TERMS "wHIG" AND DOCUMENTARY

 THEY MEAN.
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 THEY MEAN.

 in 1883, John C. Calhoun gave the fcllwing det- milton Of the term whig and Tory As they de- fine, and are 90 applicable to the two Parties' we quote his remarks in the Senate, on the subject.- He then said :-

 Icannot but remark, that the revival of the patty names of the Revolution, after they had so long slumbered, is not without meaning-not with out an indication of return to those principles which lie a; the foundation of our liberty.

 Gentlemen ought to reflect, that the extensive and sudden revival of these names (WhIg and Ic- ryl could not be without some adequate cause- Names are not to be taken, or given, at pleasure there must be something to cause their application to adheIe. ,,

 If remember rightly, it was Augustus, m all the plentitude of his power who said that he found if impossible to introduce a new word What, then is that something. What is there in the meaning of WHrG and ToRY, and what in the character of the times, which has caused their sudden reVlVal' as party distinctions at this time!

 take it that the very essence of toryIsm-tnat which constitutes tory-is to sustain prerogatlVe against privilege; to support the Executive against the Legislative department of the government, ana to lean to the side of pOacer against the sl6e nf L berty ;-while the Wings are Tn all these particulars of the very opposite principles.

 These are the leading characteristics Of the re- spectve parties, Whg and Tory, and run through their applicaiion in all the variety of circumstan' stances pxhch they have been applied, either Tn this country or Great Britain"