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Cluses (France) (search for this): chapter 17
ons on which an immediate war was to be conducted, with the General Treaty of alliance between the princes of the House of Bourbon. The last was no ground for war; the first was war itself. by which Spain herself engaged to declare war against England, unless contrary to chap. XVII.} 1761. Aug. all expectation, peace should be concluded between France and England before the first day of May, 1762. Extending his eye to all the states interested in the rights of neutral flags, to Portugal, Savoy, Holland, and Denmark, Choiseul covenanted with Spain that Portugal should be compelled, and the others invited, to join the federative union for the common advantage of all maritime powers. Article VI: and VII. of the Special Convention. Flassan, VI. 322, 323. Yet, still anxious for peace, and certain either to Sept. secure it or to place the sympathy of all Europe on the side of France, Choiseul resolved on a last most ultimate attempt at reconciliation by abundant concessions; a
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
ate usurpation of oligarchy is a point too arduous and important to be achieved without much difficulty and some degree of danger. They will beat every thing, said Glover, of Bute and the king; only a little time must be allowed for the chap. XVII.} 1760. Dec. madness of popularity to cool. But from that day forward, popularity, as the influence and power of the people were sometimes called by the public men of England, was the movement of the age, which could as little be repressed as Providence dethroned; and George, who hated it almost to madness, was the instrument chosen by Heaven to accelerate that movement, till it proceeded with a force which involved the whole human race, and could not be checked by all the weight of ancient authority. The king was eager to renounce the connection 1761. Jan. with Prussia, and to leave that kingdom to meet its own ruin, while he negotiated separately with France; but Pitt prevailed with the cabinet to renew the annual treaty with Freder
Hungary (Hungary) (search for this): chapter 17
on the death of Belle-Isle, become minister of war, and soon annexed to these chap. XVII.} 1761. March departments the care of the marine. It is certain, said Grimaldi, the Spanish ambassador at Paris, they ardently wish for a negotiation for peace here. Kaunitz, of Austria, who might well believe that Silesia was about to be recovered for his sovereign, interposed objections. We have these three years, answered Choiseul, been sacrificing our interests in America to serve the queen of Hungary; we can do it no longer. France will not be bound by the will of her allies. Flassan: VI. 377, 381. Grimaldi to Fuentes in Chatham Correspondence, II. 92.Spain saw with alarm the disposition for peace; she had demanded the evacuation of the British posts in the Bay of Honduras, and on the shore of Campeachy; and in the pride of maritime ascendency, England, violating treaties and its own recognition of its obligations, required that Spain should first come into stipulations for the con
St. Lucia (Saint Lucia) (search for this): chapter 17
emorials relative to Prussia and to Spanish affairs as wholly inadmissible; declaring that the king would not suffer the disputes with Spain to be blended in any manner whatever in the negotiations of peace between the two nations. On the twenty-ninth of July, Stanley, bearing the ultimatum of England, demanded Canada; the fisheries, with a limited and valueless concession to the French, and that only on the humiliating condition of reducing Dunkirk; half the neutral islands, especially St. Lucia and Tobago; Senegal and Goree, that is, a monopoly of the slave-trade; Minorca; freedom to assist the king of-Prussia; and British ascendency in the East Indies. The ministers of Spain and Austria could not conceal their exultation. Aug. My honor, replied Choiseul to the English envoy, will be the same fifty years hence as now; I am as indifferent to my place as Pitt can be; I admit with out the least reserve the king's propensity to peace, his Majesty may sign such a treaty as Engla
Hannover (Lower Saxony, Germany) (search for this): chapter 17
e the greatness of Pitt appeared, in his quickness of perception, his comprehensiveness, and sagacity; in the energy of his nervous, imperative dialectics, resting on exact information, and throwing light on the most abstruse questions. Concede that a continuance of the war was no crime against humanity, and the courage, sagacity, and prudent preparations of Pitt must extort admiration. With regard to the German war, France proposed chap. XVII.} 1761. June. that England, on recovering Hanover, should refrain from interference. In favor of this policy a large party existed in England itself, and had its head in the king, its open supporter in the Duke of Bedford. The king of Prussia, whose chances of ruin, even with the aid of England, were computed as three to one, knew that George the Third was indifferent to his interests and disliked his character; and his ministers had reported that Bute and the British king would advise him to make peace by the sacrifice of territory. Ho
