"Now we must be on the watch," said Kinggron, "or he will, after all,
escape. Let three of our number be appointed, and let them be called 'The
Union Safety Committee,' whose business it shall be to mark well the
movements of the old Hebrew, and prepare, for all emergencies, ready
answers for the ears of the king."
"Thou hast well thought," answered Fraggood, "for I apprehend that as yet
we are not quite out of danger. I fear this measure will be repulsive to
the king, when he thinketh of it in all its parts; and more repulsive
still, when he finds the first transgressor to be none other than the
first president. Let us be prepared for the mighty contest! This is a
movement that will justify desperate measures. Things must be resorted to
that, in other matters, would be justly condemned. The object in view
must justify our every step. Our words have gone forth to the king that
this law is the fruit of the calm deliberations of all the presidents.
Now, in regard to the future of this matter, there must be no cowardly
apologies, no lame explanations, no faltering embarrassment, nor weak
equivocation.
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