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A40373	A defence of the Scots settlement at Darien with an answer to the Spanish memorial against it, and arguments to prove that it is the interest of England to join with the Scots and protect it : to which is added a description of the countrey, and a particular account of the Scots colony.	Philo-Caledon.; Ridpath, George, d. 1726.; Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.; Foyer, Archibald.	1699 (1699)	Wing F2047; ESTC R18505	46,261	66

be a People that seldom or never mistake their Interest They are sensible how useful the Alliance of Scotland may be to them both in regard of their Liberty to fish in our Seas without controul and of being a Curb upon England in case the old Roman Maxim of delenda est Carthago should come any more to be applied by the English to that Republick as in the Reign of K. Charles II. They are likewise sensible of the Advantage it would be to their trade to be partners with the Scots at Darien and how effectual it may be to disable the Fre●…ch to p●…sue thei●… Cl●…im to Sp●…in ●…nd by 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 t●…e old Title of th●…t ●…own upon their own Seven as well as to swallow up th●… other t●…n Provinces Th●…se things together w●…●… lon●… con●…inu'd Amity and Trade be●…xt Scotl●…nd and Holland and their Union in Religion and Ecclesiastical Disciplin●… are sufficient to evince that th●… Dutch would become ou●… 〈◊〉 in America with little 〈◊〉 Th●…t they ●…re able to as●… us in that Case with a 〈◊〉 Force suffici●… is be●…ond contradiction and that they would soon be convinc'd it is th●… 〈◊〉 to do it to prevent that mo●…strous I●…crease of the Fren●… M●…chy is obvious enough from the part they acted in the l●… W●… But admitting th●…t none of those 〈◊〉 should pre●…il with the Dutch a●…d that they should likewis●… abandon us it is not impo●…ble for us to obtain a●… Alliance a●…d Naval Force 〈◊〉 t●…e Norther●… Cro●…ns It 's well en●…gh k●… t●…at 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 abound ●…ith Me●… and Shippi●…g and that they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a●… their hearts to m●…ke an Exchange of 〈◊〉 for the Gold 〈◊〉 Silver of America which they might ea●…ily carry from To●… to To●… 〈◊〉 from Market to Market 〈◊〉 the trouble of a W●…l-barr●… as they are now obliged to do ●…ith their ●…per Fr●… all ●…ich it is evident 〈◊〉 that it is not imp●…ble ●…or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 maintain themselves i●… Darien wi●…out the A●…ance of England The next thing to be discours'd of is what the 〈◊〉 may probably be if the E●…glish should oppose us in this Settlement We could h●…ily wish the●…●…d ●…ever been any ground for this suggestion and that the Opposition we have met with from England had been les●… National ●…han that which we h●…d from both their Hous●…s of Parliament af●… the p●…ssing an Act for an African Company c. in ou●…s a●… it 〈◊〉 to be wish d 〈◊〉 so many of the English had not given us such proofs of an alienated mind and 〈◊〉 to our Welfare as they h●…ve don●… sinc●… by their Resident at Hamborough and thei●… late Proclamations in their West India Plantations and we could have wish'd above all that his Majesty of England had not in the least concu●…'d or given his Countenance to that Opposition for as King of Scots it is ●…ain he could not do it he ha h confirm d what we have done by the Touch of his Scepter which no private Order or 〈◊〉 can revoke And we could wish that his English Counsellors who put ●…m upon those things would remember that Strafford and Laud lost their ●…eads ●…or giving K Charles the First that fatal Advice in oppressing and opposing the Scots We di●… verily think that the suffering of our Crown to be uni●…ed with that of England in the person of K James their first and our Sixth our seasonable coming to the rescue of ●…heir expi●…ing Libe●…es in the Reign of K. Charles I. our being so instrumental to rescue them from Anarchy and Confusion by the Restoration o●… K. Charles II. and above all our Generous and Frank Concurrence with them in the late happy Revolu●…ion and Advancement of K. William III. We did verily think that all these things deserv'd a better Treatment and to evince that they did we shall begg leave to ●…nsist a little upon the first and last The English have no cause to think that we were ignorant of the Reason why their Politick Henry VII Chose rather to match his Eldest Daughter with the King of Scots than with the King of France because he foresaw that if the King of Scots should by that means come to the Crown of England he would remove the Seat of his Government thither which would add to the Grandeur and Riches of England Whereas if the King of France did by that means fall Heir to the English Crown he would certa●…nly draw the C●…t of England to Paris ●…his the Scots were so 〈◊〉 from being ignorant of that many of the Nobility and Gen●…ry did express their disl●…ke of the Union of the Crowns as well knowing that it would reduce our Kingdom into a Subjection and Dependance upon England and drain us of