Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . fidence in the personnel of the new administra-tion, and no wish to form part of a government which heforesaw was doomed to failure. Writing to his confidentialfriend, Dr. Chevenix, he says: The public has assignedme different employments .... but I have been offerednone; I have asked for none ; and I will accept of none,till I see a little clearer into matters than I do at have opposed measures, not men ; and the change of twoor three men only i
Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . fidence in the personnel of the new administra-tion, and no wish to form part of a government which heforesaw was doomed to failure. Writing to his confidentialfriend, Dr. Chevenix, he says: The public has assignedme different employments .... but I have been offerednone; I have asked for none ; and I will accept of none,till I see a little clearer into matters than I do at have opposed measures, not men ; and the change of twoor three men only is not a sufficient pledge to me thatmeasures will be changed, nay rather an indication thatthey will not; and I am sure no employment whatsoevershall prevail with me to support measures I have sojustly opposed.^ That this does not merely describethe jaundiced outlook of a disappointed man, but, onthe contrary, a sincere conviction shared by others whohad less reason to be dissatisfied, is evident from thedisintegration that ensued almost before the Carteretadministration took office. The Duke of Argyll, who ^ Letter of 6 March, JOHN, DUKE OF ARGYLEFrom an old Engraving THE FORTUNES OF WAR 191 had been titular head of the party in the House ofLords, was so disappointed in his expectations of thecoalition that, within a month, he flung up all his newappointments, including that of Commander-in-Chief, re-fusing to be longer identified with it. The Prince of Walesgrew equally disgusted; showed first coldness, and thenaversion, to the new Government. Lyttelton and Pitt werenot more friendly than might have been expected ofquondam supporters who, having done yeoman service,found themselves passed over in the list of Cobham, Gower, and Bathurst had their separategrievances ; so that altogether a very formidable Opposition,springing as it were from its own vitals, began to sap thefoundations of the very edifice it had helped to raise. Inall this Walpoles handiwo
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