The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-02

OF the Culdees through the days -
the early Kings. in the stormy days
OF the Stuarts. and on 10 our own
chanGeful days. Scotland has been the
birthplace and home Of Eritain's de-
mocracN- Ia these day Of stress and
storm. these days Of reform IN State
ana IN church that look like revolu-
tlon, the hope for the common nan
against the privileges II birth I'd
wealth. is still III the anconquered
Scot.
And II the ancestors II some OF
You stood with the Tories on the side
OF the King III North Carolina. IL
was not because they foreswore Their
ScottSh democracy If spirit. or a.
cause they had Tory blood in their
veins. but because. as veterans II
Culloden and the Forty-nv.. they bad
to take the hated but unviolated Cum
beriand oath Of allegiance Ia the
Mouse CT Hanover. They had sworn
TO their own hurt in Scotland and IN
America they changed not. For that
supreme devotion their names are
worthy of honor today. That. too. is
a mark of their unforfeited Scot
fish heritage.
And so in this Scottish Society ~
America We meet today on common
ground-you from these southern
States with the blood of the Patriots.
| from Canada, with the blood Of
Loyalists. We find a COMMON back
Sround IN that life and history which
from the Border to the Hehrides.
Lowland and Highland alike. have
touched Scotland With pathos and ro-
nance n undyinG renoWn. NV
word TO you is to stand fast III this
new life and to live true to that her
ltaSe of sacrifice and reverence and
unsullied honor which comes down
from the past.
Scotch Traits Unchanged.
One of the grateful ,hinoo 10 80
is to find unchanged in the life If
this great Scottish community those
marks which characterize the Scottish
people in all lands-democracy Of
life, reverence for the things of the
spirit, and devotion to the causes of
religion and education. Extremely
gratifying, too, it is TO find preserved
a reVerent memory indeed a sacred
affection, for the name and fame OF
the Scottish heroine who for five
eventful years lived in this State, and
the reminders of whose house and
springs and tree are still pointed out
with pride by citizens of Fayetteville.
In DR.. Foote'S sketches Of North
: Carolina" not long ago / came upon
this sentences:
"Massachusetts has her Arabella;
Virginia her Pocahontas, North Caro-
f lima her Flora Macdonald"
, In DR.. JOhnson's sketches of his
= tour of the Hebrides in 1872 / read
. this prediction:
Flora Macdonald, a name that will
I be mentioned in history. and, if cour-
age and self-sacrifice be virtues, men?
6 ltioned with honor"
On the striking marble statue Of the
t heroine standing Iicturesquely on
Y Castle Hill, in Inverness, the capital Of
the Scottish Highlands, this inscrip-
c ton in Gaelic is carved on the base:
. while the flower blooms In the
= meadow the name of the fair maiden
). shall endure"
: Here in America, in the United
States and in Canada. we of the Scot
fish race and tradition will be untrue
to ourselves and to our blood if we
g are unfaithful to the charge which
;, history has committed to US. The
u name and fame of Flora Macdonald
are part Of our American inheritance
and touched with world-romanc and
u wOrld-renOWn our American history.
1t will be to our diScredit and to our
- children's loss all over this continent
u if America fOrgets the few touches Of
l. wonder and of bloom tina give distinc-
ton to our life.
y North Carolina Must Lead.
! In commemorating Flora Macdon-
aids life in America the rest Of the
IL United States and the Dominion o!
Canada look to North Carolina for a
lead. 1t was here she lived. Her
e SteadineSS of character, the lOftiness
of her spirit, her fine devotion to duty
n the accomplishing way she TOOK
the reverseS and losses and sore dis
~ appointments that came to her life
- are all part of the enduring wealth
a. of North Cardinals citizenship.
~ And the rest of North Carolina ia.
= a right to look for leadership to this
Scottish Society of America. Thi,
~ charge is ours to keep. 1t is our sac,
~ red trust. AS your President durinf
u the past wear | have faced this obi
N cation, and have come to this annua
assembly to ask you to face it. too
a. Let Us together join to give the Scot
Id fish people all over America a chance
&c to redeem from seeming neglect GU
N American memory of one Of tn
c, worlds heroic names.
~ The Most Worthy Memorial.
III The most worthy memorial OF Flor:
i Macdonald would be al educatioDa
~ institution that would give to the girl