The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-30


 exccIIcncy found 1t cohvcn that the first daily newspaper in America, "The Pennsylvania Packet, was edited by John Dunlap or Philadelphia, who was born in Tyrone, Ireland, in I747. The first American writer in political economy was Mat thew Carey, born in Armagh in 17g1; the first Presbyterian church in New England was founded by James Macdreggor who was born in Ireland in 1877; The first Republican Methodist church in North Car oiina and Virginia was founded by James o'Kclley, who was born in 1735. The first Roman Catholic bishop, John Carroll. was cousin of an Irishman, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who was one of the Catholic slgncrs of the Declaration of In- dependence, tho Wealthicst Of those who signed 1t and the one destined to outiivc all his fellow signntorics. It was this same Charles Carroll who laid the foundations of the Baltimore and ohio railroad when in his nincty-first year. And to come immediately up to date, there are sixteen ancient Irish names mentioned in the new senate, and sixty-nine in the member ship of the new house of repre- sentativcs, an excellent progeny of the ten Irish who signed their names to the Declaration of Independence.
 Quotes O'IteilIy
 These and other great contri- buttons of the nationlcss na- ton makers have found their poetic expression in the language of one of Ireland'g sxiled song sters, John Boyle O'ReilIy:
 No treason we bring from
 Erin--nor bring we shame
 nor guilt!
 The sword we hold may Dc
 DFORcU, Uht "c H@Sc Hcs
 dropped the hit!
 The wreath we bear to Colum-
 bia is twisted of thorns not
 bays; And the songs we sing arc
 saddencd by thoughts of
 dcsolate days. .. But the hearts we bring for
 Freedom are washed in the
 surge of tears;
 And we claim our right by q
 Peoples light outlying n
 thousand years"
 When we understand tho deeds of those who have g0no before us, then we shall Dc bet ter able to underBtaOnd our selves; when we understand our selves, we shall better realize what is expected of us and bet ter prepare ourselves for it. Where there is 50 much unkind- ness there is need for kindly people. Where there iS so much seiiishncss, there is need for the unselfish. Where there are men who are 70 often guided by self interest, there iS need of those who have t. passion for princi- pie. When there is q disponition t0 give il man a number in- stead of n name, there is need of a people who prize their in- dependence. Where there is in- Justice, there is need of n peo- ple who have justice bred in their homes such 1s tho Irish. There is no escape from the fact that we are what we arc today, because Ireland loved justice. Never in an hour of danger to the Republic has she failed to rush to its defense. And never. in the ordinary affairs of life. taking them ono after another, has She failed to measure ID to the highest standards of private and eommun6i obligations. It is our duty then to place before the present generation the rec ord of the past. and to recall the deeds and devotions of those who were c0nsGcrntcd 10 Il strict and impartial justice. Perhaps ws can do no better than to seek out the foundation of their love of Justice and build upon it. It ls all very well to Dc modern, but the modern has been built upon tho past. And just AS h person cannot think without going back into tbs storshousc of his memories as the basis of new tboughs, so neither can q nation think with out going back into its national experience for the basis Of its newer achievements. Tradition is q memory.
 Keep Her Jus'
 Tine waters of Greece and Rome wash upon ths shores of modern art and law; so too tho sacrIdcini blood of our ances- tors bears fruit in our national life at this very hour. And Of aIl the great berithges of the past, there is none more sacred than justice. That virtue made Ireland political minded; t sealed her with the seal of freedom and fired her with the passion Of making others free. our day must hcarken back to her conception of justice as tho foundation Of patriotism. We must love our nation, as Decatur said: "whether right or wrong" -~but we must labor unc6asing- tU to tdaIfa her forever right,