Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-03
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BY James Douglas in Manchester. Eng.
News and Leader.

News and Leader.
IL you were to tell an fisherman that
he is not an Irishman he would be very
indignant. He would tell you that he
was as good an Irishman as anybody
else. If you were to assure him that
he was really a Scotsman he would
laugh in our face. No fisherman is
a Scot in anything save his ancestry.
You IA find In County Antrim and
County Down thousands OF Presby-
terians who talk i'm pure Scottish
dialect. and vet not one of them would
dream Of calling himself a Scot. The
Scottish dialect is dying out i'm the
towns. but i'm the farm houses it is
still rich and racy. These Irish Scots
have all h true Scottish traits. They
are thrifty. They are proud. And they
possess the dry Scottish humor i'm a
very dry Quintessence. But they are
Irish in their sentiment. If you appeal
to their love OF Ireland they invariably
respond.
Let me give an example of this in
tense Irish pride that liz SO notable i'm
the Ulster Scots ST. Patrick is the
Irishman a far more real person than
st. George is to the Englishman or
JOa of Arc is to the I'renchman. The
Scottish Scot does not care a straw
about St. Patrick. but the Ulster Scot
claims him as a Protestant hero IN
the teeth of the Catholic ~prentensions.
That famous Orange divine. Richard
Rutledge Kane. was never tired of
proving that st. PATRICK was a Protes-
tant. The Ulster Scot is Irish in his
patriotism. He is not ashamed of be-
ing Irish. He glories III his birthright.
He believes that there are no soldiers so
brave as the Irish. no business men so
able as the Irish. and no football play
ers SO dashing as the Irish. So far as
Ireland is concerned. apart from party
politics. he Is an impassiOned nation
alist. That is the paradox of Ulster.
The Irish Pride.
1t sometimes occurs to me that we
are all apt to forget this aspect of the
Ulster problem. We do not appeal to
the Irish. pride of the Ulster Profess
tants. Their Irish pride is the com
mon ground upon which they ear meet
their Catholic fellow c%ountrymen. In
every sphere of life except politics they
do meet each other on that ground. In
the world of spor they sink their po-
litical feuds. Every Irish sportsman
will admit that. 1t is the same in bust
ness. Ulstermen get on we'll with
Catholics in other parts of Ireland. 1t
is the sanle in music. literature. and the
drama. For h life Of me / do not
see why Ulstermen should not help
other freshmen to manage Irish affairs.
TIL great thing is to secure a fresh
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persuade my Ulster fellow cOuntryn1en
that 1t Is in their power to confer upon
Ireland this incalculable boon. l know
they are ready to do much for the sake
of Ireland. There are many kinds Of
patriotism. but the inest patriot ia he
who liz willing to make sacrifices and
to run risks for the sake of his coun-
try. A patriot is not selfish. Now /
do not believe hat at bottom the
Ulster PrOtestants are selfish. / have
always refused to believe that they are
as black All some caricaturists delight
in painting them. They are not cursed
with n double dose of original sin any
more than are their Catholic n%cjghbors.
1t is just az possible tn malign them
now as 1T was possible of old to malign
Irish Catholics. They are az sullenIy
ETA now as the Irish party used to
he. 1t In no use to try to beat or revile
them into good humor. What We must
do is to appeal to their strength. not
to their weakness: to their sejf-re-
lance. not to their timidity: to their
faith. not to their fears.
! have not the slightest doubt that
the Ulster ProtoD<ants are able to look
after themselves. What urge them to
do is to help their fellow -countrymen
to look after Ireland. Let me try to
touch their sense of humOr. Are they
afraid Of being left in the company OF
irish Catholics? I do not wish to Nat