text: " It was some time--not until ten years of peace had elapsed--before any open attack was made upon that system which had proved if facts can prove any thing the greatest imaginable boon to the nation; and which be it always specially remembered did not originate with the state but with private individuals--upright honourable and patriotic men--who better deserve a monument to their memories were that required than the most successful conqueror whose march is on humbled thrones