Thus the Council was placed in a complete dilemma,--either to confirm all his wicked and arbitrary acts, (for such we have proved them to be,) or to derange the whole administration of the country again, and to make another revolution as complete and dreadful as that which he had made.
Burke highlights the dilemma faced by the Council when forced to either endorse or challenge the arbitrary actions of a governor.
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