What would become of the finances, what of the marine, if Whigs who could not understand the plainest balance sheet were to manage the revenue, and Whigs who had never walked over a dockyard to fit out the fleet.

[75] The truth is that the charges which the two parties brought against each other were, to a great extent, well founded, but that the blame which both threw on William was unjust.

Official experience was to be found almost exclusively among the Tories, hearty attachment to the new settlement almost exclusively among the Whigs.

It was not the fault of the King that the knowledge and the zeal, which, combined, make a valuable servant of the state must at that time be had separately or not at all.

If he employed men of one party, there was great risk of mistakes.