LAST ROYAL GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS 51 



of this disinterested courage among our public men 

 to-day ! When we listen to the cowardly talk of can- 

 didates who use language to conceal thought, and 

 dare not speak out like men for fear of losing votes, 

 it occurs to us sometimes that in the life of nations 

 there is no danger so great as the loss of true manli- 

 ness ; and we cannot but feel that from the stormy 

 career of this old Tory governor maligned, misun- 

 derstood, and exiled, but never once robbed of self- 

 respect there is still a lesson to be learned. 



