The Patriot Whigs and, later Patriot Party, was a group within the Whig party in Great Britain from 1725 to 1803. The group was formed in opposition to the ministry of Robert Walpole in the House of Commons in 1725, when William Pulteney (later 1st Earl of Bath) and seventeen other Whigs joined with the Tory party in attacks against the ministry. By the middle of the 1730s, there were over one hundred opposition Whigs in the Commons, many of whom embraced the Patriot label. For many years they provided a more effective opposition to the Walpole administration than the Tories.
The Whig Patriots believed that under Walpole the executive had grown too powerful through abuse of patronage and government placemen in Parliament. They also accused Walpole personally of being too partisan, too important, and too eager to keep competent potential rivals out of positions of influence. He was further suspected of enriching himself from the public purse. Discontent with Walpole among his fellow Whigs had first been brought to a crisis with the South Sea Bubble and his role as a "screen" to the South Sea directors (and the fact that he had made a profit despite the crash). Under Queen Anne, the Tories had sent Walpole to the Tower for misappropriations as Secretary at War, and even radical Whigs such as John Tutchin had publicly accused him of siphoning off money.
You pay your taxes, you pay the rent Till you haven't got a cent It's the law of the jungle, if you got the hunger What doesn't kill you makes you stronger Just hold on to what you got (Hold on, hold on) Just live it to the last drop You can't help it, you just can't stop Betrayed Yeah, life's a bitch, so just don't feel Betrayed No, you ain't the only one who's been Betrayed, betrayed Betrayed Stone cold and all alone And you're wearin' everything you own They bare your flesh and strip your soul But underneath you got a heart of gold Just hold on to what you got (Hold on, hold on) Betrayed Yeah you ain't satisfied, I know you feel Betrayed Yeah, you ain't crucified, so just get real Betrayed, betrayed Betrayed, yeah All alone, far from home And you're feelin' cold as stone Don't give up, don't give in Life's a bitch and if you lose or win Betrayed Yeah, you ain't the only one who's been Betrayed Life's a bitch, if you lose or win Betrayed, betrayed Betrayed Betrayed, betrayed Betrayed Betrayed, betrayed Betrayed Betrayed, betrayed Betrayed
The Lower Cape Fear saw a vicious civil war between Patriots (sometimes called "Whigs" at the time) and loyalists "Tories") but Crawford never mentions it, focusing instead on the war in South Carolina.
Chester County has a great heritage, especially when it comes to patriots who served during the American Revolution. Many patriots are buried here, especially in our historic cemeteries ...JusticeJohn Gaston is one such patriot.
There are about thirty modest men who think the country needs their service in the Speakers chair, quipped Ohio congressman Timothy Day, and to get rid of this swarm of patriots will take time. Out of this pack, two lead contenders emerged.
The Patriot colonists believed that millions of disempowered Britons would soon overturn the empire’s illegitimate government ... The Patriots were taking these accounts from newspapers published by the EnglishWhig party, which was out of power.
Patriots, or Whigs, were generally looked at as implying non-conformity and/or rebellion against the British crown...Tarleton led a charge right at the Patriots, since the swamps on either side prevented a flank attack.
In between was “neutral” ground ... Opportunistic raiders and robbers pretended to side with either the Tories (Loyalists) or the Whigs (Patriots) to further loot, plunder, and steal from local residents ... ....
(Mike Sorensen/Quincy Herald-Whig via AP). “President Trump, on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday,” she said, drawing cheers from the crowd.
Index-Journal
13 Nov 2023
Index-Journal
13 Nov 2023