The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-05-28


Sanscrit tri me matar
So from the northernmost cape Of Nor
way or Sweden to the southernmost
point of Hindostan, across two contin-
ents, the evidence Of language shows
that from the abundant fountain of Scan
dinavia succession of waves of popula-
ton poured out and flooded the world.
And wherever it settled in pools there
civilization sprang up in the track OF con-
quest.
The very name Of France is derived
from the Gothic word frank FREQ
which reappears in our word frank"
as to frank" a letter. 1t is found in
variant forms in German, Spanish, Ita!-
ian, Latin, etc.
The royal families in every country
in Europe, including the Russian, were
originally of Scandinavian stock. Queen
Victoria is the lineal descendant OF Will
liam the ConqucrOr who was the seventh
In descent from Rollo, the leader OF tn"
Scandinavian invaders of the north of
France.
The wife of Brian Boru was a Scandi-
navian, and his daughter married Il man
Of that race. called "Sigtrig of the Golden
Beard" j. ]. Worsacs Danes and
Norwegians," page 3l2, says it was No.
wegians who settled all the principal
cites of Ireland, including Limerick, Dub
lin, Waterford, Cork, etc. and possessed
petty kingdoms in them for 300 years,
where nothing but the Scandinavian
tongue was spoken 1t is safe to say
that one-third Of the Irish, if not one
half, are descended from the colonists
from Norway. Sweden and Denmark In
It'll. the English earl, Strongbow. i'm
prisoned in the round tower at Water
ford, Reginald the last scandinavian
king.
This great wave if migration, which IS
now covering a large part of the United
States is but a continuation of similar
waves which peoplcd Germany, France,
Holland, Belgium, Scotland, England,
ireland, Switzerland. Austria. Italy,
Greece, Spain, Persia. Assyria and Hin
dostan They travelled in their great
wagons, drawn by oxen. the wheels cut
from the trunks of trees, loaded with
women and children and domestic ami
mails. and armed with spears and shields
and bows and arrows. Fifty years ago,
their kindred, in similar cavalcades, were
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the United States, with horses or oxen.
and in great Canestoga wagons; fighting
when necessary but seeking peaceful
homes. whore they could find them in the
virgin wilderness. Latterly their immc-
diate stock have moved IN railroad trains
to possess this beautiful land of Mime
Sofa
1t has been a source OF wonder how
the small Scandinavian peninsula. grad
ing off into the arctic night. could have
populated all the vast region reaching
from the Categat to the shores of India
We find an answer to this question in
the fact that go years ago Norway had
but 100000 inhabitants, while at the be
ginning OF tho present century this num-
Der had sweled to 500, 1000, and it is now
about 100000; Notwithstanding the
vast emigrations to Australia and Ameri.
ca. History is repeating itself; and W.
live in the midst of startling and tre
mendous events, scarcely noticed b,
those who take part In them.
And l think we can say without fat
terry, that wherever this population is
now spreading 1t comes as blessing
to the regions 1t visits. It's most marked
characteristic Is a profound love of lib
erty. This Is bred in the bone of til,
race.
Slavery never existed among the Scan
dinavian people, So far as I can learn
human flesh was never bought and SOLE
among them, while bondage flourishe.
in every other country Of Europe, ASH
and Africa-except Ireland, where at al
early date it was abolished by relig
ious council Of the nation.
It is also to the distinguished homo
of the Norwegians that ut time whel
the common people Of nearly all Europ
lay PROSTATE under the hoofs of the feud
al system, they would have nothing t
do with an aristocracy And one Of til
first acts of the people, after the estab
lishment of their liberty, on the day yo
are here to celebrate, on the 18th of May
1914, was to pass by the storthing, il
1876, resolution abolishing all title
of nobility in the country. The kin
vetoes the act, but the next two storth
tngs re-anacted 1t, notwithstanding al ap
peal Of the king In person, and stron
. MILITARY demonstration to oyerawe tn