"
"My dear," began George, "I wish your father could be got to vote
straight. You see that by not doing so he goes against all the
principles of the Independents. Ever since they have been in
existence they have always stood up for freedom, and we are having
the large yellow flag worked with the words, Civil and Religious
Liberty. It will be a bad thing for us if he holds aloof. I cannot
understand," he continued, getting eloquent, "how a Dissenting
minister can make up his mind not to vote against a party which has
been answerable for all the oppression and all the wrongs in English
history, and for all our useless wars, and actually persecuted his
predecessors in this very meeting-house in which he now preaches.
Besides, to say nothing about the past, just look at what we have
before us now. The Tories are the most bitter opponents of Free
Trade. I can't tell you how I feel about it, and I do think that if
you were to speak to your mother she would perhaps induce him to
change his mind."
It was a long time since he had said so much all at once to his wife.
"George, George, I am sure he's awake!" and she was off out of the
room in an instant.
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