The 18th-century parliamentarian—who was a Whig, not a Tory—is something of a contradiction.

这位18世纪的国会议员——作为辉格党人，而非托利党——着实是一个矛盾体。

Yes, we have the Whigs and the Tories.

是的，我们有辉格党和保守党。

But the Whigs are divided on the issue.

而辉格党在此问题上有分歧。

The Whigs can’t agree and the party ends up collapsing.

他们不能达成共识最后整个党派崩溃。

He said the federal government itself needed the land-sale money. The Whigs were angry.

他说联邦政府需要出售土地的钱款，辉格党人很气愤。

The Democratic and Whig Parties developed in response to the needs of competing economic and political constituencies.

为竞争经济和政治支持，“共民”两党随即进行发展。

His bridges with the Whigs were now well and truly burned and Henry Clay resigned from the Senate.

他与辉格党之间的纽带现在彻底被烧毁了，亨利·克莱辞去了参议院的职务。

Weed, however, did not think his proposal was foolish. He began to build support for General Taylor among Whig politicians.

然而，威德并不认为他的提议有多愚蠢。他开始在辉格党政客中为泰勒将军聚拢支持者。

But Tyler didn't like much of the Whig platform either, which was dominated by Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky.

但是泰勒也不太喜欢辉格党的纲领，辉格党由肯塔基州参议员亨利·克莱主导。

Lincoln had been a loyal Whig all his life.

林肯一生都是忠诚的辉格党人。