After having made ineffectual efforts to restore him, they must at length give peace to their people, and come to an accommodation with the usurper, and for that purpose treat with him as with a lawful sovereign.
Burke emphasizes the need for nations to seek peace after failed attempts to restore a deposed ruler.
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