... concerned. The Whigs, for some reason or other which it is not easy to understand, have never been o liberal to those who make literature in its various forms their calling as have been the Tories. Of this, the opposition which the old Whig Govern- ment ...

... the fact is, there has been a desire to establish Conservatism upon a wider basis; the effort has, however, failed, the old Whigs and the Adullamites refusing to join Earl Derby s Administration; but I am assured that ere next year's Parliament meets, Lord ...

... its most important and powerful member, and which counts upon the independent support of Lord Lansdowne and the refractory Whigs. The new Ministry is entangled with the irresponsible alliance of Mr. Lowe, whose surpass- ing ability has contributed more ...

... ve and yet impartial, it could not please those who were deter- mined not to be pleased with perfection itself. There were whig aristocrats who dreaded the people; there were ex-placemen whom nothing short of restoration to office could satisfy; and there ...