The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-03

aud her people wanderers, and persecu-
ted with that malignant energy with
which the Jews there are treated.
And this is Russia now in this the ex-
plring 10th century!
GEN. GRANT WAS OF IRISH DESCENT
The statute Of Gen. Grant at Lincoln
Park will be unveiled On Oct. Z, the
twentieth anniversary of the Chicago
fire, and will be festival of national
As tine physical Grant van
ishes from our gaze. the genius of the
man becomes more prominent. He it
was more than all others who was chief
lY instrumental in saving this country
from disintegration and political Moment
ity. He can no more be forgotten than
Washington, and time instead Of DIM
ming, will only illumine the greatness of
his genius.
The memoirs of Grant state that his
most remote ancestor came from Eng
land. The IRISH STANDARD believes
otherwise. Grant is purely q Celtic
name, and we have yet to find a Grant
who does not say that his ancestors we're
Celtic. Upon this subject, the Chicago
Citizen says that it is admitted by many
American writers that Grant is Scotch
name. And 80 it is, but it is vastly
more Irish than Scotch. There are five
people named Grant who are of Irish
birth or blood to the one of Scotch birth
or blood. The name evidently origina
ted in ireland and in old Gaelic was writ
ten s.MacGraint," This name occurs
in an Irish manuscript of certainly as
early as the twelfth century. This
manuscript was translated by the great
Celtic scholar, John O'Donovan and
was published about thirty years ago
by the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
under the title, fragments of Annals. ~
Anyone who doubts that Grant is an
Irish name, can get the transactions OF
the Royal Irish Academy, and he will
see the name figuring IN Irish annals in
the seventh century, It is one OF the
most common names in some parts Of
Ireland, particularly in the county Kill
kenny. There is one parish in that
county where nearly 80 percent of the
inhabitants are, or at least, were, called
Grant. Because the name Grant is
found in Scotland does not prove that
it is of Scotch origin. Those who
know anything about the history of Ire
land, and they seem scarce indeed
among Americans, must be aware chat
Scotland was, up to comparatively
recent period. hardly any more tnan
province of Ireland. Politically it was
independent of Ireland, but it's langu-
age and literature were Irish, and it's SO
clal and it's political organization Was
Irish. When the word Scotland is used
mont the Highlands alone, but all Scot
land is meant. There was hardly any
Saxon or English spoken in any part Of
Scotland until the time of Malcolm
Ceannmor. He married an English
princess, and she first introduced the
Saxon language into the Scottish court.
When England was conquered by the
Norman French, multitude Of Saxon
mobiles took refuge in Scotland, and in
the long run Saxon supplanted Irish
not only in the Scottish court but in
most parts of Scotland south of the
Gramplans. The modern degenerate
Gaelic speaking people of Scotland made
a desperate effort in the last century to
prove they were not of Irish descent and
to prove that their language was not IT.
1sh. They went so far as absolutely to
invent new form of Gaelic that would
be different from the language of Ire
land; but the imposture has been thor
oughly exposed Up to the year 176O,
not only was the Irish version of the
Bible the only one in use among the
Gaelic inhabitants of Scotland, but ev-
cry Gaelic book without single excep.
ton, printed In Scotland, was printed
in Irish Gaelic. Ireland is Scotland's
mother country. It was che Irish that
went to Argyleshire in the sixth century
who laid the foundation of the Scottish
monarchy. In about $50 years after
they had settled in Argyleshire, they
brought the whole of Scotland under
their sway, conquered Picts and saxons
and whatever other races might have
found footing IN it, and made it one
kingdom under the sway Of Kenneth
MoAlpin, lineal descendant of the Ir-
ish settlers in Argyle in the sixth CEN
fury,
The only apparently non-Celtic :blood
in Gen. Grants veins was derived from
his mother whose name was Simpson.
This in it's present form is not q Celtic
name. The sut1lx SON is not Saxon or
IL z. Int hun