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December 25th, 1777 AD (search for this): chapter 4
renewing assurances of his own good — will and the non-interference of Russia, replied, that the chances were one hundred to one in favor of great advantages to France; that the colonies would sustain their independence. Frederic to Goltz, 25 Dec., 1777. Compare Frederic to Maltzan, 22 Dec., 1777. Balancing the disasters of Burgoyne with the successes of Howe, he wrote: These triumphs of Howe are ephemeral. The ministry would feel a counterblow if the English had not degenerated from tases. Without patriotism, it will take no measures but false ones, diametrically contrary to the true interests of the country; and this will be the first step towards the decay which menaces the British constitution. Frederic to Maltzan, 25 Dec., 1777. At the same time Frederic expressed more freely his sympathy with the United States. The port of Embden could not receive their cruisers, for the want of a fleet or a fort to defend them from insult; but he offered them an asylum in the
August 28th, 1777 AD (search for this): chapter 4
est policy for England; and, because Chap. III.} 1777. it would be the wisest policy, it will not be adopted. Frederic to Maltzan, 13 Oct., 1777. England will make the sacrifice of thirty-six million crowns for one campaign. Ibid., 28 Aug., 1777. True, her ministry can find thirty-six millions more easily than I a single florin. Ibid., 29 Sept., 1777. But the largest sums will not be sufficient to procure the sailors and recruits she needs; the storm which is forming between the c7, 85-87. not later than the next spring. Ibid., 4 Sept., 1777. And a glance at the situation shows that, if she continues to employ the same generals, four campaigns will hardly be enough to subjugate her colonies. Frederic to Maltzan, 28 Aug., 1777. All good judges agree with me that, if the colonies remain united, the mother country will never subjugate them. Ibid., 7 July, 1777. In the interim, Frederic wished the ministry to know that he had refused to the American emissaries
April 3rd (search for this): chapter 4
d to treat; for he saw endless difficulties in the way of establishing a direct commerce between the United States and Prussia: but he consented to an exchange of commodities through the ports of Brittany. Schulenburg to Frederic, 30 Nov., 1776. Frederic to Schulenburg, 2 Dec., 1776. Frederic to Goltz, 2 Dec., 1776. That France and Spain would be drawn into the war, he from the first foretold, yet not without misgivings as to the effect on themselves. Frederic to Goltz, 4 March, 3 April, 11 June, 20 June, 1 July, 23 April, 1776. France, said he, on the day on which congress in committee decided for independence, France resembles a sick man who is just rising from a grievous malady and yet assumes the air of robust health. Frederic to Sandoz Rollin, 1 July, 1776. In the ruinous condition of its finances, a war would certainly bring bankruptcy in its train. Frederic to Maltzan, 8 April, 1776. Compare Frankenstein and Herzberg ad mandatum to Goltz, 28 Sept., 1776.
December 22nd, 1777 AD (search for this): chapter 4
d the non-interference of Russia, replied, that the chances were one hundred to one in favor of great advantages to France; that the colonies would sustain their independence. Frederic to Goltz, 25 Dec., 1777. Compare Frederic to Maltzan, 22 Dec., 1777. Balancing the disasters of Burgoyne with the successes of Howe, he wrote: These triumphs of Howe are ephemeral. The ministry would feel a counterblow if the English had not degenerated from their ancient spirit. They may get funds, butam of Chatham's opinion, that the ill success of England is due to the ignorance, rashness, and incapacity of its ministry. Even should there be a change in the ministry, the tories would still retain the ascendency. Frederic to Maltzan, 22 Dec., 1777. The primal source of the de- Chap. III.} 1777. cay of Britain is to be sought in the departure of its present government in a sovereign degree from the principles of British history. All the efforts of his Britannic majesty tend to despoti
November 13th, 1775 AD (search for this): chapter 4
interested than I. Everything which is taking place in America can be to me very indifferent in the main; and I have no cause to embarrass myself either about the form of government that will be established there, or the degree of influence of the party of Bute in the mother country. But every patriotic Englishman must deplore the turn which the affairs of his country are taking under the present administration, and the odious perspective which it opens before him. Frederic to Maltzan, 13 Nov., 1775. The court carries its point against all principles Chap. III.} 1775. of true patriotism, and treads under foot the rules of sound policy. Frederic to Maltzan, 27 Nov., 1775. If I had a voice in the British cabinet, I should take advantage of the good disposition of the colonies to reconcile myself with them. Ibid., 30 Nov., 1775. In order to interest the nation in this war, the British court will, it is true, offer conditions of reconciliation; but it will make them so burden
