William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . time. The Kingwas still the most efficient man among them, asMansfield had declared him to be in 1767, and theclue to the confused struggle between the Commonsand the people, as well as to events connected withAmerica, is to be found in the stubborn determina-tion of the sovereign. Mansfield in these years wasthe confidential adviser of the throne; his luminousmind evolved arguments on behalf of many badcauses; he was in fact the only politician of great in-tellect who could be found to oppose the ca
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . time. The Kingwas still the most efficient man among them, asMansfield had declared him to be in 1767, and theclue to the confused struggle between the Commonsand the people, as well as to events connected withAmerica, is to be found in the stubborn determina-tion of the sovereign. Mansfield in these years wasthe confidential adviser of the throne; his luminousmind evolved arguments on behalf of many badcauses; he was in fact the only politician of great in-tellect who could be found to oppose the cause ofChatham and Burke, and was treasured to Lyttleton at the end of 1767, he said that unless that madman Chatham should come andthrow a fire-ball in the midst of them, he thoughtMinisters would stand their ground. It is not dif-ficult to imagine with what feelings he received thenews of Chathams recovery in 1769. The senti-ments of the Rockingham Whigs are shown by thefamous sarcasm of Burke: If he has not been sentfor (to the levee), Chatham went only humbly to lay. Copyright Sir Benjamin Stone. STATUE OF LORD MANSFIELD, ST. STEPHENS HALL, WESTMINSTER. BY E. H. BAILEY, 1772] The Oppositio7i to Prerogative, 307 a reprimand at the feet of his most gracious master,and to talk some significant pompous creeping ex-planatory matter in the true Chathamic style, andthats all. ^ In his interview, which was the lastthat took place between Chatham and himself, theKing was very gracious, but Chatham took occasionto declare his dissent from some proceedings of theMinistry, especially in regard to Wilkes and to theEast India Company. His lordship added that he doubted whether hishealth would ever again allow him to attend Parliament,but if it did, and if he should give his dissent to anymeasure, that His Majesty would be indulgent enough tobelieve that it would not arise from any personal consid-eration, for he protested to His Majesty, as Lord Chat-ham he had no
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