... much as the Whigs do ; but Mr Aytottn is certainly not the Whigs' man, and if by any chance he were elected, it would, so far as they are concerned, be matter of ®ut of the frying-pan into the fire. In the meantime, therefore, the old Whigs of Edinburgh ...

... the Whig may employ himself harmlessly on registration and procedure, and find consolation best he can that on the two other points of the magic four Lord Salisbury's plans are more definite than those of Mr Gladstone himself. Only those Whigs who wish ...

... divide the House into Whigs, old Tories, new Tories, Liberals, Badicals, and Home Bulers. The Whigs needed great deal of descrii>tion— (laughter)— because they were called Whigs without being quite clear as to what Whigism meant. Whigs in 1688 had principles ...

... Ramsay’s return by claiming him Whig, and almost a man after its own heart. The success of the Liberal candidate at Liverpool—even should such an unlikely thing occur—the leading journal will regard as sign that the Whigs are after alia power in the Opposition ...

... the old Whigs bad been the grand champions of grand old (cheers) —hut these men lied not the fibre, Their politics were a sickly hue. The old politics! life-blood was dried up in their veins. The glorious old faith which burned for centuries Whig hearts ...

... that this ought to be said in fairness to the Whigs. There is no reason to believe that any Whig within the Government desires that the partnership with the Radicals should come to an end, and if there are Whigs outside the Government to whom the alliance ...

... An' ower a' the countrie. For Jamie's jilted ilka frien', An' slink'd the pledge lately gien— He trow'd himsel' a Whig, I ween— The feint Whig is he ! Oh, isna' a rogie, rogie, a rogie Oh, isna' he a rogie, The Member for Dundee When seekin' votes he spak' ...

... between the Whigs and the Radicals. The conduct ti.a Opposition in the coming session will be accept: j the country a pledge of the future Liber.,i X>olicy, and it is this which explains the militant energy of the advanced” section the party. The Whigs plead ...

... expressed against the chief doctrines of the only party who could pretend to take office in the event of resignation by the Whigs, and it was the fear of those doctrines being strengthened, by the accession of the Conservatives to office, which made the ...

... subscription from mi'.' 1 Oh, dear me,' said Robert Chalmers, 4 1 astonished, Sir Jeexns, at a gentleman o* your to expect either Whig or Tory out the mouth o' instrument.' Sir Jamea, like the good-natured gentleman was, aubacribed liberally, and Robert came ...

... rating, will never return (however great their respect j for Sir John) mere nominee of the Karl of Dalhousic of the Whig coterie, the Whig party being scarcely worthy the name of an oligarchy. What I ever the franchise may Im, and whether we are to have ...

... G«t win retire, when there must be an £ fundamental reconstruction of the Gorenuiwelimination two such pure Whigs would rllM _ J allegiance the Whig party to the remaining j the Cabinet. The probability is that a weak Governments would ensue. The glances ...