This intelligence satisfied him that it was time to take a decisive step.
He would not discard the Whigs but he would give them a lesson of which they stood much in need.

He would break the chain in which they imagined that they had him fast.

He would not let them have the exclusive possession of power.

He would not let them persecute the vanquished party.

In their despite, he would grant an amnesty to his people.