In a word, my lord, we have all _seen_, and, if any outward considerations were worthy the lasting concern of a wise man, we have some of us _felt_, such oppression from party government as no other tyranny can parallel.

We behold daily the most important rights, rights upon which all the others depend, we behold these rights determined in the last resort, without the least attention even to the appearance or color of justice; we behold this without emotion, because we have grown up in the constant view of such practices; and we are not surprised to hear a man requested to be a knave and a traitor, with as much indifference as if the most ordinary favor were asked; and we hear this request refused, not because it is a most unjust and unreasonable desire, but because this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another.

These and many more points I am for from spreading to their full extent.

You are sensible that I do not put forth half my strength; and you cannot be at a loss for the reason.

A man is allowed sufficient freedom of thought, provided he knows how to choose his subject properly.