A Brief History of the Whig Party

[@simonster-9094]

Did you know that Whig leader Daniel webster was offered the position of VP for William Harrison and Zachary Taylor, but he didn't want it saying it had no responsibility, yet he would have become president if he had taken the positions.

[@iammrbeat]

Craziness

[@matheuspenteado8174]

Webster would have become president after Harrison's death if he had intended to like Tyler did. Remember that there wasn't certainty about the situation of Tyler (if he was simply an acting president or the real president).

[@Gablesman888]

Harrison OK. But as Zachary Taylor's VP, Webster could have really caused a constitutional crisis since he died in 1852, some time before Taylor's term would have ended. The more rubust Millard Fillmore was able to endure the rest of Taylor's elected term.

[@MrOneofthecriq]

To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@MrOneofthecriq]

@@iammrbeat To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@MrInfinite09]

Henry Clay is a legend. Never got elected to be president though, couldn't help but cheer for him when learning American History.

[@MrOneofthecriq]

To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

Ig you could compare Bernie Sanders and him, probably many others before him tho..

[@thefreeman8791]

Man. This video lasted longer then the Whig party itself. LOL

[@waleeworld]

The Whigs are the Republicans.

[@MrOneofthecriq]

@@waleeworld To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@neilpemberton5523]

@@waleeworld Not quite. After the Whig party split over slavery, 'Conscience' Whigs ended up joining the Republican Party (along with anti-slavery ex-Democrats) while 'Cotton' Whigs in the South eventually morphed into the Constitutional Union Party which was a party of 60 year men who basically wanted no secession, no abolition, no changes at all! The Constitutional Unionist Nominee for President John Bell won three really important swing states in 1860 (Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia) so they were not a joke. Abraham Lincoln was an old friend with Georgia whig Alexander Stephens, who resisted secession as long as he could but ended up a loyal Confederate. He was Vice-President to Jefferson Davis, in fact.

[@dereklee796]

lol

[@shontilyaparker327]

Lol

[@juliencatalon293]

The Democrats Polked them in 1844, and Pierced them in 1848

[@kevincespedes9334]

Actually he Pierced them in 1852

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Can't wait for democratic presidential candidate "William D. Pennetrate." I think he's Italian or something...>.>

[@RJ-xl2cd]

Fuzzy Dunlop wouldn't be better if his name was Richard?

[@howdypartner4818]

Julien Catalon They failed however, to Van Buren them, or to Cass them

[@hotwax9376]

They Pierced them in 1852. The Whigs won the presidency in 1848 with Zachary Taylor.

[@FlyinBlaney]

The Rise (1834-1835) and Fall (1836) and Rise (1837-1843) and Fall (1844-1847) and Rise (1848-1851) and Fall (1852-1857) of the Whig Party.

[@BoraCM]

The fall (1685) and rise (1689-1695) and fall (1698-1701) and rise (1701) and fall (1702) and rise (1705-1708) and fall (1710-1713) and rise (1715-1727) and fall (1734-1741) and rise (1747-1761) and fall (1768-1774) and rise (1780) and fall (1784) and rise (1790) and fall (1796-1801) and rise (1802-1806) and fall (1807-1818) and rise (1820) and fall (1826-1830) and rise (1831-1832) and fall (1835-1841) and rise (1847-1857) of the British Whig Party.

[@fdfischer]

Sometimes I wonder what politics in America would look like if we listened to Washington and we just never had political parties to begin with

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

They wouldve happened regardless. There was no way to avoid them. Washington in that sense was an idealist. Despite being the only president to not have been sworn in as a member of a party, he did have strong ties to the Federalists

[@proxy4620]

Even if people were not in official parties, people would still coalition around those of similar beliefs and be in certain groups with names. There just wouldn't be primaries or party organization as we know it.

[@timvanrijn8239]

The usa whould be better of with more parties

[@hotwax9376]

As much as many people would like it if we had no political parties, such an idea isn't realistic. In representative democracy, people with common political views will always organize and join forces with one another. It's just the nature of the system. You can't have representative democracy without political parties.

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

Creepy Closet you can avoid party’s it just that first past the post encourages factionalism

[@raider8sox]

so let me get this right, a man like james buchanan became president but henry clay couldnt? oh america!!

[@that1valentian769]

James Buchanan at the time of his election was the most qualified person in American history of becoming president. He had a ton of high end Congressional and Executive jobs. No one expected him to be as bad as he ended up being.

[@hugo52_]

Valentian is right. Buchanan has the best resume of any president. He served on both houses of the state legislature. Also on both houses of the US congress and as Secretary of State and ambassador to the UK. Who knew he would be such a weak president.

