An Apology for Sir James Dalrymple of Stair

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Excerpt from An Apology for Sir James Dalrymple of Stair: President of the Session by Himself The following Apology, now reprinted from a copy in the Advocates' Library, was written by Sir James Dalrymple, in 1690, to vindicate himself from certain charges published against him the preceding year. The attack was contained in an anonymous pamphlet, professing to be a Vindication of several Votes of a Majority of the Scottish Parliament, 1689, approving of five acts which had not obtained the Royal assent, and on which the members who supported them presented an address to the King. The real author of this paper is understood to have been the notorious Robert Ferguson, whom Bishop Burnet terms "a man who naturally loved to embroil matters, " and whose whole life seems to have been such a series of intrigues and conspiracies, as well entitled him to the nickname of "The Plotter, " bestowed on him by his contemporaries. On this occasion. Sir James Dalrymple, and his son. Sir John Dalrymple, . (afterwards better known as the Master of Stair, ) were the principal objects of Fergusons virulence, and the subjoined passage is that which appears to have chiefly and justly raised the indignation of the former. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.