_He assured his_ friends that _he_ for _his_ part _would_ do all _he_
possibly _could_ to resist _that_ measure. _They knew_ that _he had_
always been opposed to it; as recently as _the day before he had spoken_
against it _there_ in _that_ very hall. _Did they_ think, he asked, that
the people of this country _would_ tolerate such injustice? _He was_
sure they _would_ not.