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In the following pages I have
gathered together several articles concerning Scotland and Scotsmen which
are likely to be read with some interest on this side of the Atlantic. The
first article is a reproduction, with considerable additions, of an essay
written for the Canadian-American of Chicago, and some of the others have
appeared, in whole or in part, in the Scottish-American of New York. While a
representative Scot in the present day has shown to the world what
triumphant democracy has accomplished, it may not be out of place for
another Scot to indicate how much his countrymen have assisted in bringing
about that triumph, and also to demonstrate that, whether under the Stars
and Stripes in the United States, or beneath the Union Jack in the Dominion
of Canada, Scotsmen have taken, and are taking, an active part in all the
movements that are designed to maintain the religious and political freedom
of the people and to promote their material and intellectual progress. In
connection with the article on the Union of 1707 I have reprinted in full
the text of the famous Treaty. This important document is more talked about
than read at the present day, but, as it is the charter on which the modern
liberties of Scotland are based, it is deserving of being closely studied
and thoroughly understood by every one for whom the history of Scotland has
any attraction. It has several times been suggested to me that the
publication of these articles would prove acceptable to Scotsmen and their
descendants, and in the hope that the suggestion is a wise one I send forth
this little volume. PETER ROSS.
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