Mahdajee Sindia has not made his panegyric for nothing; for, if your Lordships will suffer him to enter into such a justification, we shall prove that he has sacrificed the dignity of this country and the interests of all its allies to that prince.
Burke argues that the praise from Mahdajee Sindia is not genuine and reflects a compromise of dignity and interests.
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