... there were the Whigs, headed by Washington, who were in favour of a strong central government; and the democrats, beaded by Jefferson, who were for as much power as possible being left in the separate states. In process of time the Whigs became identified ...

... to the extreme un- importance of the controversies whicb divided the political factions. The largest subject about wbich the Whig Democratic parties disputed was the consti- tutionality of the United States Bank. One great question, indeed, there was, and ...

... and to have groaned down poor Lord Lincoln because they thought that the Newcastle family wanted to make their good town a Whig nomination borough. And it is creditable to their good sense that they should have entertained such a well-founded goodwill ...

... which is not, stupidity, studidity aud falsehood, our stupid contem- porary, such a paper as the Scotsman, slavish Whig scribes, perversions of the truth (twice), deliberate misrepresentations (thrice), base and totally groundless — and ...

... six days. — The naval com- mittee has reported a bill for the construction of twenty mail-clad steam gunboats. The Richmond Whig, alluding to the sinking of vessels in Charleston Harbour, sa_ss: The North has taken the first step towards making Charleston ...