The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-12
THE ENGLISH
And SCOTCH
PART They HAVE PLAYED N.
TIE couNTRYs HISTORY

PART THEY HAVE PLAYED IN
TIE couNTRYs HISTORY
SONS OF sRITANRi LEADERS.
Have Furnished Nearly al our Pres
idepts Since Washington. are
Quickly Amafsamated with the Ma,
tiyes but Few Of Then, are Coming
No@-carnesie and Other Promi.
nent Men From the Land o. cakea
i-rransptanted orumtoehtys Were
Formerly commen-over the Line
From canada--sons Of Greece.
Most Americans are descended from
English forefathers and despite the
twisting Of the lions tail and other
political and social evidences Of an.
glophobia, the English are not looked
upon as other foreigners In the United
States. or the 100000 of Americans
In the colonies when Independent gov.
ernment was established, all but 500.
600 were English or Of English stock
The English language, with improve
ments, is the American language
English laws are American laws The
Constitution looks to English prece
dents and every one of our state con
stitutions comes from the same source
American literature cannot be sepa
rated from English literature. and
even England does not attempt a dis.
tinction.
In the history OF our country the
English names are most numerous and
tifustrfous. OF our 25 presidents Is
have been of direct English stock, be.
ginning with Washington and ending
with Cleveland. 1t is worthy of note
that ali but two OF the presidents have
come from British stockAeither En-.
glish, Scotch, Irish or Welsh. The
two exceptions-van Buren, and Rose.
Ivelt-were Dutch in the paternal line.
but both Scotch in the maternal line.
To enumerate the English names
which stand out in the history of the
republic would be to set down the
names OF at least three.fourths of the
men whose fame has made the glory
of Americans in statecraft, war and
letters. Comparatively few English
are coming to the United States now.
the yearly immigration being about
10000, and they are almost immedi.
ately assimllated by the American
population. Among the native En-.
glishmen who are now holding high
political Office in this country may be
mentioned ]. ]. jenkins, member of
Congress from Wisconsin and chair
man of the important judiciary Com
mittee; Senator's George Sutherland,
of Utah, and Representative William
Lorimer of Chicago.
Some OF the Scots.
Andrew Carnegie Is the best-known
of the native Scots who are now Amer
leans. He came to the United States
as a penniless boy and is now the sec
ond richest man In the world. He has
given away more money than any
other man in history. Another Scot,
born in the shadow OF the home of
Robert Burns, is James Wilson, secre.
tary of agriculture. He Is the only
son of McKinley's Cabinet officers who
has held to his seat at the Presidents
council table until this day. Alex.
ander Graham Bell, the inventor of
the telephone, was born in Scotland.
The late Speaker Henderson, OF the
national House Of Representatives,
came from Scotland when boy. Nine
presidents of the United States boast
ed OF Scotch blood. Robert E. Lee,
of Virginia, was descended from Rob.
ert Bruce, King of Scotland. Wash.
ington Irving was OF Scotch parent
age, and the list of his successors in
American journalism who are of the
same blood includes James Gordon
Bennett. Henry watterson, whitelaw
Reid, Arthur Brisbane and John R.
Mclean. The st. Andrews Society
of New York is t52 years old and
nearly every state has a Scottish
American organization.
TranspIanted Drumtoehtys.
The few scots who came to this
country nowadays do not settle in col
onies. but rapidly amalgamate them.
selves with the Americans. This was
not so in the old days, when the from
tier was beset with dangers. compan-
les of Scotch people, armed with good
rifles and Bibles. and accompanied by
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