Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of LondonderryH. Colburn, 1853 - Great Britain |
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Page 379 - I advised him to have nothing to do with so foul a transaction ; that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners; and that I was determined that if the Sovereigns wished to put him to death they should appoint an executioner, which should not be me.
Page 214 - That the British Government did not intend to grant to the United States, gratuitously, the privileges formerly granted by treaty to them, of fishing within the limits of the British sovereignty, and of using the shores of the British territories for purposes connected with the British fisheries.
Page 181 - Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory ; indeed the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any...
Page 421 - French authorities acquired them — it is most desirable, in point of policy, to remove them if possible from France, as whilst in that country they must necessarily have the effect of keeping up the remembrance of their former conquests, and of cherishing the military spirit and vanity of the nation.
Page 196 - But does it not occur to your Lordship that, by appointing me to go to America at this moment, you give ground for belief all over Europe that your affairs there are in a much worse situation than they •really are...
Page 180 - Till that superiority is acquired, it is impossible, according to my notion, to maintain an army in such a situation as to keep the enemy out of the whole frontier, much less to make any conquest from the enemy, which, with those superior means, might, with reasonable hopes of success, be undertaken.
Page 180 - I confess that I think you have no right, from the state of the war, to demand any concession of territory from America. . . . You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack.
Page 426 - ... subject, which would be particularly embarrassing. But, independent of these considerations, you know enough of the feelings of people in this country not to doubt he would become an object of curiosity immediately, and possibly of compassion, in the course of a few months : and the circumstance of his being here, or indeed anywhere in Europe, would contribute to keep up a certain degree of ferment in France.
Page 62 - The best prospect of future peace appears to be that the two Governments should regard the Indian territory as a useful barrier between both States, to prevent collision ; and that, having agreed mutually to respect the integrity of their territory, they have a common interest to render these people as far as possible peaceful neighbours to both States.
Page 233 - I can assure you that I feel, in common with my colleagues, the greatest reluctance in proposing to you to withdraw at this moment from Vienna. Last year we could spare you : everything was quiet in Parliament — everybody waiting for the result — and no symptom of party -spirit appeared. Now, very few persons give themselves any...