ancient divisions between whkend torry -- between ig and tory, and this war of division could be eased by a new political order which stressed economic liberty, material strong unitednd a defense against the great catholic powers of europe. collectiveual and improvement here to be stable and sustainable, there needed to of legalear framework and political authority. rapid commercial and economic development, be it north america, london, or port cities bristol,on, belfast, philadelphia, glasgow, all that needed to be safeguarded and nurtured through a system of integrated unregulated regulated government. it is going too far to say this was a vision which placed economic liberty above personal political freedom, but what it ,ertainly entails was a belief it is important to state this, a genuine belief that social and personal improvement needed careful lend collectively-recognized systems of executive effectiveness and executive oversight. it was for this vision of union 's wouldre so many scot fight. the need for stability was particularly strong in a country which, let's remember, had