The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . bes, and dies. From the Revolution to the suppression of the lastrising, the rhymes and ballads were the common out-come of the rhymers of the street, the alehouse, theclub, the festival board, the farmhouse, and the cot,amongst the valleys and the hills. The Jacobitesalways endeavoured to catch the ear of the people,and constantly appealed to the lighter emotions, thepassions, and the selfish feelings under the guise of amass of rough humour and coarse satire—thrown atthe new dynasty and the Whigs—the alleged authorsof
The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . bes, and dies. From the Revolution to the suppression of the lastrising, the rhymes and ballads were the common out-come of the rhymers of the street, the alehouse, theclub, the festival board, the farmhouse, and the cot,amongst the valleys and the hills. The Jacobitesalways endeavoured to catch the ear of the people,and constantly appealed to the lighter emotions, thepassions, and the selfish feelings under the guise of amass of rough humour and coarse satire—thrown atthe new dynasty and the Whigs—the alleged authorsof all the woes of the nation. After the battle ofCulloden a higher strain was struck. The bitternessof defeat, of suffering, and of sorrow, filled the souls JACOBITE SONGS. 273 of the Jacobites and inspired them with a mournfuland yet noble resolution to yield to their fate, andmake the best of the changed circumstances. Thereare a large number of these later Jacobite songs andballads. Some of them are beautiful and exceedinglytouching, and still popular in XVIII. GENERAL RESULT OF THE OPERATION OF THEUNION. Looking at the Union as means to an end, we findit had a vast effect on the welfare of the people. Atonce it greatly widened the field of commercial enter-prise to the Scots, and directly tended to afford themmore security in every quarter of the globe. The Scotsalways had a fund of energy and ample power ofendurance, but external obstacles had long retardedtheir progress and crippled their best efforts. Hence,when the nation was placed under more favourableconditions by the Union, the people advanced rapidlyin wealth and civilisation. It was the earnest desire of the Scots to obtainequal commercial rights which made the Unionpossible and endurable. Though (as we shall see)the first attempts to adjust the fiscal relations ofthe two kingdoms caused disturbance, still it wasultimately beneficial. Another most importantarrangement was the coinage. In 1708 the Scot
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