... long as it was not true. (Hear, hear.) On a former occasion he had alluded to the old story of O'Connell, who said of the Whigs at a critical period of their history, that they were so hard up that it any ever 'addressed them except as men of honour and ...

... difference between Tory and Liberal principles. Call them by what name you like, whether Conservative and Liberal, or Tory and Whig, I care not; but this let me venture to tell you that that which we call Toryism in opinion blows always from the political ...

... was that very evty' ration which prevented them party placing eV trust in him. (Yells.) Mr. Gladstone's followers * ef » old Whigs who followed him from party ties which hard to sever, and not from confidence in his (Cheers and uproar.) They followed him ...

... had onoe said of the Whigs at a critical time— If you would only accommodate them with lie for half-au-hour they would give you a discount of twenty minutes—(laughter). Their friends on the other side were the position of the Whigs. He did not regard ...

... that thought, and undeceive them to the purpose, too. (Cheers.) In vigorous and clear language he exposed the conduct of the Whigs with regard to Reform. He had been waiting for his vote for forty years, and now that he had got it, but not from them,they ...

... his coat. lam confident has not changed 3 opinions or his convictions on the enlightened policy of the old Constitutional Whigs. But he cannot and will not accept the policy of those Radicals and Democrats, who, under the spurious name of Liberty, are ...

... Attorney-General he said, Of course Sir John Karslake is no politician a couple of years ago I suppose he did not know which was Whig and which was Tory. He proceeded to say that Mr. Wescomb's appointment as High Sheriff was discreditable the city, and said ...

... that Pitt the Tory, and Fox the Whig, assisted by Clarkson Wilberforce and Sharp. were great advocates for it, and in 1810 Brougham brought his eloquence to bear upon the question; but it was not until after the Whig Reform Bill of 1832. that the ...

... to go to the poll because Kd been charged sixpence toll at the turnpike on his way in. They tried him to vote Tory or vote Whig and took him to the Star to mollify him, but ail his patriotism was baaed on the sixpence he had been turnpike, when be thought ...

... important victories still to be gained in the elections to come. , Mr. Gladstone's Opinion of the Liberal Party. —The present , Whig] Ministry have no definite principles of action. The maintenance of their party and of themselves in power seems to be their ...

... towns against him, no majority returned petty boroughs resenting the disfranchisement ot their neighbours, by Irish priests, by Whig magnates, can sm.tain Mr. Gladstone through the task he has undertaken. The career of composed must be both brief and stormy ...

... the political character of Mr. Gladstone and while paying a high tribute to his abilities, said he was a man whom even the Whigs followed tremblingly and deubt, which no one knew better than Mr. Acland ; and the extreme Radicals would follow Mr. Gladstone ...