The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-31

Of the Country, TO seek places of refuge an
4 employrl1ent under other and strange skys, cor
4 trbuted largely to the colonialsettlements Ado
! ed 10 this, were the ruinous effvctsef the odir
A crack rent system, which drove from the Pro
vince of Ulster alone, three thousand soul
annually to the new born hemisphere. 1t W.
during these times, that one of the earliest,
/ not the first Irish settlement in what is no
called the U States was made. 1t was col
Quoted by one James Logan, or rather Lpga
was one of number at emigrans VIII
came ont under VIM. Penn, all of whol
settled down in what is now known as Pennsy
vania. Logan, not only became one of tn
most active and enterprlsiDg members of tn
1 Colony, but succeeded Penn as the Govern
and at his death bequeathed to it the most Walt
able library then within the knowledge and cor
1 troll of its citizens. Some time afterwards,
party of Irish emgrants reached the banks
the Hudson, amongst the number of whom, wa
| Charles Clinton and his family in which fam
,ar sound we recognize a name, that has she
more brlliancy and renown upon the history c
New York, the Empire State of this unior
than any other from that time down to the pres
ent. The names If Col. James clinton Of III
and Brigadier General George Clinton Of Hud
son and Hilands notoriety in 1716, and Cover
nor De Wit Clinton of more. recent date, wi
bright particular stars, as amongst her proudes
| and most boosted ornaments
49, Next in order come to the Carols Of Ma
ryland, amongst whom stands ont in bold relic.
Charles Carol ofCarrolton, as one "fthe siyner
of the Declaration of independence, i'm which nc
he not only threw into the scale of liberty, tn
whole weight of his pen and extended persona
influence but that also, ofan immense and prince
lv fortune. Nor is this all He was followed il
this bold and decided step by Thompson
Smith, Taylor and Mckain of Pennsylvania
Thornton of New Hampshire, Reade OF Della
ware and Lynch and Ru,ledge Of South Caro-
lima Thus we earnthat nine lrshmen pledg
ed their names. their lives, their fortunes ant
their sacred honors, in maintenance OF thos
liberties, which were embodied in the great char
ter of freedom that charter, upon the basis o
which, has been reared up the most sublime
the most stupendous and imposing political SUI
perstructure that has ever challenged the ADM
ration of man.
Again. we find the Nc bowels, = the Breckenrd
ges the M'Duffies and the MGruddcrs Of Virgin
ia in all OF which names, we recognize the occu
pants OF distinguished and conspicuous station:
in law and in medicine, as well as politics anl
divinity, not alone in the Old Commonwealth
but also in Mary Pennsylvania and Ken
lucky. s
To proceed a little further on, we reach Soutl
Carolina, where we not only find the Lynche
and Rutledges, but the Jacksons and the Cal
houns names al the recurrence of which, OF
such occasions as the present, every Irish ant
American heart throbs with rcdoubIed impulse
Names that, not only never were born To die
but that have shed a civil lus're and a militar,
glory upon their country's fame, which will live
in the brightest pages of her history, and grow
J;p, with fh. 81 RI. nf "a II mr.
time And to come nearer home, who has reat
anything of the history Of our Western country
including the thrilling and eventiul life Of the
immortal Boone, Of Kentucky, that has not fell
his soul swell within him, in admiration Of the
intrepid daring Of the gallant Major Hugh Nc
Grady, along with whom stand the Harlands
the M Brides and the Chaplains; and where, al
still later date, we find the Lyons, the Me
Lellands and the Buffers, all hardy and irwin
chile Pioneers ofthe West Simon Butler wa.
