 | John Dickinson - Constitutional law - 1801 - 650 pages
...WAS IT PRETENDED THAT HE ACTED WHOLLY FOR THEIR S AKES ; since besides his real good will to them, IT WAS MANIFESTLY THE INTEREST OF FRANCE, that the power of England should be diminished by the separation of the colonies VOL. ii- 2 F from its government. That the only condition he should... | |
 | John Campbell - Admirals - 1813 - 546 pages
...he pretended not to act wholly for their sakes, since, besides his real good-will to them and their cause, it was manifestly the interest of France that the power of England should be diminished, by separating America from it for ever. The only condition which he required, therefore, on the part of... | |
 | John Campbell - Admirals - 1818 - 520 pages
...he pretended not to act wholly for their sakes, since, besides his real good will to them and their cause, it was manifestly the interest of France, that the power of England should he diminished, hy separating America from it for ever. The only condition which he required, therefore,... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1829 - 684 pages
...4th. The part I allude to is the following. The French Plenipotentiary, speaking of the King, says, "he should moreover not so much as insist, that, if he engaged in the war with England on our account, we should not make a separate peace for ourselves, whenever good... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Diplomatic and consular service, American - 1834 - 776 pages
...doing this, he might, probably, soon be engaged in a war, with all the expenses, risks, and damages, usually attending it, yet he should not expect any...engaged in a war with England on our account, we should make a separate peace; he would have us be at full liberty to make a peace for ourselves,* whenever... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 534 pages
...was it pretended that he acted wholly for their sakes ; since, besides his real good will to them, it was manifestly the interest of France that the power of England should be diminished by the separation of her colonies. The only condition he should require would be that the United States,... | |
 | John Lendrum - United States - 1836 - 202 pages
...nor was it pretended that he acted wholly for their sakes, since, besides his real good will to them, it was manifestly the interest of France, that the power of England should be diminished, by the separation of the colonies from its government. The only condition he should require, and rely... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 822 pages
...nor was it pretended that he acted wholly for their sakes, since besides his real good will to them, it was manifestly the interest of France that the power of England should be diminished by the separation of the colonies from its government. The only condition he should require and rely OQ... | |
 | History - 1853 - 798 pages
...wholly for our Sakes, since beside his real good will for us and our " cause, it was manifestly tho interest of France that the power of " England should be diminished by our separation from it. The " only condition he should require and rely on would be this : That " we in no peace to be made... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1857 - 853 pages
...nor was it pretended that he acted wholly for tkeir sakes, since besides his real good will to them, it was manifestly the interest of France that the power of England should be diminished by the separation of the colonies from its government. The only condition he should require and rely on... | |
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... usually attending it, yet he should not expect any compensation from us on that account, nor pretend that he acted wholly for our sakes; since, besides his real good will to us and our cause, it was manifestly the interest of France, that the power... 
