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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de 1757- (search)
ation to M. de Fumel, he took upon himself all the consequences of his present evasion. As the Court did not deign to relax in its determination, he wrote to M. de Maurepas that that silence was a tacit consent, and his own departure took place soon after that joking despatch. After having set out on the road to Marseilles, he rouse of Parliament, the five commissioners were sent to offer far more than had been demanded until then. No longer waiting to see how things would turn out, M. de Maurepas yielded to the public wish, and what his luminous mind had projected the more unchanging disposition of M. de Vergennes put in execution. A treaty was generothat the expense of one fete would have organized the army of the United States; and, to clothe that army, I would willingly, according to the expression of M. de Maurepas, have unfurnished the palace of Versailles. Eulogy by John Quincy Adams. On Dec. 31, 1834, ex-President Adams delivered the following oration on the li
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, The American revolution. (search)
defence of the common rights of mankind. The Prince de Montbarey, who owed his place as minister of war to the favor of Maurepas and female influence, and who cherished the prejudices of his order without being aware of his own mediocrity, professed the colonies of the Bourbon princes. It was against the interior sentiment of the king, Ibid., 210. the doubts of Maurepas, and the vivid remonstrances of the minister of war, that the lingering influence of the policy of the balance of power,deric, 1 Jan., 1778. with the colonies, forced the French alliance with America. Just thirty-eight years before, when Maurepas was in the vigor of manhood, he had been famed for his aversion to England, and for founding his glory on the restoratiogive the word, and all, Chap. I.} 1778. as one people, to obey. Nor did he ever for a moment forget the respect due to Maurepas as his superior, so that he never excited a jealousy of rivalship. He had no prejudice about calling republics into bei
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 3: (search)
ture on war with England, needed security and encouragement from Frederic on the side of Germany, and his aid to stop the sale of German troops. Sandoz Rollin to Frederic, 24 July, 1777. He met the overture with joy, and near the end of July wrote with his own hand: No; certainly we have no jealousy of the aggrandizement of France: we even put up prayers for her prosperity, provided her armies are not found near Wesel or Halberstadt. Frederic to Goltz, 28 July, 1777. You can assure M. de Maurepas, so he continued in August and Septemher, that I have no connection whatever with Eng- Chap. III.} 1777. land, nor do I grudge to France any advantages she may gain by the war with the colonies. Frederic to Goltz, from Neudorf, 31 Aug., 1777. Her first interest requires the enfeeblement of Great Britain, and the way to this is to make it lose its colonies in America. The present opportunity is more favorable than ever before existed, and more favorable than is likely to recur in th
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 8: (search)
good news of our dear republicans, of our beloved Americans. I received this anecdote from Augustin Thierry, whom to name is to praise; he received it from the lips of Lafayette. His fame, his popularity, the social influence of his rank, were all employed in behalf of the United States. Accustomed to see great interests sustained by small means, he grudged the prodigality which expended on a single festival at court as much as would have equipped the American army. To clothe it, said Maurepas, he would be glad to strip Versailles. He found a ministry neglecting the main question of American independence, making immense preparations for trifling ends, and half unconscious of being at war. Public opinion in France had veered about, and everybody clamored for peace, which was to be hastened by the active alliance with Spain. All the while the Spanish government, in its intercourse with England, sedulously continued its offers of mediation. Lest their ambassador at London shoul
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 11: (search)
y looked upon the aid which he had received in the time of the elder Pitt as a very grave mistake. Report of Count Belgiojoso, and 8 Jan., 1781. Prussia should have been left to perish. Through his minister in France, Frederic sent word to Maurepas and Vergennes: All the pains which the king of England may take to make an alliance with me will be entirely thrown away. The interests of the state and my own views turn in another direction. Frederic to Maltzan, 22 Jan., 1779. Peace is as her entreaties, remarking that these affairs ought never to become the subject of their conversation. The interference made the ministry more dissembling and more inflexible. For himself, Louis the Sixteenth had no partiality for Austria, and Maurepas retained the old traditions of the French monarchy. Moreover, he was willing to see Prussia and Austria enfeeble each other, and exhibit to the world France in the proud position of Chap. XI.} 1779. arbiter between them. The promptness wit
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 21: (search)
the favor of congress Franklin lost ground by his compliance, while Adams was supported more heartily than before. In midsummer, from his eagerness for peace, Maurepas forgot himself so far as to insinuate his wish in a letter to one Forth, a former secretary of the British embassy at Paris. Nothing came of the overture. Peaattaining 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 ation. The octogenarian Maurepas could not be duped; he roused himself from apathy, and when Necker was preparing through the king to take the cabinet by storm, Maurepas quietly let him know that the king expected his resignation. The king had given his word to support me, said Necker, in recounting his fall, and I am the victim
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
Gloucester, a point of land projecting into the river so as to narrow its width to one mile. These were occupied by Cornwallis, and fortified with the utmost diligence; though in his deliberate judgment the measure promised no honor to Chap. XXV.} 1781. himself, and no advantage to Great Britain. On the other hand, Lafayette, concentrating his forces in a strong position at a distance of about eight miles, indulged in the happiest prophecies, and wrote on the twenty-fourth of August to Maurepas: I Aug. 24. owe you so much gratitude, and feel for you so much attachment, that I wish sometimes to recall to your recollection the rebel commander of the little Virginia army. Your interest for me will have been alarmed at the dangerous part which has been intrusted to me in my youth. Separated by five hundred miles from every other corps and without any resources, I am to oppose the projects of the court of St. James and the fortunes of Lord Cornwallis. Thus far we have encountered n