Or, if you choose to go on with a poor pretence instead of a solid reason, and will still adhere to your cant of commerce, you have ten thousand times more strong commercial reasons for giving up this duty on tea than for abandoning the five others that you have already renounced.
Burke criticizes the government's reasoning for maintaining the tea duty, suggesting stronger commercial arguments for its repeal.
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