His whole heart was in the work of persecuting the Tories.
He plainly told the King that nobody who was not a Whig ought to be employed in the public service.

William's answer was cool and determined.

"I have done as much for your friends as I can do without danger to the state; and I will do no more," [419] The only effect of this reprimand was to make Monmouth more factious than ever.

Against Halifax especially he intrigued and harangued with indefatigable animosity.

The other Whig Lords of the Treasury, Delamere and Capel, were scarcely less eager to drive the Lord Privy Seal from office; and personal jealousy and antipathy impelled the Lord President to conspire with his own accusers against his rival.
What foundation there may have been for the imputations thrown at this time on Halifax cannot now be fully ascertained.