Keppoch song

216 SUPPLEMENT.
case, and obstinate adherence. Lastly, if
any near relation of the superior, such as a
son or a brother, appeared in support of
this expected rebellion, he ought to be
considered as acting by the secret order,
or connivance of his brother; and if a.ny
vassal rose in arms to support the rebel-
lion, he ought to be considered as acting
by direct or secret application, or indirect-
ly, by the influence of such example; the
superior, therefore, ought to have been ex-
cluded the benefits of the clan act, and to
have been thankful for only the pardon of
such son or brother. The writer now
craves leave to go on to show how far the
practice or administration of the clan act
corresponded with the foregoing principles
of equity. Angus of Keppoch and the fif-
teen hundred men who surrendered with
him, perhaps, the reader would expect,
met with lenity and forgivtness, as such
peaceable surrender must unquestionably
have facilitated the suppression. They
were tried, as already said, and adjudged
to be transported to America, and to be
sold as slaves for seven years, and in all