. A short history of England and the British Empire. William III THE JACOBITES 417 390. The Jacobites. A ruler of such a type could not bepopular with Englishmen. That he was lacking in flesh andblood was bad enough ; what was worse, he was a Un ularitforeigner who looked at the world from the Dutch of the newpoint of view; he brought Dutchmen to England regime-and placed them in desirable offices; and his policy of foreignwarfare was very expensive. Very soon a party grew up that. favored a restoration of the Stuarts, James II if that was un-avoidable, but preferably the young prince James of
. A short history of England and the British Empire. William III THE JACOBITES 417 390. The Jacobites. A ruler of such a type could not bepopular with Englishmen. That he was lacking in flesh andblood was bad enough ; what was worse, he was a Un ularitforeigner who looked at the world from the Dutch of the newpoint of view; he brought Dutchmen to England regime-and placed them in desirable offices; and his policy of foreignwarfare was very expensive. Very soon a party grew up that. favored a restoration of the Stuarts, James II if that was un-avoidable, but preferably the young prince James of whom ex-cellent reports were being circulated. The Stuart followingwas known as the Jacobite party and was quite strong, espe-cially among the Scotch Highlanders, who looked upon Williamas the representative of the English influence whichwas very hateful to them. For a time Jacobitismwas a real danger, though in the end it accomplished difficulty was that while the Stuart partisans in Englandwere willing to send money to the exiled family and to drink Jacobitism. 4i 8 THE LONG DUEL WITH FRANCE toasts to the King over the Water, they were chiefly coun-TheKinc try gentlemen who shrank from the thought ofover the rebellion and contented themselves with passive water. resistance. Many of the leading men of the time, even high government officials, were in correspondence withJames and his son, but very few cared to come out openly foranother Stuart restoration. 391.
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