Excerpt from Historical and Literary Tour of a Foreigner in England and Scotland, Vol. 1 of 2 Longed its duration for some time under the ad ministration of Mr. Canning. There was at that period, a marked contrast between the ge neral politics of England, and the principles of morality, liberalism, and dignity, paraded by its Oligarchy. I certainly feel no inclination to pronounce Mr. Canning a man of exclusive genius; but it will be seen that as early as the period of my seeing him at Liverpool, I described him as the man ...
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Excerpt from Historical and Literary Tour of a Foreigner in England and Scotland, Vol. 1 of 2 Longed its duration for some time under the ad ministration of Mr. Canning. There was at that period, a marked contrast between the ge neral politics of England, and the principles of morality, liberalism, and dignity, paraded by its Oligarchy. I certainly feel no inclination to pronounce Mr. Canning a man of exclusive genius; but it will be seen that as early as the period of my seeing him at Liverpool, I described him as the man of talent and -tact whom England wanted, in order to extricate her from the false position in which his pre decessor had succeeded in plunging her. If Mr. Canning continues. As he has done, to make prudent concessions to the new interests of the people of Europe, created by twenty five years of revolution, there cannot be a doubt that the national character of England will be raised by it, and that British prospe rity will be the result of his system. As far as concerned the immediate interest of the mo narch, was it not the fact, that the anti-liberal ministry of Castlereagh daily imparted new file} and new energy to the inevitable re-ao tion of radicalism, while a few simple pro raises and acts of Mr. Canning have brought back to the foot of the throne, a multitude of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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