... struggle for their possession began once. In the Presidential election of 1848 a large part of the Northern Democrats and Whigs seceded from their respective parties, and united on the basis of non-extension of slavery, which they proposed to effect by ...

... Archibald Campbell Colqnhoun of Kellierman (Lord Advocate, and subsequently Lord Clerk-Register), was a stanch supporter the Whig interest in Perthshire. Sudden Death at St Andrews.—On Friday afternoon, during the funeral of Provost Playfair, Mr David Hay ...

... and nobles 'side me talked; Processions many have I seen, And never have disturbed been; I've seen the Tory party slain, And Whig's exulting o'er the plain- I've seen, again, the Tories rise, And with loud shouting pierce the skies Then crown their king ...

... objections, and signed a petition favour of the measure. We cannot see that a proposition which has been entertained by Tory, Whig, and Radical, can bear the impress of a dodge by either party. has, we are convinced, emanated from, and is supported by ...

... line we cannot reckon many, if any, gifted kings; but the Whigs in going to Germany for a king did not make it indispensable that he should be possessed of an undue share of brain. The Whigs thought they had enough of that themselves, and really they ...

... great historian's genius went out when thecountry was wrapt anxious watchfulness for the coming of the history of his great Whig hero, William. We have not yet obtained a copy of the newly-issued volume for our own perusal; and feeling that many similarly ...

... some of it might freshme were served out by with a liberal hand to Mr Shanks a number mart, .fc'W'CS tilt ''iecircum. stances whig Sink? ™ nnd con. „,, Ej£t*S h-ach took off his several way resolved to meet some ither day. tt LINLITHGOW. linwfr - THE ...

... the smartness and wit of the baton holder. Lord Palmerston, with his constable's baton, is gamekeeper and policeman of the Whig preserve—Reform; Lord John Russell is lord of the manor; the Conservatives occupy the anomalous position of poachers. All this ...

... months ce, the Countess Hothes, Scottish Peeress, and now aspires to a seat in the House of Commons, which h»« influential Whig friends will, probably, be able to obtain for him. He is to be succeeded in his Secretarial rial duties by brother of the Speaker ...

... were made by my father. Mr Clay-Have you noticed that when the Whigs were office they promoted more Whigs than Tories; and that when the Tories were in office they promoted more Tories than Whigs certainly think so, and bave not noticed any difference betwixt ...

... keepers nor of game-laws; nor need he ever fear being in want of a shot. The late Duke of Bedford, while good constitutional Whig, was, as we thus see, an excellent specimen of the good old English gentleman. It may be objected by some, that he was little ...

... made by my father. Mr Clay-Have you noticed that when tbe Whigs were in office they promoted more Whigs than Tories; and that when the Tories were in office they promoted more Tories than Whigs — certainly think so, and bave not noticed any difference ...