He feels for the colonies of Great Britain, one of the principal resources of our commerce and our naval power, if piratical France shall be established, as he knows she must be, in the West Indies, if we sue for peace on such terms as they may condescend to grant us.
Burke warns of the dangers posed to British colonies by a powerful France in the West Indies, should peace be sought under unfavorable terms.
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