On the record
We have proved upon your minutes that Colonel Hannay was the only person possessed of power in the country; that there was no magistrate in it, nor any administration of the law whatever.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke emphasizes the concentration of power in Colonel Hannay, indicating a lack of legal governance in the area.
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