This name was chosen to echo the American Whigs of 1776, who fought for independence, and because " Whig " was then a widely recognized label of choice for people who identified as opposing tyranny.

Marlborough had long had doubts about the Whig policy of ' No Peace without Spain ', but he was reluctant to abandon his allies ( including the Elector of Hanover, Anne's heir presumptive ), and sided with the Whigs in opposing the peace preliminaries.

Other candidates had earlier joined or formed parties opposing the Whigs and had thereby made enemies of many delegates.

Later, the pre-war Royalist ( then Cavalier ) and opposing Parliamentarian groupings became the Tory party and the Whigs in the Parliament.

The Whigs used the letter as leverage against Polk, dredging up Polk's old statements strongly opposing tariffs.

Early in his term, Breathitt won favor from both Whigs and Democrats by opposing South Carolina's actions during the Nullification Crisis.

In The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, it may be noted, Swift himself contemptuously dismissed Steele's reference to his friend at court: `` I suppose by the Style of old Friend, and the like, it must be some Body there of his own Level ; ;

The favour shown him by Marlborough did not deter Rivers from paying court to the Tories when it became evident that the Whig ascendancy was waning, and his appointment as constable of the Tower in 1710 on the recommendation of Harley and without Marlborough's knowledge was the first unmistakable intimation to the Whigs of their impending fall.

However, the immediate origins of the Whigs and whiggism were in the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678 to 1681, in which a " country party " battled a " court party " in an unsuccessful attempt to exclude James, Duke of York, from succeeding his brother Charles II as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

He gave his support to Henry Grattan and the Whigs during the greater part of his parliamentary career, but in his latter days became identified with the court party and voted for the union, for which his viscounty was a reward.

Anne favoured moderate Tory politicians, who were more likely to share her Anglican religious views than their opponents, the Whigs.

Two months before Tone's essay, a meeting had been held in Belfast, where republican toasts had been drunk and a resolution in favour of the abolition of religious disqualifications gave the first sign of political sympathy between the Roman Catholics and the Protestant dissenters (" Whigs ") of the north.

The Whigs, however, persisted in carrying out at least one part of their general policy of religious toleration, and the bill was passed and received the royal assent ( 26 Geo.

The Whigs, however, persisted in carrying out at least one part of their general policy of religious toleration, and the bill was passed and received the royal assent ( 26 Geo.

While a major principle of whiggism was opposition to popery, that was always much more than a mere religious preference in favour of Protestantism, although most Whigs did have such a preference.

While English whiggism had at its heart the power of parliament, creating for that purpose a constitutional monarchy and a permanently Protestant succession to the throne, Scottish Whigs gave a higher priority to using power for religious purposes, including maintaining the authority of the Church of Scotland, justifying the Protestant Reformation, and emulating the Covenanters.

Also contributing to Polk's victory was the support of new immigrant voters, who opposed the Whigs ' policies.

In general the Democrats enacted their policies at the national level, while the Whigs succeeded in passing modernization projects in most states.

Although Tyler had been nominated on a Whig ticket, his policies had alienated the Whigs and they actually expelled him from the party on September 13, 1841.

The Whigs in 1846-47 had focused all their energies on condemning Polk's war policies.

He is known for coining the term " Sons of Liberty " in reference to American Whigs opposed to the British government's policies.

Rockingham resigned as Lord of the Bedchamber on 3 November 1762 in protest at the King's policies and other Whigs associated with the Duke of Newcastle did the same.

The Whigs considered themselves the heirs of the staunch anti-French policies of William III and the Duke of Marlborough.

The critics of British rule called themselves Whigs after 1768, identifying with members of the British Whig party ( including the Radical Whigs and Patriot Whigs ), who favored similar colonial policies.

The Whigs were the party in opposition to U. S. President Andrew Jackson, his political successors and their policies.

The fear of the Jacobins in France it could be argued helped to make the term ' Tory ' respectable once again – by contrast the Foxite Whigs were portrayed as revolutionary demons by cartoonists like James Gillray.

Douglas argued that both Whigs and Democrats believed in popular sovereignty and that the Compromise of 1850 was an example of this.

Namier argued very strongly that, far from being tightly organized groups, both the Tories and Whigs were collections of ever-shifting and fluid small groups whose stances altered on an issue-by-issue basis.

Richard Ashcraft argued in Revolutionary Politics and Locke's " Two Treatises of Government " that Locke instead wrote the Two Treatises later, and that he should therefore be associated with the Radical Whigs and the intrigues surrounding the Rye House Plot and the Monmouth Rebellion.

In general, the Tories were supportive of the Anglican church and favoured the " landed interest " of the country gentry, while the Whigs were aligned with commercial interests and Protestant Dissenters.

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.

