The servants might as essentially injure their interest by a direct exercise of their power as by pretexts drawn from the freedom of the natives,--but with this fatal difference, that the frauds upon the Company must be of shorter duration under a scheme of freedom.
Burke discusses the potential for both direct and indirect harm to the Company's interests under different systems of trade.
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