 | 1885 - 366 pages
..." on the point of departure from this kingdom on its hostile errand against the United States." He added: " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." " It was left to be understood that the sailing of the rams would be, not a probable cause of war,... | |
 | William Everett - 1887 - 152 pages
...their own journals ; namely, the bombardment and destruction of the defenceless cities of the North. " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war. No matter what may be the theory adopted of neutrality in a struggle, when the process is carried on... | |
 | Valrose (viscount, pseud.) - 1888 - 240 pages
...whom cruisers were fitted out in her ports. When Mr. Adams heard of it, he wrote to Lord Russell. " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." Three days after, Mr. Adams received the following reply from the Foreign Office. him that instructions... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson - 1890 - 708 pages
...Ironclads, then building at Laird's Shipyards, at Birktnhead, to depart from Liverpool. 5 September, 1863. It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. 1807-8«. SIGNALLED TO GEN. CORSE IN ALTOONA, FROM THE TOP OF KESESAW, 5 OCTOBER,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 pages
...everywhere ; it is eternal. JAMKS H. HAMMOND (1807-1864): Speech m the DS Senate, March, 1SSS. It would 1)0 superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS (1807-1886): Detpatch to Earl Russell. Sept. 6, 1863. We are swinging round the... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Gordy, Willis Ira Twitchell - 1893 - 428 pages
...with patience worn threadbare, wrote to Lord John Russell, England's representative in the matter, "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." The vessel did not sail. France was equally hostile to the North. Napoleon III. was anxious to witness... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1897 - 694 pages
...that the legal evidence was insufficient. Mr. Adams rejoined with a despatch, in which he said : " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." Shortly after the receipt of this letter, the English authorities issued orders to seize and hold the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1898 - 104 pages
...certain iron-clad ram was about to leave Liverpool on its hostile errand against the United States, and added, " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war," means were found to prevent the vessel from sailing. clear their minds of the notion that we are always... | |
 | 1898 - 578 pages
...they cannot interfere in any way with these vessels," that Mr. Adams used the memorable expression : " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." Returning to America in May, 1808, Mr. Adams at once addressed himself to the task of preparing for... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - 1898 - 1142 pages
...saying: "Her Majesty's government are advised that they can not interfere in any way with these vessels." On the 5th Mr. Adams replied, expressing his "profound regret" at the conclusion at which Her Majesty's government had arrived, and added : " It would be superfluous in me to point... | |
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It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war. 
