Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-06-03

| Elizabeth, as the lawful heir to the crown. Eng
land and Scotland were, at that time, at profound
peace with each other, and had been so for many
years, nor did any war ensue upon his accession.
| In fact his accession event expected by the
whole nation, and was received with entire satsiac-
ton, and without the slightest opposition at the
time.
One eminent historian says: "Jares the vi OF
Scotland, and the First of England The son of Mary,
came to the throne with the universal appreciation
Of all orders of the State as in his person were
united every claim that either descent bequest or
Parliamentary sanction could CONFER
But says one "the Governors life has teen a
/ busy one, he is politician, statesman and Law
yer, and has never had time to inform himself in
history" The answer to this is, that man should
never attempt to enlghten the public upon matter
Of which he is himself profoundly ignorant. But
is this the case with his Excellency? | think
hardly As lawyer he must have read Black
stone and from him he should have learned better
In Ohitty's edition of Blackstone, Book Ist and
chapter 3D. pages l57 and 15S we read as follows
"On the death Of Queen Elizabeth, without issue
the line Of Henry VIII became extinct 1t there
fore became necessary to to the other issue of
Henry VII by Elizabeth of York, his Queen, whose
eldest daughter, Margaret having married James
" of Scotland King James the Sixth Of Scotland
and of England the First was the lneal descendant
from that alliance So that in his person. as clearly
as in Hepry VIII, conferred all the claims of differ
ent competitors from the conquest downward, he
being indsputably the lnes heir of the conqueror.
And what is still more remarkable, in his person
also conferred the right of the Saxon monarchs,
which had been suspended FROM the conquest till
his accession. For. Margaret the sister of Edgar
Athellng, the daughter of Edward the Outlaw, and
grand daughter Of K9g E@R2ad 6 conquest
resided; s6a married Malcolm, King of Scotland;
and Henry I'll, by descent from Matilda, their
daughter, is generally called the restorer of the
Saxon line. But it must be remembered that NAL
colin, by his Saxon Queen had sons as well as daugh-
ters and that the royal family of Scotland, from
that time downwards, the offspring of Nal
colin and Margaret OF this royal family King
James the First was the direct lineal heir, and,
therefore, united in his person every possible claim
by hereditary right to the English as well as Scot
fish throne being the heir both of Egbert and Will
. liam the Conc ueror."
land in this and no other light
was it taken by the English Parliament; who by
Statute l, James l. c. l, did recognize and &C
knowledge that, Immediately upon the dissolution
and decease of Elizabeth late Queen of England
the imperial crown thereof did, by inherent birth.
right and lawful and undoubted succession, descend
and come to. his most excellent majesty, as being
lineally Justly, and lawfully next and sole heir OF
the blood royal Of lhisresp. Il"
hope this is sufficient to satisfy every body that
our worthy Governor has, to say the least of it,
been guilty Of great mistake But what could
have been his object in assuring the people that
Scotland after SO many years of resistance, over
came the English and forced her King upon them?
Did he intend to hold out the idea to our people
that If they would continue the tor q century
or two they could overcome the United States, and
+ force jeff Davis successors upon them as their
rulers ? II so, does he suppose any body will oe-
leve him when he tells them that he has qDiL talk
ing soft nonsense to the dear people" which once
enabled him, as he says, to become successful
| sutton for their favorS-certainly q sort of left
handed compliment to their intelligenceP There is
forc ,,,.h fr;0, Thi n,,r
| has not yet-thank fOrtune-fallen SO low rs to
need stimulating by such means; if it had 1t would
be hopeless indeed. And besides, our people are
opposed to reconstruction especially by such pro-
cess as that
But returning to seriousness again, let US notice
few points of English and Scotch history during
the five centuries which interviewed between the
Norman conquest and th" accession Of James vi to
the English throne During the latter part II the
J thirteenth century powerful effort was made to
subjugate Scotland by Edward the |, the ablest of
the English monarchs and which all but succeeded.
The attempt was renewed by his son Edward Ii,
but he defeated by ihe Scotch at the battle of
Bannockburn, receiving the greatest overthrow that
since the conquest has befaen the English ma
ton. From that time to the reign of lleay VIII,
no serious effort was made by any of the Eng
lsh monarchs for the conquest Of Scotland In the
latter part Of the reign OF Henry VIII, he sent an
expedition against the Scots, the object Of which
was to effect union between the two countries, by
compelling them to consent to the marriage of their
young Queen, Mary, with his son and successor
Edward VI; and treaty to that effect was made
between the parties. This treaty was, after the
death of Henry, violated by the Scotch, who after
wards their Queen to France and betrothed hel
to the Dauphin. The Protector, Somerset, agair
invaded 5 'tland in order to compel the execution
of the IL" ,, but failed of success. The Scottish
Queen was married first to Francis ii OF France
and afterwards to Henry Stuart Lord Darnly, by
| HON tha tharn f KipO Il
sixth of Scotland and first of England.
The crowns of the two Kingdoms were upon his
accession to the throne of England, united upon ont
head, but there was no political union between th
two countries, They remained separate and dis
tnct nationalites retaining all their ancient nsti
tutions and their separate Legislatures, until in tn
beginning of the 18th century, during the reign o
James great grand daughter, Queen Anne, a unor
! between the two countries effected by treaty
Thus was accomplished By negotiations in tho shor
space of few months what centuries of warfar
had failed to do. The union between the two coun
. tries was not federal but national The two king
doms of England and Scotland became the compaC
kingdom Of Great Britain. The two peoples
: though inhabiting the same Island, were somewha
dissmilar in origin, manners, customs, and ais
in the Reformation Of religion. They had been fo
more than ten centuries the almost constant emf
mics of each other, and large portion of the tim
at open war. The great argument used at the tim
Of the negotiations by both parties, that unto
would lay the foundation of a lasting peace an
such in fact was the result. No war has sine
ensued, growing out of animosties between the tw
n races Scotland at once started upon a new earee
of glory and prosperity. She arose above the STAN
ard of her former SELF From being Ole of the mo-
turbulent her people have become one of the mo-
y quiet and refined as we'll as one of the most col
y tented and happy in the world. .
4 But will not close this without word Of Ell
h enlargement to our people The recent gloriou
q victories in Northern Virginia and west of the Mi
e sissipp afford more solid grounds of hope than
the truths much less the mistakes and pervefsiol