Politics & government > Speech of Lord Belhaven, in the Scotch parliament, at the making of the union

6 Lord Beihaven's Speech.
confidsr.uion of thefe things vivify thefe dry bon
of ours i Should not the memory of our noble pn
deceffors valour and conjlancy toufe up our drooj
i»g fpirits ? Are our tumble predecefTori fouls gqr
fo far iato the Englifb cabbapy-flock and colli-ftoxucrs
that we (hould fh.w the leaii inclination that way
Are our eyes fo blinded ? Are our ears fo deafened
Arbour hearts fb haidned ? Are our tongues fofaul
lered ? Are our hands fo fettered, That in this otn
day, 1 fay, Mv Lord, that in this our day, aveJbouk i»
not mind the things that concern the very being am. it;
well-being oj our dneient kingdom, before they be hi.\ s,
from our eyes.
No, My Lord, God forbid : Man's extremity t,
God's opportunity ; he is a prefent help :n time
need, and a deliverer, and that right early. Sointii
tinfotcfeeu providence will fall out that may calf thet
balance. Some fofeph or other will fay, “Why a
“ do yyu drive together, fince you are brethren ?
None can defiroy Scotland, lave Scotland'* felt.
Ho!d your hands from the pen, you are Lcure,
Some Judah or other will fay, “ Let not y»ur haaddst
u be upon the lad ; he is our brother.” There will
bo nJE HOP AH J l R E H ; and fome randk
will be caught- in the thicket, when the bloody knife]
is at our mother's throat. Let u» up then. My
Lord, and let our nob'e patriots behave theralelves
like ra n, and we know not how j.on a hlejjing miy .
come.
My Lord, I wifn from my heart, that this myjv
vifion prove not* as true, as my reafons for it ard\
probable. I defigti not at th s time to enter iotci
the met its of any one particular article, i intencll:
.this dilcourfe u an imrodu&toa to what I may afX.
tsnvanL fay upon the wh.-'e debate, as it falls tnr|i
before this honourable Houle ; and therefor.
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