This being, as I conceive, the true state of France, as it exists territorially, and as it exists morally, the question will be, with whom we are to concert our arrangements, and whom we are to use as our instruments in the reduction, in the pacification, and in the settlement of France.
Burke contemplates the necessary alliances for restoring order in France, emphasizing the importance of choosing the right partners.
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