The life of Sir William Wallace, the governor general of Scotland, and hero of the Scottish chiefs. By Peter Donaldson.

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tion, and in redressing their wrongs. All his superior wisdom, all
his strength and valour of soul and body, were gratuitously employed in the services of his country. In his government he dispensed the laws of equity and justice, in his campaigns he procured their iiberty and independence; in his administrations he preserved the people from the anarchy of sedition at home, and
maintained their rights against the designs of foreign invasion.lie was the Friend of man, the Protector of their persons, the
Preserver of their liberties and their laws, the Defender of their rights and Avenger of their wrongs. None in the
thirteenth century was found a parallel to his character, none
in the annals of human history or tradition had the welfare of
their country nearer their hearts. Born the benefactor of his
country he united all the qualities necessary for an illustrious career. Nature seems to have endued him with all the transcenoant virtues of greatness, dignity, fortitude, integrity, benevolence,
goodness and severity of soul, that endeared him to the hearts of
all men; she endued him with such an amazing strength and
hardiness of body too, that rendered him at once the glory of his
companions in arms, and terror of his enemies in war. He was
called by his country to the defence of her liberties; he nobly
vindicated her rights, and triumphed gloriously over her enemies;
he thrice delivered his country from the dominion of a foreign
usurper; he thrice laid the pillars of her national independence
on the foundations of unalterable equity and justice, with a wisdom in the cabinet equal to his glory in the field; and the love of
his country shone conspicuously through all his administrations
and achievements. He accepted the reins of government to save
his country from a foreign invader; he wielded his Claymore to
maintain her rights and liberties; he voluntarily resigned them
to preserve her peace, and retired into the shades of a private
life to heal her bleeding wounds. A spectacle so grand and
sublime was contemplated by the people of different regions of
the earth, with the profoundest admiration. The name of Wallace was revered by his friends and dreaded by his enemies;
even kings of other nations courted his favour; the robbers of the
ocean bowed to his invincible arm; the power of England was
crushed hy him, and his fame resounded from the uttermost
boundaries of Europe and Isles of the ocean. His highest
ambition was the happiness of his country, and the welfare of
her sons.. He was brave in his youth, invincible in battle, illustrious in all social virtues, unparalleled in magnanimity, and
great in his death, bequeathing to posterity the inheritance of
valour, which have been sufficient to raise a monument of esteem
in the glowing hearts of his countrymen,- in all succeeding ages.
He lived the unrivalled ornament of his age, and departed in
possession of the praises of an affectionate, mourning people.