The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-02-23


A reception was held from $40 10
o'clock and then the company went 10
the ables
Rsv. Samuel Heher Webb read an In
vocation and standing, the annual toast
ITO the memory OF the patriots OF the
American revolution" was drunk.
The orchestra played The Star Span
sled Banner" Registrar Harris W. Brown
bringing In the starry flag and placing
ft just back OF the guest table.
President j. Edward studley in calling
the company TO order took occasion 20
thank the compstriots for the distin
guished honor they had conferred upon
him by electing him 20 be- the head OF
the society.
Governor Utter was nrst called upon
and said:
II see that ! am TO respond 10 the
toast. The State OF Rhode Island Let
thi. be that toast: our colony and our
state the first 70 declare for forcible
resistance to the British power, the first
20 put In execution that Declaration OF
Jndspendenos, the frst to enter the Union
and the last God bless her. 20 leave ".
Small IN area. but great In courage, her
sovereignty depends not on her acres. but
upon her men. To our state, our colony.
God bless hert
swallowed up In the Union on an an
niversary like this n Is no doubt. right
that someone should speak for her and
speak for the common good.
mo men have been so condemned, and
today been made demigods. az have
George Washington and BENJAMIN Frank
lin. n may be true that Washington
never told lie. This character stands
out like that Of lincoln. Washington was
great general. a great statesman,
great comma nder and q Christian gentle
man. too He left the impress OF his
character on the nation"
Mayor Miller said that he trusted thar
"the spirit that inspired those men of the
rast in the cause and fight was stin pre-
dominant and that their descendants
would see TO It that II any danger csms.
and many come from within. they would
see TO II and stand for country that
will have the whole people at heart. and
that country shall be. In the words OF
our great president. a country OF the
people, ny the people and for the people. y
Er-Is~rt. Gov. woodruff spoke as fol-
lows.
APsrJRDrTY OF TWO SOCIETIES.
In addressing your guests and you
Sons Of the American Revolution. on the
topic. The Day We Celebrate, the fact
that am only a son of the revolution
does not confound me. I feel more self
sssertfvs than usual. as there comes over
me a full realisation OF my complete
sxciusiveness and my possession Of the
cole right 10 claim descent from any old
revolution But seriously does 10 not
seem absurd that there should be two
socfeties In which membership Is limited
20 the deeosndants OF those who par
.ticipated in the great war for American
independencef These societies OF public
spirited men uphold the same lofty prtn-
ciples and seek 20 advance the same
patriotic purposes. Instead Of two organ
izations moved by more or less jealousy
OF each other. " for no other reason than
respect for our common revolutionary
sntecedents. there should be one broad.
comprehensive. splendid society. stirred
b. a single purpose actuated By none
other than the highest and purest
motives Of American patriotism.
CoNTRAsTED TINES.
As we look back. especially tonight,
upon these nilestones OF our history we
sec conspicuously the one that marks the
life and the association OF the Father OF
Our Country. In retrospect we see his
majestic figure surrounded by the gen
erals NJ the army and the statesmen and
decern one OF youthful sign. but OF
rrincely pose. the Marquis Of Lafayette.
How startling arc the contrasts when
we compare our day and generation with
the DAYS OF Washington. that heroic and
romantic age. II was through the EFFORTS
and influence OF the Marquis de r.afayette
that the kfnsdom OF France became the
friend and ally OF the American colonies
in their struggle for Independence from
the domination OF the British crown. But
such s the mutability of human arairs-
that during the Spanish-American war
the American visitor was sIbowed from,
the grounds on the Champs ElyaeeS
while the "Star-spangled Banner" was
being sung by our English cousins IN
Trafalgar square.
WARRINGTON. ''EXPANsToNIsT
~ these DAYS OF American territoriai
and vast commercial expansion. n il not
euiss 10 recall 20 mind that washington
was an eYpansionist To him and other
founders Of the republic We are Indebted
for the inestimable beneris which have
sccrued from our expansion as a nation.
Can you realize that as late as the pariod
of Washington's second presidential term
two stages and dozen horses were
sufficient TO transport all the travellers
and merchandise carried through Rhode
Island By land between New York and
BostonY That nations OF the world which
vii be withheld. ~ not absolutely lost
by reputation for weakness How
completely these principles have been
adopted and these ideas Of Washington
carried out by william Mckinley and
Theodore Roosevelt
SHALL EXPAND FOR GOOD
AZ the time % Washington, death the
western BOUNDARY % the United state.
". me Mississippi river. today n r. the
coast 81 China rhen i,s northe-n hound
Az was the Great Lakes. today 4, e.