The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-11-28

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.o S.een n X lhe North' ana Tor romantic slt-
.a"a.,I ,sioI .ileIe s no uont Edinburgh ranks
'N0O''D ~ "o Guy III 'hs "orid.
Traced ire map the Ian scape lie,
There PsntIAnds GSis's srssSseiSities ssss1 rsas
There Ocean with AzaJ Tide,
TRs mere ,s A5,hars seat ID cleaning through
wSile n 1he or,s't nt IAN .aas.1e ah Sl1e
A di.t.ntEian rAngs are Zen.
Sod od's saSs SsI~lSs ns IA La~ with Nth line ofSreen,
arriving a. Uranton we again took train
siu as We heared the depot ! recognized
rom description many OF the localities ana
ouilulhgs on either hand, and towering up
~ 'front.' OF us saw
Where the nuge casAe bolds its state.
whasa hna A. ,,d,,n a6e ha steep siof. down,
Piled deep and n nlassey. o,o~e an md 6iSb
Dun Edins tS~er and town
But our train moves. and IN short anaca
we leave ScotIand's cApital rnnping fortv
miles an hour past many historical scenes
and noble mansions Ana most intaras,;,,,,
Of all Linlithgow. with it, ruined nalace
and quaint relics. u fdrmer davs
August 10. Left Glasgow at Z m
and reached Edinburgh again Rout 1O
y. m. Plating ND at tine Nefth BRIDGE
Hotel, we arranged for roomS/ and saIlied
out to visit Me old town %NVa reached
the High streeA and AZ mYfaonest Lance
led the yav ~ the hufAing known ~
UJobn Knoy's Eonsa y r., M, ,,-l;,.-.
recollection Ind 49, sams dan -
look pnnn this ,n4,xS,p - ~ ~
some respects sta,X art The 1,,., ,,,,;'.,,a
and startling cbarI6tar ~ Sco.tisL L;..ai-'
a man az undopbred niatv ANA ,naraII,, 81. 81,
N advance of M avsrss;, Scrttisb NV ah5- ~
ter vet, having repeatedly given manifas.
tations u the iagrained ferocitv oF NV ~
tional character towards those with whom
he differed Oh religions a. ,.alI ~ So
matters. OF liberal education himself ana
high culture, he desired To- confer these
great privileges on the people generally.
but vas opposed by the traditional policy
of the churchmen and nobility. who were
his contemporaries. This aroused in him.
As a reformef and man Of strong convic-
tions, that phgnacity of disposition which
not even ths sacred person of his sovsr-
eign could restrain yr mitigate. and while
Mary, with her fine education and aecum-
plishments, recognized In Knox a eon0e-
NAL spirit in purely literary matters b;s
persistent ahtaQnnism To her policy of CIV
ernment. and her practice Of the rites and
ritual Of her religion became so irksoDe
that she withdrew her protection from
him, and voluntary expatriation ia the con
tinent for time. released her from his ~
proofs, and Uava hin, ti..... go, ras.......
questions which were then convnIs;na ~.
whole of cbristendom HI rat,,rs' -
Scotland proved that he had not ahatsd
any of his zeal for reform IN Church and
State but that his convictiona NC dutv
were more tes,nerad Nv charity ana M
sire to win than cnnpel others N embrace
the doctrines Of le reformation. ardentlv
desirous that IA, mas.as ~ his countrv-
men should T. eJnca.ed. III him. more
than any one 'pr,a,dip4 his advent A.
Scotch men and S,o.,n women indebted
for the liberal prn, sion now eninved ~
all classes. in the establisbme,,t ~ that
great boon-equcation Terse and logical
- NV l1.h "IuleSS nir %netng rom 'ne pulpit
II IL And epigTam W proyerb are scotch
cbaracteristies racoon,zed ~ nacnbarl,,
our own. M lass eIoouent than loyicaf
he set IN fire ttse Scott,sb heart ~ -
uallv that prince and peasant were ahke
s~aved and converted bv his passi,,pate
and poverful anpeals to their conscipnc,.s
And the bistorSof our fatberlaud SINCE
his death. conclusiyely proves thar while
kings ana roteuktes. who have b.Id powar
and place. NAV 'be forgotten and their
name and fame sunk into oblivion his
name and fame ahall ever r.maln green
and enduring In the hearts of his countrv-
men. Asl had nA desire IL look a. IT,
rooms. OF felt interest m the pettv
details Of furniture OF commercial rehcs
and as the hour when stood on the nave
ment was past IN b. m. and our street ~.
sociations ANYTHING Alt pleasant. W. Sam
tered of. recullectlng that The Earl M Nor
ton. who had been 4 life k,ny anta0ouist M
the Great reformer. sad. when III marital
part was consigned to sthe grave. there
lies he who never feared the face ~
man
s AVN, A.. .,...--..
AHg't "a. From an early hour, dur
ing the live long day, we travelled the
highways and by~ays Of Edmburg toOn.
First visited the cross, which III those days
= SIMPLY marked ont IN the street, the
structure having long since been taken
down, thf only remaining portion being
the shalt of the old cross, now enclosed
within the railing OF st. Giles church
From the High street we took our devious
way through some dingy closes, last
nioulderlng houses, delapIdated stairs, and
ragged children, and reaching the back Of
the Cannon gate, We came ~ due time to
Holyrood Palace, with its interesting and
romantic envlrons. Close on our lett lay
the Queens Park, dotted here and there
by masses Of volunteers, going tn ough
the evolutions OF military drill, while out
lined against the grey sky, rose the sharp
outline OF the Salisbury Craigs, with here
glddy verge of the cliffs. looking down M