what Substance we had and theresore some of them express'd themselves on that occasion that Scotland was never Conquer'd till then Yet such was our Zeal for the common Wellfare of the Island the Interest of the Protestant Religion and of Europe in general which were then almost in as much danger by Spain as they have been since by France that we quietly and freely parted with our King and suffer'd him to accept the English Crown rather than the Nation should be involv'd in War and Confusion and the Protestant Religion indanger'd by another Successor as it must necessarily have been had the Infanta of Spain whose Title was then promoted by the Popish Interest Succeeded And all the reward we had for this Condescension and Kindness was a contemptuous and disdainful refusal on the part of England of an Union of the N●…tions when proposed tho the same would visibly have tended to the Benefit of the whole Island the general advantage o●… Europe and the security and increase of the Protestant Interest And our King was so little thankful on his part that tho he promis'd solemnly in the Great Church of Edinburgh before his departure that he would visit his Antient Kingdom once in three years he never saw it after but once and that not till 14 years after And by the influence of that same Faction in England who are still our Enemies he made Innovations both in Church and State contrary to the Laws of the Land and his own solemn Oath which laid the foundation of all those Disasters that ended in the fa●…al Exit of his Son and the subversion of the Government of both Nations These were the first Advantages we had by the Union of the Crowns His Son King Charles I had scarce ascended the Throne when we had new Proofs of the Disadvantages we labour'd under by that Union For he by the Advice of some Enemies to our Nation did in an Imperious and Arbitrary manner send for our Crown tho the only Monument almost left us of our Independency and Freedom but was generously answer'd by him that had it in keeping That if he would come and be Crown'd in Scotland he should have all the Honour done him that ever was

been for the most part on the head of an Alien or Enemy yet it has iufluence enoug●… to divide us amongst our selves against the Interest of the Nation as in the Reign of K. Charles II. those that comply'd with the Court of England were brib'd with all the chief places in our Administration whilst those who were Patriots to their Country as for Honour sake to instance in the late Great Duke of Hamilton and our present Lord high Chancellor were exposed to all manner of Dangers and Vexations This we think sufficient to convince our Neighbours that we have no Reason to be fond of having the Union of the Crowns continu'd except the Interest of the Nations be more closely united then ever they have been hitherto And to let them see that it is their Interest as well as ours it should be so we shall only desire them to consider how fatal it may be to them if by any Emergency we should be forc'd to break off the Union of the Crowns and enter again into a F ●…ench Alliance It ●… in vain for them to object that in such a case we should betray o●…r Religion for we see the persecuted Hunga●…ans were protected in that ●…y the Tu●…ks tho sworn Enemies to it nor is it less impossible but there may be a Change as to that matter in France L. XIV is not immortal a●…d even Julian the Apostate himself found it his Interest for some time to protect the Orthodox Christians whom he mortally ●…ated But supposing as indeed there 's no great likelyhood of it that no such Allyance as this should ever happen yet howev●…r if these two Nations be not more closly united it may be of ill Consequencc to England if any of their Kings at any time should be so far disgusted with their Proceedings as to leave them and betake themselves to Us. What a Field of Blood and Slaughter must England have become had we carried off K. Charles I. when he came to our Army or if we had join a him against the Parliament of England What great Efforts did a Party of our Nation make to inthrone King Charles II when England was against him and how did our Concurrence afterwards with General Monk effect it How soon did our espousing the D. of York ' s Interest turn the Tables upon those that opposed him in England And if our Nation had likewise espoused his Cause before the Revolution the Viscount of Dundee gave a sufficient Proof what we could have done for him There 's a strong Party in England at present against allowing the King a standing Force for fear as they pretend of losing their Liberties but all their Opposition in that respect would signifie little if in case of a Rupture ou●… Nation should take part with the Court and bring in 22000 Men. with 6 Weeks Provisions and Pay as we are obliged to do by Act of Parliament for his Assistance This makes it evident that it is not the Interest of England to slight an Union with US so much as they have done so●… so long as we remain divided any King that is so minded may make use of us to inslave one another and any envious Neighbour whose Interest it is