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Show Till. SlOTCIMitlMI tOVUIIISS. A .. t-1 K a;i lite annual congrrri of the Hcotch.lrlah race was oued at, Atlanta, Georgia. The first congnaa of thla people was held In Columbia, Tennessee, In May, 1830. Tho second was held lu PJltaburir. tfin lhlr.1 In Louisville, Kentucky, aud Ihn present one Is the fourth. At first the mem. Ur.lilp waa only a few hundreds, but now It laewelllng Into thousands. It embraces mauy uamra euiluent In pol-Itlca pol-Itlca and literature. Dr. John Hall, the famoua preacher of New Yoik, President Palton of Princeton, Prof. Perry of William-College, and Itobett Ilonner are members. Eligibility to memberahlpconslstalu the posaeialon of Bcotrli-Irlsh blood, Tho annual dues aro three dollars r member. Otio of the oljecti of the society la lo lasue rejiorla of the proceedings, and otnerdslaof a Ijlatorlo character per talnlngtotherace. The history of IheHcotcb-Irlsh dates back to what la termed in llrltlsh history Iho "Plantation of Ulster" under Jamei tho Klrat of Knglnnd. The territory of the O'.Villn, O'Don-nell'a O'Don-nell'a nnd O'DohertJ's was confiscated, confis-cated, and InlOOOeurviycdfor planting plant-ing l'roteatant setth menls. Colonists from i:ngland and Hcotland mho given lauds, and among there a large sprinkling of natives who renounced Itomanlam was IncluJel, Preabyter-Janlani Preabyter-Janlani became the establlshnd religion. Though Ulster Is umally denominated as largely Hcutih, owing to these settlements, set-tlements, yet tho principal stronghold of the province, named Derry, was lonely Kngllsh. The Londou guilds owned 1110,000 acres, they colonized the territory and gave the county lhe name Londonderry, The descendants of theae prentice boy coliul'ts fought bravely at the siege of Derry clghtyjiura later, when lhe rituart dj nasty was absolutely overthrown. Undir the i:pl-ruinl regime tho Presbytirlana did not fare ao well, nnd large numbers emlgratul lo Penniylvaiila, Kontuck), Ohio, Virginia, audio lhe Puritan colonies. I u the ilajaof the revolution they gave ugood account of thcinselria. Among their repien ntatlvo mi n were I'atrlik Henry, John Paul Jonw, "Mill An-Ihouy" An-Ihouy" Wayne, (Iwrge Itigws Clark and others They gave four Vresl-ilenta, Vresl-ilenta, nameljt JscVson, Polk, Hit-chanati Hit-chanati and Arthur, aud altogether tuey weruan lnitlant factor In the develoi ment of Ihla Iterubllc. It la dldlcult to see what Uncllls1 aro tu arlao from sixlttlea oftblana-l lure. They only UnJ lo create aud I pertrtiiato race Wlnctlous, which In Iho end "sntiot but be hurtful to Hue Amerlcanlam. |
