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would ill become this government to interpose its influence by any act
which might tend to revive their animosities,--and a very slight
occasion would be sufficient to effect it. They will instantly take fire
on such a declaration, proclaim the judgment of the Company in their
favor, demand a reparation of the acts which they will construe wrongs
with such a sentence warranting that construction, and either accept the
invitation to the proclaimed scandal of the Nabob Vizier, which _will
not add to the credit of our government_, or remain in his dominions,
but not under his authority, to add to his vexations and the disorders
of the country by continual intrigues and seditions. Enough already
exists to affect his peace and the quiet of his people. If we cannot
heal, let us not inflame the wounds _which have been inflicted_."--"If
the Begums think themselves aggrieved to such a degree as to justify
them in _an appeal to a foreign jurisdiction_, to appeal to it against a
man standing in the relation of son and grandson to them, _to appeal to
the justice of those who have been the abettors and instruments of their
imputed wrongs_, let us at least permit them to be the judges of their
own feelings, and prefer their complaints before we offer to redress
them.
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