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The Whigs appealed to voters in every socio-economic category but proved especially attractive to the professional and business classes: doctors, lawyers, merchants, ministers, bankers, storekeepers, factory owners, commercially oriented farmers and large-scale planters.
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Whigs and voters
Also contributing to Polk's victory was the support of new immigrant voters, who opposed the Whigs ' policies.
Former Whigs comprised the biggest block of swing voters, and Crittenden's endorsement of Douglas rather than Lincoln, also a former Whig, reduced Lincoln's chances of winning.
Weed was also a strong pragmatist ; while he shared the idealist views of most of his fellow Whigs, he never strongly supported any controversial Whig positions lest they prove upsetting to the voters on election day.
Whigs and every
The refusal of the Whigs to make peace with France in 1706, and again in 1709 when Louis XIV offered to yield every point for which the allies professed to be fighting, showed that the war was not being continued in the national interest, and the ministry was supported by the queen, Parliament and the people in wishing to terminate hostilities.
The more splendid his prospects the more reason he had to dread the accession of a family which was well known to be partial to the Whigs, and there is every reason to believe that he was one of those politicians who hoped that they might be able, during the life of Anne, to prepare matters in such a way that at her death there might be little difficulty in setting aside the Act of Settlement and placing James Francis Edward Stuart on the throne.
By the late 1830s, the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whigs politically battled it out nationally and in every state.
However, this the Whigs felt disinclined to give, joining with the Irish radicals to defeat the Conservatives at every turn.
Whigs and proved
The party in the administration of Robert Harley ( created Earl of Oxford and Mortimer on 23 May 1711 ) and the Viscount Bolingbroke proved more flexible at the bargaining table and were characterised by the Whigs as " pro-French "; Oxford and Bolingbroke persuaded the Queen to create twelve new " Tory peers " to ensure ratification of the treaty in the House of Lords.
During the greater part of the reign of George IV the Whigs lost their influence in the state from their want of cohesion, but this defect was soon remedied in 1830 when Lord Althorp was chosen their leader in the lower house, and his capacity for the position was proved by experience.
Detested by the Whigs and by the Tories alike, and defended by neither, the favor alone of the king and his own transcendent abilities proved insufficient to withstand the constant and violent attacks made upon him in parliament, and he yielded to the superior force.
He proved to be a poor Speaker as he made no effort whatsoever to show any kind of neutrality, a fact which upset all but the most fervent Whigs.
Whigs and especially
Whigs sought to promote faster industrialization through high tariffs, a business-oriented money supply based on a national bank and a vigorous program of government funded " internal improvements ," especially expansion of the road and canal systems.
Arguing that universal public education was the best way to turn the nation's unruly children into disciplined, judicious republican citizens, Horace Mann ( 1796 – 1859 ) won widespread approval from modernizers, especially among fellow Whigs, for building public schools.
Anne herself grew increasingly uncomfortable with this dependence on the Whigs, especially as her personal relationship with the Duchess of Marlborough deteriorated.
Whigs restored their unity by supporting moral reforms, especially the abolition of slavery and emancipation of the Catholics.
Anne herself grew increasingly uncomfortable with this dependence on the Whigs, especially as her personal relationship with the Duchess of Marlborough deteriorated.
" Furthermore, Gladstone met resistance from Whigs in his Cabinet itself, especially Robert Lowe, and the resulting compromise measure was so weak that it had little difficulty in passing both Houses of Parliament, with one significant amendment.
Like the Federalists, the Whigs were especially strong in Kent and Sussex County, but were nearly matched by the new Democratic Party majority in New Castle.
Whigs and attractive
Furthermore the burgeoning economy made full-time careers in business or law much more attractive than politics for ambitious young Whigs.
The prospect of another Regency was not attractive to Perceval, as the Prince of Wales was known to favour Whigs and disliked Perceval for the part he had played in the " delicate investigation ".
Whigs and business
Subsequently, he transferred his allegiance to the Duke of Bedford, sitting as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the Bedford pocket borough of Tavistock and eventually becoming the Bedford Whigs ' permanent " man of business " in the House of Commons.
Whigs and classes
Furthermore, 63 members of Parliament elected in 1852, were members of the " Irish Brigade ," who voted with the Peelites and the Whigs for the repeal of the Corn Laws because they sought an end the Great Irish Famine by means of cheaper wheat and bread prices for the poor and middle classes in Ireland.
As a consistent champion of the working classes, a term he used with increasing frequency, he opposed the Whigs, both old and new, and the Reform Act 1832, which he believed did not go far enough in the extension of the franchise.
Whigs and merchants
Later on, the Whigs drew support from the emerging industrial interests and wealthy merchants, while the Tories drew support from the landed interests and the royal family.
