... different with the Whigs. In general, they make slight account of Irish polities—but a coming General Election works wonders among them. The Irish then have it in their power to despise and reject the Whigs—and, therefore, the Whigs must pretend deep ...

... Catholic prisoners. There were, indeed, a few years ago, some Irish Whigs who thought that while human nature remained unchanged, the mere fact of any Catholics trying to put the Whigs out and to put the Tories in mr.bt render all co-operation impossible ...

... needless. But, the Tories held their tongues, did not love the Pope better than did the Whigs that spoke out—and we do not forget Lord Derby's plague-spot of Europe. Whig and Tory would be equally hard on the Pope as a spiritual ruler. But it was not the ...

... periods of his life, have been bitterly opposed to him. Forty years ago he was a tory, sad Lord Russell was a whig. Twenty years ago he was a whig, and Mr. Gladstone was a conservative. And it was but six years ago that both combined with Mr. Gibson to turn ...

... the Whig section in the Cabinet was not satisfied with the number and weight of his followers ; and the duke saw in the attacks made on his management only an attempt to secure his office for some hanger-on of the Whigs, in order to secure a Whig pre ...

... Ireland, too, can and will furnish a noble quota to the defence of the Church, and it will not be the miserable calumnies of Whig journalism that will prevent the men of Spoleto and Ancona from rejoining their battalion the moment ita reformation is decided ...

... without a division, but during the discussion it was assailed on every side. The hon. gentleman then went on to enumerate the Whig and Radical members who spoke against the Reform Bill, and continued :— One of them, Mr. James, member for Marylebone, then ...