The more moderate among the opposers of Parliamentary concession freely confess that they hope no good from taxation; but they apprehend the colonists have further views, and if this point were conceded, they would instantly attack the trade laws.
Burke discusses the fears of moderate opponents regarding the implications of conceding to colonial demands.
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