An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . O&PTAIN BARBT. HaHRY LAUBBN3. CHAPTER XXXV. CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY OTHING could exceed the astonishment ancindignation with which the news of CornwaHisssurrender was received in England. Parlia-ment assembled on the 27th of November, whenthe king recounted, with evident mortification,his losses in Virginia, but at the same timeurged the vigorous prosecution of the war. I
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . O&PTAIN BARBT. HaHRY LAUBBN3. CHAPTER XXXV. CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY OTHING could exceed the astonishment ancindignation with which the news of CornwaHisssurrender was received in England. Parlia-ment assembled on the 27th of November, whenthe king recounted, with evident mortification,his losses in Virginia, but at the same timeurged the vigorous prosecution of the war. Inthe debate on this address, the opposition, ledby Fox, Burke, and Pitt, were vehement in their denunciation ofministers and condemnation of all further proceedings against Ame-rica. The usual vote of thanks was, however, carried by a largemajority. Lord North then declared the purpose of the ministry tocarry on a war of posts, instead of operating by incursions intothe interior. The opposition, however, strenuously opposed all suchmeasures, boldly charging ministers with the prosecution of schemesvhose palpable tendency was the dissolution of the monarchy. A* 436 CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONAKY WAfL
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