... his history has de-cribed how the Whig* from being the champions of popular liberty again.t a despotic King became, as the result of their long ot power, mere preservers of oligarchic rule. say?: The wealth tbe Whig houses was lavidhingly securing a ...

... e Parliament, liberty, resistance, exclusion a'jdicaticn, o^,»ositi'>u —the«e were ideas j a-«sijciated with Whig, and supposed by every Whig to incommunicable and inconsistent . with the idea Tory. To use the words of Macauiay, tii» one party stood ...

... Peelitea and Whigs under Lord Aberdeen proved unfortunate from persona] causes, but was not condemned by the country on principle. What were Lord Beaconsheld'* own Parliamentary tactic* but a series coalitions? He coalesced with the Whigs and Radicals ...

... said far froui voting against the Land Bill every Indei»endent Irish member will support it, and will, moreover, do what the Whig party wouldn't do—they will endeavour to amend it and make it a useful measure. He distrusied the Government's sincerity. ...

... this method nor anv other, how* e%er, will he get over the fact that his father and he, who represent the gr.at Whig House of 1 I' in* Whig iu the rave old days when meant Radical—are cordial, and even | violent, supporters of party which now in: in fiower ...

... [Our correspondent, while technically con*, commits a historical blunder wtien be economic Liberalism with the Whigs of tbe IM century. The Whig party of that date, as ewe student knows, were great landowning intern little lees than the lory party. It talk ...

... and one Hamilton, and one Gatherne-Hardy in tho lluu.se of Cou.inons. The Mow brays and Allsopps are reduced one. The great Whig names Kium'll and Wbittoead hare disappeared altogether. On the other hand, there are still two Balfour*, two Lnwthere, two ...

... had not yet taken shape. A Tory Chancellor a Tory Secretary of State might be brought into a Cabinet otherwise composi-d of Whig*. In 1710, Queen A one, by dismissing one Minister after another, took four months to change the whole Cabinet, and a contemporary ...

... certain principles which began to prevail the close of last century. The Liberal movement was never party movement. In 1832 the Whigs got an advantage over their rivals, but this did not continue; and, since then, the two great oarties had moved in parallel ...

... friction arose between the Whigs and Radicals. The Whigs, represented by Burke, thought that all that was necessary was carry out reform on the basis of an exclusive House of Commons. It became apparent that under the Whigs the people had simply substituted ...

... remedied. This was the consequsace of abandoning Parnell's policy, which yielded fruitful results. The policy of allying with Whigs was tried by O'Connell and failed. The policy at tbe Independent party was liberty for all, license for none. That party in ...

... forces «»f Social Dexnocrar y and Conservatiaui. What was iu the Lilieral |«aitv would swallowed by . w o« ial I.democracy, and Whigs, olutocrat*. sweater, ami would forced into the ranks of ilnwr natural allien, the Toff In conclusion, the need in the agricultural ...