[@jamellfoster6029]

IKR.... That totally sucks...

[@johnwilletts3984]

From U.K. The British Whig Party was later renamed the Liberal Party. In the 18th century a branch of the Whig Party calling themselves Patriots came into conflict with the ruling Tory Party. This conflict spread to the colonies. An aspect of the American Revolutionary War that is often overlooked was the influence of British Patriots. Just as many colonists were Tories. Britain was not just at war with the colonists, France, Spain, Holland and India it was also at war with itself. My home town of Rotherham Yorkshire was Patriot. On a hill overlooking the town stands a monument to the Boston Tea Party called Boston Castle. The building was paid for by Whig member of Parliament and soldier Thomas Earl of Effingham. Counties in Georgia and Illinois were named for Effingham. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin visited the town before the war and later Thomas Paine came and helped design an iron bridge. Local men refused to go to America and fight fellow Patriots. American tourists to Britain are often surprised to see statues to American Patriots such as George Washington.

[@rosaamarillo2110]

John Willetts monument to the Boston Tea Party in England? Fascinating... I’ll have to tell my Boston born wife that one! Nice recap from ‘The other side of the pond’ .... 2 countries separated by a common language..

[@findyanajones1564]

People need to focus less on the party name and more on the issues the party represents at the time

[@MrOneofthecriq]

To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@pleaseimjustahuman]

@@MrOneofthecriq GOOD ONE LOL

[@theautisticcomedian]

I wonder if the modern Whig party would accept a donation in a $20 bill.

[@superrknight1858]

Totally😁👌

[@nicholashopkins3525]

Lol

[@animefan9329]

Maybe if harriet Tubman is on it instead of Jackson.

[@AWWx2]

You teach me so much I wish I had learned in high school or college American history courses, some 50 years ago when I was a student. A commendable job you do with all these videos. Sorry that it took me this long to view this video, both from the time you made it years ago and from the time I should have learned stuff like this back when I was 18.

[@aaronbourlard5038]

I wish they’d teach as much now as they did when I went to school. My children aren’t learning much about American history. It makes me sad. Mr. Beat is a great resource for those wanting to know more.

[@macmacreynolds8712]

1:24 Henry Clay ran on the National Republican ticket in 1832, although it was the Whig ticket in all but name.

[@dennisanderson3895]

Very informative yet concise. Good job, Mr. Beat!

[@8happyperson]

I'm not sure if it was intended but the contrast between the voice and the music has a great comedic affect and the info is pretty great too, too the point:)

[@iammrbeat]

8happyperson I never realized that. Thanks for the great comment and for watching. :D

[@iammrbeat]

I can add that to my list, but it might be awhile before I will be able to produce it.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I've always like that about these videos, it adds a dry humor to everything like Tim & Eric or something.

[@johnweber4577]

It is true that the Whigs and Jacksonian Democrats don’t exactly match up with the modern understanding of what conservatism and liberalism are. And neither was ideologically monolithic in its make-up. At root, they mixed what perhaps many might find to be somewhat counterintuitive beliefs. But they were in ways that still feel resonant all this time later. Howard Ashworth described their competition as, “a clash of democracy with capitalism”. The Democrats being identified with democracy as they of course claimed the mantle of fighting for the “common man” while the Whigs were linked to capitalism as exhibited by their affirmation that they lived in, “a country of self-made men”. Andrew Jackson accused his enemies of representing “associated wealth” and a “corrupt aristocracy” while the Whigs branded him a “demagogue” and “King Andrew”. The Whigs weren’t anti-democratic, it was pretty much impossible to be at that point anyway, but they were resistant to the mass populist mobilization unleashed by the Democrats. Neither were they on board with the more radical stances taken by the Jacksonians such as a call to abolish the electoral college and making Supreme Court justices popularly elected positions. And yet, while they defended business from class agitation, the Whigs were also critical of the notion of individualism which was glorified by the Jacksonians and were adamant that people’s animal impulses were subordinated by practicing self-control and focusing on duty to an organic society with a distinct cultural heritage. Daniel Walker Howe compared it to classical Aristotelian ideas of human nature. Most of their social and moral reforms, including Sunday blue laws and temperance, were to the end of promoting those values. As James Reichley noted, the Whigs themselves adopted the word “conservative” which they connected with, “‘law and order’, social caution, and moral restraint”. And while the Democrats placed a heavy emphasis on individualism, as listed among the core concepts underlying Jacksonian Democracy by William S. Belko, they put, “the welfare of the community over the individual”. The Whig fusion of individual enterprise and civic responsibility is fundamentally a very conservative formulation while that of collective action and personal freedom as developed by the Democrats is quite a liberal one even if imperfectly applied. Arguably, they do remain recognizable today.

