The indifference with which the Assembly regards the state of their colonies, the only valuable part of the French commerce, is a full proof how little they are likely to be affected by anything but the selfish game of their own ambition, now universally diffused.
Burke critiques the self-serving nature of political ambition in the French Assembly's disregard for colonial interests.
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