The Marquis of Montrose . al came into conflictwith the Moderator. Hamilton stood on the kingsprerogative, and questioned the legality of the wholeassembly, a foolish move which intensified the bitter-ness. He departed after trying to dissolve the house,and on his way to the king saw to the garrisoning ofEdinburgh Castle. The Assembly, left to its owndevices, deposed all the bishops, some on false chargesof immorality ; abolished all Charless Episcopalianinnovations ; and excommunicated a number of minis-ters who had shown leanings to the royal faith. Scot-land had made it abundantly clear tha
The Marquis of Montrose . al came into conflictwith the Moderator. Hamilton stood on the kingsprerogative, and questioned the legality of the wholeassembly, a foolish move which intensified the bitter-ness. He departed after trying to dissolve the house,and on his way to the king saw to the garrisoning ofEdinburgh Castle. The Assembly, left to its owndevices, deposed all the bishops, some on false chargesof immorality ; abolished all Charless Episcopalianinnovations ; and excommunicated a number of minis-ters who had shown leanings to the royal faith. Scot-land had made it abundantly clear that in Churchmatters she would have her own way, and that thatway was not the kings. The issue could only be unity of the nation was proved by the accession tothe Covenant party of the head of the House of Camp-bell, who was a shrewd judge of the likely winner inevery dispute. In a speech of portentous length heannounced his adherence to the good cause, and he wasthe leader in the summary handling of the THE FIRST COVENANT WARS. 35 The Assembly closed with thanks to God and to theEarl of Argyll. Up in the north, Aberdeen stood for the would soon be marching to the Border, andthe Council could not go out to meet him with anenemy in the rear. Besides, there was always thedanger that Strafford might land Irishry in the westwho would join their Gordon co-religionists. Whateverthe faults of the Tables, they were no sluggards in castles of Edinburgh, Dumbarton, and Dalkeithwere surprised, the Hamilton strongholds in Clydesdalewere taken, and soon in the south of Scotland only thecastle of Caerlaverock remained hostile. Aberdeen mustbe reduced, and the command of the army for thepurpose was given to Montrose. But, to correct theinexperience of the young earl, he was given as hislieutenant a little, crooked soldier of fortune, AlexanderLeslie, who had won fame in the wars of Leslie had come over many Scottish mercenariesof the Dugal
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