Feature Corn, Catholics and the Constitution: The Tory Crisis of 1827-30 Graham Goodlad considers the reasons for the disintegration of the early nineteenth-century Tory Party, which had dominated British politics for more than four decades. Graham Goodlad | Published in History Review Issue 43 September 2002 ‘Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox’, a cartoon satirising Wellington and Peel extinguishing the Constitution for Catholic Emancipation. 1829. Wellcome Collection. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive. Buy Online Access Buy Print & Archive Subscription If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems.