William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . Fox wasthe only man of sufificient authority ; his will wasstrong, his conscience flexible; he reverenced nopolitical principles and never pretended that he great ability and power, coupled with the ab-sence of all scruple, made him an ideal ruler of theHouse from Butes point of view. Lord Shelburnemade his entrance into politics by arranging theterms agreed upon between Bute and Fox ; Fox wasto be leader in the House, to enter the Cabinet, toretain his office as Paymaster and after the appro
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . Fox wasthe only man of sufificient authority ; his will wasstrong, his conscience flexible; he reverenced nopolitical principles and never pretended that he great ability and power, coupled with the ab-sence of all scruple, made him an ideal ruler of theHouse from Butes point of view. Lord Shelburnemade his entrance into politics by arranging theterms agreed upon between Bute and Fox ; Fox wasto be leader in the House, to enter the Cabinet, toretain his office as Paymaster and after the approvalof the peace to receive a peerage as his Grenville, displaced from the leadership,took the minor office of the First Lord of the Ad-miralty. His union with Bute lost Fox his chiefpolitical friendships, as both Cumberland and Devon-shire, two of the most honourable men in politics,disapproved the peace and despised Bute. LordWaldegrave, to whom Fox also applied for support,declined to have anything to do with the new coali-tion. * Had the peace been instantaneously proposed. HENRY FOX. FROM THE PAINTING BY BENTLEY. 1765] The Peace of Paris. 199 to the House of Commons, there is no question butit would have been rejected ; so strong a disgustwas taken at the union of Bute and Fox.* Es-tranged from the most high-minded of the Whigs,Fox threw himself into the service of Bute with greatardour, and energetic means were adopted to securesupport and silence opposition. Money was openlygiven at an office specially reserved for the purposeto members of Parliament, votes ranging in valuefrom the sum of ;^200 upwards, and the total amountexpended in this manner reached ^^25,000. Thosewho opposed the new Government were dismissedfrom any offices they held; the greatest namesamong the Whigs, Devonshire, Newcastle, and Rock-ingham, were removed from the list of Lord Lieu-tenants, and Devonshire was struck off the PrivyCouncil. Fox even desired to remove his opponentsfrom plac
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