“I return you many thanks for your ‘Observations on Lord Grey’s Address.’ I have read them with the greatest interest. To all your general reasonings I entirely agree; and I have been very much struck with the great force and irresistible eloquence of the concluding passages. I cannot, however, but confess to you, that the present state of Spain appears to me to throw very great difficulty in the way of making an immediate peace. I agree that there seems very little prospect of the Spaniards succeeding ultimately against their oppressors; but as long as there is a possibility of their success, I cannot think that we ought, by abandoning them, to seal their doom.* It is very true, that in an answer to Lord Grey, it was by no means necessary to discuss this difficulty, but I own I should have been extremely glad to have seen how you had considered it.
“I am very highly gratified by the kind things you say of me, and of the late unsuc-
* Mr. Roscoe’s sentiments on this question have been stated in a previous page. |
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