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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 6 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
my cause to my country.—We have no need of allies to enable us to command jus- Chap XXIV} tice; the story of Jenkins will raise volunteers: such was the cry of Pulteney, resolved to find fault at any rate, and to embarrass and overthrow the administration of Walpole. The clamor of orators was seconded by the greatest poets of t. Be the guilt of it upon the head of the advisers; God forbid that this committee should share the guilt by approving it. What judgment posterity would form of Pulteney, was foreshadowed in the poetry of Akenside; but there was no need of awaiting the judgment of posterity, or listening to the indignation of contemporary patriotism; Pulteney and his associates stand self-condemned. The original documents demonstrate the extreme injustice of their opposition. It was my fortune, said Edmund Burke, to converse with those who principally excited that clamor. None of them, no, not one, did in the least defend the measure, or attempt to justify their conduc