2647. ENGLAND, Hostility of.—[further continued].
The Marquis of Lansdowne
is thoroughly sensible of the folly
of the present measures of this country, as
are a few other characters about him. Dr.
Price is among these, and is particularly disturbed
at the present prospect. He acknowledges,
however, that all change is desperate;
which weighs more, as he is intimate with
Mr. Pitt. This small band of friends, favorable
as it is, does not pretend to say one word
in public on our subject.—
To John Jay. Washington ed. i, 544.
(L.
1786)
