... THE GENESIS WHIG AND TORY. After the Restoration there sprang into existence perhaps the two most remarkable party names that the world has ever seen, not only for their absolute inanity, but also for their persistence and practical importance. These ...

... WHIGS R. DICALS., When a moderate man like Lord Hartington made a moderate speech advocating moderate reforms, the tail of the Liberal party—the violent Radicals— at once jum down his throat ; and Mr Collings, speaking the other day, said—‘*‘ His speech ...

... Among the Whig as the Earl of Minto, and when ?d through Hawick on his return boundless enthusiasm. The horses were taken from his carriage, and w drawn amid vociferous cheering through the town, the peopl approval at the j: e acclaiming their ition he ...

... age ? As for the old combinations, Whig and Tory, they are now as unmeaning as the painted kings, queens, and knaves on a pack of cards, As one set of counters is as good asanother, we may go on calling ourselves Whigs and Tories to the end of the chapter ...

... nigh the Whigs of that time | promised greater of the franchise, it ! never came from them though they have been j long in until it carried while tlicv ate out office, and I will now only tret a vote for i the first time. don: believe Whigs or Tories ...

... fox Was caught among his native rocks, And to a dirty kennel chained, How he his liberty regained. Glenriddel, a Whig without a stain, A Whig in principle and grain, Couldst thou enslave a freeborn creature— A native denizen of nature ? How could'st thou ...

... definition, Whig and Tory, or even the more modern one of Liberal and Conservative, broken in upon by the introduction of Radicalism—a description involving a type of Liberalism hateful to Whig and Tory alike, if even not more so to the Whig than the Tory ...

... was admitted by all parties to a j most estimable gentleman. But lie was a Whig. , And tliat was fault enough in the eyes Bor- Radicals. He was considered a very good , type of Whig, and well enough for the rank , and file the old county electorate; but ...

... may say, an impos- sible task. The Whig chiefs are unwilling to proceed any further in the question of Parlia- mentary Reform; and they are also aware that, if they were to do so, the result would be a schism in the Whig party. But the Radicals are bent ...

... Admiralty ; Earl Spencer, Mr Fox and Mr Wyndham, the three Secretaries ; Lord Hen Chancellor of the Exchequer; &e. ry [oe The Whigs’ tenure of office was much shorter than they had anticipated. They were personally odious to the King; their pre- tensions ...

... whose favour he would otherwise give it. A case occurred during the Reform times in the large borough of Salford in which the Whig and Tory candidates polled exactly the same number of votes. The Mayor, beiug called upou to give his casting vote, from a ...

... another Bloomsbury gang, but the way that the Bussells bold together is at least remarkable as an instance of a well-preserved Whig tradition. There are six Knssells in Parliament-three peers, the Duke of Bedford, Earl Russell, and now Baron AmpthilL In the ...