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Excerpt from Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning Venerated, and the invaluable existence of which it was his duty, as an Englishman, particularly to cherish. In the general exultation which the French Revolution, at its first burst, awakened, even among the temperate advocates of well regulated freedom, throughout Europe, Mr. Canning, with a mind fresh from the contemplation of those heroic achievements in the cause of freedom, which raised up the Greek and Roman name with such a lustre, sanguinely participated. This admiration, however, was limited to the principle Of the necessity Of adjusting the inequalities Of the political condition of France - of correcting its abuses - and of remodelling and invigorating the institutions which a long series of acts Of misgovernment had enfeebled. Mr: Canning's Opinions respecting the French Revolution, however, had undergone a change previous to his acquaintance with Mr. Pitt, and it was that change which led to his connexion with Mr. Pitt, and to his determination not to connect himself politically with the Whig party. This determination was strengthened by the course which Mr. Fox and others of the Whigs took about this time, and which produced the separation between Mr. Fox and Mr. Grey, on the one side, and Mr. Burke and Mr. Wind ham, ou the other; and perhaps the most intelligible and most correct explanation Of Mr. Canning's determination not to con nect himself with the Whig party, but to attach himself to Mr. Pitt, is to state, that his decision was formed upon the same grounds which induced the Duke of Portland, Lord Spencer, Mr. Windham, Mr. Grenville, and those who acted with them, to separate from Mr. Fox, and take Office under Mr. Pitt, and at the same period of time, though independently Of them, and without any concert. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.