with Col. George Rogers Clark at the fall o
kaskaskias, near your own majestic Mississippi
and after its cnbt,rr, was the bearer of i.npor
tant dispatches to Kentucky, in the accomplish
ME mt of which, he cheerfully encountered dan
gers tina. appalled, the stoutest hearts; dangers
that resulted from the number and deadly hos
tility of the marauding Indian bands that infest
ed the country, and the preparation of whose
blew with tongues of terror and alarm
While speaking ofthe Buffers, am here re
minded of the celebrated Wyoming massacre
where fell the brave Captain Mex arrachan, nnt
where brightly shone the gallant Col. Zehulor
Butler Of Wyoming memnry, through whom ans
his descendants, have been given to the presen
day ofthis Republic, two Of her most pro,ninen
anc gifted sons, Gen. VIM o Butler, Of Ken
lucky, one Of the heroes of the ever memorable
battle of New Orleans, and prominent figure
in the Me xican war, and at this moment, higl
on the list of candidates spoken Of in connection
with the next Presidency, and the Hon. Pearc
Bntler, the able and distinguished Senator iron
South Carolina These gentlemen are III
worthy cions of that stock, of whom the in
mortal Lafayette was wont to saw, "when
want anything well done, give me a Butler l.
do il"
Whilst speaking Of South Carolina, but a few
minutes since, might have introduced to you
recollection the name Of James Moor Of Mort;
Carolina. Mr.. Moor was one Of the most ssac
tive and distinguished" men of the times an
the colony in which he lived. "He headed tn
Revolution Of 1705which converted that PROVING
North Carolina from proprietary to popu
lar government, elective from the people. ii
held out against all the force and power Of til
proprietors, and was the first peoples Govcrno
of Carolina He transmitted his spirit and in
fluenca, to succession of eminent descendants
He claimed relationship to the Drogheda fami
ly Of the same name, and probably was nativ
ot that vicinity.'*
Even the purltanic rigidity Of New England
is relieved f its severity, by the appearance o
the free bold cnunenance of Irish worth an
prominence, In the persons Of the Sullivans
the Iiigginsons, The Warrens,i the Rifles an
Al Ill A.. ~
be named, as descending to us on the pages 0
history amongst the leading stars of the Col
onies. Where and whois the American tina
has not heard or read those oft quoted lines;
'Westward the star of Empire takes its way
The three Erst acts already past,
The fourth shall close it, with the closing day
Earth's noblest empire is the last
Ofthe hundreds and thousands, yea, and
might add, of the millions who annually repea
these lines, either at the Preside or in the Schoo
house, from the pulpit, the rostrum, or throug
the press, how few there are who may be awar
Of the simple fact. that their author was the dis
tinguished Irish Bishop, Geo. BerkeIy, who, ol
his return home to Ireland, "bequeathcd his fin
farm to Yale College Also, as ifto complct
the magnifcence of his benefaction, presente
''it with the most splendid collection of litera
ture then Known to America Thus, did tn
le1rneu anu pnilahtllropic natlve OF Kilkenny
contribute to the permanent responsibility of
collegiate institution, which stands, perhaps, a
mongst the first in the world, and which is
honor and ornament to this country. Wher
and who is the American, might add, that ha
not heard Of the famous old Faneui Hall of Bos
ton, which is SO closely identified with so mnct
that is and has been Of stirring nature, bot
in the past and the present Of New England
and yet how small is the circle Of the compare
tive few, who are aware that the citizens {
Boston are indebted to irish taste and Irish eli
terprise in the person of the .'lllustrious Bisho
Of Cloyne,' who encouraged and induced I
our shores, the first artist thad had ever dive
upon the wild and native landscape beauties
our infant world, and who was the profession;
sire Of Copley, the first American painter
any enviable note.
Next in the chain Of that *history by whic
my course is governed, and from which my fac
are chiefly culled; approaches the glorious daw
Of the Revolution, ut whose twilight we are
| reused by the brilliant and triumphant chara
| at Crown Paint, in the Campaign Of 1875, vi
der the brave and intrepid Captain McGinni
who tell MORALLY wounded upon the field. b.
before entering upon the interesting perio
of the active Revolution, let us 20 bac
| for moment to the peace of 1868, after whic
the question of taxing the Colonies came up
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