Robert Burns and the Scotch Excise Board (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Robert Burns and the Scotch Excise BoardThe origin of the fama clearly proceeded from Burns himself, who in December, 1792, wrote to Mr Graham of Fintry, one of the five Commis sioners who formed the Board of Excise, that he was surprised, confounded, and distressed because of a hint he had got, that the Board was going to inquire into his political conduct as being suspected of disloyalty to Government. Burns anticipated any inquiry by making a clean breast of his opinions. Mr Graham, it is believed, showed this letter to his colleagues, who were evidently satisfied that no inquiry was needed, and no inquiry was made, nor was any official notice taken of the incident. But Burns was greatly frightened, chattered over the matter, and thereby started a rumour which, like the three black crows, became something as black, sir, as a crow, for he (in January, 1793) wrote to his universally respected friend Mrs Dunlop with reference to his prospects in the Excise I cannot possibly be settled as supervisor for several years. I must wait the rotation of the list, and there are 20 names before mine. Besides, some envious, malicious devil has raised a demur on my political principles. I have set henceforth a seal on my lips as to these unluckypolitics, &c., , &c., To quiet reports he wrote to Mr Erskine of Mar You have been misinformed as to my dis missal from the Excise. I am still in the service. From such meagre data biographer-s and commentators have raised the mischevious superstructure that has existed till the present moment.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.