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A Review Of The Life And Writings Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke.
A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE .
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IN order to carry the reform bill into execution , in a very im-. portant department of expence , Burke was ' appointed Paymaster- * general of the forces . The death of his patron , the Marquis of Rockingham , in a few months , produced a change in the Administration . Lord Sherburne being appointed Minister , Burke and Fox resigned . They alledged that it had been agreed , that the Duke of Portland should be Premier on the death of Lord Rockinghamand
, that Lord Shelburne , in accepting of that office privately , had violated his engagements . Fox , in concluding a very able speech in vindication of his conduct , said , 'Finding myself thus ensnared and betrayed , and all . confidence destroyed , I quitted a situation in which I found I could hot remain with either honour or safety / Burke made a speech of extraordinary ability and brilliancy , full of wit ,
satire , and argument , against the Prime Minister , contending that his conduct had been a composition of hypocrisy and absurdity . At this time was formed the famous COALITION , which has drawn such reproach on its members . That Fox and Burke , should coalesce with Lord North , the object , for many years , of their invectives and execrations , appeared to be a total dereliction of p rinciple . Such coalitions , however , are by no means unusual in the history of this , country , nor are they unjustifiable merely as political agreements
between men o ' nce political antagonists . These , like all political or civil engagements , must be tried by the proposed objects , and the means employed . The first great question , in which the friends of Lord North and Burke and Fox appeared to act in conjunction , was , on the peace . The coalesced opponents of the Shelburne Administration maintained that peace ought not to have been concluded on the terms stipulated ; that we ought rather to have hazarded another
campaign ; that our finances , army and navy , were in a flourishing state . Although Lord North's friends manifested no inconsistency in censuring peace , as they had always held out the same language , yet Fox and Burke , having repeatedly assserted that peace on any 'terms was advisable , were inconsistent with themselves in condemning that treaty . The Coalition having a great majority , procured a vote
of censure to be passed on the makers of the peace . Finding himself outvoted , the Minister resigned . Burke once more came in , and was again made Paymaster . He -was by all allowed to have conducted his own official business with , unimpeached integrity , but was unfortunately induced to patronize two persons of very-different characters . India affairs had Jong occupied his attention . In tracing the conduct of some of the Company ' s servants , he conceived , from
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A Review Of The Life And Writings Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke.
A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE .
[ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 231 . ]
IN order to carry the reform bill into execution , in a very im-. portant department of expence , Burke was ' appointed Paymaster- * general of the forces . The death of his patron , the Marquis of Rockingham , in a few months , produced a change in the Administration . Lord Sherburne being appointed Minister , Burke and Fox resigned . They alledged that it had been agreed , that the Duke of Portland should be Premier on the death of Lord Rockinghamand
, that Lord Shelburne , in accepting of that office privately , had violated his engagements . Fox , in concluding a very able speech in vindication of his conduct , said , 'Finding myself thus ensnared and betrayed , and all . confidence destroyed , I quitted a situation in which I found I could hot remain with either honour or safety / Burke made a speech of extraordinary ability and brilliancy , full of wit ,
satire , and argument , against the Prime Minister , contending that his conduct had been a composition of hypocrisy and absurdity . At this time was formed the famous COALITION , which has drawn such reproach on its members . That Fox and Burke , should coalesce with Lord North , the object , for many years , of their invectives and execrations , appeared to be a total dereliction of p rinciple . Such coalitions , however , are by no means unusual in the history of this , country , nor are they unjustifiable merely as political agreements
between men o ' nce political antagonists . These , like all political or civil engagements , must be tried by the proposed objects , and the means employed . The first great question , in which the friends of Lord North and Burke and Fox appeared to act in conjunction , was , on the peace . The coalesced opponents of the Shelburne Administration maintained that peace ought not to have been concluded on the terms stipulated ; that we ought rather to have hazarded another
campaign ; that our finances , army and navy , were in a flourishing state . Although Lord North's friends manifested no inconsistency in censuring peace , as they had always held out the same language , yet Fox and Burke , having repeatedly assserted that peace on any 'terms was advisable , were inconsistent with themselves in condemning that treaty . The Coalition having a great majority , procured a vote
of censure to be passed on the makers of the peace . Finding himself outvoted , the Minister resigned . Burke once more came in , and was again made Paymaster . He -was by all allowed to have conducted his own official business with , unimpeached integrity , but was unfortunately induced to patronize two persons of very-different characters . India affairs had Jong occupied his attention . In tracing the conduct of some of the Company ' s servants , he conceived , from