New school history of the United States . n Chathams last speech. The old earl, recently risenfrom a sick-bed, feeble with age and tottering with gout, rested CONDITION OF GREAT BRITAIN, I29 on his son and his son-in-law, and denounced the proposal inthe House of Lords. When he attempted a second reply,he swooned, and was carried from the hall. He died a monthlater, and was buried at the public expense in WestminsterAbbey. CONDITION OF OREAT BRITAIN. 62. The situation of Great Britain was alarming-. The hope of subjugating the x\mericans had vanished fromnearly every mindexcept from themind of
New school history of the United States . n Chathams last speech. The old earl, recently risenfrom a sick-bed, feeble with age and tottering with gout, rested CONDITION OF GREAT BRITAIN, I29 on his son and his son-in-law, and denounced the proposal inthe House of Lords. When he attempted a second reply,he swooned, and was carried from the hall. He died a monthlater, and was buried at the public expense in WestminsterAbbey. CONDITION OF OREAT BRITAIN. 62. The situation of Great Britain was alarming-. The hope of subjugating the x\mericans had vanished fromnearly every mindexcept from themind of the stub-born and half-wit-ted king. LordNorth, the PrimeMinister, was indespair. He de-sired to close thewar, and was re-strained from re-signing his highoffice only by thepersonal entreatyof his war was fear-fully andmanufactures werecrippled by it. The revenues were overtaxed. The nationaldebt was becoming insupportable. The armyin America wasrecruited with difficulty. A new and greater war was now to. SIR HENRY CLINTON, * In this speech he said, I am old and infirm ; I have one foot, more than onefoot, in the grave. I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am stillable to vote against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble us at least make one effort, and if we must fall, let us fall like men !6 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. be added to the older one, and it was strongly apprehendedthat other enemies would spring up.^ 63. Sir William Howe had served reluctantly againstthe Americans. His resignation was at length accepted. Hewas succeeded by Sir Henry Clinton,f who was accompaniedby the Earl of Carlisle and other peace commissioners. Asingular incident arose out of this vain effort at young Lafayette challenged the earl, for harsh reflectionson the King of France, in one of his communications. Thechallenge was of course declined by Carlisle, who answeredthat he was responsible for his p
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