AValpole's  policy,  both  what  was  best  and  what  was
worst  in  it,  had  been  so  far  departed  from  even  by
those  who  professed  themselves  his  followers,  that  new
tactics  became  necessary,  and  a  political  revolution  was
only  deferred,  in  so  far  as  it  was  deferred,  while  people
waited  for  tlie  old  king's  death  and  his  grandson's
accession.  The  ablest  statesman,  perhaps  the  only  real
statesman,  of  tliat  day  was  the  elder  Pitt,  who  felt  free
to  use  his  strength  as  soon  as  Pelham  was  out  of  the
way,  and  who  was  master  of  the  situation  even  while
the  Duke  of  Newcastle  lield  office  as  premier.     But  the


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situation  was  troubled,  and  to  the  perplexed  public
many  journalists,  both  of  the  old  school  and  of  a  new
one,  offered  themselves  as  guides.
