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的钱款，辉格党人很气。

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

为竞和政治支持，“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。

After several verbal candidates turned them down, the Whigs turned to Tyler who accepted and the ticket was complete.

在几位候选人口头拒绝副总统职位后，辉格党人求助于泰勒，泰勒接受了他们的邀请，候选人名单也就完整了。

Tyler would go up against the Whigs again in 1842.

泰勒将在1842年再次对抗辉格党。

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。

They joined with the Whigs to defeat the treaty: thirty-five to sixteen.

他们与辉格党人一道，以35票对16票推翻此条约。

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。

The greater part of my officers were Whigs.

我的大部分军官都是辉格党人。

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。

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。