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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to Benton, Whigs and the abolitionists who wanted Florida to remain a haven for runaways were in agreement.
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Both Democrats and Whigs wanted to gloss over sectional differences and cement party loyalties, not divide the country.
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In other places we find Whig crowds retaliating to a Tory initiative.
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Likewise, we can still find examples of Tories attacking the theory of the ancient constitution and Whigs defending it.
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On the other side, the Whig defence of the executive was not totally new after 1689.
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The Whigs were low churchmen and Hanoverians, the Tories high churchmen and Jacobites.
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The interregnum produced by the King's removal facilitated a sudden and dramatic resurgence of the Whigs.
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The Low Church bishops proved to be valuable Parliamentary allies to the Whigs.