"Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by me or by any other of his majesty's servants, that it was for opposing the measures of the administration in Parliament?"

This quote by Robert Walpole is describing the removal of certain members of your home of Commons and House of Lords from their settings in the government. Walpole is asking if any one of these members were ever before educated that their removal was because of their resistance to the federal government's plans in Parliament. Walpole is suggesting that the members were not gotten rid of for this reason, but instead for various other factors. This recommends that the federal government was not punishing those that opposed its plans, but instead was taking action for various other factors. Walpole's declaration suggests that the federal government was not trying to suppress resistance, but rather was acting for other factors. This quote is a suggestion that the federal government should not be penalizing those that oppose its plans, yet instead need to be doing something about it for various other factors.