This murdered not only that accuser, but all future accusation; and not only defeated, but totally vitiated and reversed all the ends for which this country, to its eternal and indelible dishonor, had sent out a pompous embassy of justice to the remotest parts of the globe.
Burke critiques the consequences of a corrupt judicial process that silences accusations and undermines justice.
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