Many times plots were laid against his life.
Plots of ground were burned over, trees were girdled, and seeds were planted by means of sharpened sticks.
Now his father was putting a damper on it with his all consuming, self-serving plots.
It was not until the formation of the "country party," in opposition to the policy of the Cabal and Charles's FrenchCatholic plots, that Russell began to take an active part in affairs.
More injurious than plots of this nature was the political agitation carried on in Cape Colony and in Great Britain.
