The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05
forth 10 win his Fortune abroad. IN Ne

forth to win his fortune abroad. TN the
first or a series OF learned Scotsmen.
went abroad. and carried the continental
universities by storm, distinguishing
himself first at the University of Paris,
where according to Hill Burton, he de-
moishcd two hundred of the knottiest
syllogisns of his adversarles ''resolv-
Ing them" as n bystander said, '.as cas-
lily as Samson Embossed the bands Of
Dclilah," and then he went on To found
the University OF Cologne. He was called
tho Subtle Doctor" and also tho Re
Solute Doctor" and so one recognizes in
this ancient scholar the slgn-mark OF his
people. Dugald Dalgetty was the type
OF many moro distinguished men. who
served in the armies OF Franco and Ger
many, and in the navy Of Russia. GUS
tayus Adolphus had thirteen regiments
Of Scots Infantry. and many Of his other
regiments had Scots officers Tho names
of Munro and Leslie, and Keith and
Greig were known over The length anu
breadth Of Europe In the old fighting
days. while IN still earlier day Scots
men formed the bodyguard of the French
King.
1t was inevitable that when James VI,
OF Scotland came to the English throne
he should open way for, Scotsmen to
follow him to richer land and insthe4
"Iortupes OF Nigel" one secs In aGeorge
HcrIot the Jingling Geordle OF popular
speech and in many hungrier and less
successful Scot, the forerunners Of aeon
tinuous emigration. Till now, England
has become an annex Of the smaller
northern country.
II one enters the House OF Commons,
he finds the Prime Minister a Scotsman,
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the attorney general q Scotsman, be-
sides other ministers and ex-ministers
on the two front benches. II he goes
into the city he will discover that q
large promotion of the leading bankers
are Scotsmen, as well as partners of
the powerful commercial houses. Tho ems
gineer OF the steamer that takes MIN
aboard is most likely Scotsman, and
the man who takes charge q his ear
will give the Latin names of the flowers
with strong Scots accent
The American Scot.
There are occasional signs that En-
rIishmen are not so thankful to ProVi-
dence MS they ought to be for the as
s.stanco that Scotsmen, have given to
their neghbors In managing their politi-
cnl and business affairs. but the Scot has
made a. genial conquest OF America. 1t
ms not been his accent. nor his address.
nerhnps not even his aintegrityNand ca
pac,ty which have commended nm
md his country to tho bright people Of
the United States He has hadgan irre-
sistible Introduction In the great Sir WAL
ter, who has cast q glamour oyer Scot
land ana Scotsmen together. 1t is the
boast OF every, American. who can make
II upos theifalntest grounds that he. has
Scots blood In his veins, and the desire
OF tho rest OF hIght-th,nkng Americans
is 10 be al least adopted into the Scots
lineage. Apart from Sir walter
however. Scotsmen, have made their
mark in the history Of America.
and III cannot be erased When
the first Declaration Of Independence was
submitted to tho Continental Congress,
and that body hestitated, 1t was a Scots
minister who gave tho deciding voice.,
delcralng. Though these grey hairs must
soon descend to the sepuchre, would
Infinitely rather that they descend thlther
by tho hand OF the eXecutioner than DC.
sert at this crsis. the moral cause Of
my country.
About the middlesof the eighteenth CEN
fury DR., Join Witherspoon was leader
In the Scots Church, aud IN l776 ne pc
came principal of Prlncetown Gollese.
New Jersey and 1t was to him laas
Horace Walpole alluded when ne SAD IN
the English Parliament; COUSIN Amerlca
has run off with a Presbyterian pafson.'
II the north of Ireland mon BIO included
with the Scots. and that would be most
then no nation has done more