It would be idle to deny the applicat tion of this principle in any given case. But for us we should have a peculiar concern in the Irish cause. born of a recollection of the fact that Irish blood and Irish character are deeply woven into the warp and woof of our national fabric. Of the 13.500.000 foreign born in our country. 1.350.000 came from Ireland. 4.500.000 have that as their land of nativity or ha.ve at least one. parent born there. and the number of those in America of Irish descent near or remote is much larger. as evidenced by the fact that in the period of 1860 Ireland contributed 38 per cent to our foreignborn population. And the Irish have loved and fought for America with a devotion that has been undaunted by any national peril. They contributed to the Revolution. gave 150.000 of their sons to the side of the Union in the Civil War. and in the World War supported the Starry Banner with an unstinted patriotism and a heroic courage which assisted in the success of the campaign which laid low the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs forever.
Keywords matched
foreign born