His was the sturdy ancestry of the covenanters who typified the qualities which have given " Old Scotia" a significant place in history. It was ancestry loving freedom and constantly promoting unconquerable consecration in the defense of freedom. Transferred early in the seventeenth century by immigration to New England. this stock from which he sprang. took a most active part in the century of conflict for the emancipation of New England from the tyranny of a fanatical theocracy. a struggle which was the indispensable prerequisite for the later struggle to emancipate the continent from the political tyranny of a besotted aristocracy. out of which came the independence of the thirteen Colonies and the foundation for this glorious American Republic. the United States of America. Such ancestry is reflected in the very life and work of Senator LADD. The life was a life of courage. independence. love of freedom. love for fair play. and devotion to truthdistinguishing qualities. all of them.
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