ISBN: 9781153789042

Excerpt: ...Tory party that has religion, conscience, and morality much more on its lips than in its heart. It is not altogether irrelevant in this connection to mention that in 1825, whe… More...

Excerpt: ...Tory party that has religion, conscience, and morality much more on its lips than in its heart. It is not altogether irrelevant in this connection to mention that in 1825, when the Catholic relief bill had passed the House of Commons by 268 votes against 241, the Duke of York opposed the repeal of the Catholic disabilities by the common Tory appeal to what they call conscience, saying these were the principles to which he would adhere, and which he would maintain and act up to, to the latest moment of his life existence, whatever might be his situation in life, so help him God. England has indeed had to pay dearly for her hereditary monarchy, and for the awful hypocrisy which permits the appeal to God by such State Churchmen as the Duke of York to have any effect on politics. I need hardly say that the House of Lords did with the Catholic Emancipation Bill what it has lately done with the House of Commons Bill for Home Rule in Ireland, and threw it out. While England was fighting France, she had also to fight the United States. It is an episode of which neither country has any reason to be proud. The New Englanders were mostly opposed to the declaration of war. The average Englishman knows little about it. He is taught by his history books that the victory of the Shannon over the Chesapeake destroyed the prestige of the American navy; and he is wrong even in that. The Shannon had a brave and able commander, and had been many weeks at sea, so that Captain Broke had been able to train his men thoroughly, and, above all things, to prevent them from getting drunk. 33 Captain Lawrence had to engage many men who had never been on a war-vessel before, and did not know how to work the guns. Many of the sailors had bottles of rum in their pockets, and were too drunk to stand when their ship got within fighting distance of the Shannon. I wish our present Secretary of the Navy would learn the lesson, and now, when the need of the Newfoundlanders is... John Fretwell, Books, History, Newfoundland And The Jingoes Books>History, General Books LLC<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 38 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=2mm, Gew.=68gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - Gene… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 38 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=2mm, Gew.=68gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - General History], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Newfoundland; Newfoundland and Labrador; History / Canada / General; The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Newfoundland; Newfoundland and Labrador; History / Canada / General;<

ISBN: 9781153789042

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