tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post4516578945828640458..comments2023-10-17T06:08:27.032-05:00Comments on Grantian Florilegium: Tippecanoe and Tyler, Toogileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-86218298778192212172007-04-06T00:35:00.000-05:002007-04-06T00:35:00.000-05:00I really hadn't thought about that before, but I s...I really hadn't thought about that before, but I suppose you are right. Even I remember "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" slogan from history books in the younger grades, but I'm not sure it was ever put into real context. LOLMelaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554101659049962196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-64891900862870761302007-04-05T22:32:00.000-05:002007-04-05T22:32:00.000-05:00I enjoyed this post!American Whigs also supported ...I enjoyed this post!<BR/><BR/>American Whigs also supported large federal outlays for the nation's transportation infrastructure, and the continuation/reestablishment of a national bank. Divisions over slavery and its expansion eventually led to the party's disintegration. Many Whigs in border and Southern states went elsewhere than the Republican Party following its demise.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10232408274010045595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-48307925341324484212007-04-05T06:32:00.000-05:002007-04-05T06:32:00.000-05:00Bob: Part of the reason it may be difficult to pin...Bob: Part of the reason it may be difficult to pin down just what a Whig's principles were is that it is always difficult to pin down political principles in something as fluid as a political party. But, in general, the Whigs were the populist, progressive, reformist liberals. Sometimes that meant "liberal" in the classic "rule of law, free market, libertarian" sense and sometimes in the "government is the answer to all that ails us" sense, but always in the "we're not Tories or Conservatives" sense. So for instance, Whigs were somewhat sympathetic to the continental revolutions (1789 and 1848)--witness Congressman Abraham Lincoln's pro-revolutionary speeches on the floor of the House in 1849 or the Abolitionist Thomas Clarkson's support for the French Revolution. Eventually in the UK, the Whigs splintered into the Liberal Party and the Labour Party. In the US, the Whigs eventually morphed the Republican Party.gileskirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-41780919936338630852007-04-04T14:46:00.000-05:002007-04-04T14:46:00.000-05:00George --As always, a great tale and a wonderfully...George --<BR/><BR/>As always, a great tale and a wonderfully applicable twist at the end. This actually raises a question for me, though, that I wonder if you can answer. What really does it mean (from an issues perspective) to be a Whig? <BR/><BR/>I really have never gotten my arms around that, either in American or British politics. I've always come away from any attempt a bit baffled ... concluding that the question was so simple that everyone is just assumed to know the answer. Can you shed any light?Austin Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592546327943832367noreply@blogger.com