... ever before. The conduct of the Whigs had all along caused them to be suspected of sympat by with the colonies; indeed. the Duke of Richmond had openly hoped that the Americans might succeed, and so Fox said the Whigs persistently alluded to the American ...

... extravagantly and licentiously, in a tine mansion, in 1768. For several yews pr. cedin; the R-volution he was among the leading Whigs. , Of the klasteschusetts Provincial Congress he was an active member. At the same time, while he was trusted as an ardent ...

... A STORY OF TOM CORM7N. Corwin and a number of his Whig friends were going from one place to another, and were discussing the situation and laughing over the prospect of Shannon's &feat, when Mrs. Shannon, whom none of them knew, entered the stage at one ...

... 27th, aged eighty-five years. He was generally considered the father of the Canadian Press, as in 1834 be founded the Brde Whig, and in 1849 be began the publication of the Daily British 1114, the first daily in the Dominion. The following is the derivation ...

... discord. Here are a couple of excellent stories concerning Whistler and his egotism. Quoth an admirer: There are, after all. Mr. Whig ler, only two painters in the world. yourself and Velasquez. Why drag in Velastu , 2z7** was the piccolo's response. :Another ...

... pretending to eminent purity of religion, a Whig as ' the name of a faction, and a Tory as one who adheres to the ancient constitution of the State and aproto'ical hierarchy of the Church of England. opposed to a Whig. Dr. Johnson copied occasionally from ...

... queen, a preserver of game, a breeder of cattle. But whatever his instincts may be he is very frequently a Liberal, or rather Whig, by family tradition. It seems incredible that the Marquis of Hartington, heir-apparent to the dukedom of Devonshire, should ...

... the vanguard of the resurrection,' said Little, blowing his cigar smoke into the air. Littie was a very bright fellow fora Whig. I remtmber standing with him in a crowd while Roger A. Prior drew a contrast in magnificent style between Edward Everett and ...

... where, as it was then composed, the chances of the American candidate would have been by no means the worst. The famous old Whig party was overwhelmed in 1852 when General Scott received but 42 electoral votes, and yet if in the State+ of Connecticut. ...

... and disintegrates rapidly, and sometimes it perishes altogether, especially iu the United States. What has become of the old Whig party, and many others, whose place knows them no ' more? They have disappeared, and it is very doubtful whether the Republican ...

... might well call itself a voice crying in the wilderness.—Tribuse. Reports from all parts of Virginia which reach the Richmond Whig place an encouraging aspect upon the canvass in that State. The Tariff issue is leading many Democrats to declare for Blaine ...

... in quite another sense than that in which Burke applied the phrase to his lost and idolized son. In his early manhood, as a whig member of Congress. he denounced the extension of slavery in a vigorous rhetoric after which Garrison might have toiled in ...