The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-27

RSftl III luttAl ~ AAAA<ANNs
Dlood. One day, said, General, par
don ms fol- inquiring, but, where was
your father from?v I expected him TO
tell me that he was grandson OF old
Logan the Indian chief. why" said
he, 'sMy father was born III
Ireland / said: General, pardon
me for asking these ques-
tions, it is none of my business,
flor had made up my mind that there
was sauaw somewhere in the family.
General, permit me to ask you where
your mother was bern?n Why said
he, ssshe was from Ireland, too. y There
was my Indian! Great laughter. We
are a great people here in America; we
ought to think for ourselves; we ought
not to take our literature from England
And in saying this, my friends, God
forbid that I should utter one unkind
word against the English race as the
English race 1t is upon the arlsto-
eracy only; they trample upon the Eng
iish people just as they have tramplsd
upon the Irish people and to-day the
Irish cause has no better frien5 Is in the
world than among the English race. !
should be 10th to say one word against
the English race. because it is a great
and liberty loving race. Itis laughable
to hear the English people talking about
their being an exclusive race. Why.
England is as much mixed up as Ire
land. Take the Yorkshireman, with
| his yellow hair and large frame, and
compare him with the man from Kent,
who is small and dark. The purest race
to-day il Europe are the Laps and Fins,
and they are the simplest race that ex-
ist on the globe to-day. 1t is in the
mixed bloods that the highest altitude
of the human race is reached; anG
thank God, my friends, this country is
pursuing that policy. (Laughter.) We
are the most composite race on earth,
and we are willing to acknowledge it to
ourselves.
AS a boy went to Washington to at
tend the funeral of Henry Clay. There
came past me a majestic figure, sailoW
and dark as an Indian, the most leonine
face, and most majestic countenance !
1 ever saw: and as he lifted his hat
could not doubt that my eyes fell upon
/ the iIlustrious Daniel Webster. There
was the celebrated Tom Corwin, gov
ernor of Ohio, the greatest stump ora.
/ tor in the country, dark as an In
dian, He used to tell himself of an oc.
casion, while he was governor, OF being
introduced TO an Englishman who said
Governor, permit me to ask II your
tribe is at peace with the United
States (Laughter.) y He was
at ST. Louis one day. The walters III
4 the hotel were all mulattoes. They nse1
to have a grand mulatto ball during
Christmas week. Many of the guests
1 would turn out to witness this curious
sight, and Gov. Corwin was among tht
rest. The crowd interfered with The
/ dancing, and the nulatoes requested
! committee to 60 around and keep then
back, and one of these polite walters
/ when he came to a mulatto would pull
i him into the ring ard when he came tt
j !. ..alite man he would reql.csu him t.
step back, politely; when he came t
CorWin he said, Zone shade too dark
4 ir,step back I undertake TO sd
that the Irish race is not only the mos
mixed race in Europe, but / undertak
dertake to say that 1t is the creates
and most generous race in Eu
: rope, and if tomorrow it obtained un
trammelled power of self government
4 I have faith to believe that they wouls
exercise it with the utmost benignit.
and generosity to any community tina
might dwell among them. They woul'
take example from the life of st. Pat
rick, which is so well illustrated b,
John G. Whittier in his beautiful poem
i Ireland has been the most oppresse,
country of which we have any record il
human history.
j They tell story of q farmer WIN os
| barn was infested with rats. He wa
! an ingenious man, and resorted TO tbi.
device to get rid of them; He frs
/ placed a barrel half filed with oats, ant
/ the rats would pour into the barrel ant
devOur the oats. After the rats hat
learned the custom, be removed th
/ oats, half-iilled the barrel with water
covered the top of the water with oats
and left ax4 block floating in the
| water The rats with that bold confid-
! enee which comes from experience RAJ
| peli nell at their accustomed hour. witt
their accustomed zeal into the accns
| toned barrel, where they anticipated
their accustomed banquet Of oats anc
] got-water. SO furiously fast did eacl
/ hungry rat follow those that preceded
/ him that it became impossible for Siie
! foremost to resist the pressure behinC
| and at length the entire colony found
/ themselves at sea. OF course, eacI
swan for the block. but as it coulc
/ ONLY accommodate one solitary rat
/ sanguinary battle for dear life ensued
1 and Darwin IS theory OF the survival Of
the Rttest' was finally and conclusivel5
proven. For, when this ingenious
/ farmer went to see how matters pro
/ greS5ed. loi and behold a barrel o.
water crimsoned with the gore Of in
Vulnerable heroic ratsall had fallen
save one, and he, the hero Of 100 bat
ties, solitary yet triumphant held th'
block alone! The weaEiings al gcn'