... Parliament has seen one side of them. In due time we will see the other. The Lord Mayor himself, who happens to be of the Whig school, and who had invited the stream of honey which he heard, could not have wished the alteration of a word. Why, it ...

... League, Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone turn next to the task of bringing back into the fold those seventy members of the Whig or moderate Liberal party who moved amendments and voted against them on the Reform Bill. And they attempt it in a way that ...

... about;—(cheers and laughter)—that was an exceedingly good gathering, and if it were Whig's gathering—and the Whigs no doubt would have been glad of such a one—they (the Whigs) would have been exceedingly proud of such handsome congregation. The speaker passed ...

... to the toast a humorous and telling speech. P After a brilliant contrast of the different systems of working of the Tory and Whig parties, in which he showed that the former were entirely in the ascendant in matters conducive to the people s welfare, both ...

... of meeting, and the ultra opinions enunciated Lord Russell anel Mr. Gladstone soon estranged both modei*te Liberals and old Whigs. In this state of affairs the Government conceived that the only way save themselves was to listen to Mr. Bright, and obey ...

... person who not a householder, that pays income-tax for salary he receives for his labour, a vote. lam not caring whether Tory or Whig Government is power (the former for choice), if that Government has the welfare of the country at heart. It is not what Government ...

... departure from the settled custom, it has been subsequently used on many occasions as mode of giving effect public opinion. The' Whigs resorted to it in 1701 as instrument to facilitate the dissolution of Parliament, whioh they desired, and the consequent dismissal ...

... have convictions, because by such means he succeeds best in carrying out his original plans and moreover, if he is neither Whig nor Tory, there is nothing to got in the way of solid advantage. The House of Commons, having an enormous amount of good things ...

... representatives of English feeling, and that their speeches were not what could have been wished. It is true that they are not Whigs, and that the clergyman is a bit of a Radical in his politics ; but, we are not aware that they are less trustworthy on that ...

... question, and, supported by the Conservative party, took an active and efficient part in the government of the country; the Whigs then broadly asserted that the Reform Act was a final measure. The Radicals, disappointed by the Reform Act, became angry, ...

... dominant faction. 1836 all sorts people united to form the Whig party, which in 1840 triumphantly elected Harrison president. Again, in 1852, there was union of all sorts of factions against the Whigs, forming combination which carried every State in the United ...

... than if we were to talk about dath (a joke of which should be utterly ashamed), while as for sitting in a row, we suppose that Whig Ministries do precisely the same thiDg. This laboured attempt at a joke, however, is evidently made for the purpose of dragging ...