The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-10-17

r the Name Scotch Irish" s.
We have secured an extra copy of
the book nevertheless, which costs
us quite sum when compared with
prices Of other desirable authorities
on the ancient history of some of our
leading families; in fact the book is
not only a treasure. but it is price,
less. Copies of this book can be
found in the following public Hbrar-
les: Boston. Manchester, N. H.; Asst
or Library. New York; Philadelphia
and Perhaps Baltimore. Md. There
is also copy in Charlotte. N. c..
but it is owned by private party in
that city. AS it is now many years
"out Of print" it is very doubtful If
spare copies can be found at any
price.
Our own race has said that the
Celtic race was the oldest in the
world, while Renan, the French au-
thor and critic, said that ireland is
the only country in Europe where the
native can produce the title Of his de-
scent and can designate with certain
ty-even in the darkness of pre-his-
toric ages-the race from which he
has sprung.
Henry G. Long. the well-known lee
turer, said in one of his lectures (de-
livered in Boston on the subject):
Long before the siege of Troy, Ire
land had a language and a literature,
and hundreds of years before the
Romans were even heard Of she was
cultivating the arts and flying her
flag. which showed a high state of
civilization and a spiritual nature not
elsewhere shown" Continuing his
lecture, Mr.. Long added: "Windisch,
who made research into the Celtic
language in Dublin, says that one
third of the root words of the Greek
language are Celtic. and the language
of the ancient Etrurians is found to
be pure Gaelic and is easily readable
by Irish scholars
"scotch Irish"(?)
With the above historical, as we'll
as personal testimony of many emil
nent scholars who have studied the
subject thoroughly, the reader must
recognize the fact that there is no
such breed of human beings as
Scotch Irish," as If man be born
in Scotland. of pure Scotch parent
age, descended from their Irish fore
fathers. he is a "scot." while if his
blood is tainted with the "Pict
strain" and he might show the mix
ture at first sight. he will yet be en-
titled to the name of "Scot," for
were not the "Picts" the original
owners of the soil-the same as our
own Indians were possessors of
America before the advent of the
white man?
So much for the Scotch" part of
the name; and now for the Irish"
part of it. To begin, then, let me say
that no real Irishman of pure blood
would demean his own ancient an
cestry by claiming to be half-breed
Scot. who. as is already shown. be-
gun with an Irish ancestry.
The only possible excuse a person
can have for making such claim
would be a Scotch father and an
Irish mother, but in cases of that
kind, such person should-as they
have the right to do-claim the faith
er's nationality and let it go at that.
With the above explanations and
historical facts, and with much more
testimony to be added from other re-
liable authorities before him, the son
of any Irish father need not "give
way" to those who know little or
nothing of their own antecedants. He
certainly needs no "Pict" or Scotch
mixture" in the good healthy red
blood flowing in his own veins, and
any attempt (even if by innuendo)
to belittle such ancestry-nearly as
old as his native hills-by COMPARE
son with half savage Picts and row.
ing soldiers of fortune, as mixture,
will, and always should be, resented
by every well-bred Irishman, who,
knowing his own lineage so well. can
not refrain from correcting any mis-
statements pertaining to the race.
While we can readily see why a
Pict or Scotchman should desire
residence in ireland, which is con-
coded by all travellers to be the most
beautiful land in the world, we can
not find a similar reason why any
Irishman (not a fugitive from JUS
tice) should desire residence in Scot
land, which is but a barren land at
best. We must therefore, conclude