to keep this Island low will be sure to blow the Coals If they 'd but turn the Tables and make our Case their own they would quickly be satisfied of the truth of what we advance Supposing that the Government of Scotland should traverse the Actings of the Government of England in relation to their Trade c. as they have done ours and supposing that a Parliament of Scotland when the King were there should question him for the Navigation Act and that for the Encouragement of Trade in England by King Charles the Second Which lays Us under such hard Circumstances and Restrictions the English would certainly very much resent it and speedily tell us we meddled with what did not belong to us Then why should they deny us the like Liberty in re●…erence to their 〈◊〉 against us seeing we are a free Nation as well they They cannot think that Scotland will look upon the English Proclamations in the West Indies against having any Commerce with our Colony at Darien to be the Act and D●…ed of a King of Scotland sinc●… it is not only contrary to his own Act o●… Pa●…liament there and his Patent under the Great Se●…l of that Kingdom but contra●…y to the Interest of that Nation but being the Act of a person who is really King of Scots we can look upon it to be no other than the esfect of a ●…orce put upon him by a Nation which in this matter thinks it their Interest he should do so Now suppose which GOD forbid our Colony should be starv'd by virtue of these Proclamations or that our Ships going and coming from Darien should by reason thereo●… be attack'd and treated as Pirates by the English French Dutch or any other Nation who may take the opportunity to do it and say ou●… King has d●…clared against us to whom should we make application sor redress in this matter The King of England he is our Enemy and e●…itted these Proclamations the King of Scots is detain'd in England and not Master of himsel●… but is forc'd to act thus contraty to the Interest of his own antient Crown and Kingdom as a former K. William John Baliol and James I. were 〈◊〉 ' d to do when in the power of the English ●…n such a 〈◊〉 if our in●…ant Colony should by this means bed stroy●…d ou●… 〈◊〉 must needs think that we should look ●…or a Compens●…tion 〈◊〉 resume the Government into our own hands and strengthen our selves by new Alliances which perhaps might be lit●…le ●…o their advantage This is not suggested as a thing that is ever likely to be practis'd or to which the Kingdom of Scotland is any way inclin'd Our whole Conduct since the Union is a continu'd evidence of the uprightness of Our Intentions towards England and the Offers we did make and do still continue to make of admitting 'em as Partners and Sharers in our Settlement are enough to stop the mouth of Calumny it self But if in return for our kindness we meet with Neglect and Contempt have our Soveraignty trampled under foot our Settlement in America by an Act of Parliament in Scotland reflected upon as unjust by Proclamations from England the World cannot blame us to complain of the Violence done to our Independency and Honour which is not to be salv'd by any politick Considerations whatever that our Neighbours pretend for this Treatment Nor can any thing less than joining with us and protecting that Settlement against all opposition in case of Attacks by the French or others sufficiently atone for what is already done or heal the Wound those Proclamations have giv'n to the common Interest and Honour of the Island WE Come in the next place to give a Description of the Isthmus of

us in other respects as if we were Aliens and sometimes confiscate Ships by reckoning Scots Mariners as such So that the English have not only depriv'd us of our Government and the warm influences of our Court the want o●… which is a considerable addition to the Natural coldness of our Climate but they likewise oppress us on all occasions and do 〈◊〉 endeavour to prevent our Application to Trade We know there 's a Party in that Nation who think we sustain'd no great loss by the removal of our Princes but we would wish them to consider what a murmuring they themselves make when the King goes annually to the Netherlands tho the safety of Europe requires it because of the damp it puts upon Trade and the Money it carries out of the Kingdom Let them consider then what our Nation hath suffered in that respect now for almost 100 years besides the lessening our Esteem in the eyes of the World so that our Honour and Substance are both swallow'd up by the Kingdom of England and yet they will neither admit us to the privileges of ●…ellow-Subjects with themselves nor suffer us to take such measures as may enable us to stand on our own bottom Certainly this is not the way to establish the Peace no●… to increase the Wealth of the Island We know that it was a Maxime in some of the late Reigns That it would never be well till all that part of Scotland on this side Forth were reduc'd to a hunting Field but we were in hopes the bitterness of those days had been past yet it seems that Party have still so far the ascendant amongst our Neighbours as to procure a publick