... sergeant. Never before were our efforts more needed. It is not merely the old question of whether Whigs or Tories are to be in power. The name of '■ Whig has significantly Ranged to Liberal. and then— a step lower— to Radical. The result is that all ...

... ' and ' Restitu- tion,' to be inscribed upon our banners ? Or are we still to jog along in the well-worn grooves of ' plain Whig principles ?? In a word, does the open mind throw wide its portals to welcome in the maunderings of the slumbrous Marquis ...

... present, sneers at the Radicals, scolds the Liberals, anathematises the Parnellites, jeers at the Fourth party, treats even the Whig party with contempt as a dead thing, and lectures the ?? moderate Liberals very soundly with regard to their duty at the present ...

... unprin- cipled and unpatriotic. I know that many people think that the old Whig section will combine with the Con- servative opposition in thwarting Radical measures. Is there a strong Whig ruler ? Which man will succeed Gladstone — Hartington or Chamberlain ...

... settled arrangement, or Re-distribution of Party Colours could be devised, between, and by, the united aid, of the Tories, Whigs, Democrates, Radicals, and all the other multitudinous lot of politicians, with a view to preventing much complexity and anxiety ...

... he will receive the support of the advanced Liberals, but he will probably have to face serious defec- tions amongst the Whigs. Those who know him well believe that Lord Hartington might be prevailed upon to accept the scheme, and Lord Spencer taking ...

... thought all the mistakes of the presen t Parliament arose from Mr. Gladstone having to subordinate bis own views to those of his Whig and Tory colleagues. Mr. Labou- chere also spoke strongly in favour of Disestablishment, which he said had been before the ...

... days, when the representation of a Borough or of a County Division, could but pass iuto the hands of someone who was either a Whig or a Tory, the policy of laisse~-aller, and of compromise, did not much matter. Whoever was returned, at least his con- stituents ...

... to on Wednesday evening, that the modern Radical programme is the same as the programme of the Whigs of Burkes day, or even of fifty years since. The old Whigs would indigpantly repudiate the modern Radical programme ; and it is quite possible that the ...

... followers sup- ported it. On the contrary, they did all they could to obstruct ite passage, and were in hopes that some of the Whigs would desert the Government, and so assist to wreck the measure. This, however, they did not do, and the bill was carried by ...

... conflict, that in spite of all our differences of opinion, we are every one of us— high or low, rich or poor, Conservatives, Whigs, Liberals] Radicals, or what not— all more or less true Britons at heart, fellow-countrymen united firmly I together by ties ...

... platforms, of the leading Whigs of the Division, and he said they owed a debt of gratitude to them for forsaking Party for the sake of their country. (Applause.) The old Whigs of the Harwich Division had set an example which the Whigs throughout the country ...