October 10th, 1776 AD (search for this): chapter 4
declaration was to him a clear indication that the colonies could not be subjugated. He had heard of the death-bed remark of Hume, that the success of the court would bring to England the loss of her liberties. Maltzan to Frederic, 6 Sept., 1776. If, under such circumstances, he continued, the nation should suffer the faction of Bute and the tories to infringe with impunity the form of their government, they certainly merit no longer the name of free Britons. Frederic to Maltzan, 10 Oct., 1776. With a commercial agent, sent in the following November by Silas Deane, he declined to treat; for he saw endless difficulties in the way of establishing a direct commerce between the United States and Prussia: but he consented to an exchange of commodities through the ports of Brittany. Schulenburg to Frederic, 30 Nov., 1776. Frederic to Schulenburg, 2 Dec., 1776. Frederic to Goltz, 2 Dec., 1776. That France and Spain would be drawn into the war, he from the first foretold,
November 23rd (search for this): chapter 4
Count d'estaing, Goltz to Frederic, 5 Oct., 1777. and which severely censured the Chap. III.} 1777. timid policy of his ministers from the very beginning of the troubles in America. The states of Europe, it was said, would judge the reign of Louis the Sixteenth by the manner in which that prince will know how to avail himself of the occasion to lower the pride and presumption of a rival power. The French council, nevertheless, put off the day of decision. Even so late as the twenty-third of November, every one of them, except the minister of the marine and Vergennes, Maurepas above all, desired to avoid a conflict. Goltz to Frederic, 23 Nov., 1777. Frederic, on his part, all the more continued his admonitions, through his minister at Paris, that France had now an opportunity which must be regarded as unique; that England could from no quarter obtain the troops which she needed; that Denmark would be solicited in vain to furnish ships of war and mariners; that he himself, by
December 18th, 1777 AD (search for this): chapter 4
ady too much absorbed. I see no gate at which she can knock for auxiliaries; and nothing remains to her but her electorate of Hanover, exposed to be invaded by France the moment that she shall leave it bare of troops. Frederic to Maltzan, 18 Dec., 1777. England made originally an awkward mistake in going to war with its colonies; then followed the illusion of being able to subjugate them by a corps of seven thousand men; next, the scattering its different corps, which has caused the faiity was afforded to the Chap. III.} 1777. American commissioners to purchase and ship arms from Prussia. Before the end of 1777 he promised not to be the last to recognise the independence of the United States; Schulenburg to Arthur Lee, 18 Dec., 1777. and in January, 1778, his minis- 1778. Jan. ter, Schulenburg, wrote officially to one of their commissioners in Paris: The king desires that your generous efforts may be crowned with complete success. He will not hesitate to recognise your
January 7th, 1777 AD (search for this): chapter 4
never ceased to be on his guard on every side, and held himself prepared for every event, Frederic to Goltz, 30 Jan., 1777. on the seventh of January instructed his minister more definitely: Should France begin war, she may be sure that I will do everything in the world to preserve peace on the continent. Convince the ministry at Versailles of this; and add that France will not find me in her way, nor Chap. III.} 1777. have any reason to complain of my policy. Frederic to Goltz, 7 Jan., 1777. I guarantee to you reciprocity on the part of his most Christian majesty, was the answer of Maurepas. Goltz to Frederic, 30 Jan., 1777. On the fourteenth of February, 1777, the American commissioners at Paris transmitted to Frederic a copy of the declaration of independence, and of the articles of American confederation, with the formal expression of the earnest desire of the United States to obtain his friendship, and to establish a mutually beneficial free commerce between their
February 3rd, 1778 AD (search for this): chapter 4
m an asylum in the Baltic at Dantzic. He attempted, though in vain, to dissuade the prince of Anspach from furnishing troops to England; and he forbade the subsidiary troops both from Anspach and Hesse to pass through his dominions. The prohibition, which was made as publicly as possible, and just as the news arrived of the surrender of Burgoyne, resounded throughout Europe; and he announced to the Americans that it was given to testify his goodwill for them. Schulenburg to Wm. Lee, 3 Feb., 1778. Every facility was afforded to the Chap. III.} 1777. American commissioners to purchase and ship arms from Prussia. Before the end of 1777 he promised not to be the last to recognise the independence of the United States; Schulenburg to Arthur Lee, 18 Dec., 1777. and in January, 1778, his minis- 1778. Jan. ter, Schulenburg, wrote officially to one of their commissioners in Paris: The king desires that your generous efforts may be crowned with complete success. He will not hesitate
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