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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 21: (search)
! peace! Peace, replied Vergennes, is a good thing, only you should propose the means of attaining it in an honorable manner. Count von Mercy to Prince Kaunitz, 21 Jan., 1781. In his clamor for peace, Necker did but echo the opinion of all Paris. Maurepas, too, gave out that peace must be restored before the close of the year; and the king declared that he was tired of the war, and that an end must be made of it Chap. XXI.} 1781. before the year should go out. Mercy to Kaunitz, 7 Feb., 1781. The negotiations for peace belonged to Vergennes, and for their success he needed mediation or great results in the field. Thus far the war had been carried on without a plan, for which the cause lay in the heart of the government itself. There could be no vigorous unity of administration with a young, feeble, and ignorant king, who prided himself on personally governing, and left the government, without a real head, to be swayed by the different cabals which from day to day followed e