Volume 67 / Part 6 — LETTER FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM NAPIER.

Clapham, London, $1.

Sir,—The writer of the article headed “The Ministerial Measures,” in your Magazine, has been so complimentary to me that I feel ashamed of pointing out an error.

He says I wrote my History on $1. Had he said $1, I should not have winced, though I really endeavoured to write it on the principles of truth and knowledge of the subject. But for Whig principles! God save the mark!—I never thought of them save to censure; and really my History is throughout, by implication, and in many places directly, condemnatory of the Whigs’ policy, and of their extreme arrogance, and presumptuous, erroneous views of the Peninsular War.

I trust the writer will, therefore, acquit me of any such foolish, factious design as writing a history upon Whig principles.

I remain, Sir, your obedient Servant,

W. Napier, $1.

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[We gladly give place to the gallant General’s communication. The writer of the article in question meant simply to convey his impression, that the able and eloquent History of Sir William Napier was not constructed on $1 principles; and consequently, that the letter which he embodied in his paper was to be regarded as the testimony of a political opponent.]

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Used numbers for footnotes, placing them all at the end of the last chapter.