[@hugar3499]

I honestly wouldn't mind the whig party to come back, they could be a nice mediation from this tense 2 party system

[@Compucles]

Personally, I'd prefer for the Libertarians to become a viable 3rd party. I could easily see myself mostly dividing my votes between Republicans and Libertarians in that scenario. It would've been especially useful during the 2016 and 2020 (if Trump still won in 2016) Presidential Elections.

[@elijahf8]

@@Compucles 🤣😂 if we're talking true Libertarians, like being Pro Choice, among other things, yeah, they'd have a shot, tho I'd personally refer independents. Libertarians running as Republicans, like Rand Paul, can never truly be themselves. They aren't, really, that close in beliefs.

[@sambradley2975]

Washington was right, political parties lead to division. We should have listened to him.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

More like, division leads to political parties.

[@camacaron06]

Sam Bradley But how could we have democracy without parties?

[@Gablesman888]

There were political "parties", more like camps, in Washington's day; they just had not become formalized as they are today. In Washington's day you at least had a big division between anglophiles and francophiles. This had much to do with both foreign and domestic policy applications. This is covered quite a bit in Chernow's "Alexander Hamilton".

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Gablesman888 formal political parties started around the time Washington was in office. The original parties were the Federalist Party, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the Democratic-Republican Party, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. I believe the Federalists were more in favor of a stronger, centralized federal government, while the Democratic-Republicans wanted a much smaller federal government. Political parties didn’t exist when Washington was first elected, but of course there were still political divisions. According to Mr. Beat in his Election of 1788-89 video, the main factions were the federalists (those in favor of the new constitution ) and the anti federalists (those who were against the new constitution because they thought it gave the federal government too much power).

[@Gablesman888]

@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 Yes, my comments were directed to the very beginning of Washington's tenure. I am trying to work at home during the viral "house arrest" and talk to intelligent guys like you at the same time. My bad.

[@dugroz]

1:14 - Young Henry Clay looks kinda like Mr. Beat.

[@CrumpetCN]

W.I.N.O. really got me

[@liamtahaney713]

MIllard Filmore looked like alec baldwin

[@genskiel4187]

William Henry Harrison looks like Mr. Beat with dyed hair and glasses off.

[@El-Mazz]

Thought the SAAAME hahaha!!!

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

0:59 Andy Jackson looked like James Woods

[@davidgrech4574]

I hope you know how much I appreciate your videos 🙏❤️

[@sam2026]

Lol Tyler was a WINO and didn't even drink.

[@hangukhiphop]

I lol'ed at that part!

[@MrBerg-jv4wv]

I really like that music!

[@PoetryETrain]

Word, thank you! Mr. Beat!

[@kauffner]

It's an oversimplification to say that the British Whigs were "anti-king" (1:48). They supported the supremacy of parliament. American Whigs took the name because they argued that the president should defer to Congress.

[@ScootZMedia]

Yea Bring back the Wig Party.

[@FlyinBlaney]

ScootZMedia There is a Modern Whig Party you know? It's called the Modern... Whig... Party.................

[@FlyinBlaney]

Samuel Young Probably true. It would be interesting to see another Whig guy in office.

[@steelirony1622]

True Whigs only come around when needed, Whigs are a reform group, they pop up many times throughout history, we are the people willing to make the hard compromises, when party politics stalls, we come and kick it in the rear

[@iVenge]

Samuel Young: You're right. And that's for a number of reasons, but one of the biggest ones is that the people behind it are more like fantasy football people than people who understand politics. Their lack of skills is glaring.

[@jamesgreer5728]

The modern whig parties platform sounds like a bunch of snobbish aholes with no real solutions

[@sydhenderson6753]

As near as I can tell, 1844 was Henry Clay's fourth run at the Presidency, after 1824, 1832 and 1840, not his fifth. He also ran in 1848. If he'd lived through 1852 he would probably have run then.

[@2DarkHorizon]

They need to have a remake of the Whig Party

[@joeiacuzzo9956]

wow...thanks for a simple informative almost funny but accurate explanation of the Whig Party. I shall use this in 11th grade US history class tomorrow. I will be checking out your other videos soon. Thank You.

[@iammrbeat]

Hey Joe, thank YOU. Thanks for watching and sharing. I love how you wrote "informative almost funny but accurate." :) Yeah, I have quite a few US history videos- in fact, my whole "Story Time" series is US history stuff. Thanks again. -Matt

[@shadforthw3535]

How do you know it’s accurate? You’re only 8n 11th grade...

[@Y0ur_M0th3r]

Research, I guess?

