The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-03-02
"oNLY AN FRESHMAN"

ONLY AN JRISHMAN,"
An American paper, in an article
under the title of s-Only an Irlshlnan,
called forth by the fippant remark o.
q young fop, who, reading of an acci
dent. said, sAfter all, it is only an
Irishman," says:
Berkeley, the philosopher, was only
an Irishman.
Robert Fulton, tie inventor OF
steam navigation, was only an Irish
man, BIZ descent.
Curran, the inimitable orator and
wit, was only an Irishman.
Duns Scetus. the most subtle philoso-
pher of the Middle Ages, was only an
| Irishman.
DOnegan, editor Of the most COM
prehe Greek lexicon, was only
an Irishman.
Drs. Kane and Hayes, the Arctic
explorers, were only Irishmen, by
descent.
Marshal Neil, the celebrated engin.
eer, was only an Irishman, by descent.
Captain O'Hara Burke, the explorer
of the continent of Australia, was
only an Irishman.
Charles O'Conor, the head of the
American bar, is only an Irishman, by
descent.
Sarsfiold, Marshal OF France, and
the here Of Fontenoy, is only an Irish
man.
Kavanagh and Prince Nugent, Mar
shals of Austria, were only Irishmen.
Barry, the great personator of
"Othello," was only an Irishman,
Patrick Clebeurn, .'the Stonewall
Jackson of the Southwest" was only
an Irishman.
Quinn, the great personator Of "Fal,
staff" was only an Irishman.
St. Brendan. held by eminent au.
thorities to have been the first discov
erer of the continent Of America was
only an Irishman.
Edmund Burke, the greatest states
man that ever stood in the English
House of Parliament, was only an
Irishman.
Mccormick, the inventor of Moor
mick's steam reaping machine, is only
an Irishman.
Marshal McMahon, the present head
Of the French nation, is only an Irish
man, by descent.
Tom Moore, ''the poet of all circles,
and the idol OF his own," was only an
1rishman.
Marshal O'Donnell, field marshal,
prime minister of Spain, and dictasor
at one time, was only an Irishman, by
descent.
O'Conncll, the Hercules Of moral
force agitators, pronounced by Wen
dell Phillips the most powerful orator
he ever heard. was only an Irishman.
Virginius, bishop who fourished
in the eight century, and who was the
first to discover the sphericity of the
earth was only an Irishman.
Maclin, the great actor, was only an
Irishman. 1t was of his impersontion
OF ''Shylock" that. Pope wrote.
This is the Jew
That Shakespeare drew.
''GrAttan ever glorious Grattan-
With more than Demosthenes wants entlued |
Aud his rival, or victor. in all he possessed |
Father Mathew. the Apostle of Tenn
porance, who administered the total
abstinence pledge to upwards of five
of persons, aud who accom-
plished more in Ills day for the cause
of temperance than all the Anglican
and Anglo American temperance
speechifiers that ever shouted them
selves hoarse on a temperance plat
form, was only an Irishman.
Horace Greeley, the great journalist
statesman aud sociologist, was only
an Irishman, by descent.
William III. Seward, the ablest Sec
retary Of State America ever had, was
only an Irishman, by descent.
A. T. Stewart, the most successful
in the United States, is only
an Irishman.
Doyle, the caricaturist, perhaps the
most versatile of modern artists, was
only all Irishman.