The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-12-27

| WHO nave now Il place III history.
should not omit the Starkeys, VIII.
came to New Hampshire, afterwards
shortened to Stark, whose son, JOIN
Stark. a lad of II years, captured b,
the Indians and forced to run TIN,
gauntlet, seized Il club from his enc
mics, knocking them right and left. ;,nt
! making his way to the Council House
was made chief of the tribe. This
was the same John Stark who after
wards demanded the surrender of Fort
| Ticonderoga, I'm the name of jehovah
and the Continental Congress- and at
critical time intercepted the rein
forcements for Burgoyne, winning the
victory at Bennington, which FASTENED
the surrender at Saratoga. can
briefly mention John Barrett, who COM
mlnded company ut Lexington. and
Hugh Cargill, who saved the Concord
town records on that eventful 10Th of
April. l175. l think the inscription OF,
tile stone that marks his grave may
not be embarrassing. 1t is as follows
Here lies inferred the remains of
Hugh Cargill, late of Boston, who died
IN Concord, january 18th, 1890, in the
Goth year of his age. He was born in
Bally Shannon, Ireland: came to this
country in 1114. destitute of the COM
forts Of life, but by his industry and
economy acquired good estate. dc,
missed to his wife, Rchcccl Cargjll.
Likewise Il large and generous dona-
ton to the Town of Concord for brnrv-
olent purposes.
Farther down on the stone are thrs"
lines:
"IlOw strange. o God, that rcigns on
high,
That l should come so far to die.
And leave my friends where was
bred,
TO lazy my bones with strangers, dead.
But | have hopes when | arise
TO dwell with them in yon,lrr skies. y
Ii he was not q good poet he was
certainly a good and patriotic Irish
man.
Time presses. l might devote my
whole time to New York. Francis
Parkmam and John Fiske. the histo-
rians, pay eloquent tribute to Thomas
Dongan and William Johnson. those
two Irish Colonial Governors, to whom
the great State of New York owes so
much. What can I add?
| have briefly called your attention to
a few OF the Irislmen in the American
Colonies before the Revolution. These
brave and sturdy Irish pioneers hal
learned something of the art Of war,
for they were at Fort Du Quesnc,
Crown Point, Louisburg and Ticonde-
roga. Richard Montgomery was Il
young officer with General Wolfe when
he made that memorable attack upon
Quebec. He climbed the rough ana
stony path with his chief to the Plains
of Abraham and participated in the
battle OH that eventful day, when both
Wolfe and MOntcalm lost their lives
and Frencl, dominion ended in Canada,
and England thought her power SUI
prcme on the North American cOnti-
1,nt 1,1. In; ,.,f
Abraham, says a recent English his
tOrian, began the history of the United
States. When the great struggle for
Home Rule and no taxation without
representation began. we find such
representatives as Carroll Thornton.
Sullivan, Montgomery. Moylan. Hand
and many other leading freshmen fore
most in that movement.
Senator lIonr. of Massachusetts. in
a recent address says: "Onethird OF
the people of this country are of Irish
stock; onc-thirtl Englislrmcn; the re-
naming third of other nationalities.
think HI is in error. Your distinguished
tOWTSnlnn. DR.. Thomas Adds Emmett,
places the number of descendants from
English ancestors at about one seventh
Of our population. | agree with him,
and l think that nearly half of our
people can be traced back to Irish an
ccstry We of this generation, owe Il
great debt to the early Irish settlers.
Giving all due credit to the men who
future historian will record that with.
out the Irish population in these colo
MES before the American Revolution,
this Republic might never have been.
AS we cannot pay the delft we owe
them. we can best honor the virtue AND
patriotism of those God-fcaring men
by cnderorin= to uphold our institu-
tions and transmitting to our pOsterity
the blessing of FREQ government. which
they did so much to found and main
tain. and which they hcuueathed to us
as a precious legacy.
Let us remember that not material
wealth. nor ships. nor great cities. nOl
armies. nor navics. but men. high
minded men,
Men who their duties know
But know their rights: and knowing
dare maintain
constitute the State.
The Tragic House of Parnell.
\ letter in the newspapers from Mrs