COPPY
OF
THE
ADDRES
:
Of
a
Great
Number
of
the
Members
of
the
Parliament
of
SCOTLAND
,
Presented
to
the
KING
by
my
Lord
ROSS
,
and
the
other
Commissioners
with
him
at
Kensingtoun
,
11th
of
June
,
1700.
May
it
please
Your
MAJESTY
,
WE
Your
Majesties
most
Loyal
and
Dutiful
Subjects
,
the
Subscribing
Noblemen
,
Lords
,
Barrons
,
and
Burgesses
,
of
this
Your
Ancient
Kingdom
of
SCOTLAND
;
Members
of
the
same
Parliament
which
happily
settled
Your
Majesty's
Government
over
Us
,
And
has
ever
since
given
Continued
Proofs
of
Zeal
and
Affection
,
to
Your
Majesty's
Service
in
the
several
Sessions
thereof
;
Do
humbly
Represent
to
Your
Majesty
,
that
having
according
to
Your
Majesty's
Royal
Appointment
,
met
together
in
Parliament
,
with
full
Resolution
to
have
Proceeded
in
the
like
Good
Intensions
,
for
the
Honour
and
Interest
of
Your
Majesty
,
and
People
.
It
is
to
Our
Unspeakable
Grief
and
Disappointment
,
that
not
only
there
has
been
no
Return
given
to
the
Unanimous
Address
of
the
last
Session
of
Parliament
,
Expressing
the
whole
Nations
Concern
in
the
INDIAN
and
AFRICAN
Company
;
But
also
,
after
a
Motion
made
in
this
Session
of
Parliament
,
for
a
Resolve
,
That
Our
Colony
of
CALEDONIA
in
DARIEN
,
is
a
Legal
and
Rightfull
Settlement
in
the
Terms
of
the
Act
of
Parliament
1695
,
And
that
the
Parliament
would
mantain
and
support
the
same
.
The
Members
beginning
to
Reason
thereupon
,
were
Interrupted
by
an
Adjournment
,
which
We
Humbly
Conceive
is
not
Agreeable
to
the
40
Act
of
the
11th
.
Parliament
of
King
JA
,
the
6
Where
it
is
Promitted
,
That
nothing
shal
be
done
or
Commanded
,
which
might
directly
or
Indirectly
Prejudge
the
Liberty
of
free
Voting
,
And
Reasoning
of
the
Estates
of
Parliament
,
or
any
of
them
in
all
time
coming
.
And
there
after
by
a
Subsequent
Adjournment
,
from
the
Thirtieth
Day
of
May
instant
,
to
the
Twentieth
Day
of
June
nixt
,
the
Parliament
was
not
Permited
to
come
to
any
Resolution
,
in
the
pressing
Concerns
of
the
Nation
;
which
we
cannot
think
consistent
with
that
Article
of
Our
Claim
of
Right
:
Whereby
it
is
Declared
,
That
for
the
Redress
of
all
Grievances
,
and
for
the
amending
,
Strengthing
,
&
preserving
of
the
Laws
;
Parliaments
ought
to
be
Frequently
called
&
allowed
to
Sit
,
&
the
Freedom
of
Speech
&
debate
secured
to
the
Members
We
do
therefore
in
all
Humility
and
Earnestness
,
intreat
that
Your
Majesty
will
be
Graciously
Pleased
,
to
allow
Your
Parliament
to
Meet
at
the
Day
to
which
it
is
now
Adjourned
;
And
to
sit
as
long
as
may
be
Necessary
for
Redressing
the
Grievances
of
the
Nation
,
Asserting
it's
just
Rights
and
Priviledges
,
as
well
at
Home
as
Abroad
,
in
its
Colony
of
CALEDONIA
,
and
for
Enacting
such
Laws
as
may
be
for
the
Advancement
and
Security
of
Religion
;
the
Honour
of
Your
Majesty
,
and
the
true
interest
of
this
Nation
.
We
are
,
May
it
Please
Your
Majesty
,
Your
Majesties
most
Dutiful
,
most
Loyal
,
and
most
Obedient
Subjects
and
Servants
.