The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-21 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

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lit of Sept. It will be gathered from these, that
considers the choice of candidates to be merely b;
tween Cass and Taylor :
We ere on the eve of a highly important presidential din
lion. In two or three months the people of this co tie ys
to elect a President of the United States ; and ell4:„'
all feel, that great interests of the country are to i.e eisZ
fur good or evil, by the results of that election. Theee—li.
three candidates presented to the choice of the
people. General Taylor is the whig candidate, standing'''.
the nomination of the whig convention. Gen. Cats is tkseja
didate of the opposing and now dominant patty of the
And • third candidate is pmenteil in Cie person of
Buren by a convention of fcllowscitssees aseembled
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Buffalo, whose object, or whose main object, it *veld me;
to me, centered in the prevewi.m of the further
of slavery, an object in which you and I, gentlemen, es hi,
as that goes, entirely concur with them, lam sure. Bias
whig nomination mode at Philadelphia were entirely se&
factory to the people of Massachusetts, and tom, our wed
duty would be plain. But the nomination of a candidly*
the presidency made by the whig convention is Philedelpeb
is not satisfactory to the whirrs of Massachusetts,
spectable and distinguished in the line of his own ess
or however estimable as a private cit:sen, Gen, yk,
military man, and a military man merely. He hes mini,
affairs • he has performed no finctioes of a eivil
under the constitution of his country; he hei wit
ledswn, and is known, only by his brilliant 'chimaera is
the had of an army. Now, the whip of Mearachruent,
and I among them, are of opinion that it was not a* nis
discreet to go to the army for the ',laden of a candidate*
the prerideney of the United States. I need not gay Meth,
is a skilful, brave, and gallant soldier. I believe that he'.
modest, clear-headed. of independent and manly theracter,
possessing • mind trained by proper discipline and self.
control. I will say, too, that so far as I have a
served, his conduct since he has been a candidate tae
the office of president has been irrepro.itheble. Wee
respect to his political opinions and relations, I
can say at once that I believe him to be a wige,
Now, the truth is, gentlemen, in these conventions, s 1
also in the convention at Philadelphia, Geo. Taylor we
nominated exactly for this reason, that believing tin to he
a Whig, they thought he could be chosen more easily ma
any other whig. That is the whole of it. Now, if we woe
weighing the propriety of nominating such a person to them.
sideney, it would be one thing; if we are considering the it.
podiency, or I may say the necessity, which to some minis
may seem to be imposed upon patriotic and welbsemig
whips, to support him since he is nominated, that h caln
another thing. And that leads us to the consideration el
what the whigs of Massachusetts are to do, or seek el
them as do not seem fit to support General Take.
Of course they must vote for General Cass, or they amt
vote for Mr. Van Buren, or they must omit to vote at all.
The alternative presented to the whip of Massachusetts'.
merely one ; the question is between Gen. Taylor and Sea
Cass, and that is the whole of it. The gentlemen so Buffalo
have placed at the head of their party Mr. Van Sera
Speaking for myself, I- should think that if 1 seat to as
press confidence in ?dr. "1' an Buren sod his polities ea
any question, and most especially on this rep sus
tion of slavery ; if on this question be and I should
be found united ; I think the scene would limar
upon the ludicrous, if not upon the contemptible.
I But I would by no means do the least injustice to Mr. Yea
Buren. Ido not mean to say that there may not be rely
good reasons for theu of his own party, who cannot maxi.
entiously vote for General Cam, to vote for him ; because I
think bus much the least dangerous of the two. Bat, ia
truth, looking to Mr. Veil Buren's history and conduct.
