John Little
09-Jun-10, 22:12
So I read about this man.
Of course I was taught some Scottish history when in primary school - but never of this man who stood resolute against an incorporating union with England, but who wanted a federal union to preserve the nationality and character of the Scottish nation.
I learn (David Daiches "Charles Edward Stuart") that the majority of Scots thought a Federal union desirable, but that they rioted and demonstrated against the incorporating union.
And that despite the manifest will of the majority the Scottish MPs still voted on 17 January 1707 by 110 to 68 for an incorporating union.
And of this in our school history textbooks - nothing.
And where is the feature film that shows this guy in action - who appears to have integrity written through him as a stick of rock?
Perhaps Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun is an inconvenient hero because he wanted any form of union at all.
But I find him admirable.....................
of course Scottish historians may point me otherwise....???
Of course I was taught some Scottish history when in primary school - but never of this man who stood resolute against an incorporating union with England, but who wanted a federal union to preserve the nationality and character of the Scottish nation.
I learn (David Daiches "Charles Edward Stuart") that the majority of Scots thought a Federal union desirable, but that they rioted and demonstrated against the incorporating union.
And that despite the manifest will of the majority the Scottish MPs still voted on 17 January 1707 by 110 to 68 for an incorporating union.
And of this in our school history textbooks - nothing.
And where is the feature film that shows this guy in action - who appears to have integrity written through him as a stick of rock?
Perhaps Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun is an inconvenient hero because he wanted any form of union at all.
But I find him admirable.....................
of course Scottish historians may point me otherwise....???