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Russia (Russia) (search for this): chapter 34
r friend, answered, Yes, many brothers at Lexington and Concord. Ten days before the news arrived, Lord Effingham, who in his youth had been prompted by military genius to enter the army, and had lately served as a volunteer in the war between Russia and Turkey, finding that his regiment was intended for America, renounced the profession which he loved, as the only means of escaping the obligation of fighting against the cause of freedom. This resignation Chap. Xxxiii} 1775. June. gave ofecruit in Ireland; they looked to Hanover for regiments to take the place of British garrisons in Europe. The Landgrave of Hesse began to think his services as a dealer in troops might be demanded; but a more stupendous scheme was contemplated. Russia had just retired from the war with Turkey, with embarrassed finances, and an army of more than three hundred thousand men. England Chap. Xxxiii} 1775. June. had courted an alliance with that power, as a counterpoise to the Bourbons; had assent
Concord, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 34
Chapter 33: Effects of the day of Lexington and Concord in Europe. May to July, 1775. the news from Lexington surprised London i relative or friend, answered, Yes, many brothers at Lexington and Concord. Ten days before the news arrived, Lord Effingham, who in his yson only, inhumanly murdered by the king's troops at Lexington and Concord. Other sums were added; and an account of what had been done was negotiate, and to fight. The effects of General Gage's attempt at Concord are fatal, said Dartmouth, who just began to wake from his dream obeen heard from America later than the retreat of the British from Concord, and the surprise of Ticonderoga. Metz, the strongest place on thenthusiasm; and before he left the table, the men of Lexington and Concord had won for America a volunteer in Lafayette. In Paris, wits, ponsent to become her subjects. So judged the statesmen of France, on hearing of the retreat from Concord, and the seizure of Ticonderoga.
Versailles (France) (search for this): chapter 34
e la Fayette. His father had fallen in his twenty-fifth year, in the battle of Minden, leaving his only child less than two years old. The boyish dreams of the orphan had been of glory and of liberty; at the college in Paris, at the academy of Versailles, no studies charmed him like tales of republics; rich by vast inheritances, and married at sixteen, he was haunted by a passion to rove the world as an adventurer in quest of fame, and the opportunity to strike a blow for freedom. A guest at that the system of an exclusively maritime war was illusory, since America could so well provide for her wants within herself. Franklin was known to be more zealous than ever, and perfectly acquainted with the resources of Great Britain; and at Versailles he enjoyed the reputation of being endowed by Heaven with qualities that made him the most fit to create a free nation, and to become the most celebrated among men. The sagacity of Vergennes traced the relation of the American revolution to
Dunkirk (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 34
rong affections, and was happy in his family, in his fortune and abilities. In his public conduct, he, and he alone among ministers, was sensible to the reproaches of remorse; and he cherished the sweet feelings of human kindness. Appalled at the prospect, he wished to resign. But the king would neither give him a release, nor relent towards the Americans. Every question of foreign policy was made subordinate to that of their reduction. The enforcement of the treaty of Paris respecting Dunkirk, was treated as a small matter. The complaints of France for the wrongs her fishermen had suffered, and the curtailment of her boundary in the fisheries of Newfoundland, were uttered with vehemence, received with suavity, and recognised as valid. How to subdue the rebels was the paramount subject of consideration. The people of New England had with one impulse rushed to arms; the people of England quite otherwise stood aghast, doubtful and saddened, unwilling to fight against their cou
Dover, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 34
; use the utmost diligence and activity. It was also the opinion at court, that the next word from Boston would be that of some lively action, for General Gage would wish to make sure of his revenge. The sympathy for America which prevailed more and more in England, reached the king's own brother, the weak but amiable duke of Gloucester. In July Chap. Xxxiii} 1775. July. he crossed the channel, with the view to inspect the citadels along the eastern frontier of France. When he left Dover, nothing had been heard from America later than the retreat of the British from Concord, and the surprise of Ticonderoga. Metz, the strongest place on the east of France, was a particular object of his journey; and as his tour was made with the sanction of Louis the Sixteenth, he was received there by the Count de Broglie as the guest of the king. Among the visitors on the occasion, came a young man not yet eighteen, whom de Broglie loved with parental tenderness, Gilbert Motier de la Faye
Dublin, N.H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 34
erved as a volunteer in the war between Russia and Turkey, finding that his regiment was intended for America, renounced the profession which he loved, as the only means of escaping the obligation of fighting against the cause of freedom. This resignation Chap. Xxxiii} 1775. June. gave offence to the court, and was a severe rebuke to the officers who did not share his scruple; but at London the Common Hall, in June, thanked him publicly as a true Englishman; and the guild of merchants in Dublin addressed him in the strongest terms of approbation. On the twenty-fourth of June, the citizens of Lon- June <*>4. don, agreeing fully with the letter received from New York, voted an address to the king, desiring him to consider the situation of the English people, who had nothing to expect from America but gazettes of blood, and mutual lists of their slaughtered fellowsubjects. And again they prayed for the dissolution of parliament, and a dismission for ever of the present ministers.
Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 34
, he listened with avidity to an authentic version of the uprising of the New England husbandmen. The reality of life had now brought before him something more wonderful than the brightest of his visions; the youthful nation insurgent against oppression and fighting for the right to govern themselves, took possession of his imagination. He inquired; he grew warm with enthusiasm; and before he left the table, the men of Lexington and Concord had won for America a volunteer in Lafayette. In Paris, wits, philosophers, and coffee-house poli- Chap. Xxxiii} 1775. July. ticians, were all to a man warm Americans, considering them as a brave people, struggling for natural rights, and endeavoring to rescue those rights from wanton violence. Their favorite mode of reasoning was, that as the Americans had no representatives in parliament, they could owe no obedience to British laws. This argument they turned in all its different shapes, and fashioned into general theories. The field of
North America (search for this): chapter 34
owed by Heaven with qualities that made him the most fit to create a free nation, and to become the most celebrated among men. The sagacity of Vergennes traced the relation of the American revolution to the history of the world. The spirit of revolt, said he, wherever it breaks out, is always a troublesome example. Moral maladies, as well as those of the physical system, can become contagious. We must be on our guard, that the independence which produces so terrible an explosion in North America, may not communicate itself to points that interest us in the hemispheres. We long ago made up our own mind to the results Chap. Xxxiii} 1775 July which are now observed; we saw with regret that the crisis was drawing near; we have a presentiment that it may be followed by more extensive consequences. We do not disguise from ourselves the aberrations which enthusiasm can encourage, and which fanaticism can effectuate. The subject, therefore, grew in magnitude and interest for the
Metz (France) (search for this): chapter 34
me lively action, for General Gage would wish to make sure of his revenge. The sympathy for America which prevailed more and more in England, reached the king's own brother, the weak but amiable duke of Gloucester. In July Chap. Xxxiii} 1775. July. he crossed the channel, with the view to inspect the citadels along the eastern frontier of France. When he left Dover, nothing had been heard from America later than the retreat of the British from Concord, and the surprise of Ticonderoga. Metz, the strongest place on the east of France, was a particular object of his journey; and as his tour was made with the sanction of Louis the Sixteenth, he was received there by the Count de Broglie as the guest of the king. Among the visitors on the occasion, came a young man not yet eighteen, whom de Broglie loved with parental tenderness, Gilbert Motier de la Fayette. His father had fallen in his twenty-fifth year, in the battle of Minden, leaving his only child less than two years old. Th
Turquie (Turkey) (search for this): chapter 34
nswered, Yes, many brothers at Lexington and Concord. Ten days before the news arrived, Lord Effingham, who in his youth had been prompted by military genius to enter the army, and had lately served as a volunteer in the war between Russia and Turkey, finding that his regiment was intended for America, renounced the profession which he loved, as the only means of escaping the obligation of fighting against the cause of freedom. This resignation Chap. Xxxiii} 1775. June. gave offence to thfor regiments to take the place of British garrisons in Europe. The Landgrave of Hesse began to think his services as a dealer in troops might be demanded; but a more stupendous scheme was contemplated. Russia had just retired from the war with Turkey, with embarrassed finances, and an army of more than three hundred thousand men. England Chap. Xxxiii} 1775. June. had courted an alliance with that power, as a counterpoise to the Bourbons; had assented to the partition of Poland; had invited
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