The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-10-12
From the Atlantic Monthly.
WHAT WE ARE COMING TO.

In the year l.4o Charles Edward Stuart
landed in the wiids of Moidart and set up
the standard Of rebellion. The Kingdom
Of Scotland was then, in nearly all but po-
litical rights, an independent nation. A
very large part Of its population was Of
different blood from that Of the southern
portion of the British Island. The High
land clans were as distinct in manners,
disposition, and race from their English
neighbors as are the Ind ian tribes remaining
in our midst from the men Of Massachu-
setts and New York. They held to the old
religion, the cardinal principle Of which is
TO admit the right Of no other form, and
which never has obtained the upperhand
without Immediately attempting to put
down all rivalry. They were devotedly at
tached to their chiefs. They represented
a patriarchal system. They lived BY means
Of little agriculture and great deal Of
pluuder. They were bred to arms, and de-.
spised every other calling. The whole
country Of Scotland possessed an inextin.
guishable spirit Of nationality, stronger
than that Of Hungary or Poland. They
we're traditional allies Of France, the hered.
itary foe Of England. Seven hundred years
Of fighting had filed the border-land with
battle fields, some Of glorious and some of
mournful memory, on which the Cross Of
Saint Andrew had been matched against
that of Saint George. Some Of the nob.est
families Of the realm had won their knight
ly squire and their ancient earldoms by
warlike prowess against the Southron.
Flodden and Bannockburn we're household
words, as potent as Agincourt and Cressy.
Nor had the conduct of the House of Han.
over been such rs to conciliate the unwil-
ling people. There was known to be a
wide spread disaffection even in England 10
the German princes. These had governed
their adopted for the benefit Of their native
country. The sentiment Of many counties
Was thoroughly Jacobite. A corrupt and
venal administration was filed with secre,
adheren,s Of the king over the water. One
great university was IN sympathy with the
fallen dynasty. A large part Of the Church
was imbued with doctrines Of divine righ
and passive obedience, OF which the onl,
logical conclusion was the return Of ths
S;uarts.
Between the two countries there was ar
antsg onism Of custom, Of manners, Of char
act r, more marked, more Extensively ds
played, and breeding more rancorous ha
red than auv which can now exist between
the people Of Boston and Charleston, be
tween the Enickerbocsers Of New York ant
the Creoles OF New Orleans. A Seotcbmar
was to the South q comprehensive nam
for greedy, beggarly adven,urer, knavlsi
| and money loving to the lust degree, full o.
absurd pride Of pedigree, clannish and cold
| biooded, vindlctive as a Corsican, ant
treacherous as \ modern Greek. An Eng
| iishman was to the North bullying, AFRO
CANT coward,-purse. proud, yet cringing
| TO rank,-witbout loyalty and without cen
timent,-given over to material interests
not comprehending the idea Of honor, an'
believing, Nc the fort,eth Of his religious
articles, that any injury, even to q blow
could be compensated by money.
| Into an island thus divided the heir ol
the ancient family to whom an undoubte'
right Of oflegitimacy to the crown belonged,
Young, gallant, and handsome prince, hat
| thrown himself in chivalrous conhdenc
that touched every heart. There was ever,
reason TO suppose that the interests o
England's powerful enemy across the Chan
mel we're secretly pledged to sustain b,
cause. Scotland was soon ablaze viii
sympathv and devotion. The Prince al
| yapced on Edinburgh. The city opened II
ga,es. He vas sckno uiedged. and held hi
court iu the old Palace Of H"iyrood, wher
| generation after generation OF S'uarts ha
maintained their state. The castle alone
| closely beleagured, held ont like our ow
| Sumter 10 the centre Of rebellion. bat
tie vas fought almost beneath the walls 0
the Scotch capital, and the irss great arm
upsn which she English nope depended wa
| ignomiaiously routed. A portion OF to
.oldiery aed IN disgracefal panic; thos
Who stood we're cut to piccee BY the charge
| Of 6ery vaior against which discaPiin
seemed powerless. The border fortress
Carlisle vas soon sfter taken. Liverpool
not the great commercial port il nov u
bat OF rising importance, and Manchester
we're mensced. Even London vas IN DIS
nav. Men like Horace Walpole wrote
their friends Of retreat TO the esrress Q
Hanover. The fuuds fell. The lcadin
w;u,sser had been . nan Of evident pac'6
poiicy. whose chief ssste-maxim was Quies
NON ssorere, and vas taken BY ssrprls'
There are macy historians and ssudesss
history Who nov admit, IN looking bac
1 upou those times, that the fate OF the essaf
llished eovernneat huog apon thread. 40
! that ,hs daring advance OF the Presend'
fslloued by another victory might ha,
converted Sin into Pssse>sor and Defene
Ier. Had ANY one then ssked - TO ths po'
abilities Of recenssrscsios Of the severe
iU.;on. she ass~er ueu'd probably b.,
he-e net much unlike the predictions
the crosksrs Of TO-DAY uho clanmor II
| aeerrtsnce of the Davis;aa olive hrasca %
in acknouledgnense Of she fscs OF Secession
lYes The strength Of numbers, Of meane,aa