CHARACTERS. 
ties; or the dangers, of his situation ; 
it is in the approbation of his sove- 
reign, and in the suffrage of his 
countrymen, added to his own, con- 
yviction of having done every thing 
to deserve it,that he must look for 
that reward which is to console him 
for all the cares and troubles of his 
Station; the. opposition of rivals, 
the misrepresentation of enemios, 
the desertion or peevishness of 
friends, and sometimes the mistaken 
censures of the people. ’Tis the ho- 
_nourable ambition that looks beyond 
_ the present time, that, must create, 
encourage, and support a virtuous 
and enlightened statesman; that 
must confer on his mind, the upright. 
ness and purity that rise above all 
self-advantage; the courage that 
guards the cnet from foreign hosti- 
lity or internal faction; the firmness 
that must often resist the wishes, 
to ensure the safety of the people. 
-.. © This is the legitimate ambition 
of a statesman ; and, that Mr. Pitt 
possessed it, his friends are CON 
vinced ; but he has been sometimes 
accused (by those who, although 
their opposition, was,active and Sysp 
- tematic, yet knew’ how to honour 
the man) of a less Jaudable, and 
less. patriotic ambition, that wislied 
*< to reign alone,’’. to.exclude from 
_ the participation of office and of 
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power, other men, whose counsels 
might have assisted him to guide the 
country amidst its difficulties and 
embarrassments, or might have con- 
tributed to its safety in the hour of 
its danger. It is, however, per- 
fectly well known to some of the 
highest characters in the kingdom, 
that Mr. Pitt, after the resignation 
of Mr. Addington, in the summer of 
1804, was most anxiously desirous 
that lord Grenville and Mr. Fox 
should form a part of the new ade 
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ministration, ahd pressed their ads 
mission into oflice in that quarter 
where only such earnestness could be 
effectual ; conceiving the forming a 
strong government as important te 
the public welfare, and as calcue 
lated to call/forth the united talents 
as well.as the utmost resources of 
the empire; in which endeavour he 
persisted till within afew months of 
his. death. 1am aware of the deli. 
cacy of such a statement, but | am 
boldjin the certainty of its truth, _ 
My profound respect for those by 
whom such ayerment, if false, 
might be contradicted; would not - 
suffer me to make jit, were it not 
called for, to do justice to that great 
and virtuous statesman, whose uns 
rivalled*qualities, both, in private 
and in public life, will ever be in my 
recollection, i 
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hos regit artus,?? 
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Memoirs of the Right Honourable 
Charles Juihae Fi ov. 
Charles James Fox, igedond sure 
viving son of Henry, the first lord 
Holland, and lady Georgina Caro» 
lina Lenox, daughter of the duke of 
Richmond, was born on the 24th 
day of January, 1749, 
His lordship’s immediate ancestor, 
sir Stephen Fox, was the youngest 
son of William fox, of Farley, in 
Wiltshire, and born there the 27th 
of March, 1627. He married his 
first lady, Elizabeth, .the only sur- 
viving issue of) Mr. Wallin Whittle, 
of Lancashire, and afterwards went 
abroad with king Charles the Second. 
in his exile. While accompanying 
the king abroad, Stephen, his eldest 
soy by this marriage, was born and 
‘sL4 buricd 
