The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-15
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nseaslay MASSACRE 81 HIeneee ana
; ~. rnas.aere of Glencoe has always been
49, ..Aare., the greatest stain upon the charac.
~ - wr.LrAx III. II he b rssponsible for
!, =. certainly ought TO be damned to all pos.
aArity, for II was the most cold-biooded, cause.
lass crime, of which there il any record in
modern European hissory. MAcAULAy at.
tsupts 70 show that he WA net responsible
the same writer in Blaekscood, who, some time
sro. oysrhauied the historian with regard tc
MAREpoaouaH, does history asimilar servic.
in the Jufy No., with regard 70 the Massacn
Of Glencoe. We think he 10 decidedly success
ful. in flxing the blame upon the right person
ussnely. WILLIAM III. himself. He certainly
Aligned the order ITO extirpate" the unhappy
elan, BuRxgr says without knowing VIVA
he Was signing. Lord MAcAULAY says kno"
sfneiy ana jastifiably. Let us examine 'A'
facts Of the case.
-. -. .ruYnsr Of 1891. the war in the high'
,.nA n.d ceased so entirely, that by the ADVICE
~ the Master of Stair, the King, WILLIAM
1rr t.sued a PROC lanation, promising pardon
ara ohIix,on Of all past offences to such OF tht
80. :. shouid come in and make their sub
mission before the first day Of January mex
ensuing. The proposition was eagerly aceeP'
"A bv the larger portion OF the chieftains, bu
there were some few that heid OUT. Among
these latter was MCDONALD, Of Glenco, who
designed surrendering, but unfortunately, pa
il of until very late in December. ne 'hei
presented himself before Col. HILL, the com
mander of Inyerlochy, who, processing
have no authority, referred him TO Sir CoLiN
CAxrnKLL, OF Ardinklas, the sheriff depute o.
ARaYLY who was then at Inyerary. he pro-
coeded in the direction OF lnVerary WIN Az
the speed he could, the roads being very osA"'
and he having been arrested ana de'aiheo Oh
the road by Captain DKuMMoSp, ior twenty
four hours and reached 1t on the 90 OF Jahu-
arr only TO find that the sheriff had gone 10
Ardinkias, whittier he pursued him, ana per-
sraded him, with some difficulty, tthe tune
having elapsed,) to administer the OATH, he
turning to Glencoe, he told his people what ne
had done and engaged them to live peaceaoiy'
He now thought himselfsafe. In the meantime,
Ardinklas fSir COLIN CANPBELL) forwarded
a certificate to the Council that GLENCOE had
taken the oath. on the same paper with certain
certificates relating to other matters Ihis pa
uer was afterwards found scored and obiite-
rstsd. but still Iegible enough. Ihis oath the
CLERKS of the Council afterwards refused tore
ceiye. because it had been taken after the expi-
r.,,on of the time. The Earl of Breadalbaine,
in the meantime, and the Master of Stair, had
determined to seize the opportunity 10 eject
the destruction Of the obnoxious clan. They
proposed to the King to turn over to military
execution the whole tribe OF Glencoe, and
WILLIAM signed the warrant to that effect Oh
the 10th January, 1892. This warrant was di-
rected to Col. HILL, commanding at Inyer-
iochy. in the neighborhood, and he was made
responsible for its execution. In compliance
with his orders, this officer, early in February,
dispatched body of troops under CAMPBELL
OF Glenlyon, numbering 100 men, to enter the
glen and extrpate the inhabitants. AT the
same time, all the avenues by which the VIC
tins could escape were occupied by four hun
dred men, who had orders to give no quarter
to any that should fail into their hands
About the first Of February, GLENLYoN's
men entered according to orders, and having
assured q body of twenty inhabitants, sent
under the orders of JOHN MACDONALD the
son OF the chief, that their intentions We're
pacific, aud they readily believing them, be-
cause GLESLYoS was the uncle of JOHN MAC
DoSALD's wife, they were received, and treated
with the utmost hospitality, until the night of
the 18th February. BY that time, the men
who were to surround the glen, and prevent
escape, were all in place. and it was thought
unnecessary to delay any longer the perpetra-
ton Of the horrible crime Accordingly, in
the night, the soldiers rose upon their guests
while they were asleep, and murdered num-
bers OF them, among others the chief himself
Alarmed by the noise, many attempted TO es-
cape and were cut down or shot, as they ran,
half naked from the houses, or were slain in
their beds.
This terrible crime MACAULAY attempts to
gloze over in the best way he can, in order, as
far Is possible, to save the reputation of his
hero But the writer in Biask,cood, following
In his footsteps, and using the very authorities
on which he pretends to rely, completely ex-
poses his sophistry by simply publishing those
authorities, and permitting his readers to form
their own judgment thereupon. He shows that
the Master of Stair. though bad enough in all
conscience, was not the most guilty man of the
many concerned. He had not, from the first,
- MACAuLAY says, conceived the design of
the MCDoNALDs in order to pac,
~ the Highlands. On the contrary he used
every exertion TO settle them by other means
and only recommended fire and sword when
he conceived all others to have failed. The
Earl OF Breadalhane, who had an old prudpe
to satisfy. was far more guilty than he: hut
WILLIAM himself was the most guilty. of ALI
1t Is vain, aftse the letters quoted bv the
writer in B'aekwoed, to pretend that he wa,
ignorant OF what was going on in the High
lands These letters prove that he was atteu.
i've 70 everything connected with them, even
% 'he smallest minutiB. The very order for
the massacre which he signed, proves that he
Knew perfectly well what he was about 1t lis
divided into four heads LIST. He refers to and
connrms, passes formerly given 10 BUcHAN and
OASNoS with ten servants, to come to Leith,
ana thence to the Netherlands. I'd. He allows
Coi HILL to receive the submission Of Nc
DONALD OF Glengary, upon his taking the oath
OF allegiance, and giving up his house Of Inver-
garry, and to assure him OF life, but not of
property. ID In case it be more difficult to
sake tho house in question than IL supposed,
he 10 to grant not emily life and limb, but pro-
psrty also, to insure It's capture. 4th. Now
Comes the pith Of the whole matter. We pub
lish 1t exactly - II IL written. "If MoEAN
Of Glencoe and that tribe, can be well separa-
led from the rest, It will be proper vindica-
ION Of the public justice to ertirpa.e that set of
lAisrss" This order Lord MAcAULAY under
lakes to convince his readers WILLIAM signed
without comprehending the terrible conse-
queuces that mirht ensue from their literal
EuinlIaenI and. indeed, without knowing ex-
Acay what II meant. He affects to believe that
WILLIAM understood by II merely that Glen
zoe was 70 be occupied by troops, resistance
pnt down, the leaders of rebellion arrested
Aaa tried, and some Of the common men sent
- soldiers TO the army abroad, or rs colonists
g inc AMERICAN plantations! The writer in
1tstkHood. with 5nstice, supposes that he is