... MR. ROEBUCK ON THE WHIGS. The Whigs employ the phrases of liberality upon compulsion. They are liberal, because they _eed some means of exciting the nation. When out of office they are demagogues ; in power they become exclusive oligarchs. In the one ...

... into the breach and commencing the attack. The letter to the Viceroy of Ireland wiU caU forth a torrent of protest from the Whigs, but the accusations wUI stand and remain as a thorn in the enemy's side, which the quiet, measured ad- dress of Lord Harrington ...

... described by Dryden : Damned neuters, in their middle way of steering, Are neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring, Nor Whigs nor Tories they. Lobd Bbaconspisld's Pbbvious Dbfeat. — ln leaving office in 1868 Mr. DisraeU said m his pero- ration : No ...

... and prove to alarmed Whig landowners that the Bill did not mean what it said it did, that it was only a sop to agitators, and that in practice it would be comparatively harmless. By this dodging process more than one doubting Whig, who had made up his ...

... Liberals ever were in power again, it would be on a Whig basis, and he was correct. The Radicals, as usual have been the lion's provider. They have created a strong Ministry of old-fashioned middle- aged Whigs, and nothing more, and are themselves outsiders ...

... and abortions can be expected. Of course we are taking Parliament as we find it, with three sections of Irish Liberals ; Whigs, great in power but slow in movement ; Radicals, jubilant as young cricketers on their first innings, and determined to fulfil ...

... ] Chance has given currency to a word which possibly may one day become as widely known and as respect- able as the nameof Whig or Tory— the word Jingo. The epithet is now used by Liberal speakers, even by the most moderate and eminent of them, as a ...

... the position of Prime' Minister of this country. Now, Sir, I appeal to your readers and to all Constitutionalists whether Whigs or Conservatives, and ask them whether I am not within the compass of political and truthful assertion , For what has taken ...

... mind. Apparently, reflection has snice convinced the right hon. gentleman that a measure so heroic would prove too strong for Whig digestion. At any rate, Mr. David Allen, jun., of Belfast, having written to Mr. Gladstone for further information on the sub- ...

... And these are the men who are to form the most most lasting and united cabinet of the last 50 years ! The fact is, the old Whigs have Uttle in common with the extreme Radicals, and by and bye, when the first flush of victory is over, the leaders will find ...