Opposition to all our Endeavours for raising our Nation by Trade It will upon due Examination be found as bad policy as it is Christianity to urge as some of our Neighbours do that it is the Interest of England to keep the Scots low because they are an independent and free Nation and were our ancient Enemies and therefore may be dangerous Neighbours if they grow rich and potent Nothing but Rancor and inveterate Malice can suggest such sour thoughts as these It were fit that sort of Men should be purg'd of their Choler The Scots to obviate all dangers from that h●…ad have tho they be much the ancienter Nation condescended so far as several times to propose an Union which the Gentlemen of that Kidney have hitherto prevented and therefore we would wish them to look back into their Histories ●…nd upon casting up their Accounts make a true Estimate of whatever they gain'd by a War with Scotland They will find that their Ancestors as well as the Romans have been sensible as Tacitus expresses it Quos sibi Viros Caledonia seposuerit and that as it was true what ou Histo●…ian says of the unjust and treacherous War made upon us by Edwa●…d I. that Scotor●… nomen pene delevit it was also true what he says on the other hand that Angliam vehementer concussit So that those Gentlemen take the direct way by opposing and oppressing us to ●…un into those dangers they would avoid for they may assure themselves that if the English Opposition to our American Settlement should once break out into Hostilities the Scots will find some Allies antient or new that will be glad of the opportunity to join with them O●… if which is most probable tho highly ungrateful and impolitick the English should so far neglect the Scots as to suffer them to be ov●…power'd by the French they may be sure that the Scots when put to their last shift can always make an honourable Capitulation with Fran●…e It 's not to be doubted but that Crown would be very willing to renew their antient Alliance with us and besides allowing us a share at least in the Trade of Darien would on co●…dition of giving them the possession of New Caledonia restore us likewise to all our ancient Privileges in France They would think it a very good purchase if they could secure themselves of that Colony by doing so granting us what security we could reasonably desire for the uninterrupted Enjoyment of the Protestant Religion and a Freedom of Trade to all places of the World where it did not actually interfere with their own Settlements and Colonies So that if this should be the Case we leave it to our N●…ighbours to judge what would become of their East and West India Trade and Plantations and whether they would be able to stand out against France and US now that they have no footing on the Continent ●…nce formerly when they had so many Provinces of that Kingdom in their possession and could not do it and at last lost every foot of their French Dominions Whereas had they been in Union with us they might certainly have retain'd them and by consequence have prevented the great Calamities that Europe hath since groan'd under by the prodigious Increase of the French Monarchy This we think sufficient to convince those angry G●…ntlemen in our neighbouring Nation that are so very much disgusted with our American Settlement that it is the Interest of England to join with us and support it and that it may be of dangerous Consequence to them either to oppose or neglect us Whereas by joining cordially in this Matter they may unite us inseparably to themselves for ever inrich their own Nation secure and advance the Protestant Interest keep the Ballance of Europe in their Hands and prevent the returns of its danger their own Expence of Blood and Treasure to save its being threatned with Slavery any more either by the House of Bourbon or Austria Therefore we cannot believe after all but our wise and Politick Neighbours will at last see it their Interest to protect and incourage us in this matter that we may mutually strengthen and support one another against the French who are loudest in their Clamours against our Settlement because if incourag'd and improv'd it will defeat all their ambitious and Antichristian Designs And thereby we shall also be in a condition to assist the English Plan ations in the West Indies who as we find by the proceedings of the Earl of Bellomont and the Assemblies of New England and New York are su●…iciently sensible of their danger from the incroaching temper of the French which increases every day and it is evident that their new Design'd Colony in Mississipi River looks with a dangerous Aspect upon all the English Plantations in America and may be 〈◊〉 justly esteemed an Incroachment upon Spain as being in the Bay of Mexico than our Plantation in D rien Which argues the treacherous Humor of that Nation to make such an Ou●…cry against the Scots who have envaded no Mans Property when they themselves are so notoriously guil●…y of it and therefore it would seem to be the Interest of England rather to strengthen themselves by our Friendship and to look after the French than to provoke us to look