1S24.] Declarations oj 



joyous saliile on the day of the bridal, 

 and the mi.'lancholy coronach ol' dcatli, 

 may he lbr«;o1t('ii ; but the mountains 

 whicli bore witness to the scenes will 

 have, ere then, passed away. 



The principal obstacle to the general 

 introduction of piobaiteachd, and other 

 pipe music, has been removed through 

 the intluence, and under the auspices, 

 of the Highland Society of London. 

 They ofTered a premium to any one 

 who should substitute a scale for the 

 pipe, upon the modern principle of mu- 

 sic, for the syllabic one in use among 

 pipers. This premium was gained, and 

 deservedly gained, by a very ingenious 

 fellow, JM'Donald of Edinburgh, who 

 has since given to the world a volume 

 of music, which at once evinces his 

 taste, and shows with what indefatigable 

 zeal he has gone about the work. 



Now, sir, my motive for troubling 

 you thus is to suggest, that, as a compe- 

 tent knowledge of the bag|)ipe can now 

 be so easily acquired, it is the duty of 

 every Highlander to make that music 

 his study which has so far contributed 

 to raise his country in the scale of na- 

 tions, and his countrymen in that of 

 liumunily. 



The opinion which is abroad, that 

 the instrument is difficult to blow, 

 may be controverted with the fact, that 

 a man will blow from day to day, and 

 week to week, with the greatest ease, 

 and without the least bad effect ; and 

 farther, harsh as its tones are, let any 

 one, however fastidious, hear played by 

 a good piper, " M'lntosh's Lament," 

 or the "Piper's Warning to his Master," 

 and dare in conscience refuse to admit 

 the pipe's pretensions to melody. 



A HlGHLANDMAN IN LONDON. 



For the Monthly Magazine. 

 THE SOCIAL RIGHTS of MAN; being a 

 coMi'iLATioNyrom tUe various oecla- 

 RATIONS q/" RIGHTS, Submitted at dif- 

 ferent I'ERIODS to the NATIONAL 

 ASSEMBLY a;irf CONVENTION o/'fRANCE; 

 and reccntli/ arranged by COUNT LAN- 



JUINAIS, in his " history of CON- 

 STITUTIONS." 



"11^ ATUllE made men free and equal ; 

 X^ the distinctions necessary for so- 

 cial order are founded only upon gencrnl 

 utility. 



Every man is born with inalienable 

 and imprescriptible rights; such as, the 

 liberty of all his opinion», — the care of 

 his honour and his life, — the right of 

 property,— the entire disposul of his 



Social Rights. 513 



person, of his industry, and of all his 

 faculties, — tlie communication of his 

 thoughts, by all possible rneasis, — the 

 pursuit of happiness, and resistance to 

 oppression. 



The end of all political associations is 

 the preservation of the natural and im- 

 prescri|>tible rights of individuals. These 

 rights aie liberty, property, safety, and 

 resistance to oppression. 



The end of all society is the public 

 good. 



All men arc equal in the eye of the law. 



The exercise of the natural rights is 

 limited only in such degree as ensures 

 the enjoyment of them to the other 

 members of society. 



Man /eceives from nature imperious 

 wants, with means suflBcieut to satisfy 

 them. 



Society can only be formed by a free 

 agreement amongst all the associates. 



Every man is the sole proprietor of 

 his own person: he may engage his ser- 

 vices or his time; but he cannot sell 

 himself, the primary property being in- 

 alienable. 



Every man should be free in the 

 exercise of his personal faculties, pro- 

 vided he infringe not on the rights of 

 others. 



So, in like manner, no man is respon- 

 sible for his thoughts or opinions; every 

 man has the right cither of speaking or 

 of remaining silent. No method of 

 publishing his thoughts and sentiments 

 should be forbidden to any man ; and, 

 in particular, every man is free to write, 

 print, or cause to be printed, whatever 

 he thinks proper, always on the sole con- 

 dition of not giving offence to the rights 

 of others. 



Every citizen is equally free to em- 

 ploy his hands, his industry, and his 

 capital, as he shall think good and use- 

 ful to himself. He may fabricate and 

 produce whatever he j)lease, and in 

 w hat manner he may please ; he may 

 retain or dispose of, at his pleasure, 

 all sorts of merchandize, and sell them 

 either wholesale or retail. In these 

 dilferent occupations, no particular per- 

 son, no association, has a right to restrict 

 him, much less a right to prevent him. 

 The law alone can mark the limits 

 which must be given to this, as to every 

 other, liberty ; and such law must con- 

 sist with the general principles of 

 liberty. 



Every man is, in like manner, able to 

 go or to remain, to come in or to go out, 

 and' even to go out and return, into his 



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