...his "profound regret" at the conclusion at which Her Majesty's government had arrived, and added : " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." On the 8th of September Mr. Adams received a brief note in which it was stated that instructions had...

...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...

...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...

...to execute a policy " of attacking New York, Boston, and Portland, and of breaking our blockade. " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war. ... I prefer to desist from communicating to your lordship even such portions of my existing instructions...

...about results worth a hundred victories in the field. Then, with directness and candor, he added: " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." Adams's instructions were such that, if he had not been a consummate diplomatist, he would probably...

...expressing profound regret at the conclusion to which her Majesty's Government had come, he added, " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war." Mr. Adams went on further to explain to me in regard to the action of the Government, that they had,...

...Government;"2 but this the minister did not receive until after he had despatched his note, saying, "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war."3 September 5 Russell ordered that the vessels " be prevented from leaving Liverpool " on a trial...

...the most convincing, Earl Russell advised Minister Adams, in September, that he could not interfere. "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship," was Adams's sturdy rejoinder, "that this is war."2 That perilous climax brought the Palmerston ministry...

...the most convincing, Earl Russell advised Minister Adams, in September, that he could not interfere. "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship," was Adams's sturdy rejoinder, "that this is war."2 That perilous climax brought the Palmerston ministry...

...utterance since borne in memoi-y. It was the dispatch in which he used the expression afterwards famous : " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." The heavy sense of responsibility and utter dreariness of spirit under which he penned this dispatch,...