The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-04-07
n,ent and honorable principles I entertain

n'ent and honorable principles entertain
the highest respect.
In various instances, as YOU well know,
where the law Of the last SESSION lett ME at
full liberty, have waved my personal gra-
in order that his Malcs.y might
on his restoration to health, every
power and prerogative belonging to his
Crown. certainly am the last person in
the Kingdom TO whom it can he permitted to
despair of our royal fathers recovery.
a new ezra is now arrived, and / con-
not but reflect with satisfaction on the
events which have distinguished the short
period OF my restricted regency. Instead of
suffering in the loss of any of her possess
ons, by the gigantic force which has been
employed against them, Great Britain has
added most important acquisitions to her
empire (; the national faith has been preser-
we'd inviolate towards our allies and il
character is strength applied to nation, the
increased and increasing reputation of his
maJesty's arms will shew to tine nations of
continent how much they May still achieve
when animated by glorious spirit of resis-
lance to a foreign yoke. In the critical stu
alton of the war in the Peninsula / shall be
most anxious to avoid every measure which
can lead my allies to suppose that mean to
depart from the present system. Persever-
ance alone can achieve the great object in
question, and / cannot withhold my aDpro-
baton from those who have honoraby dis
tinguished themselves in support of it.
haze no predictions to indulge, no resent
ments 70 CRAFTY, no objects to affair, bur
such as are common to the zyhoie emtiire. If
such is the leading principle of my conduct,
and can appeal to the past as the evidence
OF what the future will be, flatter myself
shall meet with the support of Parliament
and OF candid and enlightened nation.
" Having made this communication of my
sentiments, in this new and extraordinary
crisis of our affairs, cannot conclude with
out expressing the qualification l should
feel, IT some of those persons with whom the
early habits OF my public life were formed,
would strengthen my hands, and constitute
a part OF my government. With such sup
port, and aided by a vigorous and united add
ministration, formed on the most liberal ba-
sis, shall look with additional confidence to
prosperous issue of the most arduous con-
test in which Great Britain was ever enga-
ged.
You are authorised to communicate
these sentiments TO Lord Grey, who, have
no doubt, will make them known to Lord
Greville.
am, always, SC.
GEORGE. P,
Carlton House, FEB. IS, 1912.
+. 5. l shall send a copy of this letter
Immediately to Mr.. Perceval"
February 16, 1 S12.
Strive beg leave most haablv to-
express toyour Royal Highness our dutiful
acknowledgement for the gracious and con-
descending manner in which you have had
the goodness to communicate to us the let
ter of his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent, OH the subject of the arrangements to
be now made for the future administration
~ the public affairs; and we take the liber-
ty OF availinS ourselves ofyour gracious per-
mission to address to your royal highness in
this form what has occurred to us in con-
sequence of that communication. The
riiile Regent, after expressing TO your Roy
al tlShncss in that letter his sentiments on
various public matters, has, in the conclud-
ing paragraph, condesCended to intimate
his wish that some of those persons with
whom the carly habits of his public life were
formed, would strengthen his royal high
nesss hands, and constitute part of his go
vernment and his royal highness is pleas
ed TO add, that with such support, aided bv
a vigorous and united administration, form
ed on the most liberal basis, he would look
with additional confidence to a prosperous
issue OF the most arduous contest in which
U. bi1tain has ever been engaged. On the
other parts OF his royal highness's letter we
do not presume to offer any observations {:
but in the concluding paragraph, in so far
as we may venture to suppose ourselves in
Guided In the gracious wish which it express
ses, we owe it in obedience and duty to his
royal highness. TO explain ourselves with
frahkness and sincerity. We beg leave
most earnestly to assure his royal highness
that no sacrifices, except those of honor &
DUTY, could appear to us too great to be
made, the purpose of healing the divisi-
ons OF our country, and uniting both its go
Vernment and its people. All persona, ex-
cluslon we entirely disclaim we rest on
public measures and it is on this ground
alone that we must express without reserve.
the impossbility of our uniting with the
present government. Our differences of o.
pinion are too many and too important to
admit OF such All union. His ROYAL High
ness Will, we are confident, do us the JUS
tee to remember, that we have twice AL
ready acted on this impression in 1909,
on the proposition then made to us under
his maJesty's authority /; and last year,
when his royal highness was pleased to re-
CURE our advice respecting the formation of
a new government. The reasons which we
then bumbly submitted to him are strength
ened by the increasing dangers of the times,
nor has there, down to this moment, appear
Ell even any approximation towards such an
agreement OF opinion OH the public interests
as can alone form basis for the honorable
union OF parties previously OPPOSED to each
other Into the detail of those differences