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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 21: (search)
nd, they were no farther heeded than as a confession of exhaustion and weakness. I will express no opinion, said Vergennes, of Necker, in January, 1781, on his financial opera- 1781. tions, but in all other parts of the administration he is short-sighted and ignorant. Called to the conferences of the ministers, he continually dinned into their ears Peace! peace! Peace, replied Vergennes, is a good thing, only you should propose the means of attaining it in an honorable manner. Count von Mercy to Prince Kaunitz, 21 Jan., 1781. In his clamor for peace, Necker did but echo the opinion of all Paris. Maurepas, too, gave out that peace must be restored before the close of the year; and the king declared that he was tired of the war, and that an end must be made of it Chap. XXI.} 1781. before the year should go out. Mercy to Kaunitz, 7 Feb., 1781. The negotiations for peace belonged to Vergennes, and for their success he needed mediation or great results in the field. Thus f