In view of what has been said about the Episcopal Church in Scotland and the persecution it suffered in the past, the House would be misled if it were thought that there was a one sided persecution. As a matter of fact, this is a relic of a civil war which went on for 200 or 300 years, in which Scots died in defence of what they thought the liberty of religion.

I am quite sure that we all welcome a Bill which will blow away the last embers of the civil war by getting rid of disabilities which are still imposed on the Episcopal Church in Scotland, but in claiming credit for the Episcopal Church hon. Members who have spoken might also have claimed credit for the American Revolution. The Scots Presbyterians, driven out of their own country into Ulster, were later driven by the terror of Episcopacy of the Presbyterians in Northern Ireland to America. The Episcopal Church at that time would not recognise marriages of Presbyterians and the Presbyterians had to come back even to Ayrshire and Stranraer to hold services during the time of James II. Literally thousands of Ulster Scots were driven by this persecution to America.

They formed the backbone of Washington's Army. They formed the backbone of the American Revolution. According to Theodore Roosevelt, they were the spearpoint of the Scots who drove the Indians back. Having fought the Irish, they were well skilled in fighting the Indians and, having taken Ireland from the Irish, they were quite able to take America from the Indians. Theodore Roosevelt points out that the Scots were the pioneers who moved westwards.