The process languished, however, and was finally abandoned, for the powerful Governor had rendered such eminent service in the cause of liberty, that it was thought unwise to push him to extremity.

It is no impeachment upon the character of the Prince that these horrible crimes were not prevented.

It was impossible for him to be omnipresent.

Neither is it just to consider the tortures and death thus inflicted upon innocent men an indelible stain upon the cause of liberty.

They were the crimes of an individual who had been useful, but who, like the Count De la Marck, had now contaminated his hand with the blood of the guiltless.
The new tribunal never took root, and was abolished as soon as its initiatory horrors were known.
On the 19th of July, Oudewater, entirely unprepared for such an event, was besieged by Hierges, but the garrison and the population, although weak, were brave.