The disciples of Trenchard complained that a great principle had been shamefully given up.

On the vital issue, Standing Army or no Standing Army, the Commons had pronounced an erroneous, a fatal decision.

Whether that army should consist of five regiments or of fifteen was hardly worth debating.

The great dyke which kept out arbitrary power had been broken.

It was idle to say that the breach was narrow; for it would soon be widened by the flood which would rush in.