New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02

1 tGtlOn or slaves. A generation l3leI Caiiie
! in one branch of the family three broth
| crs and three sisters, who all led llNes
of value and public significance. The
eldest son was Chancellor Livingston
member of the committee which framed
the Declaration of Independence. lie
administered the oath of office to George
| Washington as first President OF the
! United States Jefferson sent HIM as
Minister to France, where he negotiated
the purchase of Louisiana. on his re-
| turn he associated himself with Robert
Fulton in the application of steam 10
navigation. one of his brothers Henry
b. Livingston, was gallant Revolu-
tiOnary officer. third brother. Edward
Livingston, codified the laws of Loulsl-
ana end later became Secretary of state
under Andrew Jackson. The three SIS
ters in this one Scottish famliy became
the wives respectively of John ATM
strong. Secretary Of War under James
Madison Of Governor Morgan Lewis Oh
New York and of General Ricilaru
Montgomery.
This last was an Irish officer OF the
British army, of Scottish blood, ana !,
student of st. Andrews. lie serHcu
undor Wolf and Amherst In America
gained the friendship of Edmund BurhP'
Isaac Barre and Charles James Fox IN
H..
and returned to America in 100 10
marry and settle down He had speht
but two short years of married me- anu
begun building a beautiful home on we
Hudson near Barrytown for his pIlde.
when he was caught in the Whiil vi
Colonial politics, sent To the ProVIhci" !
Congress and then seized by reason III
his military record for a prlSauiei
oraIship i'm the Continental army. ms
-. HIS
carlv experiences in Canada, ana hnailN
brought him with Benedict Arnold undcr
the walls of Quebec. There. whiie gar
lantlv leading his men in the attack, nv
fell The British commander, SlT Guy
carleton first Baron Dorchester 1a1
nreyiouslv served with Montgomery IN !
now took pains TO give him honordp ~,
burial. Provoked at a eulogy on MN y,
tho House of Commons by Edmun1
Pnrlse Lord North said: 81 cannot JON
in lanenting the death Of MONTGOMERY
as rublic loss. Curse on his virtues!
They've undone his country. He TdS
brave he TGS able. humane and gem
crous. hut still he was only prav"'
able humane and generous rebel ne
renlv Of a statesman came from anotner
friend of ours. Charles James FOX: ne
term OF rebel is no certain marx on us
grace The great asserters or hpeI'N .
the savjors Of their country the pehe-
factors of mankind I'm all ages nave oe-H
called rebels
Forty-two years later New York 20
claimed this honOred soldier Tor STA e
burial with every tribute OF nationai
pride i'm St PaUls churchyard' Wnere ue
stiu lies. in Broadway's central ro2"'
~ der the marble monument selected Tor
him In Paris by Benjamin Franklin. rs
the boat sent by the state 10 bring back
the hero. surrounded by all the trap
pings of military glory and sadness, dp-
nroached Montgomery Place. the nome
on the Hudson he had been bulldlng ,or
his bride when he was summoned 10 ne
war she who had waited all these years
for his return appeared on the Neiail IL
10 see him pass. What wonder that' dS
the solemn convoy roundeu the .'!,i''
tho funeral music was heard ana the
co. az her country dipped low to convey
70 tho faithful. gray haired widow ne
affectionate gratitude of the state an
nation. she was overpowercd by inc con
tending emotions Of pride ana Grlet ana
loneliness with her dead. and fell ram
ing to the floor,
Another portentous Scot. born in kirk-
cudbrightshire in 1I4I. went To virgin"
when thirteen years old. left ~ theh'e-
forward only i'm the course OF MS sell
% ring life. and was able long afterwdt /
N say. II had the honor 10 hoist WIN
my own hands the flag or freedom lAe
first time il was displayed on the YEA
ware. and | have attended II win ven
Grafton ever since on the ocean Some
- ,bis ocean service was such that mis-
oId country nut a price of 10000 guineas
on his head His new country thought
n worth the first captains commission
in its navy, gave him command Oh III
American ships In European waters ten
dered him the thanks of Congress. ana
after the close OF the war Noted MN 4
gold medal 4 Scottish audience coh-
sidering this brave and brilliant con-
tribution from their country 10 ne
American navy, recalling some. nil,I
Gated local grievances. but remember
iro also the careful atonement, the mag .
nifcert seamanship and courage ana
the I,ndeniabe the worldwide famc'
NAV very possibly find refuge "here
crottieh ueople so often do. In their pro-
verbal philosophy. and decide that II
Admiral Paul Jones was over bad .or
blessing he was certainly over Goud TOT
banning.
u they wish however. 10 exercise the
lundeniable gifts of the race Tor banning
there Is another famous Scottish-Amerl :
can sailor whom we might turn over 10
them with less reserve. THIS man the
son Of a clergyman. was born at Green
ocL about 1850 He first appears In
America in 1891. when the New YORK
! Colonial Assembly voted him its thanks
| for services TO the commerce ~ the
! colony. and later gave him the moro
substantial reward of $50. Then Gov
ernor Rellamont took him up and sent
! him ont on rowing commission 10
| sweep the coast of pirates-a TASK ne
discharged so well that he was no"
eiven $3.50 Then he set up as home
snedn nitrate himself. filled the marine
world with stories Of Captain Kidd 3
exploits and half our coast with stories
of CaDtain Kids buried treasures NJ
last ord Bellamont succeeded In ar
resting him. England tried him. and he
vas hanged in chains in Execution
! Dock. And vet Burns. who even MAD
| pity for the Devil might well nave heid
a brief for worse man than captain
Kidd Those were wild days on the sea;
even Great Britain had her press gangs
and sent out slavers. and II may be that
| local magnates In the colonies after the
| fashion of the times thought II no harm
! to encourage for mutual benehD
gentleman adventurer,' az the kindly
! rhrase was. in relieving Spaniards and
"others beyond the pale" Of their doub-
looms and silks.
There can be no difference of opinion
as To the services of another great
Scotsman, born at Yester, in the domain
Iof your neighbor. the Marques OF
Tweeddale. He was a llneal descendant
! ON his mothers side from John Knox,
| and had already n distinguished career
here. when, in 1T6S. he yielded to a sec
! ond call from Princeton University and
became it's president. He brought IT to
a place among the foremost educational
institutions OF the land, and impressed
upon il. as some one has said. the Scot
| fish and Presbyterian character II main
! tanned ali through, from Witherspoon 70
| McCosh. He took. besides, high mind
ed citizens part in all the fervid actiVl
! - x,oc di,aptl,. RI ennpei