C. WRIGHT MILLS
3. Instrumental conceptual en relación con el tema de estudio
3.2. El problema del orden
The time for fair words had almost gone by. . When the ;dilpmfm
over Ae Treasury remained unresolved, the threat of violence present
77,;. in crowded Edinburgh cams to the. forefront* So, fàr the.armed
Ç; retainers in the town had been the équivalent of A e Scottish aiiiiy in
the north:, duping the- English negotiations: known to be ready in thé
'background# ■ Now, thod|h the others were apparently hesitating, the
thousands of Argyll men became rather the counterpart of the London vj
. mob;who'!by Qpeh,' presênt physical threat had compelled Strafford’s ?y|
death and A e perpetuation of the Long Parliament * First camé the 5
affair of Kerr and Hamilton, then A e Incident itself#
Hamilton had arrived in Edinburgh as the King’s most trusted
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- and rbëloyMO ' counsellor, and retained the King’s confidence, while he
was working to gain Argyll’s, for a surprisingly long time* It-had
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while Oharles himself still relied on-him unquestionlngiy# The
irritation aroused among those vjho saw. this was expressed in a ' "travel ■ poem" of the fashionable type, written by an attendant of Lord
Willoughby, the only IngliA-nobleman who aooompanied Charles to •
Scotland* This was how his friend and servant, saw the
situation at Courti
"You see
How well the King and tliis Lord do agree*
'His Majesty?thinks--nothiî^ rightly; done That’s not directed by his Haïûilton
A tender. consoienoed ; man that seeks the health-
And welfare also, of the commonwealth# How happy are' those Princes Aat rely On such a favourite as can supply All the defects of busy.. goyermient Yet when he ..sees. thS; ' giddy people bent To"ruin, both pî4rqgatïve’and . crown #
He leMs his helping hand to pull all down*
And seeks out a deceitful way to put
Truth in opinion only, and to shut
Reason, quite out,, ,as ’ if .. he - were re solved To leave./-the world in 3iiiseries involved. Hé'se.ts-'the-7yoloès of thé ’ tUJ'nult high
Bids Aem for laws and iiberties to cry **«
But King » 7 that .in their, go vornrnent; want 4 kili .
And cannot welldistinguish - good from ill .
Surrender,up ttheir ?eyes. -and .ëàre' to those _
..flatter .^M.lbètr&y thatm.Ah the close*"
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Hamilton was * apparently at his old game of repeating the King’s
counsels to the Oovenariti thUs certainly earning their favour and
probably convincing himself that he could so interpret King and
Covenanters to each other as to reconcile them* He Invariably meant ^ ;]
first to be safe, then to do good and be loyal* But all that appeared
was the intentidn of being safe, for he had not the brain or nerve to do
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good; thus he. lo st the appearance of lo yalty. "The King never seeing,or a t'le a s t Riiÿtrusting,- Hamilton’ s loyalty, who had approved himself a tra ito r to his King and gracious niaster, and that with great policy and greater seorecy, who ever acquainted our covenanters whatever His Majesty spake, or w rit, or devised against them, whereby they wem put on th e ir guard before the King could act any purpose; and, as was
plainly spoken, he did what he could to fo rtify the covarianters against his loyal master the King, idio had made up his lo st estate, and given him so many favours as his heart could crave, or His Majesty could give , One hotrheaded youngster, Roxburgh’ s son Lord Kerr, fin a lly burst out openly against Hamilton’ s double-dealing, sending V him a challenge as "a tra ito r that had juggled with the King these
: two or three years" * *# "These passages coming to the notice of the [King and Parliament, they were so sensible of the unworthiness of
those carriages, that they ordered the Lord Kèrr to imke his -
submission". The a ffa ir in fact took a course very favourable to Hamilton; i t was represented in Parliament as a drunken slander, and while magnanimously "supplicating the King on ids knee" for Kerr, and !
"excdsing Crawford (bearer of the challenge) as i f he could do no ; less than deliver his Comrade’ s message", the injured Marquis was .
able to secure a public announcement of his innocence. I t was a stroke of great fortune fo r him that when at la s t the King had begun
to suspect th at he "was vezy active in his own preservation", he had J
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M - opportunity of being thé' êi^dit he had gained in FarHamorit.*
' "Withal the''wisë-àan did make liee of the ihjùzÿ, aM'^humbly' Wqùifë ‘ llis'7Majoaty’‘S' and th# ;.Pâriiamëht’ a dedl&ratioh of their; jhdgmnt in
th# m t W r itself , ' Bÿ this
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hé #btainà, by wàÿ of Açt'of ;Paa^liameht,' both from* thé Kihg '#nd''fÿ6)#;th# State;'unanimously,'
' déÇlératién of his' mbet loÿal and faithful servioé' tb that day; 'ëhd
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my'-'ibrd -Kerr'ie oommM#d/-tb'orayé'>.%#/.pardon^"''' '. AfterwaMe, *
' iiamiitbn-was described as'- "the iplitA^ian that wës ô(%âllenged to meet
in the field that 'he -might. W'deqlared/^l'ctbr/in: ' by Sir
Peter? Wroth, one of thé ' ' m b s t / % # e l l i g e n t - o f ït.i#.':;d#y::.' ,7- ;W6th
/'hhd'the gift Of 400141-thé aoWài? result '6f "thiiç^a, / f i ^ ' e ^ f ç f , :
d##iving-:a#bm%)àn3*meht,-%nd/-!^;?dertainly"haw it''he
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#6t:had;''\' 'M]^#hed'?#s / that VHWiitoh^had; hééh 'pdbliçÇ^fVidfe ;Whethék.