[@swapsplat]

Music is way too loud. Hard to hear at times.

[@tomsinsky5548]

Thank you! I agree.

[@jackblezard9771]

Music is really annoying.

[@echo5226]

"Whigs would be considered Liberal by today's standard." I don't know, to me, it sounded like he was describing Conservatives.

[@johnweber4577]

They indeed were conservatives by and large. It had several factions but two dominant ones. The Conscience Whigs which represented the interests of northern industry and the Cotton Whigs which represented the interests of Southern planters. Both were conservative wings albeit shaped by the regions they came out of. The Jacksonian Democrats were still the liberal party at that time if we take into account they worked to appeal hardest to the common man in the form of farmers, laborers and immigrants. There was a massive shake up after the Age of Jackson into the Civil War Era that really confuses the issue.

[@svenm7264]

Yes and no. The fault lines differ. Whigs were liberal in today's terms in the sense they liked involving the federal government to develop the economy, and if you look at the history of prohibition, it was actually the progressives who did it. On the other hand their enthusiasm for the market economy in general could never be mistaken as liberal, and contra the idea that the Republican and Democratic parties "switched" in the 60s, the Democrats were suspicious of markets even then, as they believed it would render equal men unequal and make the rich richer by making the poor poorer.

[@johnweber4577]

@Sven M The problem is that within the history of the Anglosphere when Classical Liberalism was a dominant idea the mainstream Left actually advocated for a more limited government because they feared its exertion would lead to the further entrenching of the elites, particularly before the system had been democratized to include non-landowners. Case in point when looking at British history would you refer to Benjamin Disraeli’s Tories as being to the left of his rival William Gladstone and the Liberal Party? Government intervention to increase national efficiency, stability and power in a world with potential rivals rather than fight an internal class war through the political apparatus was a common position held by by right-wing parties on those days. It wasn’t until the industrial boom that you saw the mainline Left in the Anglosphere seek to expand government power until the industrial boom when they came to the conclusion that government power was necessary to curb corporate power and were more willing to trust in robust exercise of the government after it had been democratized more by that point. That’s when “Modern Liberalism” eventually overtook Classical Liberalism.

[@svenm7264]

@@johnweber4577 You're basically right. Jacksonian Democrats did indeed accuse Whigs of combining government power with commercial and industrial interests to the detriment of the common man. I'd contend Tammany Hall and similar Democrat machines weren't exactly free market themselves, but yes there's a shift in willingness to use central government, though I contend a constancy in suspicion of market economies themselves.

[@lucifer2b666]

I forgot the name of it but there's a political theory where it states that what is considered center left and right shifts both ways congruently over time. The fringes of today could have been normal before or so out there it wasn't in public consciousness. Today we've shifted so far left, that what was considered left only 8-12 years ago is considered right or even far right today. People are complaining that Obama is too right wing to be a democrat when he was pretty left to begin with. Trump who is largely left on many issues is now considered a fascist. Not trying to argue politics. Just stating that the scale of what is considered center left and right is very skewed left. Founding fathers would be considered so fringe right that they would be labeled anarcho-capitalists if they were in office today.

[@therealtornadosam]

Wait, didn't Henry Clay run as a National Republican? The party that sort of formed after Jackson entered the picture and defeated John Quincy Adams? The Whig Party's first performance was when they ran against Martin Van Buren.

[@claytonbenignus4688]

President Hayes, by ending Reconstruction, made a deeply calculated long range move to attract the Southern Whigs to the GOP. Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Eisenhower would reap the first benefits. In 1964, there was a realignment where the South finally went Solid Republican from the still hot embers of the Southern Whigs.

[@externalboss9404]

Oh man, that music is amazing

[@TheAndrewSchneider]

Just listened to a 2010 biography of Henry Clay which was very illuminating indeed!

[@MrOneofthecriq]

To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@julirensch]

