The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-07-14
AN ABLE REV lew.
Some Reflections on the Prominent
Positions Achieved by
Irishmen.
EVER ACTIVE In ADVANCING

EVER ACTIVE IN ADVANCING
The Political, intellectual and In.
dustriai Life of This Great
Country. ...,.
Acorrespondent of the Philadelphia
Record gives in recent issue graphic
account of the life Of Senator Patrick
Walsh, of Georgia, and adds that the re
view OF the notably successful career
leads him to some reflections ON the
prominent positions achieved by Irish.
men in the political, intellectual and in.
dustrial life of the nation since the foun.
dation of the Government.
It was in Pennsylvania, he writes, that
one of the earliest of Irish settlements
was made. James Logan, of Lurgan
and others, in 1899, came with William
Penn to his new plantation. Logan be-
cane prominent and powerful, and gov
erned for two years after the death o1
Penn.
Some 50 or 70 years ago the population
of Ireland was nearly 100000. 1t is
now about 4.000,000. In fact, it is esti
mated that America has since the Revo
luton absorbed 100000 of Irish citi.
zens! An Irishman said TO me recently
that this is an Anglo-Celtic rather than
an Anglo Saxon country, anyhow! "
An old chronicle informs me that the
arrivals at the port of Philadelphia fol
the year ending December, 1929, from all
European nations, aggregated 6,308, Of
whom 5,655 were Irish, which shows that
there were good many Irish On Chest
nut street long time ago. Maryland
attracted many Irish Catholics. The
Irish population Of Virginia, chiefly set.
tied along the Blue Ridge, included such
names as the cDowells, McD ufies and
Nice Gruders, ''an active and progressive
spirits
a considerable Irish colony was estab'
lished in South Carolina, and among the
settlers IN that country Of the WaxhaW
Indians we find the now famous names
Rutledge, Jackson and Calhoun. James
Moore, an 1rishman, who headed the
revolution of 17O5, was the first elective
or peoples governor of.North Carolina
There were Irishmen who we're good
shots and good story tellers, who were
comrades Of the intrepid Daniel Boone
in the settlement OF Kentucky.
In early days great prejudice existed
in New England against the Irish, chiefly
due to religious intolerance, but as early
as 1887, so strong had the spirit of or.
ganized charity and mutual helpfulness
ever been among this race, 40 gentlemen
Of the Irish nation" Irish Presbyteri
ans all, formed charitable society in
Boston to help the deserving unfortun-
ates of their own people without any
design, however, Of not contributing TO-
ward the provision Of the town poor in
general, as usual"
That ancient and honorable body, the
Hibernia Society, of Philadelphia, accom-
plishes yearly, learn, a wonderful
amount of intelligent and worthy chari
table work. In 1775 s'Mad Anthony
Wayne, William Irving, William Thomp'
son, Walter Stewart, Stephen Moylan
and Richard Butler, all Irishmen, were
Pennsylvania colonels, and their com.
mands formed in part the famous Penn
sylvania Line. Pennsylvania not only
furnished large contingent Of gallant
Irlshmer to swell the ranks of the revo'
lutionary forces, but the Irieh merchants
Of Philadelphia Joined heartily in the
mo, ement to provide the sinews of war
by the establishment of q bank to sus.
tain the army, and on the 17th day o1
June, 1880, twenty Of them subscribed
half million Of dollars.
MI. John Duplap, q native OF Stra-
bane, who in 1771 issued the Pennsyl
vania Packet Qhe first daily paper pub
lished in America), not only printed the
Declaration of Independence, but was
captain of the first troop Of Philadelphia
horse, and when asked when he could be
ready to march against the rioters in
\ orthampton county replied: when
the laws and government Of this happy
country require defense, the Philadel.
phia cavalry need but one hours no
tice.n q. ..s
But q volume would not suffice for the
long line Of distinguished Irishmen who
have helped to make Us great; 80 let u
pass as sufficient unto themselves, and
history, such names as Montgomery
Alex Porter, q Oonnor, Smile, Calhoun
Shields and Mayor Stuart, Of Philadel
phia and epitomize the Ir1sh contribu
Ition to American glory prior os185O b
the statement .that they gave us within
20 yeals ten major generals. five connno
ldores, president, twalo yioe- d1ents