Excerpt from The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning, Vol. 2 of 3: From His Acceptance of the Seals of the Foreign Department, in September, 1822, to the Period of His Death, in August, 1827; Together With a Short Review of Foreign Affairs, Subsequently to That Event The recognition, therefore, of the New States, was strictly holding the balance between conflict ing principles and tended to calm the minds of the liberal portion of the European community, by convincing it, that if liberty had received a check in the Old World, she was more than indemnified in the New. It likewise estab lished the fact, that the British Government was no longer in trammels; and restored Great Britain to that independent position, by the maintenance of which She can alone exercise her just influence amongst the Nations which surround Her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.