The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-01

buchanan, Abraham LlIlloAH, tiO
great emancipator; Andrew Johnson.
the victim of political hatred: l. ).
Grant the great soldier: Rutherford
r. HAYES. Chester A. Arthur, Grover
Cleveland, n Of our greatest Presl-
dents: Benjamin Harrison, Theodore
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
These are some of the men who
from the sturdy SCOtCn.
"A race unconqdered. by their cline
made old
The Caledonians. armec vita want
and cold"
Prominent characteristics OF The
MacQueenS.
Some strong elements, which stand
out in bod relief in the character Of
the typical MacQueen. are love Of
kindred, attachment to the home,
pride of ancestry n veneration for
1t is the u~nwavering loyalty Of the
NacQueens to these glorious Sentl-
ments which has brought US hither
today. All these are ardinal traits
of the true Scotchman. 1t has been
said that the Scottish character is too
often controlled by sentiment. and
that the magic ties Of local aSSOcla-
ton has fettered the ~imaginations and
.throttled the ambitions Of many brave
sons Of Scotia, and prevented them
from answering the call to other
climes beyond the seas. where Dame
Fortune lures. To their credit be it
said that the sordid spirit Of the 8
has never yet been able to smother in
the breast Of the true ScOtchman, the
fervant glow of sentiment, which is
constantly rekindled by the thought
Of those who are near and dear to
him. The constant presence of this
sublime sentiment is one Of the
9 4 ~ onCt lam anfS IN tho h no otnr IT
the Celtic race. n for its presence
in the very bone and sinew Of our
Scottish people, we never fail to dis
cover just cause for admiration.
Why is it that the sight Of the bat
tleield Of Waterloo, or the massive
InvalideS in Paris, causes us to behold
in our minds eye the glorious achieve
ments Of that great military genius?
Why is it that the susceptible mind
instantly feels a glow of inspiration
when viewing the sepulchered remains
Of the mmorta Shakespeare, at
StratfOrd-On-AvOn?
Why was it that the great yelling
ton. after he had conquered the illus
triOus CorSiCan. mingled his tears with
the blood Of the slain as he walked
over the battlefield Of Waterloo. en-
numbered with the dead bodies of the
brabe soldiers Of Francet
Why is it that when we visit Sacred
Stewartsville, or other silent cities Of
the dead, where pos forever the
peaceful lust of our beloved ancestors
and behold the silent epitaphs, the
crumbling marble and the sunken
mounds, that we can scarcely with
hold the tribute Of a tear?
And why is it that hOrdes Of Chris
tan pilgrims for upwards of twenty
centuries, have undergone the dangers
Of attack from ~barbarous marauders.
n~ A->~
to gaze for a brief period upon the
holy places, which have been immor-
Italized by the life and death Of our
Lord and Savior?
There is but one answer to these
Inquiries. 1t is all due to that sacred
and dynamic force. called sentiment
that potent spring of holy impulses
breast, and which gives to the world
and to humanity that purity of char
acter so much akin to goodness. l,
was sentiment n sentimental rever-
ence for the hallowed OF
their departed ancestors, which stood
guard Over the hearts and consciences
5 OF the pitiless and downcast survivors
T Of "Cumberland's butchery," after the
, battle OF Culloden, and caused then
to spurn the ransom Of one hundred
) and fifty thousand dollars, offered te
induce them to betray the where.
abouts of the undeserving Prince
> 1Charlie. This heroic example Of thu
patriotism of loyal Highlanders viii
s forever be preserved in the words o
!. the poet:
English bribes were a in vain,
Though puir and puirer we maun be
4 SfHer Gamma buy the heart.
That al aye, for thine and thee.
1t is this same powerful force call
ed sentiment which is the cause O
: this gathering today, Of a people VIII,
sprang from a common race, VIII,
claim common ties Of clanship an<
k1nship. Yes. the attachment t,
8 home and the love Of kindred is
o typical element Of the Scottish char
r .acter, and this same element has bee,
8 the controlling virtue. which has fur
y nisned to the world that ancient an,
d distinguished race OF whom the grea
historian. FrOude (thOugh himself a,
n E:ngliShman). said: IF we excep
: the A~thenians and the Jews, no Deopl
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