Putnam patriot., 1909-11-12
irishnien and Sons of lrisbmen in ihe
 American Revolution.
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 The distress, anger, and shattered loyalty of .8e egi9aists presented To the exiled Ifishmcn in America the coveted opportunity for vengeance against their British oppfessof.
 The day for retfibutiVe jussiee was at hand The mas,acres of Cromwell, lhe destruction of itisiI t1a,;s ...s,. ..., :. ...- penal laws that disgfaeed England E government Of Ireland during the 18th century, bad given to the colonies tens of thousands Of hardy lfishmen, every man of them a rebel al heart, intensely devoted to the cause of liberty and to the polital interests of his new-found country. This army Of exiles ready with their sons 10 do battle against their hereditary foe, were an incaicnla- liable source Of encouragement and strength to the feeble but determined coionists. In every engagement, from Concord to Yorktown, the Irish exiies sealed with their blood, their love for the land of their adoption and theif ha- tred of the common oppfessof.
 We'll might Lord Mountjoy, many years after in moving for the repeal of the Irish penal code, staftle the British Parliament with this bitter exclama- tion: "Yeu lost America by the lrishp'
 The Revolutionary war was pfeciPita- | nffI among the little band of embattled far mers who fired the shot that " was heard around the world, was Hugh CargiIl, n native of Ballyshannon He had einierated Just one year before. Together with acitlzen named Bullock, he saved the records of the town from the English soldiers. But even before that date, Major, afterward General John Sullivan had won fame by daf- ing exploit. Having heard that the export Of gunpowdef from England to America had been prohibitedi sullivan in company with John Isandon, led successful expedition against Tort Nii= liam and Mary, near Portsmouth. N. H., and seized one hundred barrels of aunpo8der, fifteen cannon and many small arms which, within a year, were used with deadly effect against the En. elish at Bunker Hill.
 Sullivan deserves high place among the Irish officers who served in the CD. lonial army He took part In the siege of Boston, and was made n 1ifiRndief General il year later, and distinguished himself at Germantown and Brandy. wine. In ITS he held the ehiet cams mand In Rhode Island. aud in IT'D he led the expedition against the Six Mi lions, N hich resulted tn the overthrow as sh; ig,a.t easn plete organization of Indians ever effected on this eont,nent, This exploit nverted the possibility of future horrors like the massacres 0f Wyoming and Cherry Valley. In the State al New ! erk there afe four mon. uments marking the route of his troops in that celebrated campaign, and one oi the counties is named in his honor.
 4tt AfAeifAfAH hA AAtt Attitfffff tstt " "eftA7 ington and the Continental Congress, embalmed in our feehnls, attest the magnificent services of sullivan to the American colonies.
 flads Revolutionary hi story there k no more thrilling chapter than that which tells the story of our ill-siarted invasion of Canada and the death ot Richard Montgomery, which reeeunts his capture ot Montreal, his march In the dead of winter down the St. Law renee with a comparative handful of men and his assault upon the fro8ning citadel of Quebec, the Canadian 6tb- raltaF. It was the dawn of the New Year, is.h, that cannon shot extin- Ralshed this heroic lie, of the many sons that Ireland contributed 10 the patriot army none ts more aiiectionatc. ly remembered by the American people than the intrepid Montgomery Il na- tive of Danegal, Ireland.
 Mechaniessille, Conn, Nov C.