Edmund Burke: “It is a charter of this latter description (that is to say, a charter…”

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It is a charter of this latter description (that is to say, a charter of power and monopoly) which is affected by the bill before you.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke claims that the bill under discussion affects a charter that establishes monopoly and power.

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