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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 12: (search)
uieted; in spite of the brilliant appearances of others, I answer for my ability to sustain my system. The powers ought not to suffer England to be crushed; but she is very far from that; and there would be no harm in her meeting with some loss. Goertz to Frederic, 24 Sept., 1779. Such was the opinion of Frederic, who had just written: The balance of power in Europe will not be disturbed by England's losing possessions here and there in other parts of the world. Frederic to Solms, 14 Aug., 1779. During the whole of the year 1779, the Nether- Chap. XII.} 1779. lands continued to suffer from the conflicting aggressions of France and Great Britain. The former sought to influence the states-general by confining its concession of commercial advantages in French ports to the towns which voted for unlimited convoy. In the states of Holland it was carried for all merchant vessels destined to the ports of France by a great majority, Rotterdam and the other chief cities joining Am