No! the charges against me are all of one kind: that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far,--further than a cautious policy would warrant, and further than the opinions of many would go along with me.
Burke acknowledges that the charges against him stem from his strong advocacy for justice and benevolence.
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