The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-07-13

try, hence they We're called "redemp-
TONERS Soon after he arrived in
America, his passage was paid by Mr..
Salvage of Durham, Bucks county,
Pennsylvania. for which he bound him
self as a common laborer for a term
of years.
This man was the owner of iron
works where he lived, and assigned
to his new servant the station of
"fller.' his business being to throw
Goals into the furnace when in blast.
His hands became cruelty blistered.
but being resolute and ambitious of
gaining the appreciation of all around
him, he persevered without a COM
plant. The workmen observing his
condition named the circumstance to
Mr.. Savage. whose humanity induced
him to provide less laborious employ
nent for the young Irishman. On
conversing with him he discovered his
intelligence. education. and talents,
and Immediately promoted him to clerk
in the counting-room of the establish
ment. He proved fully competent to
his new position and gained the friend
ship of all around him. To add to his
importance in society, the wife of Mr..
Savage became a widow, and was sub
sequently married to Mr.. Taylor, by
which he became sole proprietor of a
large property and the husband of a
worthy and influential woman.
He soon became favorably known.
and having the confidence of his fell
low citizens. he was by them elected,
in 1854, to the Provincial Assembly at
Philadelphia. and took prominent
part in it's deliberations. He was a
republican by nature and a hater of
oppression by instinct. In 1775 he
was returned for the third time to
the Assembly. In addition to others.
Safety. then virtually the organ OF
the government. He continued to eX-
ercise powerful and salutary in
luence in the Assembly of Pennsyl-
vania until the summer of 1776. when
he became a member. of the Continen-
tai Congress, and sanctioned with his
signature to the declaration of rights
the principles of liberty he had sc
boldly advocated In the spring OF
1777 he retired from Congress anG
from public life. He died February
%, 1871. 80
George Read -:
George Read. the son of John Read
wealthy planter who emigrated from
Dublin. Ireland. and located in Cecil
County, Maryland, was born in 1874
At the age Of seventeen he commenced
the study of law. and in two years he
was admitted to the bar. From the
leommenc cement to the close of the
Revolution he was a bold and strong
advocate of equal rights and princi-
pies. In 1868 he was elected men,
ber of the Assembly of the State OF
Delaware. and was instrumental in
| laying deep the foundation of liberty
He boldly advocated war. and called
on his countrymen to oppose with
arms in their hands the expressions
and encroachn1ents of England He
| was a member of the Congress Of 1774
and retained that elevated station
during the Revolution. He was also
President of the Convention that
formed the first Constitution of Della
ware in 177e, and member Of her
Assembly constantly for twelve sue
vessive years after his first election
He died in the year 1898.
Matthew Thornton.
Matthew Thornton was born in Ire
land in 1714. and descended from a
family that had made itself formidable
to oppression. At an early age he en-
| igrated to this country with his father
and settled in Connecticut. Here he
received a good education, and select
ing medicine for his profession, stud
led to make himself master of that
branch of knowledge. Having ac-
ouired the requisite medical inforna.
tion. he removed to New Hampshire
in 1875. and established himself at
Londonderry. In 1775, when the Bri-
tish Government was dissolved in New
Hampshire. and provincial conven-
ton formed for temporary purposes
Thornton was elected President. The
next year he was chosen delegate tc
the Continental Congress. Though not
present when the Declaration Of Inde.
pendence passed, he acceded to it or
his becoming member, and his sig
nature stands among the ffty-six he.
roes who have irnmortalized them.
selves by that act. In 1777 he was