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January 21st, 1781 AD (search for this): chapter 22
an as a confession of exhaustion and weakness. I will express no opinion, said Vergennes, of Necker, in January, 1781, on his financial opera- 1781. tions, but in all other parts of the administration he is short-sighted and ignorant. Called to the conferences of the ministers, he continually dinned into their ears Peace! 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 wit
February 22nd, 1780 AD (search for this): chapter 22
onciliate independence with the honor of England, Ibid., 13 Jan., 1780. and quiet the apprehensions of Spain, he was willing to leave to England at the peace Canada, according to the old French claims, and the country west and north-west of the Ohio. Ibid., 26 April and 4 Dec., 1780. But King Charles desired to retain them if possible in some kind of vassalage to Great Britain, Montmorin to Vergennes, 22 Jan., 1780. or give them up to helpless anarchy. Montmorin to Vergennes, 22 Feb., 1780. He would not receive Jay as an envoy, and declined even a visit from the late minister of France at Philadelphia, on his way back from his mission. If American independence was to be granted, it must be only on such terms as would lead to endless quarrels with England. Ibid., 29 March, 1780. It was the constant reasoning of Florida Blanca, that the northern colonies preserved a strong attachment for their mother country, and, if once possessed of independence, would become her usefu
June 26th, 1780 AD (search for this): chapter 22
27 Dec., 1780. A new obstacle was created to the general peace for which we must now trace the negotiations. Spain had calculated every thing for a single campaign. Montmorin to Vergennes, 13 May, 1780. The invasion of England having failed, the querulous King Charles, after but seven months of hostilities, complained that France had brought Spain into the war for its own interests alone; Montmorin to Vergennes, 9 Jan., 1780. and had caused the first mishaps to his flag. Ibid., 26 June, 1780. Florida Blanca, speaking to the French ambassador, called himself a great fool for having induced his king to the declaration against England. With regard to the United States, Vergennes always maintained that Chap. XXI.} 1780. France was held in honor to sustain their independence, but that their boundaries were contingent on events; Compare Vergennes to Montmorin, 22 Jan., 1781. and to conciliate independence with the honor of England, Ibid., 13 Jan., 1780. and quiet the appr
January, 1781 AD (search for this): chapter 22
ecker, who was ready Dec. 1. to take everything upon himself, wrote secretly to Lord North, proposing peace on the basis of a truce, during which each party should keep possession of all that it had acquired. The terms thus clandestinely offered were such as Vergennes always rejected, as inconsistent with the fidelity and honor of France. In England, they were no farther heeded than as a confession of exhaustion and weakness. I will express no opinion, said Vergennes, of Necker, in January, 1781, on his financial opera- 1781. tions, but in all other parts of the administration he is short-sighted and ignorant. Called to the conferences of the ministers, he continually dinned into their ears Peace! 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 peac
October, 1779 AD (search for this): chapter 22
h the commissioners sent to America had been willing to concede to insurgents for the sake of reconciliation, the patriots of Ireland awoke to a sense of what they might demand. The man who had obtained the lead was Henry Grattan, who, in a venal age and in a venal house of commons, was incorruptible. No one heard the eloquence of Chatham with more delight; and no one has sketched in more vivid words the character of the greatest Englishman of that day. At the opening of the session of October, 1779, Grattan, then but thirty-three years of age, and for hardly four years a member of the house, moved an amendment to the address, that the nation could be saved only by free export and free import, or, according to the terser words that were finally chosen, by free trade. The friends of government dared not resist the amendment, and it was carried unanimously. New taxes were refused. The ordinary supplies, usually granted for two years, were granted for six months. The house was in ea
e hardihood of Chap. XXI.} 1781. their race, bore away for the Texel; and the British admiral returned to the Nore, to receive a visit from his king, and on the plea of age to refuse to serve longer under so feeble an administration. The name and fame of Hyder Ali spread from the Mysore through Europe and the United States; and he seemed with his army of one hundred thousand men about to beat back the few troops of the British; but he proved unable to withstand their discipline. On the ninth of May, Pensacola, after a most gallant defence against the many times superior force of the Spaniards, was surrendered under an honorable capitulation. The British troops, who were not to serve against Spain or her allies, were left free to be employed against the United States. Meantime Vergennes complained, through the French minister at Philadelphia, of John Adams as an embarrassing negotiator. At first a majority of congress was disposed to insist on Adams as their sole plenipotentiary
December 4th, 1780 AD (search for this): chapter 22
rgennes always maintained that Chap. XXI.} 1780. France was held in honor to sustain their independence, but that their boundaries were contingent on events; Compare Vergennes to Montmorin, 22 Jan., 1781. and to conciliate independence with the honor of England, Ibid., 13 Jan., 1780. and quiet the apprehensions of Spain, he was willing to leave to England at the peace Canada, according to the old French claims, and the country west and north-west of the Ohio. Ibid., 26 April and 4 Dec., 1780. But King Charles desired to retain them if possible in some kind of vassalage to Great Britain, Montmorin to Vergennes, 22 Jan., 1780. or give them up to helpless anarchy. Montmorin to Vergennes, 22 Feb., 1780. He would not receive Jay as an envoy, and declined even a visit from the late minister of France at Philadelphia, on his way back from his mission. If American independence was to be granted, it must be only on such terms as would lead to endless quarrels with England. I
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