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( 33 ) such a plan of œconomy, to maintain, in a due degree, the dignity of government. For, if the dignity of government consist, as it most certainly does, in the spirit, the integrity, and capacity of the governors, and in the happiness, the prosperity, and liberty of the governed, the dignity of government may be much better maintained with this plan of œconomy than without it. But if the dignity of government consist, as many of you governors would willingly persuade us, and your base-spirited dependants are ready to admit, in the pomp, the splendour, the wealth and magnificence of the governors, and in the poverty, the wretchedness and slavery of the governed, then it is impossible, with such a plan of œconomy, to maintain the dignity of government: but, in that case, I affirm, that the French government has more dignity than the English; the Turkish government more dignity than the French; and the Mogul’s government, perhaps, more dignity than all three