On the contrary, he was one of the most ardent opponents of the reform and predicted at the Parliament of 1865-66, when he was Chairman of the Committee on Government Affairs (Statsutskottet), that the fatherland would meet with an unhappy future if the reform were carried through.
Han var tvärtom en av reformens ivrigaste motståndare och förespådde vid riksdagen 1865–1866, då han var ordförande i Statsutskottet, fäderneslandet en olycklig framtid, om reformen genomfördes.