The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
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OF the best soldiers Of washington"
Is Prof. Ford an accurate historian
His dates are not to lie fouui r,ui,
with. His facts" are unassais,,o
But he makes the career Il ,ho
"Scotch-Irish" more "%readah'o" than A,
has any right to he. At his hand,
ever their moulding OF church history
In this country makes a moving r,~.
ratlve. and everybody knows rh7,
American church history has no r.sl,
to be anything but dun. But THE prg.
fessor's chosen people. whatever thor
faults may he. have that In them which
keeps things moving. Andrew Jackson
and the present Chief Magistrate NJ
these United States are scion, ol o..
restless. insistent, unyielding "i -.edr
Another Fedora, Executive. Polk. of
similar ancestry, had the simple habits
and "blameless" character of his race
and the same strange faculty Of setting
his neighbors by the ears. l. there
an un~appreciated subtletv n tho
S~cotch-lrish character that makes Il
fight Ike the devil for Ff.v-con-
Forty and accept Forty-nine: when
Forty-nine is completely satisfactur,o
Mr.. Whitclaw Reid assigned Scotch.
irish ancestry also to buchanan. Az.
drew Johnson. Arthur and Mckinley.
From New England the Scotch Irish
current flowed down into the Middle
Atlantic States; in Pennsylvania ylr.
ticularly thc cmigrants out OF l1ecr
had a finger in every political NJ
Into the South and, later. tho mldd'e
West they went, hardy pioneers, a.
ways IN the van Of the wilderness
tanning host. Wherever they went
they carried their thrift and industry.
their religious fervor and ,her
love of education. They swung
the axe. the rod and the horta.
tory fst with equal energy and accur.
acy Of aim in forest, Legislative forum
and pulpit, and it was perhaps
with the ecstasy Of agents OF tho
Divine vengeance that they pulled
trigger against King Georges red.
coated soldlery. one follows Pro,
Ford's narrative with increasing won.
der at the never failing appearance IN
every crisis of the hard head and hari
of a Scotch lrlshman ready and com.
petenD 20 ave the day. There was
General John Stark, for example.
Passed over, quite unjustly, in tie
promotion OF deserving officers. he SEES
out for home. sadly disgruntled. from
the harassed Jerseys-only to answer
his own New lIainpshire's natterlng
appeal. organize an independent corps
and save the day at Remington.
Iccky. perhaps az impartial a HE.
torian az the American Revolution has
had, suggests that at ono time ~.
Continental fortunes rested fiat upon
the patriotism of the Pennsylvania
line. consisting chiefly Of Immigrants
from the North Of Ireland" No troops
in thu American army, he says. had
shown themselves more courageous.
more patient or devoted" But they
were in deep distress. unpaid. IN.
clothed. unfed and seemingly lnre.
carded. In 1891 they rebellcd: marched
from the Morristown encampnon'
300 strong, with musiets and half A
dozen field pieces, to Princeton. APP
parently bound for Philadelphia. who're
Congress sat. The English command.
ers wooed them with off'Ts rf au.
nesty and pay. T.ccky says. 'lr tho
weak condition Of the American f.,' G.
such a body. II II had gone over go
the English. mlsht have turned 40
fortunes Of war Eut The 500 70.
irish were no dcscrtcr-. 1hry ,ar' :
their grievances To the proper 60 .
properly scared "-.""ri,ies and
tanned satisfactory settlement. | .
whole affair" say I'rof. Ford. "a
characteristically Scotch-lr.sh." j.
was.