We rejoice more than all in the constant progress of those
liberal ideas to which such an impulse was given by the victory
of Yorktown. You remember that Fox is said to have heard of it
“with a wild delight”; and even he may not have anticipated its
full future outcome. You remember the hissing hate with which
he was often assailed, as when the tradesmen of Westminster
whose vote he had solicited flung back at him the answer: “I
have nothing for you, sir, but a halter,” to which Fox, by the
way, with instant wit and imperturbable good nature, smilingly
responded: “I could not think, my dear sir, of depriving you of
such an interesting family relic.”--RICHARD S. STORRS.
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