He was a hater of Spaniards, but no lover of popular liberty.

The nature of his sentiments towards Orange was perhaps unjustly suspected.

At any rate, two or three days after the events which now occupy our attention, he wrote him a private letter, in which he assured him of his attachment.

In reference to the complaints, of the Prince, that he had not been seconded as he ought to have been, he said, moreover, that he could solemnly swear never to have seen a single individual who did not hold the Prince in admiration, and who was not affectionately devoted to him, not only, by public profession, but by private sentiment.
There was little doubt entertained as to the opinions held by the rest of the aristocratic party, then commencing their manoeuvres in Ghent.

Their sentiments were uttered with sufficient distinctness in this remarkable session.
Hessels, the old Blood Councillor, was then resident in Ghent; where he discharged high governmental functions.