All in vain.

Either his character or his ability failed to satisfy the Irish leader, and his claim was summarily rejected.

Since then his wounded vanity has found vent in spiteful calumny of almost every member of the Irish Party--whenever he found malice a luxury that could be safely indulged in.
"His next step was a startling one.

We have absolute reason to know, when the last Coercion Act was in full swing, this pure-souled and disinterested patriot begged for, received, and accepted a very petty Crown Prosecutorship under a Coercion Government.

As was wittily said at the time, he sold his principles, not for a mess of pottage, but for the stick that stirred the mess.