be said. Conscientious men think they ought to persuade others; selfish men think they would like to obtrude themselves. The nation is forced to hear two sides⁠—all the sides, perhaps, of that which most concerns it. And it likes to hear⁠—it is eager to know. Human nature despises long arguments which come to nothing⁠—heavy speeches which precede no motion⁠—abstract disquisitions which leave visible things where they were. But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result. It has a hundred ramifications; it runs through society; it gives hope to many, and it takes away hope from many. It is one of those marked events which, by its magnitude and its melodrama, impress men even too much. And debates which have this catastrophe at the end of them⁠—or may so have it⁠—are sure to be listened to, and sure to sink deep into the national mind.