The Irish standard., 1890-07-26
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A Grand Address By Dr. Logan in
Response to the Irish Soldier
in America.
LOYALTY AND INTREPID VAL0R
Have characterized the Record Of
Irisomen in the History Of
the Republic.

of New Y York, who is a patriotic irish
American and a brave veteran Of the
Union Army, delivered the following
rafting address at a banquet gwen at
the Hoffman house, in response to the
toast, 1.-THE Irish Soldier In America. +"
Wherever isothermal lines mark New
England migration, Is hey also. mark
the direction of Irish immigrataoD;;
wherever you will find sa Yankee you
win ind the Irishman !. and sgherever
you do9not fnd the YANKEES y1u do not
find the Irishman. As q atnatter Of
course. in every part OF thin Spontinent
distinguished for energy and enterprise,
you find New Eng land well represented
and Ireland, too. by :aons and grand
sons ready and vi; ling and able to de
fend and champion her cause lapplause.) }
In the year '68, while riding 01la stage
coach in Central Iowa, ,an Englishman
was roundly denonn cling G. stone for
his Irish Church Disestab bllshment Bill.
which was then being hotlY dismissed
in Ioarllament. One Of the passengers
in opposing the aEngl glishman's argu
ment, showed such a knowledge of
irish history that q lady in the party
asked him If he was an Irishman. He
courteouslv answered: n d, madam, I
am an American 7 prolonged applausel. ].
and then proudly added: but
..Mv father and mfther and friends all round II
They rambled it's bright plains and valleys along.
And rung its fair hillswith laughter and song"
{ReneWed applause } "; q ,lszs ..55 ..5 .#
You cannot enter stage coach, a
street car, or railroad train in any
pare Of this continent without finding q
man or woman Of Irish birth or of Irish
blood. Long before Henry Ward
Beecher had sa1d The Irishman is a
noble fellow when properly tanned, but
woe be to the man who undertakes to
tame HIM Qaughtsr1; let the Irish blood
flow freely; there is fire Ii: It, and there
is genius In it. and in the VEINS Of our
people it will reach a higher state OF
development than it would in Its own
native Ireland (L Loud applause: Long.
I say. before Beecher had said this,
American men and women had dis
covered that Irish blood ID prolific, as
evidenced by the physlo nonical char
.acteristics Of the American people, and
their instructive dislike Of England
Goodwin Smith was not far wrong when.
be recently wrote that the people Of the
United States intensely hated England
the hatred they have inherited from
their Irish ancestors, driven here by
laws so oppressive, SO perfect in their
devilish ingenuity, that an lrishman
could not breathe without violating
them. no those penal laws America
owes nearly one third Of her population.
Indeed. up to comparatively a few
years s1nce. the great tide rot imrnmigra- mn
tion to the United, States was from Ire g
land. From 1890 to- 1885 over three
mils,on one hundred thousand Irish
immigrants sailed from irish ports to
this country. at least 8 quarter Of q.
million more Irishmen came here from I
British ports and from Canada. Before J.
the revolution, even. the chief irnmigra-
tion to the colonies was from Ireland y . I
Far back as the year 1729. =. .eoO 1mmi- q i
grants arrived here from Ireland,
against 267 from NJ ales and ENGLAND ['f !,
and forty. three from Scot land. In r l772,
1880 Irish immigrants landed at y fnl-s 'lll:
aadslphia. In I77ss. 8 8 coo more Irish rlshEs
immigrants landed ait the same sarale port l'
During, between and before these years. Fs.
a relatively large prop ortlon.;s of lf1sh
Immigrants landed at other PORTS
These Immigrant S settled il New g &
Hampshire, New y ork, PenllsTlYan 8 4 ~ nia,
Maryiand. (7eorgia and the 'rol olinas; q b
bsa,cs the Sulliyans and the Starts IS
New. England; the ainss; ill-s1 81
lesplea. and the ButaIl n 4 q TIE 81
Randalas, Of Pennsyl ahIs @ ! u
the Gibsons. the Dnt le q
the Gradys, and lthe q Saf tiae = 4
South. 50 tilat q u claim a;
that Of the thiirt llllDl ani ants
added to the % United e
States, four a of sisll lrt g /,
a American Hi u " tllsl V e
charge mad III solllt the l'I
irish race are 1. 11l,l tos and
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