The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-18
SONS OF ERIN
GREET TEDDY Z
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GREET TEDDY
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from the tlironss, which grew by tlion.
sands A loud voice called for speech
from the President. lie was seen TO sc Y
something, nut. owing to the cheering
of the crowd, what he said wes lost 70
those In the street. /.
The sixty-nntM Regiment again took
5up Its line OF march, and was rsVieWea
BY the President as IT passed down Fill ~
Avenue. the band playing Hal III 70 the
Chief" and THE " hite CotkSjaa!dfe# ~ MS MS
honor. 8is .sy
Az tie President ttrned into the build
Ing he was again cleered. the fayorite
CRY being Three cheers for Teddy
No Race Suicide Here.
The President arrived a t $50 p. Nj and
for haif2an hour held n reception. 4 men,
escorted by Judge Fitzgerald the preesi.
dent or the society, President Roosevelt
was conducted to the dining room, where
he was given ro,tsing cheers. The Presi-
dent was introduced by Governor Fltz-
gerald, and In response said;
II have listened with the Sgrea test pleas
urel to my good friend, Judge Fitsge 7
telling ofS5niy difficulty III coming here.
The difficulty would beS8to keep ME
away. n I wish5to read a telegram received
tonight. tits a sop to one OF my we'll
known prejudices. The recipient was U
father tonight when he came to this
banquet. Now he is a grandfather Here
Is the telegram:
Peter Mcdonnell, Friendly Sons Of
st. Patrick Dinner Patrick Just arrived.
to President. lie Is the first on record
since Teddy attended the Friendly Sons
dinner. He Is a fine singer. No race
suicide lin this family. Weighs eight
pounds, and looks like the whole family.
All is we'll .ssS
tsigncd) }.".'Ro BDRT N1'DoNNELL.'s
Presidents Speech.
".And now, gentlemen, continued tho
drinking to the health of Peter McDoll
nell, and above all, TO Mrs. Mcdonnell Z
In his speech, which followed, the
i President said in part: AZ "a
Revolution there had begun on the
i soil Of the colonies which, afterwards
+ became the United States that; mix
s at q Nhe haga aa
features in our history as q people:
45 AT the time early IN he eighteenth,
II century when the Immigrants from from N.
\. fers tosSthis Country the5race ele-
S,l,ents Incur population were still
imperfectly fused and for some time
the new Irish traiInswas clearly y, dis
was a popularity about these immi-
grants who came from ireland to- the
colonies during the ighteenth.u cen q;
in the case q any other immigrants
whatsoever: In all other cas- since
tic very first settlements, the push
ing westward 9 {, tile lfrontier5. Ia
tive birth. But the inmigrants froll
q Ireland in@9 the II sevent eenth century
4 pushed boldly through 1.-The settled
lstrets and PLANTED
n civilza ton on the bord ers of the In
dian-hallnted wilderness. III Maine S
and Northern New, Halnpsh hire. IN
North Carolina. alike. this wa $ true.
Irish leaders.
BY the time the Revolution broke
out these men had begun to mix with /.
their fellows Of other stocks and they
furnished their full share Of leader
ship in the great. struggle, which made l,
US a nation; Among their number
tlicyfthree or four officers to whom
our Infant navy owed most. On land
they furnished generals Ike Mont; i
6 5uiss and sullivan the conauerer
OF tile Iroquois, who came from
New Hampshire family. which FUR
nlshed Governors TO three = NeT. Eng;;
troops, OF the hardest fighter among
Washington's generals, Mad Anthony
from this stock that Light Horse
Harry Leg n alg 9 {ererrsd NJ st
We forget that Of this same stock
there was g hoy during the, d, days !, 9
[. came the chief American general of
y his time. and as .President# zone of thes3
public men who left, his Impress most
4 Jackson. the victor or New Orleans.
In the second great crisis OF our
country's history-the period OF the
Civil War-the, part played by the
men OF Irish birth or parentage was
the Revolution. AMONG the three
or four great generals who led the
Northern army In the war stood Phil. 4
Sheridan. Some Of those, whom lam
now addressing served In that Inn
Sf'a P Freeaercksbu n left its its dead
closest to the stone wall which mark
ed the limit that could not be over rs
passed even by the highest human
valor. IL
a Masterful Race.
country from ireland have contrIbu-
ted TO the stock Of our common citl-l
zenship qualities which are essential
to the welfare Of every great nation.
charscter--a face, the qualities Of
whose womanhood have become pro-
verbal while Its men have the ele-4
mental. the Indispensable virtues Of a
working hard In time OF peace and
hghting hard II time Of war; II