As to the clergy, they are the only thing in Spain that looks like an independent order; and they are kept in some respect by the Inquisition, the sole, but unhappy resource of public tranquillity and order now remaining in Spain.
Burke notes the clergy's unique position in Spain as a seemingly independent order amidst political turmoil.
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