But  another  danger  would  arise  if  successive  changes  could  be  car-
ried at  intervals,  that  advancing  by  degrees  without  a  defined  limit,
it  is  impossible  to  say  where  you  will  stop,  extravagant  expectations
may  be  excited,  and  an  appetite  for  continued  change  may  be
generated ; — ^whereas  it  must  be  admitted,  that  stabiUty  is  necessary
to  acquire  respect  and  reverence  for  poHtical  institutions.  I  cannot
predicate  of  any  measure  that  it  is  final  and  that  it  is  to  receive  no


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mneiidittent — ^but  I  do  confidently  anticipate  that  this  meamire  now
brought  forwaid  frankly  and  openly  as,  in  the  opinion  of  its
aathorsy  an  effectual  remedy  for  eziating  grieyances^  will  have  a  fair
trial,  and  that  no  farther  change  will  be  demanded  till  experience
ahaU  haye  shown  original  imperfections  in  the  system,  or  a  change
of  external  dbrcomstances  may  require  a  corresponding  change
in  the  law.
