The world's orators : comprising the great orations of the world's history, with introductory essays, biographical sketches and critical notes . bear much, andwould forbear long ; why I would (as I have said)put up with almost anything that did not touchnational faith and national honor, rather than letslip the furies of war, the leash of which we holdin our hands, not knowing whom they may reach,or how far their ravages may be carried. Suchis the love of peace which the British Governmentacknowledges, and such the necessity for peacewhich the circumstances of the world inculcate. Iwill push t
The world's orators : comprising the great orations of the world's history, with introductory essays, biographical sketches and critical notes . bear much, andwould forbear long ; why I would (as I have said)put up with almost anything that did not touchnational faith and national honor, rather than letslip the furies of war, the leash of which we holdin our hands, not knowing whom they may reach,or how far their ravages may be carried. Suchis the love of peace which the British Governmentacknowledges, and such the necessity for peacewhich the circumstances of the world inculcate. Iwill push these topics no further. I return, in conclusion, to the object of the Ad-dress. Let us fly to the aid of Portugal, by whom-soever attacked, because it is our duty to do so ;and let us cease our interference when that dutyends. We go to Portugal not to rule, not to die- Policy of Granting Aid to Portugal 107 tate, not to prescribe constitutions, but to defendand to preserve the independence of an ally. Wego to plant the standard of England on the well-known heights of Lisbon. Where that standard isplanted, foreign dominion shall not SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH James Mackintosh was born in Scotland in 1765. In 1780he entered the college at Aberdeen, having already won fameas a prodigy of scholarship. In 1784 he went to Edinburghto study medicine, but although he took his degree he wasmore interested in politics than in the science of healing. In1788 Mackintosh removed to London, and in 1791 publisheda pamphlet called Vindicict Gallicce, an answer to BurkesReflections on the French Revolution. This work at once wonreputation for its author, being highly praised by Burke him-self. Mackintosh finally renounced the practice of medicinefor that of law, and in 179=) was called to the bar. He soongained a considerable practice, and in 1804 was created 1812, after a seven-years sojourn in Bombay as recorder, heentered Parliament, where he remained until his death in 1832,dying
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