Whigs against the Imperial Presidency Posted by Shawn Martin 42wp on January 17, 2018 · American Whigs have always had a difficult relationship with the office of the president. In part, this is probably because they started off against a particular “imperial president,” Andrew Jackson. If one looks at past Whig presidents, however, the list is short and far from illustrious. Despite the shortcomings of these individuals, the Whigs have left a lasting constitutional approach to the presidency that continued at least until the time of Republican president William Howard Taft. After leaving office and becoming a law professor at Yale in 1915, Taft wrote a book called Our Chief Magistrate and his Powers, in which he laid out what has become known as the strict constructionist or “Whig” theory of the presidency. In part, Taft was arguing against some of the excesses of Theodore Roosevelt who, in the election of 1912, ran for an unprecedented third term as president. In what has become known as the stewardship theory of the presidency, Roosevelt was reflecting a viewpoint that the chief executive is limited only by what the Constitution strictly prohibits; otherwise, the president is free to act as he or she sees fit in order to advance the interests of the American people. Taft on the other hand reflected a much longer tradition within American history, and especially within the Republican Party after the Civil War. In Taft’s interpretation of the Executive Office, he claims: “ The true view of the Executive functions is, as I conceive it, that the President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and necessary to its exercise. Such specific grant must be either in the Federal Constitution or in an act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof.” In other words, the presidency is limited only to the powers that the Constitution provides the office. One might argue that since Theodore Roosevelt, presidents have subscribed heavily to the stewardship theory. In fact one might even go so far as to suggest that the majority of modern presidents could be called an imperial president who has taken on too much power. Commentators from both the left and the right have contended that Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and culminating in Donald Trump have done exactly that. Perhaps being an imperial president is now no longer the exception, but the norm. Taft summarized the dangers of the stewardship theory and the presidents such a model could produce by saying: “ The mainspring of such a view is that the Executive is charged with responsibility for the welfare of all the people in a general way, that he is to play the part of a Universal Providence and set all things right, and that anything that in his judgment will help the people he aught to do, unless he is expressly forbidden not to do it. The wide field of action that this would give to the Executive one can hardly limit.” To put Taft's statement another way, by allowing presidents to gain too much power, there is a very real danger of presidential tyranny. From a Whig viewpoint which that stands ardently against tyranny of any kind, it is important to fight against any potential for a president to become too powerful. Fortunately there is a solution to the problem, which is to make sure that the true voice of the people, Congress, functions properly. It is up to Whigs to fight the imperial presidency and to make our the people’s voice in Congress work again. The tenth amendment to the Constitution states that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” It is time for Whigs to take back the powers usurped by the imperial presidency and give them back to the legislative branch where they belong. It is time to resurrect Taft’s theories on executive powers and to ensure that every government official “exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and necessary to its exercise.” The Modern Whigs are dedicated to giving power back to the people, through having true representatives in the peoples' House and Senate.

[@Mew_Master]

Did… Did Mr. Beat just say Compromise of 1850 without singing it?

[@CommanderVideo4]

I miss the old Whig party

[@MrOneofthecriq]

To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@sneezyg1]

It’s weird to hear the words “a well-respected Senator from Kentucky”..,,

[@derekschroeder7665]

The Modern Whig party officially dissolved in 2019. Only 11 years, too short indeed.

[@santoshinostroza1504]

Music too loud

[@hangukhiphop]

Wow Henry Clay must've felt like such a failure I can't even imagine...

[@alexdavis2198]

You should do a video on all the current parties even 3rd it would be very interesting

[@genechaas7369]

Mr Beat, nicely done. Thank you. .... a modern.........

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for watching! :D

[@ezandman6804]

5:22 There is the boss.

[@alex_mcburney]

"what is groovy" Dumbledore said calmly

[@Gablesman888]

The very best history of the American Whig party is found in Michael Holt's appropriately named "The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party" published by Oxford. Bonus! Bonus! This is also one of the very best books you will read written about the real causes of the Civil War. And it is a great work on just how American politics transformed from the days of the Founders until now. But you will have to be dedicated to read this 985 page work. Fun fact: Holt took longer to write this book than the Whig party lasted. And he explains why.

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

0:04 You look great in that wig. You forgot to mention that John Tyler was the first president to have his vetos overwritten by Congress and the first to face impeachment charges without getting impeached

[@susanbloodgood3572]

Now we have the “ Wigged out Party” !?!?!?

[@MrOneofthecriq]

To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@washikaafrozi1469]

Brandon Brake what?

[@DugrozReports]

I like the music on this one.

[@jb888888888]

0:30 Well that signals their downfall right there. If they don't have the gumption to follow their own rules...

[@markshaw510]

Did you take the music from an early 90s video game?

[@iammrbeat]

I made the music.

[@markshaw510]

@@iammrbeat nice!

[@squitzy]

Very informative. Thank you very much. Next time, please leave out the background music.

[@asasassify]

Noooooo

[@alexmorris6954]

0:04 How do you do fellow kids?

[@fortkatana4u]

I love you Mr Beat

[@juliencatalon293]

Wow! I think I might like this better than the Election Series!

[@iammrbeat]

Heck yeah. I have a lot of Story Time videos. kzbin.info/aero/PLHtE7NbaKReeAyQdx4JRf90L4btSkOCI0

[@soundhealingbygene]

Makes me wonder what it would be like today

[@currentcommentor8745]

How much was US Whig party linked to the Whig party in the UK at the time.

