...discovery; I had always imagined that in the celebrated speech to which the hon. Member alludes, Mr. Canning boasted that he had called the new world into existence to redress the balance of the old. It was a great political, and not a commercial measure, that Mr. Cunning prided...

...triumphantly avowed his resolution, " that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain with the Indies ; that he had called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.7' But, sir, while she shows herself so submissive to European despotism, see how...

...espoused the cause of the South American republics, he uttered the proud but most significant boast, that he had ' called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.' At that time, this statesman, who, more than any other that ever stood at the...

...have rendered impossible the vain-glorious boast in which he afterwards summed up his Spanish policy, that " he had called the new world into existence to redress the balance of the old." This recognition Mr. Canning refused, not only because it ran counter to the object...

...Southern Europe and in America" — revolutions which gave rise to Canning's famous piece of clap-trap, that he had called the new world into existence to redress the balance of the old. The fourth volume is entitled V. " The Repression of the Revolutions in Italy and...

...enduring triumphs that history records — few can be found that exceed those of Cook. Canning claimed that he had ' called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old World ' ; but that was only a glittering and idle phrase. The seaman made a better...

...for so doing. He was not the head of a party which was moved by its tail. Canning, in 1826, averred that he had " called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old." With much more truth could the same be said of Pitt. Will his successors have...

...very ignorantly in this country, was, in fact, the inspiration of George Canning. When Canning said that he had called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old, he was speaking not merely of the South American Colonies ; he had also in his...

...development which awaits us. When Canning secured the recognition of the Republics of South America, he boasted that he had called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old, and yet the luminous suggestions of Franklin, of Bolivar, and of Blaine, as to...

...development which awaits us. When Canning secured the recognition of the republics of South America he, boasted that he had called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old, and yet the luminous suggestions of Franklin, of Bolivar, and of Blaine as to the...