Whigs, representing wealthier planters, merchants, financiers and professionals, wanted to modernize the society, using tariffs and federally funded internal improvements ; they were blocked by the Jacksonians, who closed down the national Bank in the 1830s.
After 1760 the Whigs lost power, apart from sharing it in a few short-lived coalitions, but Whiggism fashioned itself into a generalized belief system that emphasized innovation and liberty and was strongly held by about half of the leading families in England and Scotland, as well as most merchants, Dissenters and professionals.
Whigs and ministers
Although William's successor Anne had considerable Tory sympathies and excluded the Junto Whigs from power, after a brief and unsuccessful experiment with an exclusively Tory government she generally continued William's policy of balancing the parties, supported by her moderate Tory ministers, the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Godolphin.
His ministers and supporters tended to be known as Tories, though they were not a formal grouping and many had previously been Whigs.
Although William's successor Anne had considerable Tory sympathies and excluded the Junto Whigs from power, after a brief and unsuccessful experiment with an exclusively Tory government she generally continued William's policy of balancing the parties, supported by her moderate Tory ministers, the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Godolphin.
The Whigs were actively engaged in the publishing of tracts critical of Charles and his ministers ; L ' Estrange countered by comparing the divisiveness of the Whigs with the Parliamentarians on the eve of the Civil War.
Whigs and bankers
The conservative Whigs were made up of wealthy aristocrats, shipowners, bankers, and manufacturers, largely concentrated in Boston.
Whigs and planters
The Tyler and Polk administrations ( 1841 – 48 ) successfully promoted this nationalistic doctrine over Whigs who wanted to concentrate on modernization and urbanization, and anti-slavery elements who tried to keep slavery out of the new territories so that white families could own and operate their own farms instead of having planters buy up the best lands and work them with gangs of slaves.
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Indeed, the old Jeffersonians were far more atune to the Hamilton-oriented Whigs than they were to the Jacksonian Democrats.
A month later, in The Publick Spirit Of The Whigs, he used Steele's defense of Molesworth as evidence of his disrespect for the clergy, calling Steele's position an affront to the `` whole Convocation of Ireland ''.
In answer to The Crisis, Swift produced The Publick Spirit Of The Whigs, his most extensive and bitter attack on his old friend.
As a stanch party man and a rabid Democrat, he had little tolerance for Whigs like Pike, and Pike lost any immediate personal advantage his victory over Woodruff might have gained him.
Here he was, suddenly caught up in the delirium of a war, in the spite and calumny of Whigs and Tories.
The Whigs had been irreparably split by the Kansas – Nebraska Act.
Lincoln wrote, " I think I am a Whig, but others say there are no Whigs, and that I am an abolitionist, even though I do no more than oppose the extension of slavery.
In his first term in the state house, Johnson did not ally with either the Democrats or the Whigs consistently, though he revered Jackson, the Democratic President.
The 1841 – 42 legislative session, with Whigs having a majority in the House chamber and the Democrats a smaller majority in the Senate, was marked by an impasse over the election of Tennessee's two United States senators.
The Whigs in the House sought, by use of a joint session majority, to dictate the choice of the two U. S. senators.
When his district was redrawn by the Whigs, that party had won the past two gubernatorial elections, in addition to gaining control of the legislature.
The campaign was sure to be a struggle ; the Whigs nominated their " Eagle Orator " Gustavus Henry, and Johnson wasted no time in calling him to task for his " Henry-mandering " of the First District, as their debates made their way across the state from one county seat to the next.
In his second term, the Whigs remained in control of the legislature, again limiting Johnson's ability to influence the agenda.
The Whigs thought Andrew Johnson a dangerous prospect as a United States Senator, and made it a priority to prevent his election by the state legislature.
The other great party, the Whigs, was anathema to Disraeli: " Toryism is worn out & I cannot condescend to be a Whig.
The budget as viewed by many Whigs as " compensation to the landlords ;" and viewed by some as " a compensation with a revenge " against those who had obtained repeal of the Corn Laws.
Derby's successor as Prime Minister was the Peelite Lord Aberdeen, whose ministry was composed of both Peelites and Whigs.
This was primarily a political strategy designed to give the Conservative party control of the reform process and the subsequent long-term benefits in the Commons, similar to those derived by the Whigs after their 1832 Reform Act.
The Liberal Party grew out of the Whigs, which had its origins as an aristocratic faction in the reign of Charles II.
The Whigs were in favour of reducing the power of The Crown and increasing the power of the Parliament.
Although their motives in this were originally to gain more power for themselves, the more idealistic Whigs gradually came to support an expansion of democracy for its own sake.
After decades in opposition the Whigs came to power under Grey in 1830 and carried the First Reform Act in 1832.
The Reform Act was the climax of Whiggery but also brought about the Whigs ' demise.
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