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The Honorable Governor-General is pleased to assert, with a confidential spirit peculiar to himself, that his measures hitherto stand unimpeached, except by us.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The Honorable Governor-General is pleased to assert, with a confidential spirit peculiar to himself, that his measures…”
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Burke challenges the Governor-General's claims of unblemished conduct, implying accountability is necessary.
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