Excerpt from The Life and Memoirs of the Late Major General Lee, Second in Command to General Washington During the American Revolution, to Which Are Added His Political and Military Essays It must be observed, that this famous act had divided almost every court in Europe into two different parties the one, asserters of the prero gative of the British Parliament; the other of the rights and privileges of America. General Lee, 011 this occasion, pleaded the cause of the Colonies with such earnestness as almost to break off all intercourse with the King' 5 ministers at the Court of Vienna, men that he personally loved and esteemed; but, at the same time, it was thought that he pleased with so much success as to add nota few friends and partizans to America. These circumstances are mentioned, as they serve to demonstrate that a zeal for the welfare of the Colonies, from the General's earliest acquaintance with them, had been a ruling principle of his life. 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.