Excerpt from The History of the Politicks of Great Britain and France, From the Time of the Conference at Pillnitz, to the Declaration of War Against Great Britain, Vol. 1 of 2: With an Appendix, Containing a Narrative of the Attempts Made by the British Government to Restore Peace TH E prefent war between Grfeat Britain and France has been condemned by One claf; of writers as unneceffary and unjuf't, while another clafs has defended it On grounds of expediency and jufiice. Writers, however, of the latter, as, d as thofc of the former defcription, fet out in general with the fuppofitionhthat the.choice of war or peace relied with 'the Emmi, government; and they endeavour to juftify-the imppofcd determination of the cabinet in favour of hofiilities, by arguing that the circumfiances under' which the war was begun, rendered, it an evil of Pcill, lefs magnitude to [great Britain than peace itfelf would have been; a pofition which, their adverfaries deny, now though it is certainly advifeable'of two evils. 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.