Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-04-06

Mcll loIScU many IIllSS Una
should be remembered, anC
sometimes rememberthings tina
it would be as well to forget.
In 1714, the quarrel between
Great Britain and her colonie
in North America had growl
irreconcilsble, and both sidei
appealed to the stern arbitla'
ment of the sword.
The Continental Congress as
sembled in Philadelphia, and
desirous to secure sympathy
among the friends of freedom
all over the world, they ISSUED
addresses-one among the rest
to "the people Of Ireland In
it they say, your Parliament
has done us no wrong-you
have been ever friendly to the
rights Of mankind; and we ac-
knowledge with pleasure and
gratitude that your nation has
produced patriots who have no.
bly, distinguished themselves
in the cause of humanity and
America"
Ay: America might safely
count on the sympathy of the
Irish speople, Whenever yet
did the Irish heart fail to beat
in favor of a nation striving to
maintain her rights?
What material aid the colo
nies received from Ireland, is
next tos be seen. War broke
out, fierce and indicative.
The winter of 1854 was a
hard and bitter winter for the
Continental troops, Washing
tou's army lay at MorIistown.
The 18th of March came round.
In the morning - "l'atrick' S
Day in the morning"-the Gen.
eral ordered u new flag to be
raised-up the tall flagstaff
to the sound of martial music,
it slowly assembled. The chill
morning breeze struck it and
spread its folds.
Then, a cheer broke out in
that dreary, forssken camp, that
shook the jersey hiIls-a cheer
Of joyful memory, Of pride and
hope-a cheer, such as could
only come from Irish lungs
and Irish hearts; for the flag
was the green flag Of Ireland.
WAS the harp, fit EN-,
blem of the ancient home of
minstrclsy and song; around it
were set thirteen stars, and
above all, the legend, : "Inde,
pendence of Ireland"
Such was the graceful cour-
tesy which Washington paid
that day to the Irish soldiers
who thronged his little army,
and who then, in her darkest
hours, were true to the young
Republic. as.4a
And this friendship between
America and Ireland, thus hap.
PLY begun, cemented by the
common effusion of patriot
blood in the cause Of American
Independence, is still unbro
ken, 1t is interviewer in the
destinies Of the two countries
Flippont tongues may sneer al
the foreign element" in the
United States. Ignorance may
decry its svalue, and prejudice
wage steaIthy war against it
All this is quite natural, and al
the same time quite unreasona-
BILE and foolish. Narrow minds
must always take narrow views
z This class of thinkers is wei
represented by the little New
York boy in the story, who, af
ter receiving well-merited cas-
tigation from his Irish father
said, as he sulkily retired, 1T,
not the pam mlnd, but L can
bear to be thrashed by 6
id foreigner" ssv
TO such people, if it were
worth while to reason with
them, 1 would ask, "Whert
would the United States b,
now-where would be thi,
good City of New
Fork, but for this foreigl
element, Irish and German, tina
has for the last fifty years pour
ed into it?' Americans woult
now be fighting Indians, bear
and panthers in the trackles
forests Of the northwestern ter
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