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low deceit. The British government as Lord Paramount no doubt owes certain duties to their subjects, and when one of them cruelly oppresses the latter or misbehaves in a scandalous manner let him be corrected by all means ; but let the correction be preceded by a fair enquiry and imparted in such proportion as may be commensurate to his offence and in such a way as not to rouse needless suspicions regarding the motives of the Paramount Power nor groundless apprehensions in respect of ulterior consequences.
