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。

But the Whigs are divided on the issue.

而辉格党在此问题上有分歧。

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。他开始在辉格党政客中为泰勒将军聚拢持者。

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

为竞争经济和政持，“共民”两党随即进行发展。

The Whigs won big in the 1840 election, backs of Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.

辉格党在1840年的选举中大获全胜，他持蒂珀卡诺和泰勒。

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。

Tyler would go up against the Whigs again in 1842.

泰勒将在1842年再次对抗辉格党。

Lincoln had been a loyal Whig all his life.

林肯一生都是忠诚的辉格党人。

1840 was the great chance for the Whigs to seize power and make Clay's dreams a reality.

1840年是辉格党夺取政权并使克莱的梦想成为现实的大好机会。

Wherever he went, he worked hard campaigning for Whig candidates.

无论走到哪里， 他都为辉格党候选人努力竞选。

If it was a Whig there would certainly be a scene.

如果是辉格党，肯定会有这样的场面。

He wanted to be the Whig candidate for the United States House of Representatives.

他想成为美国众议院的辉格党候选人。

Let names of Whig and Tory be extinct.

让辉格党和托利党的名字灭绝。

This also effectively ended the Whig Party in the United States.

这也有效地终结了美国的辉格党。

By 1834, he became a leader of something known as the Whig Party.

到 1834 年，他成为辉格党的领袖。

In 1836, the election came down to the Democratic Party versus the Whig Party.

1836 年，选举结果是民主党对辉格党。

The Whig Party had a presidential candidate by the name of William Henry Harrison.

辉格党有一位总统候选人，名叫威廉·亨利·哈里森。

However, four years later, Harrison once again won the Whig party nomination for president.

然而，四年后，哈里森再次获得辉格党总统提名。

The Whigs put up log cabins everywhere and offered free hard cider to everyone.

辉格党人到处搭起了小木屋， 并免费向所有人提供烈性苹果酒。

The Whig Party at this time was divided over the issue of slavery.

此时的辉格党在奴隶制问题上存在分歧。