Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-29

line the shrill notes of the pibroch rent
the air, and the steady, unwaverlng line OF
the Scottish soldiers was seen advancing
and carrying everything before 1t. The
great Napoleon was thunderstruck at the
movement, and cried out, "Those savagesl
Do they not know they are beaten!" But
it was the stern doggedness, the unfinch-
ing courage, and the indomitable valor of
the rugged North Briton as shown in the
bayonet charge of the Scottish HIGHLAND
kilties that turned the tide of battle and
and literally won the day for the "Iron
Duke" and his forces.
But what glorious record was reserved
for the Highland brigade during the Cri-
mean war! Perhaps some of you here
present may remember reading the news,
how that on September 20, "a, the COM
bined armies of Great Britain, France and
Turkey, numbering between &c, 900 and
70, 600 men, found themselves before the
heights of Alma, which were strongly for
titled and occupied by the Russian forces.
1t was we'll, however, that the Highland
brigade was part of the British force, for
those gallant Scots, scaling the heights in
short order, captured the Notifications
when tho combined force compelled the
Russian army to retreat You must re-
member also the story OF Balaklava, how
that the Russian forces had captured the
redoubts held by the Turks and had taken
eleven guns, and how, flushed with sue
cess, the Cossack cavalry Numbered along
to occupy the place, when they galloped
upon an invincible square of steel bayo-
nets, on which the horses were impaled,
and the Highland regiments were again
the victors.
When news of the ever to-be-remembered
mutiny in India was carried to Great
Britain the governornment did not require
great space of time in which to choose a
general to command the forces there. The
one man who was capable and experienced,
and who, alone could be entrusted with an
Office of such Importance was Scotch
man, Sir Colin Campbell.
But to enumerate the long round of sue
cesses of the Highland soldiers during that
Sepoy rebellion would occupy more time
that have at my disposal this evening.
How that Sir James Outram, for instance,
| when he was attacked at Alumbagh in
February, '58, by 10000 rebels defeated
| them with force of 3,000Scottish soldiers;
or how, a few weeks afterwards, with six
guns and not quite 400 Highlanders he
| routed another rebel force of 90, OOO
Young as this country is, it has passed
| through one of the greatest civil wars that
| the world has ever seen. The magnanimi-
| ty shown to the vanquished by the distin.
| guishsd general who commanded the vic
tors has been unparalleled in the history
of nations, while his ever memorable
words. "Let us have peace" did more tc
cement the Union than a hundred well
fought battles. The commercial metropo
liz of this country, on account of it being
| honored as the last resting place of THU
son of "Auld Scotia" Ulysses S. Grant
are now completing the grandest piece o.
architecture that has ever been erected il
honor of human worth in Free America.
Is it any wonder then, with such rec
ord in history for their legacy, that tn
Scotchmen of this city annually gathered
over twenty five years ago to renew friend
ships, to talk over Iang-syne," or proba
bly, listen to others while they told of tn
glorious past-of the time when Wallac
with a handful of men completely defeate,
the vast army of King Edward of England
or how Bruce gained freedom for hi
country on the field of Bannockburn. Or
as was more often the case, the speake
dwelt on the matchless worth of Scotia
plough-boy bard, of those poems of man
Illness and pathos which he wrote an
kind everywhere to such an extent tha
wherever the English language is spoke
the name of Robert Burns has to-day be
come household word.
A careful perusal of the entire pape
shows that the Caledonian club has a gres
treat in store for their next meeting, til
latter portion being fully as excellent 6
the opening.