... WHIG PURITY. For some years past the whole of those various sections of politicians formerly classed under the head of Whigs or Radicals have dubbed themselves ** Liberals,** which, so far as political feelings and opinions are concerned, is altogether ...

... and if he should succeed In dissevering the most intelligent of the Whig nobility from the great popular party in the country, and if he should transfer them to the other side the House, and put all the dukes and the nobles of the land on one side of ...

... their t*nemie»—th»t was the Liberal Conserfatires, thd Cn»erTatireB, and the Whigs not only did they : *av of the working men that they were venial dronken. violent, and brutal, bat even those who were the friend* the working uiea. and advi»caU*d the ...

... opposed by the Whig Government of the day, shewing the readiness of the Tories to promote improvements, and the decided aversion of the Whigs to any change in the representative system. In course of time the selfish conduct of the Whigs created a majority ...

... authority, who can scarcely be objected to. While describing the character of the Whigs in the time of William 111., Lord Macaulay, the great Whig historian, remarks: 4 The Whigs loved William indeed, but they loved him not as a King, but party-leader ; and ...

... the firm stand made by the Consevatives in the ifouse of Peers, that you were saved from the execution of the Whig sentence. Those same Whigs have attempted to disfranchise you more than once since that time, and the minions of that party are still en ...

... opposition to this moderate measure, predicting that the success of such a coalition might dissociate the great body of the Whig nobility from the popular cause, and warning them that in a contest with the popular party on one side and the nobility on ...

... position forensically, has revealed new and unexpected defections from their ranks. The number actually pledged to support the Whigs are of themselves insufficient to avert defeat, and Earl Russell knows not on whom else he may safely rely. His agents in the ...

... made to puff this principle of bit by bit reform into favour just now, for the sole and transparent purpose of keeping the Whigs in office throughout the protracted process of carrying such a scheme into effect. Lord Russell is reported to have said at ...

... made to puff this principle of bit by bit reform into favour just now, for the sole and transparent purpose of keeping the Whigs in office throughout the protracted process of carrying such scheme into effect. Lord Russell is reported to have said the ...

... which they cannot endure the thought of. The old constitutional Whigs are dying out, and it is a lamentable thought to reflect upon, that the man who was once the most constitutional Whig of his day, has dwindled and degenerated into a mere party huxter ...

... the parties supporting or opposing them. In this position the question of Parliamentary Reform has remained for some years. Whigs and Tories have alike proposed their schemes, and each has vehemently opposed the scheme of the other. Each judged its rival’s ...