Secure them only by the pledge of such taxes as you feel the people may not resent; give the people, free of cost, a coinage which they can trust; and then, it seems to me, my Lords and gentlemen, the problem of the revenue may be thought solved simply and easily--solved, too, without irritating either the people or the Parliament, or endangering the relations of Parliament and the throne." The conviction which fell upon all found its best expression in the face of Montague.

The youth and nervousness of the man passed away upon the instant.

He sat there sober and thoughtful, quiet and resolved.
"Gentlemen," said he at last, slowly, "my course is plain from this instant.

I shall draw the bill and it shall go to Parliament.

The expense of this recoinage I am sure we can find maintained by the stockholders of the Bank of England, and for their pay we shall propose a new tax upon the people of England.