... great degree,.the nature of the contest which, up to that time, had given significance to the party names of Whig and Tory. Hitherto, neither Whigs nor Tories had been directly amenable to any sort of popu- lar responsibility; the great Parliamentary contests ...

... resistance, on all these very questions now appealed to as the fore- most claim of the Whigs to the unquestioning and subservient allegiance .. of real Reformers. The Whigs may thank Mr. Cosnnu, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. GIBSON, and, the other members of the Manchester ...

... will coalesce' with him,-they will serve with him, or above thim, but not under him. That would 'be for n the present Whig leaders and Whig families to a n, abdicate in favour of Sir JAMESEV GRAHAM. The e administration might thereby be more powerful and ...

... that date, still the old associations remained, and the tle it Whigs used them as the rallying cry of Liberalism. fie w Keep out the Tories was the constant apology be th, e whenever the Whig Ministry wanted an excuse for not y dealing with difficult questions ...

... he believes would be endangered by the accession of the Protectionists to power. But Whig rhetoric begins to lose t its charm, and experience thus taught us that Whig promise c falls so hopelessly short of performance that great faith cannot be placed ...

... Palmerston from the English Ministry. It has created great sensation, but there is almost a general satisfaction that the Whig cabinet remains. The frequenters of the Ely-ec assert, in the most positive manner, that the Fronch government has done nothing ...

... unfounded. Woodlands, 30th Jan.. 1851. A. HENRY. THE TERMS WHIG AND TORY. the EDITOR of the MANCHESTER COURIER. Sir,—I have looked vain to Johnson and Walker for somprehensive definition of the words Whig and ■' Tory.' May I request tbe lavar of your meaning ...

... state of almost ,r, inextricable confusion. This celebrated letter, n. this bombshell, this infernal machine, as the Dn Whigs are now disposed to call it,. was ii- written by the Prime Minister from his' official -w residence in Downing-street, solely ...

... THE CHANCELLOR'S BUDGET. v~i~AJL~ f XI-.LJ ~ os. re Finance has always been fatal to the Whigs. There n are mroments in the life of ministries, when, as surely w as in that of ordinary mortals, safety can be secured St only by a brave and bold policy ...

... Sir,—The recent agitation for the revival of Convocation has evidently excited no small amount of alarm and uneasiness in the Whig ranks. The organs of the party, from the Times down to the Manchester guardian, have condemned the movement, and vilified its ...

... British cruisers being entirely dispensed with on the coast of Brazil. Danger to Liberty from Whig Domination. There seems to be now no doubt that the Whig move of 1831 will be repeated next spring. The constitutional balance of power is to be made ...

... state officers the poll has been so close that would be hazirdous to venture an opinion as to which party is uppermost. The whigs will undoubtedly have a majority in the senate, but the result as to the assembly still very doubtful, although the probability ...