The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
Role of. Scotch People In
North Carolina History

She replied, Il only did what l would
do for your Majesty in the same con-
dition-relieved distress. No evidence
was produced against her She was
set at liberty, and she was greatly /
feted, wined and dined in London
And silver service was given her |
that afterwards became of great value |
TO her in America. For after her |
husband had been in Jail at Halifax |
for some years, he was transferred |
to Philadelphia, and then To Reading. |
Penn, where he was exchanged as a |
prisoner by General Washington. and |
fought around New York under Clin- |
ton during the rest of the Revolution.
From there he wrote a letter to Flora
which he sent to Nova Scotia to rela-
tives, and they sent it by vessel to
Charleston, S. c., which had fallen in
| the hands of the British, and from
| there it was conveyed to Flora at
Cameron Hill, or Killie Grey, in which
| letter he advised her to return to her
native home in Scotland.
Commanded Sea Battle.
! SO she accordingly went to Cross
Creek, and down the Cape Fear to
| Wilmington, where she sold her silver
service, given her in London, and
with the proceeds made her journey
to Charleston. where she embarked
on a British man of war and on her
way across the Atlantic that man of
war became engaged in battle with
a French man of war. This heroic
woman went on deck, and directed
the action, and encouraged the men,
and was wounded in the battle, which
resulted in a victory over the French.
With her characteristic shrewdness,
Flora is said to have remarked: Il
have hazarded my life for the House
of Stuart and for the House of Han
over and I do not see that l am g
| great gamer bV either"
An Unprofitabie Exchange.
. When Flora exchanged Scotland
t for America, for peace and quiet, it
was bad for worse-from the frying
pan into the fire-frOm one year OF
warfare in Scotland to seven in
) America, with her husband and sor
prisoners among people Of hostlfe
I property plundered-her lands con
! fiscated-two Of her children buried
we can thus see she was ready to re
t turn to Scotland.
< Like The Confederate Woman.
, And, young ladies, we can also SCI
d the similarity Of. her trials to thos
e of the noble woman Of the Confed
y eracy whose sacrifice and sufferin
was equal to that Of their husband
and fathers, brothers and sons, VIII
e followed that great captain of thi
It fair Southland, General Robert L
e Lee. By the way, | must here te
e you how l once heard him described
In 1907, the General Episcopal Con
vention of the United States was hel
in Richmond, Va, and attending
L. were three English Bishops whom
met. The Lord Bishop of Londor
e the Lord Bishop of st. Adams, an
4, Bishop Montgomery, the president c
: the Society for the Propagation {
IL tuition in the world. In 1908 l al
N tended the Pan Anglican Congress
ID London, with my father-in-law. M
ct P. H. Mayo, of Richmond, and tn
ID Bishop of Virginia. Through tt
as courtesy of those English bishops "
at were invited to a garden party, give
g. in Marlborough House by the Primo
t. Of Wales, now King George. M
Mayo and Bishop Gibson attende
lv and were presented to His Majesty
re the following way by Bishop Mon
l. gomery: "These are two friends, WI
ne were most gracious and kind to n
t. on my recent visit to Virginia. The
ra were followefs of General Robert
Dv Lee, than whom there is n
greater character in all hi
tory, outside or inside Of tt
Bible, save Jesus Christ alone" Su(
se' a description, from such a high a
We lthority in such august presence, shou
II not be forgotten.
y Young ladies, situated as you a
ld here in the South, in the very hea
as of the Scottish settlement of Nor
er Carolina, you have indeed a splend
ng heritage. For you have exampl
ng around you of fine citizenship, und
lot the high standards of Lee; and ;
or that is noble and true in womanh oo
o. under the standards Of Flora Ma
es Donald. For the Daughters of t
lie, Confederacy were inspired by t
eet same loyalty of devotion to a "LC
es- Cause" that she was. For the mar
90 of Bonnie Prince Charlie will live fC
ald ever, in song and story. as we'll
)m that of Robert E. Lee. Honor to LIE
n Honor to Prince Charlie! The Daug
csc ters of the Confederacy will teach y
ny, that there is a parallel between A
no pornatox and Culloden, that
1g- Though we were over-pOwered,
He were not degraded,
nd, Southern laurels have never faded j;
of All is not lost unto us,
Only baseness can undo us,
Kneeling on your countrys altar,