The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-03

tor or the Pioneer Press were driven out
Of this land at the point Of the bayonet.
U1ong and continued applause)
But now they return upon us to prevent
the intelligence Of the people and make us
subject power to the dominion of Great
Britain. Like the barbarans OF France.
they have forgotten nothing and learned
nothing. I do not wonder at the antipathy
to the Irish manifested in this article These
bluenoses have not forgotten the statement
of George Washington Park Custis, the
stepson Of Washington, that Ireland had
contributed hundred soldiers to the revou-
tionary army where any other nation, prior
to the coming Of the Eench, had contributed
one. General Lee, the friend Of Washing
ton, and one of the iliustrious commanders
Of our troops at the time 3of the revolution
declared that one-half OF the Continental
army was derived from Ireland This state
ment may seem improbable to some of you.
for we find nothing Of 1t in the history of
our country. Major General Robertson
made this statement before a committee Of
the British Parliament. and Joseph Gallo
way tory of those days. made like as
sertion. The journal. of the house of COM
mons of those days proves this fact, as does
also the historians Ramsey, Prouch, MCGEE
| etc. A recent investigation has been made
| of the rolls Of the troops serving in the
| Continental army. and one who has gone
! over them carefully finds 200 soldiers who
bear the name Of Patrick
Here is list Of themt Patrick Carr we
are told was a victim Of the Boston mas
| sacre In ITO This was considered the be-
| ginning of the great struggle. His name
| will be found upon the monument erected
| in Boston to those who fell in that conflict
| The name of Patrick Carroll appears on
| the rolls of the minute men who responded
| to the Lexington alarm in ITS; SO do those
| Of Patrick Kelly, Patrick Mckeen Patrick
| Nugen. and Patrick O'Brien. Nearly $50
| other Irish names were found among those
| VIII tl,ot
soldiers Of Bunker Hill contain over go
typical Irish names, and one Of the bright
| est stars In the constellation of American
| history is that battle Of Bunker HILL The
| people Of Boston have erected a monu-
ment Of splendid proportions, dedicated by
| the speech of Daniel Webster in commence
ration Of that great struggle. AT the siege
| of Boston many officers of Irish blood
participated, among them the beloved
| friends of George Washington. The British
evacuated Boston on st. Patrick's day in
1176. and the Americans marched in and
| took possession Gen. Sullivan, Of Irish
| blood. was designated officer of the day
| and the watchword was ''St. Patrick
| Patrick Calhoun was the father Of the cele-
! brated John G. Calhoun. A recent sketch
| states that his three brothers fought for
| American Independence. One persisted by
| the hands of the tories another fell at
| the battle of the Cowpens and the third
|
| off to the dungeons eff St. Augustine [
| quote these surprising facts not only be-
| cause they Will be new to many of the
| American people. but because they are
! proper reply to the ingenious BUT unfair
| attack which has been made by the Pioneer
! Press, the burden of which seems to be
| that although 1 born in this country
| and my mother before me- and family
| established here more than hundred
years. nevertheless have Irish blood in my
veins. and is considered proper ground
| for hooking and ridiculing me. While the
| Irish would fight and de for American
| liberty. the progenitors OF the gentleman
| of the Pioneer Press were engaged in the
delectahle work of killing patriots and rob-
| bling henroosts. loud applause)
I object to this treaty. not because I am
| opposed to arbitration, but because l am
| not willing to see the rights of the nation
| to its own territory or its own fisheries
of it's interests, great and small, submitted
to the Judgment of any man who can be
| selected. We are not all aggressive people,
| Mr.. Speaker. In our more than a hundred
| years Of life have never invaded any
| other country across the Atlantic We
have followed the advice of Washington,
| to avoid all entangling alliances with them:
we not likely to, therefore, why we
| should tie our hands for six years, for
probably longer period of time in the
| way proposed by this treaty. If any dis
| pute arises with any foreign power let
| us meet it upon its merits We are ready
| to hold forth the olive branches, but it is
| just as we'll that the muzzle of the cannon
| should appear between them. We demand
| nothing that is not right: will submit
to nothing that is wrong.
| The resolution of the senate 1T comes
| to us does not meet my appreciation. 1t
| starts out with a grand flourish Of trum-
| pets and declaration that are in favor
| Of arbitration. and winds up with a lame
| conclusion " 1a
| sire this to be understood indorse-
| ment Of the pending treaty, but that we
| leave that altogether to the judgment Of
our senator's. 1t needs no ghost to come
| from the grave to tell our senators that
| they have the control of this matter. Why
| should waste time and stationery in
| such declarat ion? II the resolution can
| be amended to indicate opposition to such
| treaty as this, then have no objection to
| passing our action upon the resolution OF
| the senate. l have pride of opinion In
| behalf of my own resolution l will not
! be turned aside from my sense Of right
| and duty by the clamor that has been
| raised in favor of peace at any price. We
| heard similar demonStra tons at the break
| ing out of the civil war when Horace
Greeley debated in favor Of letting the
| erring sisters depart in peace and others
| said there was not a human right which
| was worth the shedding of drop OF human
| blood.
| There are too many old ladies Of both
| sexes crying for arbitration. I-aughtero l
| have great respect for the clergy. Belong
! ing to no church. l am better fitted to DO
! Justice to all Qaughter), but [ must say
| that one of the most dangerous men IN
| the world at this time is the rhapsodlcal,
hypocrtical foreign clergyman who knows
| very little about the next world ana stun
| less about this. Great lauShtef) nave
got too much already of English doInlna-
| ton in this country. They own our rail-
roads our factories, our banks, our mills
and even our breweries. They are coercng
our voters, depriving them of their rights
as American citizens. l received yesterday
letter from some workingman or the
city of Minneapolis, who. having been en-
ployed by the great. English syndicate own
ing the Touring mills in that city. l will
ask the clerk to read 1t.
The letter referred to was from party
stating that they were compelled to sign as
members of sound money club In the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mills; that he held out
for long time with few others; that at
last he signed the paper, but on account OF
his well-known position on the silver q'les-
ton he was discharged after election 1t
gave names of parties and all PARTICULARS
1 don't present it with any desire to open
I'D political questions, because l don't be
lieve there is a member upon the moor OF
this house who would be willing to see
American workman deprived of the freedom
Of the ballot. but if these statements are