The sun., 1899-09-17
THE IR1sH IN TEE UNITED STATE.
President of Gaelic Society Sets Forth the
Facts About Colonial Immigration.

America who have felt 1t duty to record facts
which prove tho opposite OF "E. Z. C.'s" con-
tention.
Early In the seventeenth century very
many adventurous Irish drifted to the
Colonies In the various expeditions COM
ing hither. In the second quarter OF
the same century many more came
by way OF France, Spain and the Lowlands.
The fret great tide OF emigration set in
toward the closc OF and just after the great
civil war which ragged in ireland from 1641 to
1852 BY an sdict OF the English Parliament Tor
rather OF Cromwsll, over one hundred thou
sand men. women and children were arrested
and shipped as "servants" to the Barbados.
New England and the Vlrginias. where they
were sold to the farmers and planters. In
1853. Col. Leigh, the CromwelIan Governor OF
Waterford. was directed to arrest all the Quak-
ers whom he could fnd. send them to Bristol.
England. and thence to New England. Now.
there were few or no Quakers in Ireland at
that time; nevertheless. Col Leigh carried out
his orders to the full. and ship after ship
freiRhted with unfortunate Irish arrested un
der pretext OF being Quakers in the counties OF
Waterford. Kilkenny. Wexford and Cork. was
sent to Bristol whore they were disposed OF to
the man catcher" merchants OF that place
who In turn sold them to the farmers Of
New England and the planters OF the
Carolinas and virginias tMarmion: Mari
time Ports Of Ireland). From the fact that
many OF these sfterward redeemed them
Selves by their labor they became known as
"redemptioners," and REDEEM ptioners 7" were
enumnIerous class in the Colonies DOWN to tho
SSFs"S}}as Ss s}stsorS out Of the reycuton Bozman IN
period. the population OF the province was
greatly Increased by the mum bers Of Irish ;,
164l-52 In Ireland During all this time ths
merchants OF Bristol CONDUCTED a lucrative
ssnsaon HshS 81 n kSSnappinF With and Tithou.
and selling to service in the Colonies. These
were the REDEEM ptioners" and servants" Of
lit later the emigration became mere OF q
voluntary character.
practice the sSanst st,
motion In ireland by William tho Third in vio-
lstion OF the articles OF tho treaty Of Liner
demptioners" and servantsh to 'a the " new @
SSsebhesths ssbtng s1 emigration to Trsnqs being Of
i7Ss he Irish haa Seeoms Amsf'ss SO numerou.
number OF the bigots OF that day petitioned
James Logan, Penn, = Irish Governor, against
ni Sdpn pu1S sSeTeso by them Of the Catholic
letter OF this date. says that he has great DIM
fn!1y ady In collecting NE head tax on servants
from Dublin. landed a few days ago" And
again. he says. 1T looks as II Ireland is goin g
to send all her inhabitants hithsr.. for last
week not less than six ships arrived from Ire
land and every week two or three arrive"
snch tfS:tmony certainly does not tend 70
irish immigration there was almost none"
during the Colonial period.
hrono ia l717 se eGTe1 M TO 8beS feS
again '.d sni0rssd win renewed vlsor in Ire Ire
slve laws against Irish manufactures. caused
s. Dec AgsF1 g. i2o Fssm ssg. hsne. AI5s. e
America there entered at the e"po port Of Of
6sae9gs!a 6srasn 95 5g5} ,Is IFsR
This incontrovSrtible ststement W stands. Sit% and
indicates very clearly the volume, relatively. OF
lrlsh and other pationaltes, and the same ratio
optalnSl until tha outbreak OF our Indepen-
Nor Was It alone to Pennsyyana that these
ausade nnf asee the old Bay State st {hsf
ssettIers sen p the valley OF The Merrimac In 17i9
but but The The, ',iFnncans. ,s, q name i lost:
hun hundred years has borne the name Of Man
father Of ths sulllyans. the nrst OF the 1rlsS
"a ~, Now hampshre; The father Of New Yorks
there three, hundred Irish families Nor must
We 90 n9mindiul o. the pioneer work OF that
Sir William Johnson. distastsful though his
memory piety be to all true. Americans. who came
nltper nv with following from the County Meath.
lean and irish cintons overthrsW his his royast ossn
Before making his wild asse rtions. "E. go"
should study the history Of the Carolnas nd
Hlrginias; he should not forget the Irish OF the
,h1
settled on q ,he banks q he S.ntee 'f rh.ss %sS
Jererson's splendld, production. II thers was
tha a.9ost PoiN none o. Irish immigration during
the nHona on b PberSd Why Il it thai the q
Mas. Minute Men who fought at Bunker Mi
Indicate Inc more than eighty-hve per cent Irish
OF one of the six Americans shot in State
dsiepdnS n9n"p IN. n 2 ahd that John Adams
n' tS the desnSs GSsf That al the the sos e
ofI t6& h2y' appsa TsF' to nfnB aB CALL e.
sst. 81 81 IA. Ns1 'k Hnfk in The sa q
ths mgsisr rolls Of the New York Line during
sn 9gH, ard NJ b were to
roster Of division OF the 4. q. ii. So much for
his statement in regard to the Colonial period.
customs officers at the different ports OF entry
TO collect all data as to the mum err sex. birth,
Ssnf "to ..cs G On q al at @ h
bsen in force ever since The returns OF the
United states Census are based on the data 90
From 1910 to 1910 the record shows that
W lGi Irish landen in the United States the
there was "scarcely any. Bromwell, His
tory tory q plmrmIigration' Z I whose authority am
sure sure 4. n O.. will not question. says that
between en- Sent 30. 1919. and Sept 30. is55
~ 1870 persons. The above figures do not
SS99mparatively S9 late, day. Betwsen 1910 and
lsOO we received 3,441.O74 Irish immi-
grants Part III Statistical Atlas. initial
States Census, $500 II is true, as
O., g; T. Z says that there were In 1880 but
;SIl .5OI' lrish-born persons here, hut he ia
absolutely In error, and cha enge his proof
when he says In the face Of the Statistical
AIRS mere were only :, ,l6l ,39T born OF Irish
parents. AS matter Of fact. according TO the
authortE above named. there we're In 1890
~ S53 rerSons born OF Irish parents. And
these figures do not include cases where only
one OF the parents WAS horn in Ireland.
EDWARD T. MCCRYSTAI
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