[@johnweber4577]

It wasn't directly linked to it. But they took the name from the Whigs as a jab at Jackson. As the Whigs had become known as the political faction that opposed the tyranny of the king, the implication was that Jackson was a would be tyrant that they were fighting given his more robust view on the role of the president. Though I’m fairly certain the British Whigs had given way to the Liberal Party by that point.

[@igloo54]

Good summary. The soundtrack was groovy. A little too loud because it competed with the dialogue, but definitely groovy.

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks Joe. I have so totally gotten better at mixing the music and narration since 2014.

[@igloo54]

I really learned a lot from this video! My goal was to figure out why the Republicans split from them, and you did well explaining it.

[@michaelroark3263]

The local newspaper of Cecil County, Maryland, is still The Cecil Whig.

[@reesejabs788]

One definition of whig that I saw was a philosophy of belief in the advancement of mankind over reactionary forces.

[@MrOneofthecriq]

To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@xshicl2021]

beat has a sick tie🤙🏼

[@cesarwdominguezsommerfeld4161]

what song is this i try to go to the link but it shows a website to pay somthing

[@abcdefg9213]

If you like it than you shoulda put a Whig on it

[@iammrbeat]

+abcdefg Is that a real parody? If not, it should be.

[@abcdefg9213]

Mr. Beat I just came up with the joke, but the party was prominent in the 1840s and the song is from 2008, so somebody might have already thought about it

[@jeremysmith54565]

The term actually comes from the name Whigamore (or Whigamores), in Scotland actually what means Cattle Driver, who'd drive to Leith for corn actually, the Whigs were against (by principle) absolute monarchy and rather what is termed a constitutional monarchy (what we have now) and even with the likes of Sir Robert Walpole the first defacto PM (Prime Minister, as previously they'd used the term more as an insult to the position of the 1st Lord of the Treasury, which it's still termed that but not publically much since after a PM's premiership they're often given a Life Peerage, take Thatcher and Major as prime examples of that) he paved the way for what it's largely about now between Monarchy and Parliament. As it goes: "Walpole was one of the greatest politicians in British history. He played a significant role in sustaining the Whig party, safeguarding the Hanoverian succession, and defending the principles of the Glorious Revolution (1688) ... He established a stable political supremacy for the Whig party and taught succeeding ministers how best to establish an effective working relationship between Crown and Parliament.[6]" Why there is a portrait of him behind the PM's chair in the cabinet room within No 10, as he was also the first to live there. Later they formed into what became known as the Liberals (centrism again) who later merged with the Socialist Democrats (SDP), then now have become the Liberal Democrats in the 1980s and as they are now is how they formed or merged from rather, becoming far more a Socialist side of actually centrism, which is what the real definition of being Liberally Democratic is all about (it just depends on how one implements such a term, can be rightist or centrist or be it leftists, personally I am staunched against unfiltered socialist and the same in the opposite side, as neither have worked for the good of the people evidently (here anyway)). Robert Walpole being our longest ever serving PM, a total of 20 approx years (or at least 20 years as Prime Minister).

[@mduke2k]

*than

[@abcdefg9213]

Michael Duke It's been two years, mate, I barely even remember what the thing was about 🙂

[@mikhailv67tv]

I love the portraits

[@albertvaldez214]

Good job. I enjoyed the video

[@greenbutter3190]

Stable video👍

[@neilhasid3407]

Mr.Beat,I love your well researched and well done channel! The Whigs seemed to have come out of nowhere; were their original members in another party before breaking off? Also,why didn't Poke run for a second term?

[@iammrbeat]

Many of them were former Democratic Republicans. But really, their hatred of Jackson united them. Polk didn't run for a second term I think largely to prove a point that he didn't need 8 years to get his agenda done, but also to not have the distraction of a re-election looming over him as he tried to get stuff done. And get stuff done he did! Thanks for the kind words, btw!

[@neilhasid3407]

Mr. Beat Thanks,it's great that you reply! To my knowledge Polk fell ill and died just 3 yrs.after he stepped down.Perhaps he had health problems that influenced his not running again(?). All the best.

[@neilhasid3407]

Mr. Beat Perhaps you could do a clip on the debate between the "originalists" like Scalia,and the" living constitution", supporters like Breyer and Ginsburg? I think that it is essential to understanding how the S.C. relates to cases brought to them.

[@person3070]

@@neilhasid3407 it was 3 months after he ended his presidency, not 3 years

[@dpgreene]

Initially the Party formed from a mixture of anti-Jackson elements: members of the short lived National Republican Party (technically Clay's party in 1832), disaffected 'Conservative' Democrats, Southern Nullifiers, former Federalists, and "Anti-Masons" (a party which eventually merged into the Whigs).

