Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Irish Scots and the "Scotch-Irish" Historical and Ethnological Monograph, With Some Reference to Scotia Major and Scotia Minor
In their respect for St. Patrick i, also, the Scots of the Highlands were not a whit behind their kindred in Ire land, as the frequent mention of the name proves.
In these latter days a new school of writers has sprung up, whose pride of ancestry outstrips their knowledge, and whose prejudices blind their love of truth. With the difference in religion between certain sections of the Irish people as a basis, they are bent on creating a new race, christening it 'scotch-irish, ' laboring hard to prove that it is a 'brand' superior to either of the two old types, and while clinging to the Scotch root, claim that their ancestors were different from the Irish in blood, morals, language and religion. This is a question not difficult to settle for those who are disposed to treat it honestly, but, as a rule, the writers who are the most prolific, as well as the speakers who are the most eloquent, know the least about the subject, and care less, if they can only succeed in hav ing their theories accepted. The Irish origin of the Scots is studiously avoided by nearly all the scotch-irish writers.
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