St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-08-27
ANGLo-sAx0NS IN AMERICA.
The Magnitude Of the Htberiaa Ass
ncnt Has Decn M9ch
Ovefrated.

lea takes exception to our recent re-
marks concerning "Mr. Davitt and the
Anplo-Saxons." He wants to know
where we got our statistics showing
that before 1921 the AnglO-Saxon pop
ulation of this country far outnnm-
bered the Irish. and that since that
date, or down to 1890, England has
sent MS considerably more than two
thirds ms many immigrants as Ireland.
The answer is easily given. Before
1920 there were no statistics on the
subject. But it is perfectly well
known that the vast majority OF CO.
lonial settlers in this country were
English and Scotch. The Puritans OF
New England were certainly not Irish.
Neither were the cavaliers of Virginia.
The fewness OF Irish settlers In the
colonies is marked in the fact that
while practically all Irishmen at that
time were Roman Catholics, practical
ly all the colonists. excepting in Mary
land. were Protestants. Since 1s20
statistics are available. We found
ours in the United States census re-
ports, which are commonly considered
pretty trustworthy. Those reports
show that from 1921 to 1890 there came
to this country from England and
Wales 2.43O,3SO from Scotland. 323,-
es3. and from Ireland, 3,4sl,074. II.
then, MS is scarcely disputablc. the
Anglo-Saxon race greatly predomi-
mated in this country before 1921, and
since that date has furnished more
than two-thirds as many immigrants
as the Irish, it seems reasonable to
reckon that it to-day considerably ont
numbers the Irish.
The fact is, as we have before OBJ
served. that the magnitude OF Irish
migration to this country is common
" much overrated. According to the
United States census reports. only
3.7O per cent. OF our population in 1880
was of Irish origin, against 3.92 per
| cent. of Germans. Or, if we turn to the
statistics of the British board OF trade
we find that in the sc years from 1855:
to 1885 S,675,475 emigrants left tht
British Isles for destinations outside
/ of Europe, and of these 40 per cent
| were English and only Al per cent
Irish and ten per cent. Scotch. In thu
ten years, 1Ss1-9O. the number of Eng
lish and Welsh immigrants to thi'
country was actually greater thar
that of Irish. And since 1890 there Il
reason to believe the same condition
has prevailed. Irish emigration Il
steadily decreasing, while that from
England is increasing. and that from
other European countries IL enor
mously increasing.
| Our correspondent also takes excep
ton to the statement that the peopl'
of America think the same thoughts
cherish the same ambitions and ar
moved by the same spirit as the Eng
lish. .The chief ambition of England.
he says, .'has been and is to seize ever
coustry she can lay hands on.
the cold fact is that she has seized les
land than some of her rivals. Sh
never grabbed as much in America
did Spain. She has not near, as muc
, in Africa as France, and in Asia he
grabbings are a mere trifle compare
with Russia's. Is not that land grail
} bing -eproach growing bit stale
ITO keep the natives in poverty an
: subjection," continues the critic "
it is perfectly well known that Gres
: Britain treats subject races much be
ter than other conquering power
compare the condition of the negrot
!. in Jamaica with that Of our own NJ
: groes generation ago. or even to-da
: Or contrast England's treatment I
E the Indians in Canada with our trea
! ment of our Indians. Or contrast En-
e lands, treatment of any subject rae
! with Spain's in South America, or thu
I of the Beers in South Africa, or th'
e of such Germans as Carl Peters
t Africa, or that of the Russians in Ce
+ trail Asia, as pictured by vassili Veres
e chagin.-
n Great Britain is in no need Of haviI
her cause pleaded here and now. Br
8 in the interest of simple truth, 1t
v well to look at facts as they are, Al
) not as discredited tradition or too fe
vent Imagination pictures them
r Y. Tribune.