** Some insinuations," said Sir James Mackintosli, *' bad been
ibrown out, of differences cf opinion on bis side of tbe House,
respecting the evils of this escape. He utterly denied them. All
agreed in lamenting the occurrence which rendered tbe renewal
of war so probable, not to say certain. All bis friends, with
■whose sentiments he was acquainted, were of opinion, that, in tba-
theory of public law, the assumption of power by Napoleon had
given to the allies a just cause of war against France. It was>
perfectly obvious, that the abdication of Napoleon, and his per-
petual renunciation of the supreme authority, was a condition, and
the most important condition, on which the allies had granted
peace to France. The convention of Fojitainbleau, and the treaty
of Paris, were equally parts of the great compact which re-esta*

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