Orange, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
ese principles prescribe to me are, first, never to do an act for which I should have cause to blush, if I were to render an account of it to my people; and the second, to sacrifice for the welfare and glory of my country the last drop of my blood. With these maxims I can never yield to my enemies. Rome, after the battle of Cannae,—your great Queen Eliza- chap. XVII.} 1761. June. beth, against Philip the Second and the invincible armada,—Gustavus Vasa, who restored Sweden,—the Prince of Orange, whose magnanimity, valor, and perseverance founded the republic of the United Provinces,—these are the models I follow. You, who have grandeur and elevation of soul, disapprove my choice, if you can, All Europe turns its eye on the beginning of the reign of kings, and by the first fruits infers the future. The king of England has but to elect, whether, in negotiating peace, he will think only of his own kingdom, or, preserving his word and his glory, he will also have care for the wel
East India (search for this): chapter 17
r; and while he named epochs from which possession was to date in every continent, he was willing that England itself should suggest other periods. On this footing, which left all Canada, Senegal, perhaps Goree also, and the ascendency in the East Indies to England, and to France nothing but Minorca to exchange for her losses in the West Indies, all Paris believed peace to be certain. George the Third wished it from his heart; and though Fuentes, the Spanish ambassador at London, irritated by the humiliating condition of reducing Dunkirk; half the neutral islands, especially St. Lucia and Tobago; Senegal and Goree, that is, a monopoly of the slave-trade; Minorca; freedom to assist the king of-Prussia; and British ascendency in the East Indies. The ministers of Spain and Austria could not conceal their exultation. Aug. My honor, replied Choiseul to the English envoy, will be the same fifty years hence as now; I am as indifferent to my place as Pitt can be; I admit with out the
Newcastle (Canada) (search for this): chapter 17
every other person's sentiments. Rigby in Wiffen, II. 472. See also Bedford Corr. I, said Newcastle, envy him that spirit more than his great fortune and abilities. But the union between Franceroject as rash and ill-advised; Granville wished not to be precipitate; Temple supported Pitt; Newcastle was neuter. During these discussions, all classes of the people of England were gazing at thehaving combined with the favorite to drive the great representative of the people from power. Newcastle and Hardwicke, Devonshire and Bedford, even Ligonier and Anson, as well as Bute and Mansfield,ter, IV. 42. Hist. Minority. Walpole's George III, IV. 144. Adolphus, i. 44. The Duke of Newcastle was never seen in higher spirits, Sir George Colebrooke's Memoirs in a note to Walpole's Ge great Whig Lords. The minister attributed his defeat not so much to the king and Bute as to Newcastle and Bedford; yet the king was himself a partner in the conspiracy; and as he rejected the writ
Bedford, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
his people a reasonable and lasting peace. Did any argue that efforts could be made during the summer from Belle-Isle? Bedford expected nothing, but possibly the taking another island, or burning a few more miserable villages on the continent. campaign, I, he added, wash my hands from all the guilt of the blood that may be shed. At the king's special request, Bedford attended the cabinet council of the twentieth of July, to discuss the conditions of peace. All the rest who were present cowered before Pitt, in dread lest he should frown. Bedford was the single man who dared to deliver an opinion contrary to his, though agreeable to every other person's sentiments. Rigby in Wiffen, II. 472. See also Bedford Corr. I, said Newctreaty, and his only hope was in delay. Thus far Pitt had encountered in the cabinet no avowed opposition except from Bedford. On this point the king and his friends made a rally, Wiffen's Russell, II. 473. and the answer to the French ultima
Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) (search for this): chapter 17
Article VI: and VII. of the Special Convention. Flassan, VI. 322, 323. Yet, still anxious for peace, and certain either to Sept. secure it or to place the sympathy of all Europe on the side of France, Choiseul resolved on a last most ultimate attempt at reconciliation by abundant concessions; and on the thirteenth day of September, just five days after the youthful sovereign of England had taken as his consort the blue-eyed, considerate, but not very lovely German princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,—a girl of seventeen, who became well known as the parsimonious and correct Queen Charlotte,—Bussy presented the final propositions of France. By Pitt, who was accurately acquainted with the special convention between France and Spain, they were received with disdainful indif- chap. XVII.} 1761. Sept. ference. A smile of irony, and a few broken words, were his only answer; and when the negotiation was broken off, Pitt said plainly, that his own demands throughout had been made in
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