Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-22
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
From all quarters, the horizon is daily be-
coming brighter for CAss and Butler. The
democratic party is everywhere united and
harmonious, with the single exception of the
State of New York; and there, from recent
accounts, ny no means settled but that
CAss and BUTLER will carry the State. On
the other hand, the wings are distracted and
divided into factions. In the South, FILLMORE
is too bitter pill 10 swallow. Even South
ern uchigs cannot be expected TO vote for ano-
torous aboltionist At the North, the CLAY
men have broken out into open hostility a
gainst the o-party nomination of Gen. TAY-
LoR Witness the tremendous CLAY meeting,
held few days ago in the city OF New York
witness the response from large meeting Of
CLAY wings in Albany, on the 18th, ratifylng
the N. York meeting, and calling upon all good
and true CLAY men throughout the State to
lose no time in organizing CLAY Electoral
ticket. In addition to this, we find in the
! Trenton On J.) Ne,rs, of Friday last, a call
signed by SO of the leading wings of Hudson
county, for a CLAY meeting on that evening,
at which Dawn GRAHAM, WILLIS HALL, DUB
LEY SELDEN, and other leading men Of New
York wele TO be present. In New Brunswick,
. On. Y y we notice another call for a CLAY
meeting Again, read the letter published on
! the fourth page, from the pen of JOHN Minor
BoTTs-the whig member of Congress from
the Richmond, (Va.,) district,-and one of the
most ultra and prominent wings in the Union
| This no-party nomination of Gen TAYLOR
will, in truth, prove the utter humiliation of
the wing party. How can it be otherwise i?
With no principles that nigh form common
bond of union for the party throughout the
country, how can they expect anything else,
than TO be split up into factions' On the 9TH
er hand, look at the democratic party from
Maine 10 Texas, with its glorious old banner
floating in the breeze, emhlazoned with the
principles under which il has so often fought
and conquered in bygone days.
We close this paragraph by presenting to
our readers an extract from the Albany cor
respondent Of the Baltimore Sun, showing up
how the game stands in the Empire State:
{" More of life, spirit, and animation seems
to be taking hold of the political world
Men of all parties and factions are apparently
waking up to realizing sense of tFeir siua-
ton 1t has been all along very generally
conceded that the Van Buren, free soil agita-
ton would take sufficiently from the demo-
10th; VI 81.
toral vote to Gen. Taylor. But times and sea-
sons change, and men as well as political
chances change with them The boiling of
Mr.. Clays friends. the detection extending as
it is throughout this State, will result favor
ably to Gen. Cass, and the probabilities now
arc strongly in bis fat or, SO far as New York
is concerned. Should the Van Buren, and
Clay men remain firm TO their avowed purpose,
the result is certain. But We have been as
! I'D --:-~. d :,
rem party, that whenever it shall be apparent
that Gen. Cass is in the assendencv, the Van
Buren, men will in body vote for Gen. lay
Tor. Should they do so, the detection of the
Clay wings can be productive OF no i'll con-
sequences to Gen. Taylor. But such d pro-
ceeding on the part Of The free soil men, who
have been so clamorous, would demonstrate
IN the most paipabIe manner that which is al
lcduy dPPdtcnt, anu WnlCn Is virtually confess
ed, that not a particle of principle is involved
IN the agitation gotten up by these men. Ev-
cry thing in consideration, and as matters now
stand, the prophecy is to day ventured, that
Lewis Cass will be President in 1919, and
not chosen by the Representatives in Con-
gres.
q" The friends Of Mr. Clay held meeting at
the Capitol last evening, at which the only
big gun exploded was Dudley Selden, now OF
New York, but formerly Representative in
Congress from this district Dudley SeIden
IS backslider from the democratic faith He
warmly urged the claims Of Henry Clay, and
as warmly repudated the proceedings of the
+ Philadelphia Convention and The nomination
OF Gen. Taylor. 1t is estimated that the new
element, the Clay agitation, ntay possibly take
from one hundred to one hundred and fifty
thousand votes from the side of Gen. Taylor.
The Van Buren, men will take more from Gen.
CasS. So that IN fact, as was stated in a for
mer letter. political chances and changes are
particularly loose and uncertain at all points -
EDITORIAL CHANGE. Hillsboro' Ra.
toon, sterling democratic paper, has passed
into the editorial charge of Thomas B. Bailey
Esq son OF Judge Bailey. Mr.. Bailey is a
young gentleman of finished education, fine
talents and unblemishel character. We vel.
come him into the corps editorial, and predict
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