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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Historical reflection on the evolution of British political terms from Cabal to Faction, Party, Whig, and Tory during Charles II's reign, noting the disgrace of ministers Buckingham, Shaftesbury, and Lauderdale, and suggesting the current Cabal may need suppression.
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The title of Cabal was first given to that of Faction, which in the reign of Charles II. filled the King with such high notions of prerogative; tho' the Sovereign was wise enough to desert those measures which his Ministers would have led him into, by which Buckingham, Shaftesbury, and Lauderdale, were at last disgraced. At length the name was changed to Faction; then to Party; and afterwards, from a singular instance recorded in our history, to Whig and Tory, epithets which stamped the truest marks of political intrigue. Cabal has however again reared its head; but whether the Sovereign may not find it his truest interest, like his predecessor, to suppress its influence very early time will shew.
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London
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March 10
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buckingham, shaftesbury, and lauderdale were at last disgraced
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The title of Cabal was first given to that of Faction, which in the reign of Charles II. filled the King with such high notions of prerogative; tho' the Sovereign was wise enough to desert those measures which his Ministers would have led him into, by which Buckingham, Shaftesbury, and Lauderdale, were at last disgraced. At length the name was changed to Faction; then to Party; and afterwards, from a singular instance recorded in our history, to Whig and Tory, epithets which stamped the truest marks of political intrigue. Cabal has however again reared its head; but whether the Sovereign may not find it his truest interest, like his predecessor, to suppress its influence very early time will shew.