The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-01
CLANS OF SCOTLAND
THE CLAN Mcqueen
SOME TRAITS OF SCOTTISH CHARACrrp
An Address Delivered Before tho w..
Association, at Maxton, June 3
SOME TRAITS OF SCOTTISH IN
By a. WILTON MclE.AN

oI feSs modified degree until
o.
a elan Included. not only those uho
descent from a co,nuaor an
'eSt'f. and bsse0 the name of thu, an.
test'f' bst also all those who :.;a..d
me can by adoption, or by the s,>,enl
"a led Fosterage.
ms Clan System, or patriarchal
form OF government. was universal
among the Celtic races, but il existed
IoT a longer period and In more per
iSet form in the Highlands OF scot
iaho than in any other part q; the /
euntry This system, although eos
Sessahs many features of the Feudal
system, which obtained in the conn |
tries or the continent Of Eurone had
a inherent origin, and was in many
aspects entirely different from the
Feudal System. The laws Of success
sion and marriage in the Clan system
we're diametrically opposed to those in
the Feudal System. In the Clan Svs-
tenn the people followed their chief as
the mead OF their race and as q repre-
sentative OF the common ancestor of
tne whole elan. no matter where they
reSide n without regard t, the
question of tenure; whereas, under
the Reudal System, as observed in
nearly all countries at that time, they
owed allegiance to and obeyed the
Lord Paramount. or r.edal proprietor
OF the Lands, and their tenure Of the
lands depended entirely upon their
faithful performance Of certain mill
tary duties TO the Lord noun
who. in turn. held under and owed
allegiance to the King. While the
Feudal System was successful in the
LOWlandS, 1t never gained much head
way among the H~ighlanders, where
the Clan System generally prevailed.
The chief of the clan, under the Clan
ISvSfCna rQionQd S1nyorpo IJic ofSoo
was coeval with the system itself. He
was no feudal lord, with vessels. de-
irving their lands from him, and for
which they rendered civil and military
service, but he was greater and better
than this. He was the common an
CeStor: the patriarch, or father OF the
clan. He exercised executive. judi
cial and Legislative power over his
clan, and every duty of the clansmen.
both moral and political, was absorb
ed in affection and adherence to their
Ichief. 1t resembled closely the patri-
in the days of Abraham. Feudalism
represented reason, order. obedience
to law. and the power of he vietOri-
Gus sword, while clanship represented
devotion to ancestors, pride Of birth,
love of kindred and other human
sentiments like gratitude and love
which held together with hooks OF
steel a nation which, in their print
tive state. we're hunters, herders and
natural warriors In many cases, the
1fuedal tenure of the land was hello
under one superior lord, while the
Fclansmen on these lands obeyed the
orders Of an entirely different chief
This was particularly SO with the
lCamerons, MacPhersens and Mac.
Donalds, of Keppoch. Every clan hae
its own war cry called in Scottish
slogan The slogan served as &
~0fohrNr1 in time of AiCfYpCC or IY
battle. n clans were also distin.
t guished by particular badges, or tar
4, ltans. There were also representative:
of different branches of the sam
: clan. These were called chieftains
t There was, therefore, a kind of ina
distinct clans of Scotland Is not Ger
v tain, but from the best information,
E is probable that there were at 1eas
: forty original clans in the Highland
: and Lowhnds Of Scotland. but tn
4 number has been increased from tim
n to time by including septs. OF
of clans as separate clans, until near
y |ly double the original humber ha
f been reached. Time will not PERM
ANY detailed reference to the variou
. clans, but it ma be noted in passini
= that nearly all of the prominent elan
land septs of clans were represente
In the early Scotch settlements in tn
:. Cape Fear section Of North Caroline
:. (which settlements began about tn
: wear 1895. Aneng these, we find: TIA
= MacDonalds. Camerons. CampbelE
& MacLeans. MacLaaghlins, MacKim
mons, MacQueens, Mackenzies, Mac
Brydes, MacDougalds, Stewards, Mac
:, Iaurins, MacGirts. MacGi3ls, Mac
s Phails. Cone}ys. M~acGougans, Wa,
,: sons, Corries, MaeNeills. Patterson
q diamonds. MacGregors, Hughes. Fel
q. lgusons. MAcFadgens, BethuHes, MAJ
y Ivers, LivingstoDs. MacAnisters, Ma
y. lPhatters, MacGilvarys, Sinelairs, Wi
q kinsons, Gilchrists. MacCor1nick
4 tAacIntoehes. AacIntyPes, MacKAy
l. Buies. MacCaskiis, ShaWs, MacMi
ss haas, MacPhersons, Robertsons, Mac
II IEaehins. MacFariand Macarthur
IMacLeods, Monfoes, MacArns. JehI
h teone. MoOYes, MacKethans, Math,
;" eons, MacEaeheFns. Grants, MacDu
Of Ifes, MAcCau1Ays, MacQuaiss. Sathel
ae t1AndA Buchanans, MAcGeachys, Ma
- [Rimmons, Fr&Sers, Murrays. Blue
H. fBfueA. ChiBheiHaA AacRaA8, Black
ne N IjNd2ayN, MEPhauR. ~