The subjects of this unfortunate prince did what we should have done,--what all who love their country, who love their liberty, who love their laws, who love their property, who love their sovereign, would have done on such an occasion.
Burke asserts that the subjects of the Rajah acted as any loyal citizens would in response to tyranny.
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