Why did they not think of all this earlier?
Why put their hand to the plough, and look back?
Why begin to build without counting the cost of finishing?
Why raise the public appetite, and then baulk it?
I told him that the House of Commons would address the King against a Tory Ministry.

I feel assured that it would do so.

I feel assured that, if those who are bidden will not come, the highways and hedges will be ransacked to get together a reforming Cabinet.

To one thing my mind is made up.

If nobody else will move an address to the Crown against a Tory Ministry, I will.
Ever yours T.B.M.
London: October 17, 1831.
My dear Ellis,--I should have written to you before, but that I mislaid your letter and forgot your direction.