Put in one scale these interests, so dear to the heart of the patriot, and in the other all the personal temptations which have been imagined, and I cannot doubt, that, if the Senator from Ohio holds these scales, the latter will kick the beam.
He illustrates a metaphorical weighing of national interests against personal temptations, advocating for the prioritization of the former.
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