Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-08-06

law of the queen, were suddenly ordered to
quit the palace and leave Madrid They bun
died out, bag and baggage, with the smallest
possible ceremony, and the least possible de-
lay Many have been the conjectures, and
various the accounts of the causes of this most
sudden and unexpected move. 1t is certain
that the measures was adopted with the con-
currence and the responsibility of ministers,
and rumor assigns to Don Francisco the guilt
of Joining in conspiracies directed even against
the life of her majesty. When the Infante
was compelled, by the order of the queen,
communicated to him by the captain general
of Madrid to leave the palace and quit the
capital, he declared that he would publish
manifesto explaining the circumstances which
have led to this strange catastrophe.
From the Washington Union.
ANOTHER {" SIGNAL ARTICLE"
The Warsaw Qll) " Signal" comments up
on the article and letter in the Cincinnati ig-
nal" One would scarcely suppose that, be-
ing &C neutral,' (or, rather, "independent'
paper, as 1t calls itself,) it should have come
to a conclusion so directly at war with its own
position. 1t first shows the " glorious confu-
sion'' into which parties had already fallen
about the presidential election, by Gen. Tay-
ior's position before the appearance of the
! Signal letter. and it then shows how much
this confusion has been increased by the pub
LEGATION of that celebrated document. This ar
ticle is only another proof of what we have
long seen and cheerfully admitted-the great
force and tact with which many of the inte-
riOr and distant presses are now conuucted.-
They are continually pouring forth editorials
which would do honor to the largest cities in
the. Union. There is sometimes raciness
and condensation about them, in which they
surpass the most labored efforts of the daily
press The shepherd of Mantua frequent
ly excels even the prouder citizen Of Rome
We hail these Improvements with pleasure, be-
cause such papers exceed the others not only
in the total amount of circulation, but in the
power of coming nearer home to the bust.
ness and bosoms of men, and thus mixing W
their contents with the opinions and feelins OF
the community. II they are not the ssdai
ly bread' of the people, they furnish thei
minds with sustenance every week or twice {
week. And yet these laborious editors have
sometimes to 'play many parts; iii their office
They are writers as well as printers; they
compose first on paper, and then on type; some
times, their own clerks, and even duns, who
are accustomed to very little division of labor
! yet they occasionally bring out editorial essays
of great pith and no little bauty. And We
they are too often nadequateiy rewarded fol
their multiplied labors.
We laid before our readers in last nights
F'Union'' two articles on the presidential cleo
ton from the interior presses in distant part:
of our country, and we now go to the ''fa
vest for another composition, which is wor
thy of attention.
!, From he Warsaw SIGNAL 1ulv II
t GENERAL TAYLOR AND THE PREsIDENCY.-
What neutral paper discoursing upon tn
presidency ~ may be the exclamation of some Q
our readers on casting their eyes over the abov
f caption. Well, why not! Cannot a neutral-o
rather, as we call ours, an INDEPENDENT journa
v discourse upon matters of national importance
without being thought upon forbidden ground
We shall see.
!, 1t is we'll known fact that Gen. Taylor ha
been nominated for the Presidency by a large POI
ton of the wing press throughout the south an
. west, as well as by quite respectable number
- democrats.
1t is also we'll known, that quite controvers
: has been carried on through the party papers,
to the politics of the old chief; some asserting thu
= he lisa real Simon Pure whig, lover of Henr
{ Clay, and contemner Of the "powers that be
. while others as vocferously assert that he is ant
. measure.
e Taking all these assertions and counter asse
) tions and all the proofs (Which very meagre
+, brought forward by the respective parties, I'M
n consideration, and the matter is enveloped in
lie thing of mystery. The old hero doubtless EMO,
the joke; as he evidently is in no sort of hun
lie to "de6ne his position" -choosing rather to CO..
)r fine his attention. for the time being, to whippir
;e the Mexicans.
,e In the meantime, however, another party
at springing up-and it bids fair to be an importa
lie one-and it, too, supports Gen. Taylor, becau
k he will be neither whig nor democrat--will n
h be the candidate of any party-and because
a success will, in their view, have tendency to
lay party spirit and to break up the old party lin
- which have so long divided the country.
At There is also springing up at the north co
siderable party from the dsaected of both the OF
- er parties, which may be called the anti-Tayior
anti-southern candidate party Whose leading pri
II cpe is opposition to southerners and southern
~ stutions. This party is gaining many accesso
of strength from those who believe that the no,
III was entitled to the selection of the next Preside
III and who entertained the reasonable hope that Il
Le' right would be acqucsced in by their southe
C. brethren.
Lr 1t is easy to be seem too that there is a lar
II. class of both wings and democrats who have ,
tl, yet declared Tor the hero OF Buena Vista a
We who will not, until his position is taken, and
up line of policy clearly marked out-and not tn
to unless that policy suits them. That it can or y
re- suit all who thus holding back, is not to be
Iir pected.
lid There is also another class of citizens who
his precate eevating military chieftan to the high
civil office in the gift of the people, and who wo
he make civil talents alone the qualification for
.or presidential office.
he Thus it would seem to an impartial observer
If we are) that party potics-especialy in rela
to the presidency-are in an admirable state
J., confusion. To add to this confusion, there i
70 fast widening difficulty in the ranks of the dem
90 racy. between the Benton and the Calhoun $
III tions-a difficulty which it may not even now
u easy to heal.
he In the midst of all this confusion, we have
IN ter from Gen. Taylor himself the history of wh
TO is simply this:
On the 18th of April last, the article which
by copy below appeared in the editorial columns
icy the Cincinnati Morning Signai--a spirited
ted welLconducted paper, sailing under a neutral