Excerpt from An Appeal to the People of England and Scotland: In Behalf of Warren Hastings, Esq. H E N the ambition Of France Openl}r threatened Europe with univerfal mo narchy, the duke Of Marlborough turned the tide of fuccefs, and, controlling fortune by the fuperiority Of his genius, feemed to proceed, by a fure march, from fortrefs to fortrefs, to the gates of Paris. But in the midft of this career of profperity and glory, that military ardour and high fpirit Of liberty, which had lately {hone forth among all ranks and Orders of men in England, was fuddenly exchanged for a rooted averfion to war, an anxious defire of peace, and a fupetfiitious dread concerning the B fafety. 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.