The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-02 00:00:00

TIM POLITICAL FUTURE OP TEE' UNITED
STATES.

The Difiats publishes an article of some length,
in which it declares that the turn lately taken by events in
America is such that the approaching dispersion of the
Southern armies may be anticipated, and the occupation by
the Federal forces of all the important cities in the Slave
States be certainly looked for. The Southern% the writer
stye, may possibly pin some advantages, and even prolong
the straggle, but the ultimate result will be the recovered
ascendancy of the North. The object of the article,
however, does not appear to be so math to pro-
phecy the changes which may take place, as to point
to the fact that the constitution of the United
States has during the late conflict been violated in
so many !instances that ate revision will in all probability
be deemed a necessity. The concluding portion of the arti-
cle will give an idea of the writer's views. lie says
" The constitatim of the Uaited States km had a greet mis-
fortune. In the struggle between the North and the
South it has been acted spinet by the President in many
of its principal enaetmeate, and that with the sanction, or
at least the tacit consent. of the North. The President inr
fringed it when he negotiated certain loans, when, of his
own private authority, he called oat the mihtia ; for the
COOgreel aloes has the power to bomow mosey, and to call
the militia under arms. He transgressed it in the
mad offensive meaner, when, in certain locelitiee,
as at Baltimore, be suspended the habeas corpus
act, by ...teeing the arrest and ppreeeventive imprisonment of
several persons. All these deviations from the constitution
have been ordered by him, certainly not bemuse he aimed
at assuming a diothtmehip, bat because he thought himself
under the preemie of an imperious necessity ; he deemed it
the only way of saving the Federal government. The con-
stitution of the Usher' States bee therefore been exposed to
more than ono inroad during the last few months. These
infringements of the law bare not given any offence in the
North, becalm the greatobject of the North was to put down
the South. No bill of indemnity has been obtained, because
none has been demanded. Is that any proof that the con-
stitution remains entire'.' Alas, no ! On the contrary, it is
a proof that natter the circumstances in which the country
is now placed the constitution has owned to be in harmony
with the slats of men's minds, and that public passion holds
it of small account. One might thus be led to infer that ite
career will sot be long. For to be durable • constitution
must have retained its virgin purity, and be surrounded with
the jealous and watchful respect of public opinion. The
United Suttee seem therefore irresistibly compelled to
modify their political organisation ; whilst people in Europe,
where centralisation has been carried to an abusive extreme,
are rigidly bent on decentralising, North America appoirs
destined to make rapid advances towards centralieation-
He would be • bold prophet who should attempt to fore-
tell what forms and rules of government will prevail in
North America Kea years hence ; but there would be no
great risk in saying that the will not be the forms and
rule* of 1788 or of 1916. St let would he be exposed to
be contradicted by the event who should prognosticate that
North America will none the less be a power of the first
order, and probably permed of grater military resources
than at any previous epoch."

The Southern News, Invercargill, New Zealand,
of January 18, says :—" The splendid clipper ship Samoan
may be expected at the Bluff some day this week, with
4000 Leicester and Lincoln sheep, for the Seaward Downs
&tate. This ouv is by far the moat valuable ever im-
ported teeny of these ookitiee, beteg worth at least 20,0801.
Another ship, the Young America, may be expected next
mouth, with same number and equal quality of sheep.
They have been shipped with the usual proportion of Tams
and ewes, so that they will be bred pure. It is intended
that the surplus stock shall be sold to farmers, who will
tad sheep at these breeds much more profitable this
cattle."