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

eratlOnS and enrich our lives todav
with the life and legacy of the heroic
pasl. 10 me that ground is holy.
those roots the remainders of an altar
or sacrlQce, and even in the garish
llgnt OF common day / stand in spirit
Win uncovered head and shoeless feet
as IN the presence chamber of the
deathless dead.
AND II the election of a Canadian
10 the presidency Of this Scottish So
ciety of America had in if any inter
national sentiment. any tribute of re
Spect ana good feeling to Canada, |
am the more grateful. This feeling
OF fraternity between our people can
nnd just warrant in the facts of his
tory.
Ties of a Common Blood.
This State of North Carolina and
THESE Scottish counties are bound bv
the indissOluble ties of a common
blood across the international boun-
Diary to the Province of Nova Scotia
and the county of Pictou. Flora Mac
donald's husband, Allan Macdonald.
ner son and her son-in-IaW, all of
them officers in the Royal Highland
Regiment, were taken at the battle
Of MOore's Creek, and were held as
prisoners of war, first at Halifax,
North Carolina, then ut Petersburg
virginia, and then in Philadelphia.
In 1878 they were exchanged for Pa
trlot prisoners, and. crossing to Novia
Scotia, joined the Saith Highland
Regiment at Halifax. In the archives
of the Wal Office | found records of
the activity of Allan Macdonald in
recruiting his fellOW-clansmen for the
End Battalion, which was composed
almost entirely of veterans from the
Southern Scottish regiments. He
served in that regiment until 1888,
when he returned to Scotland and re-
joined his wife, who left North Caro-
lima in 1873; but his cOmpatriots and
comrades settled in Nova Scotia, and
from Pictu county their descendants
have spread over all the Provinces of
Canada.
But the ties that bind the United
States and Canada are not merely the
threads of m BLOOD that run
through our population. There are
also the Ong ties of a common
civilization, a common history and a
common international interest.
Two Counties as One.
In all that is most distinctive and
most dominating in our life these two
countries are one civilization. Many
races crow and mingle in our ma
tons, but all the way from the Rio
Grande to Hudson Bay our almost in
finite variety of types and tendencies
through our history have been domi-
mated and directed by one organized
purpose. The French early played a
great part. The German entered.
Other breeds from Europe, from the
Near East and from the Far East.
have come and are coming. But
these two English-speaking nations, in
the great institutions Of their life have
i been moulded and inspired by what
may be called the Anglo-Saxon i'm
pulse. 1t is often more Celtic thar
Saxon, and in these Southern States
represented by this Scottish Society
the Anglo-Celtic type has been pre-
served purer and freer from faint
either in blood or in life, than can be
found outside of Canada elsewhere in
:. all the American Hemisphere.
These two countries. the United
States and Canada, even in their his
: tories have more in common tthS
! unites that differences hat divide
, Here in this very State that boast:
T. the Mecklenburg Declaration ant
> Kings Mountain; here in Fayetteville
where you have Liberty Point" with
it's memorial of a first stand made fol
Independence by Scottish Patriots ani
Presbyterians June 4, 1775"-evel
I here, M in face Of all declaration
L and of the records n reminders Q
the Revolution, / make bold to sa.
that the history Of the United State
and Canada, in the things most orig
inal and most significant, is one his
tory.
IS The Supreme Lesson.
q I put it to you: What is the on
e supreme lesson taught in tbs histor
n Of the United States IT is not reEo
luton. Were that all, then this Re
Is public would be on a level with Latl
IS Republics between the Rio Grand
IT and the South Pole. Revolution ha
lie been the chief feature in their history
le In this Republic revolution was bu
an nciden The distinguishing mar
l. has been self-government. h su
,r preme lesson taught thenselVe:
id taught to Britain, taught to the worlt
t. by these American colonies was tha
er in the English-speaking world an
re among the colonies Of the Anglo-SaA
10 on breed any community that cher
ishes National aspirations and IS
of for National autonomy must be give
"a the rights and responsibilities OF Ma
tional self-government. That is tn
d world-lesson Of American nlstor.
!. prLo+ Sc thu world. mi of tn