It is very much my desire to impress the Nabob with a thorough confidence in the faith and justice of our government,--that is to say, in my own, while I am at the head of it: I cannot be answerable for the acts of others independent of me.
Burke expresses his desire to instill confidence in the government while acknowledging his limitations.
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They come from one who has been no tool of power, no flatterer of greatness, and who in his last acts does not wish to belie the tenor of his life.
Whatever they are, I wish my countrymen rather to recommend to our neighbors the example of the British Constitution than to take models from them for the improvement of our own.
I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.
Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.
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