We have fully stated to you, from the authority of these parties themselves, the effects and consequences of these proceedings,--namely, the dilapidation of the revenues, and the ruin and desolation of the provinces.
Burke highlights the devastating consequences of the actions taken, including financial ruin and suffering in the provinces.
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A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
As he is not to obey us, but we are to obey the law in him, our Constitution has made no sort of provision towards rendering him, as a servant, in any degree responsible.
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