The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-08-25

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you meet with opposition apply to us
for aid. The ets er;this began to in
habit Britain in the northern parts,,
whereas the southern part WASH posses
sion of the Britons. When the Picts ap--
piled to the Sco,s for wives, because they
had no women. they granted them their
request with this pro*iso: that it any
dsubt should arise as to whaeh desees.d-
ant male or temaAe,. Of the noyal lineage,
the crown should belong, the decision
should be made in favor Of the latter, -
custom which, long prevailed among tho
Piets. The Ricts, IN other wordsy took
possession OF the: present. Scotland, which
was long known as Rlctsiand, with their
wives obtained fron. tbs anclsDt Lrish,,
then known as, Scoas,. thaa founding, it
may be- said, .thap first Scotch Finish comc
hinatsoa. An annual trihute was also
exaetsd from ths Ricts' by the Isish, King
Hsremon, which, they having neglected
te, pay Eocha IL, Ian Irish king crossed.
o@sr to Pictsland. in a5l, b Co., and conn.
pellad them to discharge, This was, the:
fist invasion OF. Pictaand by tha. Scots,
which was followed by many others.
S.ueral settlements vera made; by the,
Scota, that is tho Irish, in Pictsland ;; the,
most nnmerouss of which was. in A. d.
44S, which was Airectsd bK Eric. aon of
Noclins. whom Ushar, an English his,
torian, calls 'sthe father OF the Scottish.
kings,'' in other words daclaras that an.
Irishnaan was the pxogenitor of Scottish
royalty. This, settlement was made in
the present ccnntiea Of L4snnax,. Argyle
and horne, and ON the islands ON the,
vest coast of Ricte4and. The settlements
being without form OF gowarnmant,, set
:upa kingdom of their own by electing
Feague, son of Eric their king. The king
dom comprised about one third OF tha>
present Scotland, the Piats having a
kingdom, Of. theiE own. In the ninth Can
turY the Irish who had assumed in Pcts-
land the name Of Kalnads, conquered
the Pictz. assumed control Of hhe entire
country, and even did away with the
name L the Picts. Their kings became
rulers of all Pictsland, which was known
for period as Scotia. Miner. to distiu-
guisls it fron. Iraland knoma as Scotia
Major.
Az these are historical facts, it would
seem that tho so-called Scotch Irish:
Which were. developed in Scotland, in tina,
sixteenth century were aa Irish by de-
acent as the Irish they found there, and
might be said in TACT 60 be Seotch- Iriah,.
for reasons not given by Nh. Wallace,
long before they saw Ireland. To follow
out his singular reasoning it might be
said that they were Irish any how, and
that the long residence of their ancestors
in Scotland. had not changed them one
whit. A fact which intensifes the Irish
element among the Scotch is, that as the
wives OF the original P,cts wore Irish, it
follows that their descendants were half
Irish. =.
It would seem that no matter how the
situation is viewed, there is 10 living
Scotchman who is not descended from an
Irishman, and relatively no Scotch Irish
man who is without Irish blood in his
makeup. II history is any guide, it
may we'll be asked what part of the
Scotch Irishman. is not Irish and what
part is Scotch. Starting out will be the
declaration that the Scotch Irishman 'is
by no means half Irish. Mr.. Wallace
alludes to the career of the race in this,
country and invests it with numerous
virtues of character and abilities which,
curious enough, have long been regarded
as the peculiar attributes OF the Irish
race. He alludes to it's. bravery in the
several wars of the nation, and instances
Daniel Boone, Renton, Commodore Perry,
Anthony Wayne and General Jackson as
types of courage. In the field OF oratory
and craftsmanship he Introduces Patrick
Henry, Calhoun, Jefferson, Polk. Corion,
Blaine and Harrison. In the arts and
sciences he cites Robert Fulton, McCor-
mick, and even Edison as types.
It is usually admitted that, az warriors,
orators and statesmen the Irish race has
been pre- eminent, Wellington, Burke and
Sheridan being good types of either
character. IN
Any endeavor to show that the Scotch
Irish race possesses. of itself loftier at
tributes in such particulars than the
plain Irish, must result in fiat failure.
In fact, a close study will disclose the
same race traits strongly developed.
Finally Mr.. Wallace states that strong
peculiarly of the Scotch irish is their
love Of education. The first inquiry they
make in settling in anew country, he
states, Is concerning the quality Of the
land; the second, the character OF the
church privileges and the third is the
means Of education. AT least the two
lattersqualities, it must be admitted, are
thoroughly peculiarly Irish, while il that
Of educatlon the Celt has been. ever