The Irish standard., 1896-01-18
WE ARE NOT ENGLISHMBu
Andrew Carnegie Thinks There
Should Be an English and
American Union.
The Reason Given Is Because the
Two Nations Are of the
Same Blood.
1T Is Shown, However, That the
@ Anglo Saxon Does Not
Predominant.

Carnegie in the North American Review
for June, 1893, and continued by Sir Geo
Clarke, Arthur Silva White, Capt. Ma
han and Lord Beresford in later nun
bers, has been discussed on the assump
ton that the people of the United State
are very largely of English blood, write
b. wv. Skinner, of Sioux City, Iowa, y
the Midland Monthly. Mr.. Carnegie, a
his first proposition, says: "The Ameri
can remains three-rourths purely Brit
lsh,' and then follows the suggestion tina
the other fourth is substantially all Ger
man and that all three, German Amer:
can and Bliton, are Teutonic. If thi:
reasoning is correct why should not al
Teutonic people be embraced in the TN
ion? Or would it not be quite as nat
ural for England to unite with her an
cient mother as to expect the United
States TO- cross seas to unite With hers?
Mr.. Carnegie further says: "1'ht
amount of blood, other than Anglo-Saxo1
and German, which has entered into th'
American, is almost too tritling to de
serve notice. Ii he would claim al
western and northern Europe as compose
ed of Anglo-Saxon and German people
he is not far wrong. for all these have
contributed literally to make III
this composite nation. There were sub
5tantial Scandinavian settlements on the
lower Delaware and Connecticut rivers a.
an early day, almost as early as the set
element Of the Puritans at Plymouth, OF
the HoIlanders att New Amsterdam
Colonies of French, German and Swiss
PrOtestants were located in North Caro-
lima. and New Berne Was founded by the
latter. The south Atlantic and Cult
states were originally settled by French
and SpaIiards.
France lad claim to all The country
west Of the Ale'ghenies. and French set
Elements were scattered throughout the
whole Of the great central valley of the
/. continent Green Bay and. Fox river
IN Wisconsin, we4a occupied"~l,y the
French soon after Marquette made hi:
first trip Of discovery to the Mississippi
Eastern and northern Mich:an were first
settled by French. The French took
possession Of the Mississippi and many o1
It's tributaries established cities and set
dement's from its mouth to it's source. AS
Early as 100 they mad town, Cahokia
On the east bank OF the Mississippi, near
the present site Of East St. Louis, which
is said to have had as many Inhabitants
at that time, as Quebec. The French
when expelled from Arcadia, moved in q
body to dheir brethren on the Mississippi
Everywhere throughout this great central
region we find descendants Of the early
pioneers. If the historian would ignore
their presence the geographer cannot, for
thni, y,tN oLG 1>,,,, fI,n1
have given to cities. counties and streams
adj over the country from the Alleghenies
westward.
We have meager statistics as to the
number Of people in the United States
Of their place of origin at the time of the
revolution, and the early census enumer-
ations did not undertake to classify AL
were Americans. We know, however
that New York, Pennsylvania. New Jer-
eey and Delaware were settled by Hol-
landers and Germans, and that their lie.
scendants were nearly if not quite as
numerous as were the English at the
time of the separation. Had Mr.. Carne.
gle investigated the personnel of the
business men surrounding his Pittsb'lrg
home he would have found that the ma.
jority of those controlling the manufact
uring and mining industries, as well as
the railroads of Pennsylvania, were lie
scendants of the Dutch pioneers. The
only colonists that were pure English
were those of New England. east of the
Connecticut river, and Virginia. Eng.
land, as she conquered new territory. die
not drive out the occupying people, bu'
she introduced her vigorous language
The United States. has wisely pursued
the same policy. In many sections, how
ever, the adoption of the language has
been SLOW. Within forty years sections
Of Pennsylvania had to import teachers
If they wished English taught in thei1
schools To within u few years Louis
lana has printed her laws in French as
we'll as English. In New Mexico there
was strong opposition to inserting in the
act of admission as a ST ate by the last
congress clause requiring English to be
taught in the public schools.
At the time of the separation it is evi~
dent that there was no ascendency OF
English blood in the then United States
After the acquisition of that portion call
ed ''The. Louisiana Purchase which adj
ded so many French, and later the ac-
luisition of Texas and the territory from
Mexico embracing California New Mex
leo, Utah, Arizona. Colorado and Idaho)
populdteu Dy Spanish. IL 1eiC InOSe OF
English blood largely in the minority
And since we have become an independ-
ent nation, the immigration from other
countries has been largely in excess OF
that from England. There have nearly
as many come to us from the Scandi-
navian countries alone as from England
England's colonies have offered inviting
fields for her surplus population. Other
countries, not having such outlets of their
own, have given us 1fberal]y Of their en-
terprising sons.
By the census of 1890 it is shown that
2O,676, ,O46, or 33 per cent of the whole
population of the United States, were
born in foreign countries, with their chill
dren. Children born to the second and
later generations would be classed as ma
tives. OF those of foreign parentage
there We're but 9.37 per cent from Eng.
land. From the Scandinavian countries
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, the per
centage is 7.49, or more than seven-ninths
I as manyas from England. OF French
lSas many as from England OF French
Il per cent or more than one-thtrd as
my as from England Irelansl