... ce to both the political panics—party distinctions have no meaning for them—they must have Trade Union delegates, neither Whigs nor Tories. In the words of Mr. Austin, the thing to be desired was that the unionists all over the country shouldgive a penny ...

... anxiety was to obtain preferment, and when he failed to obtain it from the Tories he turned savagely on them ; and when the Whigs proved equally unaccommodating, he reviled them in unmeasured terms. But he was human in this, that he had redeeming points ...