text:  "I will now state what is the measure which I propose under a sense of public duty and a deep conviction that it is necessary for the public interest; and impressed at the same time with an equal conviction"-- [mark by the way the exquisite judgment with which this suggestion was _here_ thrown in!]--"that the present sacrifices which I call on you to make will be amply compensated ultimately in a pecuniary point of view and _much more_ than compensated by the effect which they will have in maintaining public credit and the ancient character of this country