[@JohnHWelch63]

Thank you. I've been wondering for years if they wore wigs.

[@thomashenderson7481]

I don't know about anybody else, but, Alex Baldwin can play Millard Fillmore should they do a movie 📽️ about him. He looks so much like him, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if Fillmore is Baldwin's ancestor

[@daman7805]

Yeah but why would anyone make a movie about Millard Fillmore?

[@Y0ur_M0th3r]

That... is a good question

[@arturobalderrama-perez92]

What the name of the song I can't find it on your website. Help!!

[@iammrbeat]

The song is called "Triumphant" and it is by myself (Electric Needle Room). Download it here for free: electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/triumphant

[@arturobalderrama-perez92]

Thank you man, love your vids by the way, it really helped me in History class lol

[@docmalthus]

Very relevant, considering that the Democrats are about to become the new Whigs (or the ex-Democrats, depending on your point of view).

[@blackdawg7361]

Mr. Beat, great video! Have you done a summation of the Progressive (or Bull Moose) Party, that of which Theodore Roosevelt later in his political career became a member? Third party nominees do not win the presidency, with the one notable exception which I'm certain you know all too well, but they can have an impact on the voting results of statewide contests, state by state. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln, who founded the new Republican Party, defeated both the Democratic Party nominee named John C. Breckinridge and the Constitutional Union Party candidate named John Bell. Also, many presidential historians believe that had John Anderson not run as a member of the American Party, in 1980, Democrat Jimmy Carter would have won a second term over Republican Ronald Reagan -- a.k.a.: "The Gipper." Even more to the point, if Texas billionaire Ross Perot and the "Perot Phenomenon," not run as an Independent presidential candidate--an organization effort that would later become the United We Stand Party, in 1992, Republican George Herbert Walker Bush may have won a second term over the Democrat William Jefferson Clinton. Would there then not have been the birth of Right-wing Talk Radio?

[@haroldlawson8771]

Gop existed before 1860

[@blackdawg7361]

@@haroldlawson8771 And Ronald Reagan knew Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was a friend of Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton is no Thomas Jefferson.

[@sambradley2975]

I think The Whig Party might come back, The Republican Party pretty much succeeded the Whig Party, & many of their original members were once Whigs.

[@MrOneofthecriq]

To All of my family and friends, Thank you: In this, the final hour of June: 2020, I want to thank you all for the discussion, for the ideas, for sharing your personal and unique perspective(s). I love you all, I appreciate you all, I'm a dog and that's what we do. We love everyone, all of us. We bark and we protect, but we wag our tails and slobber, too. Just feed, pet, and pick up after us. Love us and we love you right back. Our lives are short and precious. I've been deep diving into the rabbit hole of this issue (RIP) and the BEST advise I can give is to stay positive. Any and every form of socially mediated attention is a positive; in that you're giving your thoughts and feelings to it. Giving your time to it. Thank you. It means a lot. The Police Department, The Military, The Senate, The House, The Education System, and other public organizations and institutions still need "good apples". Always. With America, we really do have something great; but, it can ALWAYS be made better. Thank you for continuing to sharpen America with your friction, thank you for continuing to teach America with your words, thank you for continuing to grow America with your support. With the remainder of my time in June: 2020, I'm going to Nominate (probably not expecting), provide information in support of, and campaign for my write-in (not that it's anyone's business who I vote for, but I do plan on exercising my right to vote): "Whig Party" President in 2020. Stanley Kirk Burrell from East Oakland, CA. Positive. #2020itsliterallyHammerTime #Whigs #NaturallyandBeautifullyBalding Love, Wallace Walrus Brake kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqcqRqnsx2sKc

[@itsblitz4437]

I wonder how the Modern Whig party is doing now? Relatively speaking.

[@gobeklipepe]

That Wino diss was savage 😂

[@TracyRodjunFLagao]

What's the music?

[@samkohen4589]

They should bring the Whig Party back

[@ahuntpropertysince1988]

Federalist (basically army law); Whig party; Democratic-Republican (the most liberal shh...); Democrat; Republican; Green; Independent. Is the policy out the history of the USA government.

[@pleaseimjustahuman]

"they would only divide the country" 2021: WELL NO SHIT!

[@reversecardthompson1197]

He should do more of these!

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

Lol that isn’t Millard Filmore that’s Alec Baldwin in a black and white photo. Don’t lie to me Mr Beat.

[@cccalennn]

short version: the whig party only had people with wigs

[@musicstewart9744]

Tyler, too!

