The Whigs and the British Revolution

The history of the british constitution is a record of liberties wrung and extorted, bit by bit, from arbitrary power. Thomas babington macaulay's views reigned supreme alongside political suppression in britain after the turmoil of the napoleonic wars. The whig cause, in his view, was indeed entitled to the reverende gratitude of all who, in any part of the world enjoy the blessings of constitutional government. And that's how it remained at the start of the nineteenth century, until which hero should come into view over the hill in 18 forty eight?