He loved the interests of his country, the happiness of Man, more than the success of a mere party.

So far as the party with which he acted advocated measures which he conceived to be wise and healthful, he yielded his hearty and vigorous co-operation.

But whenever it swerved from this line of integrity, his influence was thrown into the opposite scale.

This was the rule of his long career.

No persuasions or emoluments, no threats, no intimidations, could turn him from it, to the breadth of a hair.