Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1857, Graham ya yi adawa da diplomasiyyar Gunboat na Lord Palmerston lokacin da yake harbe-harben Canton bayan da hukumomin kasar Sin suka kama Lorcha "Arrow
" Duk da rashin amincewar wannan shawarar an dawo da shi a zaben a Carlisle. Duk da haka, an kori ƙungiyar Peelite, don duk manufar da ba ta kasance ba. Ya sake kalubalanci Carlisle a 1859, inda tare da dan uwansa, zaben su na gaba daya ya saba wa al'ada kuma ya dawo da 'yan takara biyu na' yanci. Daga baya a wannan shekarar ƙungiyar mambobi 280 masu tunani iri ɗaya, gami da Graham da Lawson, sun haɗu a Willis's Rooms don kafa Jam'iyyar Liberal. Tsarin jam'iyyu biyu ya dawo cikin siyasar Burtaniya.