clubs and festival days they learn
that patriotism is not shown by hating
red coats or exploding cannon crackers
at midnight on the Fourth OF July. Your
greatest service 10 the country is TO teach
a nobier and truer meaning OF the sacred
word, Patriotism"
MISS APPLEToN's ADDRESS.
Miss Appleton followed Mrs. Mead. read
ing a part of her own essay which won
the Gaspee prize i'm 1901 for its high lit
erary and patriotic character. The essay
was entitled Operations of the America
Troops Around Boston in 1776" and was
in part as follows:
On Lexington common a skirmish, q
bold march west to Concord bridge a
volley like n hail storm on May after
noon, and 400 Massachusetts farmers
chased 1900 British soldiers back to Lex
ington, back to Charlestown, back to the
ships at Lechmere point back TO Boston.
The city was surrounded by a line OF
American troops In semi-circle OF about
16 miles. reaching all the way from ia
maica Plain to Charlestown neck, and
for eleven months after Gage in Boston.
with his 10000 troops. lived on salt beef
and fish: no milk, no vegetables. With
Lexington and Concord, the siege of Bos-
ton had begun.
Although IL was proptious thing for
the poorly equipped. badly disciplined
band OF American patriots TO coop the
British army up In any one place, yet
Boston was an unfavorable spot for a |
siege. since like Carthage in the time OF |
Aeneas. she was by far the richest OF |
colonial towns. II seemed Imperative. |
therefore, to Washington. that the red |
coats should he forced 10 embark from |
Long wharf Now in order 90 force the /
English To decamp. the Americans must |
take possession OF either Dorchester. or /
Charlestown and Breeds hill, since these /
two points afforded excellent ground for 1
bombarding the enemy both by land and |
by sea. Hence ono summer morning a /
lively cannonade In the Charlestown har- |
Dor. told the British that the Americans |
had fortified Breeds hill. Three days !
later Washington on his journey from /
Philadelphia To Cambridge was told that /
the Battle Of Bunker ITll had been /
fought. The Patriots. under Prescott |
through lack of powder. had retreated;
but the British losses were so severe as
to spoil the cherished British plan OF
SELLING Dorchester and to prolong by nine
months the British captivity In Boston
Consequently from June II. 17T5 until |
February. i5Ts. Washington maintained
the siege with a view To ultimately caus-
Ing the English 90 take TO their ships. At /
last favorable opportunity presented IT.
self and while the British were wonder
ing over the American cannonade I'm Rox-
bury 5000 OF Washngton's troops filed
across Dorchester Neck and constructed
strong redoubts. ON March nth there
fore. I'm very great hurry n 900 British
troops and 1000 Boston Tories. like Cicero
and tho scared Roman senators when Cae-
sar crossed the Rubicon. embarked the
well-benched British ships and sailed OF
over the high seas Accordingly that very
Washington and the Continental