He attempts to vilify the witness, he attempts to vilify those he supposes to be his accusers, he attempts to vilify the Council; he lags upon the accusation, he mixes it with other accusations, which had nothing to do with it, and out of the whole he collects a resolution--to do what?
Burke describes Hastings' strategy of attacking the character of his accusers instead of addressing the charges against him.
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