Like many Patriot Whigs, Lord Sandwich was opposed to Britain's support of Hanover and strongly opposed the deployment of British troops on the European Continent to protect it, instead arguing that Britain should make greater use of its naval power.

The conservative party at the time had rallied behind Filmer's Patriarcha, whereas the Whigs, scared of another prosecution of Anglicans and Protestants, rallied behind the theory set out by Locke in his Two Treatises of Government ; as it gives a clear theory as to why you should be allowed to overthrow a monarchy who abuses the trust set in it by the people.

There was usually a consensus among both Jacksonians and Whigs that battles over slavery should be avoided.

The Whigs generally opposed Manifest Destiny and expansion, saying the nation should build up its cities.

In my humble opinion, this junction will not produce half its effect if it is not opened to the world by such marks of real substantial favour and confidence on the part of the Crown towards us as will mark beyond dispute the return of weight, power and consideration to the Old Whigs ... after thirty years ' exclusion from patronage in the line of peerage " new Whig peers should be created.

Whigs who felt offended should prove that she had actually told their stories.

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.

The other great party, the Whigs, was anathema to Disraeli: " Toryism is worn out & I cannot condescend to be a Whig.

Although these writings were considered too radical at the time for Britain's new rulers, they later came to be cited by Whigs, radicals and supporters of the American Revolution.

Benton declared himself to be against slavery in 1849, and in 1851 Atchison allied with the Whigs to defeat Benton for re-election.

The Southern Whigs hoped that by seizing the initiative on this issue that they would be identified as strong defenders of slavery.

Pitt now expected a new government to be formed led by Pulteney and dominated by Tories and Patriot Whigs in which he could expect a junior position.

The Whigs ran four different candidates in different regions of the country, hoping that each would be popular enough to defeat Democratic standard-bearer Martin Van Buren in their respective areas.

His victory made him one of only two Whigs to be elected President before the party ceased to exist in the 1850s ; the other was William Henry Harrison, who had also been a general and war hero, but died a month into office.

His early ministry was largely Tory, but gradually the government came to be dominated by the so-called Junto Whigs, a group of younger Whig politicians who led a tightly organised political grouping.

Lord Melbourne had been Victoria's confidant for several years, and many of the higher posts in Victoria's household were held by the wives and female relatives of Whigs ; there was some feeling that Victoria had allowed herself to be too closely associated with the Whig party.

It was believed that President John Quincy Adams ’ s supporters in New England, the National Republicans, or as they would later be called, Whigs, would uniformly oppose the bill for this reason and that the southern legislators could then withdraw their support, killing the legislation while blaming it on New England:

Whigs denounced Manifest Destiny, arguing, " that the designers and supporters of schemes of conquest, to be carried on by this government, are engaged in treason to our Constitution and Declaration of Rights, giving aid and comfort to the enemies of republicanism, in that they are advocating and preaching the doctrine of the right of conquest ".

The Liberal split made the Unionists ( the Liberal Unionists sat in coalition with the Conservatives after 1895 and would eventually merge with them ) the dominant force in British politics until 1906, with strong support in Lancashire, Liverpool & Manchester, Birmingham ( the fiefdom of its former mayor Joseph Chamberlain who as recently as 1885 had been a furious enemy of the Conservatives ) and the House of Lords where many Whigs sat ( a second Home Rule Bill would pass the Commons in 1893 only to be overwhelmingly defeated in the Lords ).

" He found The Afghan Whigs to be " on rock's cutting edge " and commented that the band " stirs a torrent of emotions on neatly paced songs ".

Along with Gentlemen, Congregation is generally considered by music writers to be part of The Afghan Whigs ' peak era.

" The Spin Alternative Record Guide ( 1995 ) noted " a creative musical blend " on the album, but concluded that " the results feel like dress rehearsals for Gentlemen, with one partial exception, ' Conjure Me ,' and one absolute triumph: a surging final track ... that might be the Afghan Whigs ' strongest recorded performance.

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.

His ministers and supporters tended to be known as Tories, though they were not a formal grouping and many had previously been Whigs.

North's government then fell to be replaced by a weak coalition of Whigs led by the Marquess of Rockingham.

It was expected that when the Whigs came into power Sydney Smith would be made a bishop.

Although many Old Court supporters — typically the state's wealthy aristocracy — gravitated to the National Republican Party ( later to be called Whigs ) that formed in the 1820s, it is inaccurate to assume the Anti-Relief Party as a whole became National Republicans and the Relief Party became Democrats.

Newmyer ( 1985 ) presents Story as a " Statesman of the Old Republic " who tried to be above democratic politics and to shape the law in accordance with the republicanism of Story's heroes, Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall, as well as the New England Whigs of the 1820s and 1830s such as Daniel Webster.