No, we never shall (nor can we conceive that we ever should) pass from this bar, without indignation, without rage and despair, if the House of Commons should, upon such a defence as has here been made against such a charge as they have produced, be foiled, baffled, and defeated.
Burke expresses the deep emotional response that would arise if the Commons were to fail in their duty to uphold justice.
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