For an honest man was not to be bought; and it was much cheaper to intimidate or to coerce a knave than to buy him.
For a very different reason there has been no direct buying of votes within the memory of the present generation.

The House of Commons is now supreme in the State, but is accountable to the nation.

Even those members who are not chosen by large constituent bodies are kept in awe by public opinion.

Every thing is printed; every thing is discussed; every material word uttered in debate is read by a million of people on the morrow.

Within a few hours after an important division, the lists of the majority and the minority are scanned and analysed in every town from Plymouth to Inverness.