[@mygills3050]

they all look very confident

[@weareallone8442]

How

[@mygills3050]

@@weareallone8442 Overconfident

[@weareallone8442]

@@mygills3050 how

[@neilpemberton5523]

Thanks for an informative video. I've always wondered why an American political party took the name of a British political party

[@earthball2024]

The modern whig party ceased operations in 2019. So it is gone once again.

[@alanhorowitz3796]

The word whig comes from the Scottish term "Whiggamore" which was a name given to horsemen who were against the British monarchy.

[@jwil4286]

So as the UK Conservative party members are Tories, the UK Labour Party are the Whigs?

[@gryphonpol]

@@jwil4286 No. The Whig Party merged with other anti-Conservative groups, following the 1859 UK general election. That formally created the Liberal Party (the term liberal having been used more loosely for many non-Tories in the previous few decades). The Whig element in the Liberal Party mostly split from the official party in 1886 and joined the Liberal Unionist Party, to oppose Irish home rule. The Liberal Unionists became increasingly aligned with the Conservatives and the two parties merged in 1912. That is why the, rarely used, official name of the party is the Conservative and Unionist Party. The Whig tradition in UK politics was more or less extinct by the First World War.

[@alanhorowitz3796]

@@jwil4286 No.

[@johnweber4577]

​@@jwil4286 To my understanding the original Tories had largely faded into irrelevance by 1760 while the Whigs essentially split into the various factions which would reconstitute as the foundations of the Conservative and Liberal parties later on based upon a couple key debates such as how to respond to the French Revolution. The latter eventually being supplanted as the representation of the mainstream Left after years of collaboration by Labour. The term Tory was used disparagingly against William Pitt the Younger and his followers, much like how the Jeffersonian Republicans smeared the Federalists as monarchists over in the United States, despite his rejection of the term in favor of being called an "Independent Whig". But that wound up being to no avail as it ultimately stuck.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Very, very interesting.

[@Ozgipsy]

It all gets very disco here 0:42

[@donkraemer50]

After losing the election, Lewis Cass would go on to star in Throw Momma From the Train

[@PhilipDeLong]

I thought the phrase "Man on Horseback" originated with the French Third Republic political figure, Georges Boulanger. At any rate, I would not consider Jackson a "Man on Horseback" despite his military background due to the weak position of the military in American politics, especially at this time.

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

odd choice of music but i like it alot

[@tyronebrown2246]

Bro no bullshitting I’ve learned a lot watching your channel

[@CalderaFinance]

Great music to whig out to

[@jljordan1]

What a primitive world 2014 was. I was 30. 😅

[@charliesarver]

That dang WINO Tyler

[@glutinousmaximus]

A bit of fun and some history in _The Devil and Daniel Webster_ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_and_Daniel_Webster

[@hadisa8228]

10 years wow

[@Shockkings0714]

The whigs were not liberals. At the time, the whigs and Republicans were the more pro business Conservative party at the time. Intervention in the economy also known as economic nationalism was actually a right wing idea made to protect business and establish banks. Democrats were the liberal party at the time, who opposed economic protectionism and nationalism and banks. It was Classical conservatism (whigs and republicans) vs classical liberalism (democrats). They have always been right wing and left wing respectively. The democrats evolved from the left wing democratic republicans and the whigs evolved from the right wing federalist.

[@johnweber4577]

It’s not even just the economic dimension either. The Whigs were also the party associated with religious moralism given their ties of the Second Great Awakening, similar to the later Republican alliance with the Moral Majority, and by extension causes like the temperance movement in order to uphold public morality. And they also were the ones who were skeptical of mass immigration at the time, mostly being European Catholics from countries such as Ireland and Germany in those days, which the Democrats then as now embraced. Their rank-and-file got so impatient about it that they were the ones to leave and become the bedrock of the nativist Native American Party, better known as Know Nothings, in a bid to defend their traditional Protestant way of life. I’ll also add that one of their big criticisms of the Jacksonians was the belief that they unnecessarily stoked class resentments against the wealth creators of society which they extolled as a country of self-made men. What populism they did engage in was rallied against the Democrats whom they framed as being just a new class of out-of-touch professional politicians simply trying to hold office and establish an executive tyranny. That, regardless of whether or not it is completely fair or accurate, sounds way more along the lines of something a Reaganite would claim as opposed to, say, a New Dealer. The Whigs were pretty clearly a conservative party when you tally things up. Not to mention how they were actually the first American political party to explicitly identify themselves with the term.

[@Shockkings0714]

@@johnweber4577 Thank you for this.

[@johnweber4577]

@@Shockkings0714 You’re welcome! Always glad to see it when somebody gets something out of anything I have to say. Haha