■ Kérr/-■ ,’a%4lbVen%ter,:...#ftérlail[ ' ' 4 ; thé'c' /ÿ ';
acçusatibh wa» made, acted as "agent provocateur" does not seem to . hàYé7b#8h'-cb;hsïdé_0b^;5ÿé%:%ÿ%
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thaÿ^^héfîGhthi^^obKë^ with% . ■ -.■ -il
c'ô%iioti.ng. evidegc# *■-' ■ ' • ##^''t%;%nÿTcoht#diéW rit.- 2;
ié' i^Jbssible, .;th;-t#lXl whléh ■ àhé./thé fais#; - ■ -ifhat''açèially
that ' Argyll', h0AAt#'''àh.d: his brother ' Lanark, in èpité|éfi;having' ■ ■ . W
gOOQ Supporters, Wdddehly fled from Mirtotirghf prof###in.g to be
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in.ïJear.'of-theip ''liifcisj- and that ^ddW ?s6rt' of/plot against 'them' Was •■
âûùounCéd laM lh # # tig a tio n begun àRùLd m parall#ie4) cpnfusioii;.i : i f ? - R#
àpbéarëd that on Odtober ' ilKMbntm#' had sent Gha^lés' a - lëttér di^erlng- 7 ' ' ' ' - : ' to show that tWre wae treason among M s counaellors: that Oharle# '
hadi'débidéd/tô disouss th# letter with ' sdme ■ of the Lords: ' "that'-AMoM',::/## .GraWford a # Oglivië-hàd been conferring with Willléiià Murray, .apd ^
through-' him ' with r- several jailitary. officers, about kidnapping ; llaadltdn , ’ 5
ai^î Ar^il; thàt: iio twb of them had the same idea of the means or ' 3%^
ends : bf their scheme % that it was revealed to I/&8lié and -bÿ him te - '*• 7':^#
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Hm<on and,. Argyll: that that) evening Hamilton had #;>6këh to Ohailès 2" "i%an gbhoure waÿé of being slandered and having ehe^es: that the
nê^l daÿ^ October 12; Oharleb Went to the Parliament 'followed by a
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.Ihz^ge mw#er.'df-%nti-Gmpbell -elanmaen; that there he found that ' . %rs
ÉWiitoh, 'Lahark.‘and, A&yll-had' fled to the, dbuntry hoüsé Klnneil, ? /%'
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ieai^%.ywoÿdr. with Parliament that their lives were in danger aixi they , f. fldd/tp')avoid:'pitQh#?lbattlé in the streets* There, àré no other " ■ s'
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■faSfs/asi^ Invé'stigations bsgPtt-".at' onpe* 'and many #/''
' dét#led '%tht#ents :Wëré 'redorded, "•butas tliey a ll olâshèd and •
oohtz^didted^' nbthihg of the, true aotions and motivee behind it ail hd#:: e#r heocme-zplhin# '
/■.-■‘■'I# Lookihg for th#:aotual oonseqdenoes, we fihd that the Incident ' ?: /
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wréèked-what, remai'ned of GharleO’ prestige and hopes' of éàtisfaotozy "fcû
sdÂtiements* • It. was * generally represented thht he -had at' least
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WohnlvM at'thé'kiilnabping of the-Lords'Ih the hope'■of'obtaining pfoWf ' that ' the • -Irigliah' Parliamentarian# - had ' had^ tréadoi^bié - ?■' • 'v:,'^ a dr rèspoM.ènoé - with ' ■theia before * the ' IhvasiM of' 1640* - This ï#$6ur ■
spread almost a'#' promptly’as'thé ’
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6f the 'Ihdldeht ■ it'àolfV'Whiéhwaé'inétantiy hàllà'd'-a4l 'retailed aê a diàtùzkanèë df ' thé utmost severity&// In ÊdihWygh " a "klM ' èf iFérliàamntàïy martial law was proclaimed, public buslhées oame to-a standstill, while in 'spit# of Ghailest frahtid efforts to clear hiwplf l>y„seôurl% a ppblio
enquizy,''# decret wAiàttëe'gas''4 h'ffair. "'
"This plot hath put not oiily-'ours, ' but ill pthér' buèihééç to a stand,
and be ah; occasion- bf, manyv and gr#at ti^oublas' in thië Kingdom" ; ^
' such ‘was th# ' he##a#%K" formal • public* rapo'ft of; the English
Parlimmnta# committee to Pÿm* "I pray .Clod mké it not a gréât distraction for-the- hianopfs are up ,* *' I do much apprehend what will
be the issues 'Of tMse di stractions and beséëoh 'Clod 'it; have '-.not ah- ''
! influence in Englandiand Ireland*"^ This ( w m i # y ’attributed tô - . Leicester by the Wa# written from Holyrbod by thé eider "fàna;,- %
who was torn between the/Kihg’ s orders not to inf orm the English - - i
.Oouncii of anything and his own désiré énd the' Ooimcil’s demmnds 'for full'' reports ' '4- ' " Secretary S' hay# hard games to play at this time"* 5
But': although :"it'' was not'-'His Majesty’s pleasure that I she# write anything"^^ Ohârlés could not hope tp conceal this from England any more than he had been able to hush up the first troublés over the
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