... ofliis fellow country- men. It could not be that a bill of this character could have been brought in without consulting the Whig party, and there could not be much danger in a bill brought in by a member of the house of Bedford, and supported by the C ...

... judg- ment of the country. But this Bill does not satisfy it. The popular impression—right or wrong—is that it is a Bill which Whigs may perhaps accept, but which only Radicals can really like; and no such Bill will satisfy the nation. The Government have ...

... had not been insincere, for he betrayed great emotion when he was obliged to withdraw his last bill. The noble earl and the Whig Darty were therefore, not open to this charge. In 1861 an earnest and robust refornur upbraided the noble lord, who triumphantly ...