Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-19

and now reappearing In New England
under the name OF the American Protec-
tive Association. though nominally d.
rected against all foreigners, arose In the
deep hatred that the uneduoated English
and his descendants bear against the
Irish. Why this should be, a study OF
American and Irish history will demon
strate.
For seven centuries those who have had
the government of Ireland did indeed In
tend to make perpetual eumity between
the English and the Irish, pretending that
In the end the English would root out
the Irish. The roofing out process has
not been thus far a success. With the ad-
vent of the Reformation poor Ireland's
cup was full to overtiowing. English
ecclesiastical preterments, monasteries,
horses, weapons, and any supplies were
forbidden to pass from the English 10
the irish; the Irish dress, their native
manner OF reading their Irish languages
or any mixing with the English were
forbidden. The murder OF an IrishmaD,
or the violation OF an Irishwvman was
not crime, and war upon the Irish was
the whole tenor Of the law. Intermar-
riage and fosterage were high treason.
This law can be found In the 10th of Ed.
ward Sd, Irish Statutes.
Historians OF all nationalities have re-
ferred 10 IL as the most Infamous enact
ment OF ancient and modern times. II is
peculiar to the organization that In times
OF real danger TO America IL disappears
altogether, and leaves the Irish to rally
round the flag, while 1t seeks a more con-
genial CLINE, in a country other than this.
rat will fight In a corner, but a MEM
Der OF the know nothing party, never.
AS an historian justly says OF IL: at is
In the piping times OF peace when the
natural activity and enterprise of Irish
men make them formidable competitors
for leadership that the narrow minded,
the cowardly and the ignorant fear to
put 'aliens' in command of ma.
tion whose victories were In great part
paid for by the blood OF the alien race"
In New England the disturber first
made its appearance through the sermon
of an English minister stationed In Bos-
ton. IL was entitled "Pillar of Grati-
tude" and delivered in 100. He says, to
quote from him, "There has been formid-
able attempts of Satan and his sons to
unsettle US. But what an overw helmlng
blast from Heaven has defeated all these
attempts. At length 1t was proposed that
a COLONY OF Irish might be sent over to
check the growth Of the country" II he
could get out even for no longer period
than the ghost OF Hamlet's fatherenjoyed,
and devoted that brief period to an in
spection OF our re gistration OF births In
New England he would readily discover
that IL anyone is Checking the growth OF
the country" it is certainly not the Irish.
From that time on, down to the Declar-
alton of Independence, the Irish came In
large numbers TO New England. The
English stock having control of the poll
cies from time to time enacted various
and curious laws against the Irish. But
the,only kind oflrish specified was the
Cat tholic Irish.
The Revolutionary war did not help to
allay the feeling, for at hat time the Irish
were in America in large numbers, and
true to their liberty loving instinct and
dislike for everything English rallied to
the army OF Washington and won i'm
mortal glory on many CORY battle field.
George w. Parke Curtis, Washington's Is
adopted son, In personal recollections,
says: "Of the operations OF the war,
mean the time mp to the coming of the
French, Ireland had furnished In the
ratio OF one hundred to one OF any other
nation"
In 1879, the House Of Commons had an
investigation as to the causes of the de-
feat of the British army. General Robert
son was one OF the witnesses. He had
seryed twenty four years In America, and
therefore we may safely assume he knew
what he was talking about. He was
asked: "How are the provincial corps
composed, mostly of native Americans
or from emigrants from various nations of
Europer lie replied as follows: "Some of
the corps consist mostly of natives; others,
/ believe, the greatest number are enlisted
from such people that can be got In the
country and many of them may be emil
grants. remember Gen. Lee telling me
he believed half the rebel army were from
Ireland"
Joseph Galloway of Pennsylvania, was
a witness before the same tribunal. Gallo
way had been speaker of the Assembly OF
the Colony for twelve years., was pro-
nounced Tory and OF English proclivsties.
He was asked: "That part of the rebel
army that enlisted in the service of Con-
gress, were they CHIEFLY composed OF ma
tives of America or were the greater part
of them English, Scotch and Irishr He
replied: "lhe names and places of their
nativity being taken down / can answer
the question with precision. There were
scarcely one fourth natives of America
about one half Irish, the other fourth
English and Scotch"
Neither did the war of 1912 help to alIay
the bitter feeling against the Irish, be-
cause IL is to her Irish sons America owes
the glorious record OF that war. Foster,
the British Minister at Washington, on
his return home, testified before q COM
mittee OF the House of Commons, that
the war in America had been kindled by
the Irish exiles; and that among tie
members OF Congress who voted for the
war were six who had been known as
mem moers of the Society OF United Irish
men.
This war was unpopular in New Eng
land and the resident English kept up q
hue and cry against It. Calling them
selves something else, but really know
nothings, they met in convention in
Hartford in 1874 They recommended
among other Things that "naturalized
foreigners should be debarred from MEM
bership In Congress and from all civil Of
fees In the United States" But the al =
tention of all America was drawn To the
heroic fight that the Irish we're making
for the flag, and that the cold argument
Of the bayonet was To be decided in
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