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rudis indigestaque moles ; 



Nee quidquam, nisi pondus iners ; congestaque eodem 

 Non bene junctarum discordia semina rerum. 



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Ostabatque aliis aliud : quia corpore in uno 

 Frigida pugnabant calidis, humentia siccis, 

 Mollia cum duris, sine pondere habentia pondus. 



or do the following lines convey a more just representation of the 

 present state of our political elements ? 



Hanc Deus et melior litem Natura diremit : 

 Nam ccelo terras, et terris abscidit undas, 

 Et liquidum spisso secrevit ab sere ccelum. 

 Quse postquam evolvit, csecoque exemit acervo, 

 Dissociata locis .concordi pace ligavit. 



We have no doubt ourselves upon the subject. We think it quite 

 clear, that political opinion has now evolved itself into a certain num- 

 ber of clearly defined party divisions j that the chaos, into which the 

 late break-up of the old political system had for a season thrown us, 

 is now reduced to order, at least for all purposes of decided opinion : 

 that we may consider our political elements as separated into their 

 own proper regions of natural attraction and repulsion. 



We by no means infer the perpetuity or long continuance of this 

 condition of political analysis. We are quite sure, that as knowledge 

 and reflection become more general, there is a natural tendency to 

 cohesion ; and that in process of time, party divisions will be fewer. 

 But for present purposes ; for all attainable ends of current politics ; 

 we consider party divisions clearly defined, and that any conscientious 

 politician may be helped to a just and consistent choice of some one 

 party, in decided preference to all others. 



We divide, then, our politicians into five parties, as follows : 

 Ultra Tories Tory and Whig conspirators Liberal Whigs and Re- 

 formers Radicals Ultra Radicals. To these we assign, for clearer 

 distinction sake, the appellations Maintainers Yielders Menders 

 and Restorers Alterers and Improvers Destroyers and Manufac- 

 turers. 



To commence with the first mentioned ; thus affording them, what 

 they so doat upon, precedence. Every one, by this time, thoroughly 

 understands the nature of a genuine old Tory. Not to dwell invi- 

 diously and spitefully upon the inadmissible peculiarities of this 

 class of politicians, we will pass over them, after selecting a most re- 

 spectable individual from their ranks for their representative. The 

 Duke of Newcastle is surely the Ultra Tory, par excellence. Who so 

 consistent and unflinching a Maintainer, as his Grace ? The military 

 Duke deserves not to be named in the same century with him. The 

 latter has, to be sure, resolved upon maintaining the future integrity 

 of his windows ; but how will this mere precautionary measure bear 

 comparison with the civil Duke's maintenance of his right to remune- 

 ration for the outrage on his castle at Nottingham, and his final tri- 

 umph in a court of justice? And here we must take the liberty of 

 assuring his Grace, that the most prostrate of his Tory admirers does 



