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and traditions, in 50 far at least as relates to
union Of Church and State, and that which
falls under the term of Ultramortc1isrn


It hes been Il little uncertain hitherto
whether the Americans, or the French, or
| Dutch money, or oil of them together, or
somebody else, won the Revolution. The
question is settled now. Somebody else did
! it, and he was nn Iish1nGn. Tie irish World
| is our authority. The s'Grst act Of armed
hostility which seems to haye been per-
| formed BY about nine hundred different per-
SONS at different times and places-was really
| the feat of an Inshniau, JoHS S;111vAs, after
| wards Major-General, who, in December,
| 1774, performed the feat known to GEORGE
BAScKo7T and other platitui:e-maEerS rs
''swooping down like g hawk upon some
powder, cannon and stores in Fort William
and Mary, neer Portsmouth, N. Fl. His spoiis
did good service at Bunker Hill, si1 months
afterwards. That historic hill, by the way,
was bedewed with the likelihood OF the
Celt, (which beautiful expression mems, we
take it, that some brave hish-Americaus were
killed or wounded during the fight. STARE
and H::1p, both natives OF Londonderry, led
SEQ New Hampshire militia ct that battle,
and the World would have us believe that the
J
is no record Of any extensive emigration Of
1rishmen to New Hampshire prior to the
Revolution, and we therefore fear that it is
only tho prodigious valor of the detachment
that has led the World to nnhesitating]y u.s.
sume an Hbernian parentage for the wholelot.
However, the troops fought nobly, and con-
spicuous among them by his ''grcat size and
-, f-r~
whose name bespeals his pa1entage, and who
unfortunately engaged, single-handcd, in q
gallant but hopeless contest with largo cnn~
non-ball. After JOHN Su111vAy had begun
the task Of freeing America from the British
yoke, but before the Irish won tie Batue of
Bunker Hill, the British, as is well known,
sent out certain expedition agninst Con-
cord While the soldiery were engaged in
shooting stray militiamen md burning army
stores in that village, part Of them went to
seize the village records. They found them
not. Where, oh where we're they? Ask Of
THOMAS CARGuL, "a native Of Bal1yshan-
non, who was at that moment disappearing
rapidly toward the present site Of Chi
cago, with the precious papers stuffed
into every pocket, adosn;ng his hat,
and filing his hands Thus did Ribernian
cunning outwit the ,ninons Of despotism,
etc, whom Hbernian valor Afterwards e1-
PEELED from the country.
The exploit Of JoHs SULLIVAN is indorsed
by the respectable authority Of Appl<tons'
CycLopadia as the " first act'; but, if SO,
what becomes Of the Battle of A1amance
Greek? Is North Carolina, after being de-
spoiled Of her Declaration Of Independence,
to lose her pet battle too? Seriously speak,
ing, there is no doubt that Irish arms and
hearts played great part in tho War Of the
Revolution, as they have in the whole history
Of this country. Scotch and Irish blood has
flowed in the veins Of very many American
statesmen and soldiers. But the sketch in |
the World hss certain 1sirsh;p to the
picture Of the Battle Of Waterloo which |
THAcHRAY found in the Highlands, and !!
which consisted OF one brawny Highlander
laying about him with broadsword- There /
were a few non-HiGhlanders engaged at t
Waterloo, and one or two non ~Hibernians |
had something to do with the Revolution
for instance, WASHINGTON