Excerpt from The Speeches of Edmund Burke on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Vol. 1: To Which Is Added a Selection of Burke's Epistolary Correspondence It is not only the interest of India, now the most consider able part of the British empire, which is concerned, but the credit and honour of the British nation itself will be decided by this decision. 78 are to decide by this judgment, whether the crimes of individuals are to be turned into pub lic guilt and national ignominy; or whether this nation will convert the very Offences which have thrown a transient shade upon its government, into something that will reflect a permanent lustre upon the honour, justice, and humanity of this kingdom. 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.