London Times Quotes
In a few more years, a Celtic Irishman will be as rare in Connemara as is the Red Indian on the shores of Manhattan.
London Times, Editorial, 1848, Quoted in Fisher, Catholics in America, 2000
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In early America large numbers of whites who had been captured by Indians would refuse to leave their new families even when they had the opportunity to do so. J. Hector St. John
The Japanese saw their growth and standard of living dependent on foreign governments as the Japanese, then as now, imported the bulk of their raw materials, energy and much food. As a result of the Japanese aggression and invasion of China the United States and other nations began to cut off sales to Japan. Rather than curtail the aggression in China, Pearl Harbor was the tragic Japanese response.
The congressman was distraught with the national immigration picture at that time. He believed that the influx of Hispanic immigrants into the United States would radically change the culture and the immigrant culture would then predominate. Throughout American history with every wave of immigration, there have been fears expressed about the culture of America. The Irish immigration, the Scandinavians, the Germans, Italians, Jews, the Chinese—all engendered fear that they would “take over” and radically change the country. The reality is that none of them took over but all made some changes and influenced cultural direction of the nation. The congressman was repeating an old refrain.
He was also anti-Semitic and biased against most foreigners. Lindbergh, a great aviator, was a Fascist who was a great admirer and supporter of Hitler and Mussolini.
Shabonee in a warning ride reminiscent of Paul Revere, warned many white settlers of an impending attack by unfriendly Indians. He also gave an eyewitness account of the Battle of Tippecanoe which propelled Harrison to the Presidency. The U. S. Navy named a ship in his honor in the 1940s. Several schools are named for him also.
This quotation is the most hypocritical statements made by any President in his Inaugural Address. Jackson would not only flip flop on this principle and force the Indians (Cherokee and the Trail of Tears) to remove from their traditional lands in the East, but the Federal Government by Treaty was obligated to guarantee the sovereignty of the Cherokee land. What even made Jackson’s actions worse, was that the Cherokee had won their case before the Supreme Court, and Jackson became the only President in American history to refuse to enforce a Supreme Court decision that the Cherokee were entitled to their traditional land.
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. The Times and The Sunday Times, which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently, and have only had common ownership since 1966.
