... temporary assistance of the independent members and the extreme Radical party. it could overwhOnt the great section of moderate Whigs led by Lord Pahnerston. It did this in 1858, upon the question of the Chinese war, and it might do so again in 1864, if sonic ...

... Peel Ministry was destroyed by a vote notoriously insincere as regarded the particular question in hand. Protectionists and Whigs turned round upon the Minister in order to throw him from his seat. Lord John Russell and Lord George Bentinck both supported ...

... distinguished by a alight leaning towards the North. The Southern Americans, a mere handful, are a debased remnant of the old Whig party as it existed in the South. Of these four political brigades, the Republicans are much the most numerous, and, indeed ...

... took a prominent part in its public affairs. He was one in whom all the feelings of all classes seemed to unite. As an old Whig, and more recently the leader of the Liberal party, he was nevertheless strictly Conservative in practice; and he numbered ...

... the Fedcrals being driven five miles from the city. Dispatches from Augusta. Georgia, of the Bth October, to the 'Richmond Whig,' report the recapture of Rome by the Confederates, with over 3000 prisoners._ _ General Grant reported that his loss on the ...

... success at the bar of Springfield. In politics, to which, while following his profession, he paid great attention, he joined the Whig party, and was a warm supporter of Henry Clay. In 1848 he was elected to Congress and con• tinned to belong to it till 1849 ...

... by his herculean exertions. In politics, I/r. Montgomery was certainly In his early and middle life what would be called a Whig. In the worst of times, he was an earnest advocate for Catholic emancipation ; and, in support of this measure, lie made a ...

... which was put and carried unanimously. I may further state that, although there less than two hours' notice given of the EA Whig, the theatre was crowded to I have, tic., ALEXANDER R. HAT. The Hon. the Speaker, House of Represeotatives, ‘• Wellington ...

... Unfortunately what overthrew the project then, was the fact that the Tory Government was put out of office, and the Whigs came in, and started—as Whigs generally do —with very economical ideas. 'the Postmaster- General refused to consider their proposal. It was ...

... stood on his head. His only real hit was the resuscitation of some lines written in 1742, ;I Sir Charles Hanbury the famous Whig squibber, who addressed an ode to the first Viscount Palmerston then C'hief Remembrancer for Ireland, and likely to remain ...

... Whig, basing his opinions out our article, throws out the idea that Ausuaiian farmers would make more in I/ growing tiat for export than by growiog wheat for tip ot. It is repremnted that there is an insatiable market for the fibre offered by the Ulster ...

... Conservative than they seem. Besides, their wives an d daughters are mad after social elevation—a prodigious influence. The Whigs know these kind of people well ; work them admirably; and get them cheap. They are a little ostentatious with their wealth ...