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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
of Great Britain chap. XII.} 1757. could no longer be administered by a party, which had for its principle to fight up alike against the king and against the people. The inebriate Granville, the President of the Council, would have infused his jovial intrepidity into the junto of Fox; but Fox himself was desponding. Walpole's Memoires. Bedford had his scheme, which he employed Rigby to establish; and when it proved impracticable, indulged himself in reproaches, and the display of Bedford Corr. II. 245. anger, and withdrew to Woburn Abbey. In the midst of war, the country was left to anarchy. We are undone, said Chesterfield; at home, by our increasing expenses; abroad, by ill-luck and incapacity; the Elector of Hesse, the Grand Duke of Brunswick, destitute of the common honesty of hirelings, were in the market to be bid for by the enemies of their lavish employer; the King of Prussia, Britain's only ally, seemed overwhelmed, Hanover reduced, and the French were masters in A
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
n the war for another 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 Newcastle, envy him that spirit more than his great fortune and abilities. But the union between France and Spain was already so far consummated, that, in connection with the French memorial, Bussy had on the fifteenth of July presented a note, requiring England to afford no succour to the king of Prussia, and a private paper, demanding, on behalf of Spain, indemnity for seizures, the right to fish at Newfoundland, and the demolition of the English settlements in the Bay of Hond
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 23: (search)
He desired that the past might be buried in oblivion, and that all honest men might unite; but he refused to enter upon any conference on the subject of a new administration, however much the other two wished to do so. De Guerchy au Duc de Praslin, 3 Mars. The Duke of York interposed his offices, and bore to the king the Duke of Bedford's readiness to receive the royal commands, should his majesty be inclined to pursue the modification, instead of the total repeal of the Stamp Act. Bedford Corr. III. 329. But the king, who was resolved not to receive Grenville again as his chief minister, disregarded the offer. So the measures of the ministry proceeded. Such were the auspices, when on Thursday, the thirteenth day of February, Benjamin Franklin was summoned to the bar of the House of Commons. The occasion found him full of hope and courage, having for his interrogators, Grenville and Charles Townshend, as well as the friends of the administration; and the House of Commons f
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 26: (search)
lay at the King's feet the poor but sincere offering of the remnant of his life, body, heart and mind. Pitt, in Chat. Corr. II. 435. He arrived in London on Friday, the eleventh of July, by no means well; Pitt to Lady Chatham, 12 July, 1766. Chat. Corr. II. 439. but his feverishness only bewildered his judgment and increased his self-confidence. On Saturday he was barely able to have a short interview with the King, and obtain consent to take the actual Administration as the groundof the Treasury. But Temple, who had connected himself with Grenville Geo. Grenville to Bedford, 15 July, 1766, in Bedford Corr. III. 340. and the party of Bedford, refused to unite with the friends of Rockingham; and, having told the King, he we Conduct of a late Right Honorable Commoner, Durand, to Due de Choiseul, 3 Juillet, 1766. Temple to Lady Chatham, Chat. Corr. II. 469. he returned to Stowe, repeating this speech to the world, dictating a scurrilous pamphlet against his brother-in