The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-22
On The Irish in the Amer
lean Revolution, and
Hibernians.

Fssls fts}F srri faaf ~ .f4l it 10 49,
Htpernians and others listened to-
an address Wednesday night Id Cen-I
tennial hall by Patrick j. Haltigan OF
Washington, p. g., editor Of tliesna-
tionai newspaper Of the order, on
.'The Irish in the American ReyoIu-
ton, and considering the weather,
the lecture was a success in every
detail.
The program of the evening was
strated by little girls singing Taras
Hall and Il closed with the Star
lspangled Banner.
Attorney Thomas Ramage in APP
propriate remarks introduced Mr..
Haltigan. Following Editor Haiti
4 gans address the Rev. j. A. Rey-
/ nolds made "a brief address and then
State President Irwin. of Fatrmont,
! talked to the audience.
Mr.. Haltigan, after brief intro
duction said:
'Washington's armies were large
lily recruited from the Irish. Irish
men leyeled their aint-lock muskets
land shotguns at the red columns of
the British soldiers that swept up
Bunker Hill; Irfshmen made part of
the boats crews that crossed the
Delaware amid the floating ice and
pounced on the Hessions at Trenton;
Irismen helped coop up Burgoyne al
Saratoga; 1rishmen starved at VAL
Iley Forge; Irishmen left their foot
prints in blood on Green's march
through the Carolinas: Irishmen in
scores shed their blood with the i'm
mortal Anthony Wayne in Georgia,
and 1rishmen were in at the death
when CORVALLIS surrendered at
Yorktown.
ut has been SO all through our
American wars. Every battlefield
from Lexington to Santiago has
been REDEEMED with Irish blood.
Americans can't forget these
things. And they do not.
Between the two countries there
has grown UP a bond Of cohesion,
and 1t is this essential fellowship
witch its accompaniment Of benefits
on both sides given and received
which makes Americans of whatever
national origin. view with asfriendly
eSeatha gteen flag with thet golden
harp, in spite of the calumny and
Misrepresentation the Irish people
.hayesfor centuries endured at home
and. abroad,
According to all accounts there
were more irish in the American col
onies at the time Of the Revolution
than all the other foreign elements
combined, and there were vast num-
bers Of Irish in this country then,
outside the proposed Catholic faith,
Protestants, who were of the same
race as the men who Joined with
their fellow countrymen in the Irish
Revolution Of 1898. They were real
patriotic Irishmen.
And we are firmly OF the opinion
that in the hour of doubt and indie
decision Immediately preceding the
great upheaval of America, the
strongest power which turned the
scales against England was exercised
by the Irish people then resident
In this country"
The lecturer tten sketched the
Irish influence in the colonies In the
years leading up to the Revolution.
AS early as 1729,"he said, George
Berkeley, a Protestant 1rtshman
and bishop. resided in this country
and enriched 1t with his genius and.
learning. Berkeley was born In
the County of Kilkenny in 1854 and
was a pure and devoted patriot. His
identity as an Irishman has been de-
liberately laid aside. an he is now
only referred to as an eminent Eng
lish divine. Berkeley wrote the
famous poem, Westward the Star
Of Empire Takes It's Way"
After referring to the spirit of re-
iigious freedom in Maryland under
the regime of Lord Baltimore and
sketching the history of the CAROLS
he said: "The first Of the CAROLS
left Ireland on the accession of VIII
liam and Mary in 1859. This was
Charles Carroll. who was the found
er OF the famous family. His son,
Charles. was born in 1909. and died
in 1882, leaving his son, Charles
Carroll, OF carrollton the signer OF.
the Declaration of Independence, the
man, who. with his first cousin John,
the first Catholic Bishop of America,
was destined to write his name in
large letters on the history of this
republic"
The lecturers pictures were of