text:  By whom let us ask had this Minister been brought into power? by whom most furiously and unscrupulously opposed? The former were those on whom he instantly imposed this very severe and harassing tax; the latter those whom he entirely exempted from it: the former those who _could_ with a little inconvenience make the effort requisite to protect themselves in the tranquil enjoyment of what they possessed the latter those who were already faint oppressed and crushed beneath _burdens they were unable to bear_