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Excerpt from The Interests of Great Britain Respecting the French War At the time thefe men undertook the horrid talk of inciting all Europe againfi that people, they had declared, that having Obtained liberty with the fword, they wilhed to fheath it for ever. They exprefsly difclaimed any hoi'tile defign on the moi't defencelefs are; they did not appear to entertain any. Views inimical to the peace Of the furrounding nations, nor the lead intention Of interfering in their concerns. They appeared difpofed to fit down peaceably, to enjoy the happinefs they expected to derive from the revolu tion they had effected. To us they were naturally led to look rather as allies, than as enemies; they confider ed us as the nation in Europe, whofe government approximated the nearefi: to that which they had re cently eftablilhed; and when they faw the continent Of europe arming againlt them, they threw themfelves on our jufiite, and proffered us the Office of mediator when'this was declined, when -mr. Burke was allowed to ftigmatize them with impunity, when the French princes were melting all Europe againft them, when almolt every European monarch appeared difpofed to attack them, and their king was fuppofed to be em 5) 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.