The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-15

upon q proclamation 81 pardon, fcW days
later than the words 1t that proclamation
required. II IL prchAbie that there were
among them men who Nd been guilty Of
making too free With thalf neiShhsr's cattle.
or Of other Irregularities; bat could the exist
ence ~ such . fact iustify the extifpation Of
the whole tribe, including the women and chill
drena In tbs present state Of ireland, the
writer in Biaekrood pertinently remarks
worse offences than any charged upon the de-
voted clan. are committed every month
Would anybody think Of furnishing the whoie
community In which the Offenders res'as, .,
FIRE and sword II this order was nothing
more than an attempt to carry OUT o.y =.
the civil government, which is bound to prenk
up gangs of thieves, why was not the co"Is.
uur.ued the same with that pursued by all
so,arnments in such casesl why were not
the men unprecedented, the guilty parues
separated from the innocent the cuiPi'''
brought TO trial and confronted win their ac-
cusers why was the order In gues'io"
addressed to the military COMMANDER oi '''e
nearest post, instead Of the proper legai a"-
tbority of the country 1t is worthy OF re-
mark that the historian himself aoahoons '''
ground as altogether untenabie. wheh NC
tempts to Justify WILLIAM for nesieciins "
call the actors in this horrible Tragedy W ."
count, on the principle that they were nv,
military subordinates, acting In opeo.e
orders from a superior officer. In oio.. 49,
no point of defence may be passed o'ei, ~ ,no
dertakes TO explain away the meah"s
word aextirpate." When men extir - -
they cut IL up by the roots wheh '''e'
pate den of serpents, they dig thein Wy 90"
kill them all when they exnfpao -.
they set price on their heads, anu n""'
down until not one is left wheh 'h.y
nate tribe. they STAY every ihoi'iou'i o1.os
Ing 10 il. and put an end to the pfeeu
maize ~ according to JOHNSON, means 70 roo'
outn "to destroy Everybody "huei ''ahoe
{, in that sense. so far as we have ever h'ao &C.
casion to observe.
If MAcArLAY had succeeded IN the attempt
made before him by BURSETr,) 10 prove tnai
at the time he signed the fatal order WILLIAM
rpew not that the Chief OF Glencoe hao TAKEN
tine oath of allegiance, he would have gone far
IN proye that the high encomiums he has
passed upon his capacity for government are
not deserved But the truth is, he knew it
well enough; otherwise, it is impossible to
suppose that he would not have called to
count the more immediate actors in the fearful
murders of Glencoe. Moreover, on the 9th OF
January, the Master Of Stair, who was in con-
slant communication with the King, wrote
I'VE have an account that LoCKHART and
MACSAUGHToN, APPIN and GLENCOE, took the
benefit Of the indemnity at Irerary." And
in the same letter he says: Il have been
with the King he says your instructions shall
be dispatched on Monday" To this letter
MAcAULAY never alludes, though he makes
free use Of the publication in which it appears
1t is dated exactly one week before the order to
extirpate the inhabitants of Glencoe Besides
this evidence, the order proves itself 1t treats
of a number of subjects this among the rest
1t directs GLESGARRY, who was in open re-
bellion and holding out his house against the
Kings forces, to DO received to mercy. 1t gives
similar directions with regard TO BucHAN and
CANNON. 1t orders the MACDONALD's of Glen
coe, whose chief had taken special pains to keep
his tribe in peaceful condition, to be exter-
minated. Writing to HILL, the military Of
flcer before alluded TO, on the same day the
order was dated, the Master of Stair says: 81
entreat the thieving tribe of Glencoe may be
rooted OUT 1t seems he understood the mean
ing of "extirpate," if MACAULAY does not.
The immediate agents in this massacre, We're
Sir THos. LIVINGSTONE, Lieut.. Col. HAMIL-
TON, Major DUNcANsoN, Capt. CAMPBELL of
Glenlyon, Capt. DRuMMoND and two officers
named LINDSAY. The Intermediates were the
Earl of Breadalbaine and the Master of Stair.
The great head of ALL was WILLIAM himself
All the sophistry in the world cannot extenuate
his guilt, any more than all the water beneath
the heavens can wash him clear of the innocent
blood he split on the occasion,