text:  This opinion has had from time to time every possible mode of authentic and solemn expression that can be given to the national will; in speeches from the Throne; in Parliamentary declarations by the leaders of both the Whig and Conservative Governments; the members of both Houses of Parliament are (with not a single exception worth noticing) unanimous upon the subject; the press whether quarterly monthly weekly or daily of all classes and shades of political opinions is unanimous upon the subject; in society whether high or low the subject is never broached except to enquire whether any one can for one moment seriously believe the Repeal of the Union to be possible