text:  After a patient investigation into the whole question and a minute examination of enemies as well as friends the Lords arrived at the opinion that the existing banking system of Scotland ought on all points to be maintained and they not only stated their general conviction but gave their reasons for upholding each part in detail in the luminous manner which has always been the characteristic of that august Assembly and which has established its proud reputation as not only the noblest but the most upright tribunal of the world