The sun., 1896-10-18

close OF the Revolutionary war and she yea
1890 at least 20 per cont OF the Immigration
from the British Isles to the United states wa
Irish, because II is we'll known that during tina
war ireland strongly sympathlzed with the col
onies against England: and II is also reasonable
to suppose that the English emigration during
that period fell of very largely on account nj
the hostility of the English people toward the
Americans. Aud IL is a fair inference, also, that
prior to the Revolutionary war there was O
large emigration from Ireland to this country,
| from the fact, as has already been stated, that
In one year alone about 10000 persons emil
grated from Ireland to the New England colo
nies. And as We have seen that the emigration
from Ireland to the United States during the
half century ending with 1870 was steadily
about 20 per cent of the whole immigration
from the British Isles In all probability the per-
centaGe of Irish immigration was about the
same during the half century ending with 1920.
which included the period Of the Revolutionary
| war and the development OF our constitutional
! form OF government.
| Tho large number of Irish soldiers in the
| Revolutionary army adds strength to this est-
mate. The above quoted offlcial statistics make o
| 1t conclusive that during the time the Five
American Contributions" which you MENTION
| were being made to civilization. the Americans
of Irish origin formed by far the largest element
III tue pOnulHllOn. anu tnat tn9 lrlSn clement
should be credited with a full share of those
contributions. at least in the proportion of 20
per cent. as compared with Engand'e IA per
cent. is apparent from the fact that there are
no immigrants from Europe who assimiate AS
speedily oras thoroughly with the American
people as the Irish. while, on the other hand,
tho Enclishman. and, In n lesser degree, the
ScUtchman in America, always desires to retain
his alien nationality. and does not easily assmi-
late himself with the American people. Neither
the Englishman nor Scotchman is often wholly
an American. whereas every Irish immigrant
is American in all his aspirations from the
moment he sets foot on our soil. 1t cannot be
denied successfully that Ireland has furnished
at least hvefold more OF the brain. bone blood
muscle. and mental and phi, steal force OF the
American people than England, to which 1t is
now the fashion To ascribe the origin of
people" and Our Anglo saxon" institutions.
From the very first settlement OF the
country" says the editor OF the Chicago Tribune.
MIR. Medtll. "in field and street, at the plough,
in tho Senate, and on the battlefield. Irish
energy was represented. Maryland and South
Carolina we're largely peopled BY Hibernians.
Maine, New Hampshire. and Kentucky received
many Irish em:Grants. During the first half OF
the last century, the emigration from ireland to
this country was not less than a quarter of a
million. When our fathers brew off the British
yoke, the Irish formed a sixth or seventh of the
whole population, and one-fourth OF all the conf
miss!oned officers in the army and navy were OF
Irish descent. The first general officer killed in
battle. the first officer Of artillery appointed. the
first commodore com nissioned the first vic tor to
whom the British flag was struck at sea- and the
first officer who surprised a fort by land were
Irshmen; and with such enthusiasm did tho
emigrants from the Green Isle sspouse the cause
OF liberty. that Lord Mountjoy declared in
Parliament, You lost America by the Irish
1.-THE sons and Daughters Of the American
Revolution might well make note of this and
take pride in their Irish ancestryl Who were
the CAROLS. the Rutodges. the Fitzsimmons
and the MeKeans Of the revolution? Whence
came Andrew jackson. J. c. Calhoun, and Nc
Du:fie? Whence the protector OF the Erie can al.
the inventor of the first steamboat, and the
builder OF The first American railroad ~
Tho fortunes of the Irish in America" says
I. d. MCGEE. Minister Of Agriculture. in his
History OF ireland, pages 1S5 and $50. Though
less brilliant for the few. were more ad vanta-
geous as to the many. They were. during the
war OF the Revolution and the war OF iSl2. a
very considerable element in the American Re
public. 1t Is very certain that Washington
placed great weight on the active aid OF the gal
liant Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Southern
Irish troops. and the sturdy Scotch-Irish OF New
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achievements OF the Irish IN America produced
n favorable innutnc on the situation OF tho
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