...Mr. Adams, speaking of the possible sailing of the ships, made a remark destined to become famous: "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." At last, the authorities were satisfied. The ships were seized and in the end bought for the British...

...could quietly say to Earl Russell, with reference to the apprehended escape of " Lairds' Ironclads," "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war," it is obvious that Mr. Robinson was a man of fancy, 287 though tastes will necessarily differ as to...

...Russell the dispatch which contained the words, better remembered than any in our diplomatic history, " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." This dispatch was sent on September 5, 1863, and the Morning Post of September 8 announced that the...

...closed by leaving him loaded with connivance in the rebel armaments, and ended by the famous sentence: "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war!" What the Minister meant by this remark was his own affair; what the private secretary understood by...

...closed by leaving him loaded with connivance in the rebel armaments, and ended by the famous sentence: "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is warl " What the Minister meant by this remark was his own affair; what the private secretary understood...

...of the British Government as by the wise courage of our minister, Adams, who wrote to Earl Russell : "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." But, in spite of all these delinquencies and blunders, the fact remains that Confederate diplomacy...

...Charles Francis Adams, our Minister in London, to Lord John Russell, the British Foreign Secretary: "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war." Earl Russell understood. He and Adams both knew the language which men use when they mean what they...

...declared to Earl Russell, the British minister of foreign affairs, in words that have become historic, "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your- lordship that this is war. ' ' The careers of these few cruisers show both the insufficiency of the Federal measures against them...

...addressed by Charles Francis Adams to Earl Russell concerning the Laird rams, where he used the phrase, " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." When the country to which he is accredited is engaged in war, the American minister may be asked to...

...reply to this communication, Mr. Adams sent the dispatch which contained his memorable expression: "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war". In consequence of this letter, or at least directly upon its receipt, the British government issued...