The Irish standard., 1894-08-25
MINNEAPOLIS MINI. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 1894.


prove that the Scotch Irish race was not
as much Irish in character as Scotch, ,no1
does it it,prove,,batt ths Scot, pure ID race
through non intermarriaee with the Cath
olic Celt during his stay in Ireland, did
not become affected in morals and in
sentiment by the race by. which he was
surrounded, or drinking, in some measure
that principsl peculiar to the Irish soil
love of liberty
History, however, completely disproves
Mr.. Wa]lace's contention that the Scotch
Irish we're simply Scots IN Irelatd and
that the latter part of the hYphenated
title is simply complimentary one. In
fact it is doubtful If the Scotch who em
igrated to ireland were not by descent
as much Irish as the Irish themselves.
The reason of their emigration is then
described by Hume: "The entire prov
ince of Ulster having fallen the crown
by sn edict Issued against the Irish rebels
of 1905 by James l. new company was
established in London for sending over
fresh colonies Of English and Scotch to
that fertile province" Such was the
reason of the emigration of the Scotch
Irish to Ireland and how they came to
go there. That their main reason was to
better their condition.. and that they
went in large numbers, is proven by q
certain author who state: ''That had the
mountains of Scotland been more popu-
lous it is probable that pretext would
have been found for confscating six or
seven more counties to enlarge the Scotch
colonies in Ireland It was thus that
the Scotch colonists left Scotland for the
purpose of making Ireland their future
home, and their adopted land; and they
improved their condition without show
ing any marvellous love for either civil or
religious liberty as they became the pos
SCISSORS Of land which had been forclb y
taken from Irishmen. They evidently
left Scotland for good, and for their own
good, for the purpose of becoming in
habitsnts of ireland, and certainly at the
time of their emigration they were not
perseoutad in any way whatever, on &C.
count Of their religion as it was the pur-
pose Of King James at the time to
Protestantize Catholic Ire and. Genera
tions passed before the "fatal en-
igration" of 1859, referred to by Froude,
which "drained Ireland of so much sound
Protestant blood" During all that time
Protestants were constantly emigrating
to Ireland from E. gland and Scotland.
The history of that period proves that
the Scotch became thoroughly identified
with the country, and disputed control
with. the original Irish. So much in
terest did they take in the affairs OF Ire
land, that Hume, in describing the tyran-
MES of the English government, tacitly
illustrates it. "The Eoglish carried
their illjudged, tyranny ,.too far, in-
stead of inviting the Irish to partlci-
pate in the most polished customs OF the
cong they denied them the priv
ile2es of the laws, and treated them al
together as strangers and enemies. Un-
protected on the side of Justice, the
wretched inhabitants saw no security
but in force, flying from the vicinity OF
their towns which they dared not enter
with safety, they sought in the woods an
asylum against the tyranny and insolence
of their master who had changed them
into wild beasts" So highly, however,
is Hume impressed with the glorious op-
portunities evailed Of by the Scotch EN-
migrants that he says:stiu 'slEIlls llster soon
became civilized, thanks to King tines,
and was the most largely cultivated part
OF Ireland Thus, while the natives
we're being persecuted in the manner
which he describes above, which would
seem to show that the Scotch made them
selves at home, and were reaping advant-
age from the woes of the natives.
Generations of existence in country
usually serve to acclimate and thorough
~ Q6GuFAllAo poOp1o' AAlo 10 N0I1 Illus
trated in our own country, where the
descendants Of foreigners consider them
selves, and are, native Americans, with
no other allegiance. According to the
argument of Mr.. Wallace, the. Scotch in
Ireland were still Scotch, although gen.
erations had come and gone during their
residence there. He clearly shows that
they imbibed strong love for liberty
and other moral ideas in Ireland, which
the, did not apparently possess when
they originally migrated there. This
may have been caused by the persecu-
tions to which they were subjected. But
there are stronger and better arguments
to show that Mr.. Wallace is wrong in his
conclusions, and these prove that the
Scotch, in emigrating to Ireland, were
simply returning to the land of their
forefathers after the lapse of.two thous-
and years or more and that whatever pro.
portion Of blood circulated in the veins Of
| the Scotch. Irish when they left ireland
Ioartainly the greater part Of i should be