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the cause of monarchy, his neighbours would have declaredagainst it. Grave writers tell of the victory gained at Inver- ■lochy by the royalists over the rebels. But the peasants whodwell near the spot speak more accurately. They talk ofthe great battle won there by the Macdonalds over theCampbells.

The feelings which had produced the coalition against theMarquess of Argyle retained their force long after his death.His son, Earl Archibald, though a man of many eminent vir-tues, inherited, with the ascendency of his ancestors, the un-popularity which such ascendency could scarcely fail to pro-duce. In 1675, several warlike tribes formed a confederacyagainst him, but were compelled to submit to the superiorforce which was at his command. There was therefore greatjoy from sea to sea when, in 1681, he was arraigned on a futilecharge, condemned to death, driven into exile, and deprivedof his dignities. There was great alarm when, in 1685, here-turned from banishment, and sent forth the fiery cross to sum-mon his kinsmen to his standard; and there was again greatjoy when his enterprise had failed, when his army had meltedaway, when his head had been fixed on theTolbooth of Edin-burgh, and when those chiefs who had regarded him as anoppressor had obtained from the Crown, on easy terms, remis-sions of old debts and grants of new titles. While Englandand Scotland generally were execrating the tyranny of James,he was honoured as a deliverer in Appin and Lochaber, inGlenroy and Glenmore.* The hatred excited by the power andambition of the House of Argyle was not satisfied even when

* In the introduction to the Memoirs of Sir Ewan Cameron is a verysensible remark: “It may appear paradoxical: but the editor cannot helphazarding the conjecture that the motives which prompted the Highlandersto support King James were substantially the same as those by which thepromoters of the Revolution were actuated.” The whole introduction, in-deed, well deserves to be read.

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