The world: historical and actual . iff mSMM&^uu «b^C-U£/_^£^^ST. BUCKINGHAM PALACE. are strongly protective, and Germany is becomingmore and more so. Even in England there aresome signs of a reaction. It is now time to speak of the history of partiesin England. There are, and long have been, twogreat political organizations in England, each witha duly chosen and recognized leader. The originalnames of these organizations were Whig and present appellations are, Liberal and Conser-vative. Whig is a contraction for Whigr/amore,southwestern Scotch for drover. The term was in-troduced in 1
The world: historical and actual . iff mSMM&^uu «b^C-U£/_^£^^ST. BUCKINGHAM PALACE. are strongly protective, and Germany is becomingmore and more so. Even in England there aresome signs of a reaction. It is now time to speak of the history of partiesin England. There are, and long have been, twogreat political organizations in England, each witha duly chosen and recognized leader. The originalnames of these organizations were Whig and present appellations are, Liberal and Conser-vative. Whig is a contraction for Whigr/amore,southwestern Scotch for drover. The term was in-troduced in 1648 to designate certain Covenantersfrom that section of Scotland. In 1679 the oppo-nents of the Court party in England were first called as Liberals and Conservatives. The British Empireof the present time,the Great Britain ofto-day, has been un-der the rule, at dif-ferent times, of twovery remarkable po-litical leaders, Wil-liam E. Gladstone,who still lives and isthe great Statesmanof Great Britain, andLord Beaconsfield,lately deceased. The former is a Liber
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