Memorials and correspondence of Charles James Fox (Volume 1) online

ship or affection, in one another. It appears, however, from
Fitzpatrick's Journal, and other records and reports, that Lord
Shelburne was satisfied at the time that he had acquired the King's
confidence, and that he (the King) was entirely in his hands.
Lord Shelburne was elated thereat. He must have boasted of it
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remark of the Duke to him, with which he was much pleased, viz. :
" Ay 'j but, my Lord, you must recollect that to be a Sully you
must have a Henry IV. ,'^ which implies that Lord Shelburne
had expressed a confidence in his own power at Court being equal
to Sully's. In all probability, the King's chief object was to pro-
duce the rupture which ensued, and he did it by encouraging
Lord Shelburne to thwart Mr. Fox. It is painful to me to record
any misconduct of Lord Shelburne, or to revive any reflection on
his character for duplicity. Justice to the memory of Mr. Fox
requires me to preserve the facts on which his persuasion of it was
grounded, as well as the testimony of their contemporaries, which
prove that such a view of his impracticable and insincere character
and dealings was not confined to Mr. Fox and his friends.



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