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Indeed, for Whigs the concept of government promoting the general welfare went beyond the economy.

During the struggle over the bank bills, the Whigs did not forget the other parts of Senator Clay's legislative program.

The Whigs were angry. Still, they did not have enough votes to pass the bill over the president's veto.

It shows William Pitt expelling the dark forces of the Whigs and Radicals, though in fact drenched in irony.

The Whigs argued that such a law would give presidents too much power over the economy.

The Whigs, however, enjoyed disproportionate strength among the business and commercial classes.

Loosely speaking, the Whigs were those who opposed absolute monarchy and supported the right to religious to freedom for Nonconformists.

Locke provided English Whigs with rhetorical ammunition against the idea of the Divine Right of Kings in their revolt against James II.

Southern Whigs agreed to support Harrison only because Tyler was the vice presidential candidate.

Opposition to the Democrats came from a coalition political party. Members of the party called themselves Whigs.

Whigs and Democrats held different attitudes toward the changes brought about by the market, banks, and commerce.

Everybody was sure that the Whigs would choose Senator Henry Clay as their presidential candidate.

According to the Whigs, Jackson invented the abbreviation "OK" to cover up his own misspelling of "all correct. "

For the election of eighteen fifty-two, the Whigs wanted to offer a colorful candidate for president.

Whigs became more representative of northern business and farming interests.

Tyler's political beliefs were strongly opposed to those of the northern and western Whigs.

While the Whigs made bitter speeches about the failure of the party's legislative program, Tyler worked to improve relations with Britain.

Nor did the Whigs envision any conflict in society between farmers and workers on the one hand and business people and bankers on the other.

The Whigs, in contrast, viewed government power positively.

In the 1850s, core members of the Whigs joined others in opposition to the Democrats to form the current Republican Party.

The Whigs put up log cabins everywhere and offered free hard cider to everyone.

The act was supported by both Whigs and Tories.

when the old Whigs sought to make the government of the country a means to the enrichment of their class, he resisted;