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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 3: (search)
America is the eloquent proof. England met with her deserts. It was necessary that her pride should be bowed, and that oppressed innocence should carry off the victory. Time cannot outlaw the rights of mankind. Extract of a letter of Ernst, Herzog zu Sachsen, an den Herzog zu Weimar, Gotha, 21 Feb., 1785. Communicated to me by Dr. Burkhardt, in charge of the archives at Weimar. A part of the letter has been already printed in Ranke's Die deutschen Machte, i. 218. The friend to whom tHerzog zu Weimar, Gotha, 21 Feb., 1785. Communicated to me by Dr. Burkhardt, in charge of the archives at Weimar. A part of the letter has been already printed in Ranke's Die deutschen Machte, i. 218. The friend to whom these words were addressed was the brave, warm-hearted Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar, who, in 1776, being then of only nineteen years, refused a request for leave to open recruiting offices at Ilmenau and Jena for the English service, Wangenheim to the duke, 22 May, 1776. but consented to the delivery of vagabonds and convicts. Factum d. 12 Juni. Signed von Fritsch. When, in the last days of November, 1777, the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, as the go between of the British ministry, made u