... section ;-for which service they would certainly exact payment that might in- volve the extinction of the Whigs as a domi- nant party. The Whigs have always held their position by appearing to be popular, and it has been forseen that they could not lastingly ...

... the Whigs in political policy. Let the Whigs mark one conse- quence of the separation. There is hardly a borough in the kingdom in which the radicals are not;mas- ters of the situation at an election. The radicals will refuse their support to Whigs who ...

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... _ - -- __v_ _ - ] WHIGS AND PLIMSOLITES.-THE DERBY REFORM MEETING. I - r - u -n11 -n At CO- - -t ..T . . IsEkAtiV1a Mihi l lN (i. Hei id TO THE EDITOR OF THE DEIRBY MERCURY. Sir-Conservatism is a good old institution, which is sub- rt ject to much abuse ...

... Dwindled down to five maillioniL (Cries e I Down with or j the Whigs ?? Fortunately for nis that hal been done bel already; they are ?? we must keep, ?? e them down. (Loud cheers.) Even ten years of Whig Ml e rule carries a terrible lesson; let me remind you ...

... stood Lord Derby is desirous of forming with the Lansdowne section of the Whigs. In 1827 Mr. Can- ning, then the Conservative Premier, appealed to the moderate men of the Whig party for support. The appeal was answered by Lord Lansddwne, father of the ...

... pass tht the leader of a Govern- ment, ostensibly relying on the combined support of Whigs and Radicals, reilly held his position by~ a tacit understanding between Whigs and Tories, to which many of his nominal supporters very reluctantly sub- saitted. ...

... Palmerston had' tried a Government directed by Whigs, and a joint Government' of Whigs. and Radicals; it remained to try a Government directed on Radi. cal principals, and supported as far as possible' by Whigs reduced to a secondary place. So bold an experiment ...

... designations of Whig and Tory came into use. The Tories were those who, siding with any estab- lished order of things, for the sake of what it yielded, stood out successively for Popery in religion and tyranny in rule, while the Whigs were the champions ...

... compliance with his own view of the necessities of his position, he proposed to offer high office to several members of the Whig party and even to certain members of Lord Kussell's Govern- ment. He should, therefore, have to ask from his own sup- porters ...

... just as merrily without it. There was no sacrifice of principle on either side. The Whig made no show of deference to the Tory views of government, nor the Tory to the Whig.- Pulteney knew well enough that in availing himself of his Tory allies he was in ...

... tedious Whig gestation. It is said that the more liberal section of the cabinet havesucceededin making their influence operate, to the production of -a more satisfactory measure, than the old Whigs were disposed to concede. Something more than the Whig instalment ...