Personal and Party Government

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Excerpt from Personal and Party Government: A Chapter in the Political History of the Early Years of the Reign, of George III, 1760-1766Their failure is somewhat surprising, seeing how much they had in their favour. It might have been anticipated that a youthful king, inexperienced in affairs, and too apt to disregard public opinion when it con¿icted with his own will, would find himself no match for men who had grown grey in the service of his grandfather, and had accumulated a rich store of political experience. The success of the crown cannot be attributed to any one cause, and due account must be taken of the fact that an organised Opposition to the administration was an irregular and unrecognised feature of the constitutional life of the period. But, when all reservations have been made, it remains true that Pitt, by refusing to throw in his lot with the Whigs at the critical moment of their fortunes, did not a little to gain for the king the authority which he was so grossly to misuse. Great as were his achievements, and worthy as he is of the high place he holds in English history, Pitt failed as a domestic politician, and the early years of the reign of George III constitute the record of his failure.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.