However, in response, Sir Peel was very sensitive to government debt, and many in the Tory Party felt the same. It would be difficult to pass legislation allowing the government to issue so much construction debt, especially when the returns on the investment were uncertain.
Upon hearing this, Arthur immediately said, "Actually, both of your concerns are unnecessary. In my view, these problems are easily solvable."
Barings gave the young police officer a look and asked, "Do you have a good solution?"
Arthur began, "I fully understand the Whig Party representatives' concerns about maintaining Britain's tradition of freedom. But time flows and traditions are always changing. Just like at the end of the last century, when many within the Whig Party had great enthusiasm for the French Revolution, Edmond Burke once extolled the virtues of the French Revolution.