I say, this scheme of disunion seems to be at the bottom of the project; for I will not suspect that the noble lord meant nothing but merely to delude the nation by an airy phantom which he never intended to realize.
Burke critiques a proposal he believes aims to create division among the colonies rather than unity.
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