...follows. After 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,...

...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...

...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...

...even, in this respect, confer advantages which would soon repay the cost of their construction.' ' ' It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war. No matter what may be the theory adopted of neutrality in a struggle, when this process is carried...

...even, in this respect, confer advantages which would soon repay the cost of their construction.' ' ' It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war. No matter what may be the theory adopted of neutrality in a struggle, when this process is carried...

...seaboard cities of the North, and raising the blockade." Then follows this celebrated sentence : " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." 1 But meanwhile Mr. Adams's note of September 3 had reached Kussell, and he replied to it on the 4th...

...express how profound is my regret at the conclusion to which her Majesty's Government have arrived It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war. No matter what may be the theory adopted of neutrality in a struggle, when this process is carried...

...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,...