The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-18
Irish Element in America

OOnnell.
Irish Element in America
Then the president made his set
speech, saying:
At the time early in the eighteenth CEN
tury when the immigrants from Ireland
began first TO come in numbers to this
country, the race elements in our popula
tion were still imperfectly fused and for
some time the new Irish strain was clear
ly distinguishable from the Others There
was popularity about these immigrants
who came from Ireland to the colonies
during the eighteenth century which has
never been paralleled in the case of any
other immigrants whatsoever In ali
other cases, since the very first settle
ments. the pushing westward of the
frontiers has been due primarily tn tho
men OF native birth. But the immigrants
from Ireland in the eighteenth century
pushed boldly through the settled dis
vance guard OF the conquering civiliza-
ton on the borders of the Indian haunted
wilderness In Maine and northern New
hampshire IN western Pennsylvania Vir-
ginia and North Carolina alike this was
true.
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 leadership in the great
struggle which made us nation. Among
their number was Commodore John Barry.
one OF three or four officers to whom our
infant navy owed most. On land they
furnished generals like Montgomery who
fell so gloriously at Quebec. and Sullivan.
the conQueror of the Iroquois who "a me-
of a New Hampshire family which fnr-
nished governors to three New England
states, while the continental troops OF
the hardest fighter among Washington's
cruited so largely from this stock that
Light Horse Harry Lee always referred
to them as "the line of Ireland" Nor
must We forget that Of this same stock
there was a boy during the days of the
revolution VINO afterwards became the
chief American general of his time. and
as president one of the public men who
left his impress most deeply upon our
nation. old Andrew jackson, the victor OF
New Orleans.
cites Phil Sheridan
In the second great crisis of our coun-
try's history-the period of the civil war
the part played by the men of Irish birth
Or parentage was no less striking than il
had been in the revolution. Among the
three or four great generals who led the
northern army in the war stood Phil
Sheridan.
The people who have come TO this coun-
try from Ireland have contributed to the
stock of our common citizenship qualities
which are essential to the welfare of
every great nation. They are masterful
race OF rugged character race the quail
tiles of whose womanhood have become
proverbial, while its men have the ele-
mental. the Indispensable virtues of work
ing hard in time of peace and fighting
hard in time of war. In every walk of
iAC hiCh VI oAOOu &c SlOOu. ana now
slant, preeminent as statesmen and as
soldiers, on the bench. at the bar and in
business. They are doing their full share
toward the artistic and literary develop
ment OF the country. ] hope that an
earnest effort will be made to endow
chairs In American universities for the
study or Celtic literature and for research
in Celtic antiquities
But. after all. in speaking to you or
any other body of my fellow citizens, no
matter from what old world country they
Nl.re.. fnsl
come. the great thing to remember is that
we are all of us Americans. The fate of
the twentieth century will in no small
degree depend upon the quality of citizen
ship developed on this continent. Surely
such a thought must thrill us with the
resolute purpose so to bear ourselves that
the name American shall stand as the
symbol OF just, generous and fearless
dealing with all men and all nations. Let
use be true to ourselves. for we then can
not be false to any man.
Hies Him to Another Feed
President Roosevelt left for the
banquet of the Sons of the American
Revolution at the Hotel Astor. On his
arrival there he was received by the
guests standing. America" was sung
and then the president was presented
a badge of the society, which he him.
self pinned on.
Walter S. Logan, president of the
society, presided at this banquet, while
among the speakers were Mai. Gen.
James + Wade, u. S. A, who spoke on
The Army" and Rear Admiral Joseph
B. Coghlan on The Navy"
President Roosevelt in his address
dwelt particularly upon increasing the
powers of the navy. He left the hotel
at 11:25 and set out on his return to
Washington.
Arrival in New York
hA
Mrs. Roosevelt, his daughter Ethel, his
physician, DIR. Stokes; Secretary Loeb
and two secret service men. At the
Jersey City station q crowd had coll
lected, who cheered the president as
he walked, surrounded by Gordon of
police, through the station to a car.
riage in which he, Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Ethel were driven on the ferry
boat A similar scene was enacted at
the Manhattan terminal, from which
the presidential carriage was driven
through Twenty-third street and Fifth
avenue to the residence of Mrs. James
Roosevelt, the presidents aunt, in
West Fifty-seventh street. All along
the route the nations chief executive
was cheered, and he repeatedly rec
ognized the salutes by lifting his hat.
At o'clock the president left his
aunts residence for that of Henry
Parish Jr., in East Fifty-sixth street,
to attend the marriage of his niece.
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt. daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt,
to her cousin, Franklin Delano Roose-
welt, son of Mrs James Roosevelt. On
the way he met the big St Patrick's
day parade, which was stopped, the
participants and the thousands who
crowded the sidewalks wildly cheering
Mr.. Roosevelt as he went through and
passed up Park avenue.
At the Altar
The wedding was enhanced by the
presence of the chief magistrate, who
led the bride to the altar and gave her
away. The residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Parish for some years has been the
home of the bride. The house was
elaborately decorated, palms, pink
roses and smilax being used in profu-
sion.
The president with his niece leaning
on his arm and preceded by the brides
maids passed into the drawing room
through an aisle of white ribbons, held
by the ushers. Rev. Endicott Peabody
of Groton. Mass, performed the mar
riage ceremony. using the Episcopal
ritual. Miss Alice Roosevelt and Miss
Corinne Robbins led the bridal process
sion. followed by the Misses Ellen
Delano, Helen Cutting, Muriel Delano
Robbins and Isabel st. Louis. The
ushers were Thomas Prince Bealker,
Warren Delano Robbins. Lyman Del
ano, Howard Cary, Gustavus Owen
Winslow. Charles S. Bradley and Ed
mund P. Brown. Lathrop Brown was
best man.