President of the United States, I am amused to fiad that be
should be placed at the heed of a party prof( esing to be, be.
yead all other parties of the country, friends of liberty
and enemies of African slavery in the Southern Same
I have said, gentlemen, that in my opinion, if it were as
sizable to pl .ce Mr. Van Buren at the head of the
sent, there is no chance for him. Others are as good judges
es I em ; but I am not able to say that I see any state ia tes
salon in which there is a reasonable probability that he
pt • vote. There may be ; others are more versed in melt
statistics than I am; but I see none; and therefore I thick
that the question is recleaned exactly to the issue betwea
General Case and General Taylor. Now there my
be states in which the nomination of Mr. Van Bans
may draw away from the ether side, largely, , and I
that respect rather injure the prospects of Gen. Cass thin at
Gen. Taylor ; but I speak of whit; votes in this State NM
in any State; and I am of opinion for one, that any mg
given for Mr. Van Buren is for the benefit of Gen. Om
Now as to Gen. Cam, gentlemen, we need cot go to the Id
timore platform to instruct ourselves what his politices sag
how he will conduct the government. Gen. Cass will go ills
the government as coming in by the same party that (Aortal
Mr. Polk, and he will " follow in the footsteps of bilNikr2ioel
predecessor." I hold him, I confess, In the present state of
country to be the most dangerous man in whom the powers of
the executive and the chief magietracy could web be plami.
Therefore, gentlemen, it is for you, and for me, end foe ell
other wbfgs, to consider whether, in this state of the nay
we can or cannot, we will or will not, give our votes for as
whig nomination. I leave that to every man's consciaa
I have endeavoured to state the ease as it presents itself is
me. Before General Taylor's nomination, I stated alum
when the subject was mentioned by my friends, that I dal
not and could not recommend the nomination of a military
man to the people of the United States for the office of pee
sident. It was against my convictions of what was dale
the best interests of the country and the character of the
republic. I stated also at the same time that if Gee. Taylor
should be nominated by the whig convention fairly, I
should not oppose his election. I stand now upon the use
',aeration.

On the subject of commercial affairs the Courier
and -Enquirer says :
We have been stirred up in business matters by the sews
by the Bisons, and speculation in breadstuff.' is on the slut;
not so much by reason of what had occurred, as of what k
anticipated as possible in the damage from bad weather te
the grain harvests in England, and from the rot to the yr
tato. If there should be a deficiency of the cereal crops, sad
a considerable failure of the potato crop, there will
be abundant stores in this country upon which to due.
The wheat harvest was universally abundant and well
secured. The corn, which will not be harvested until net
month, has suffered in some limited districts on the or
board from drought, but not to en extent that will tell at ail
perceptibly upon the great general yield of the country,
which will be enormous. In money matters thfir are easy.
The business in foreign exchange is not active. Quotation
for bills on London range at from 9 to 94, with few sail
over 9. On Paris, 525 to 161; and on Hamburg, 351 is 1.
Good Wiling bilis from the South, endorsed by intim
banks, were sold at 81—and the demand is not animal/
Shipments, both of cotton and breadatuffs, are beet 04
more animated. The packet of the 10th, for Havre, is illea
with cotton; and the St. George, for Liverpool, hag as well
grain and corn engaged, at 801. per bushel, for freight, r
she can take. Before the arrival of the Niagara, 44d. Ira
gladly accepted for corn ; now the asking price is 9d., jut
double. This rise in freight will of course minter:et the
tendency to the rise in prices of flour and grain. The
rates of freights are to Liverpool: For Cotton in squaw
bales, 3-16 d. per lb. ; Flour and Turpentine, 2s. 3d. to 216.
per bl. ; Grain, Bd. to 9d. per bushel. Tu London, 21. per
bl. for Flour, and other articles in proportion. To Bow,
Cotton, gc. per lb. •
A fire at New York had destroyed me of the large
gas works and plunged part of the city in darkness.
The American journals contain intelligence five
Honduras, Guatemala, and Yucatan. From Hoe
duns the news is to the sth of August. The French
consul, Mr. Challaye, had ceased exercising his
functions with the republic of Guatemala. His cause
for so doing appears to have been the publication of
an article in the official gazette which he considered
an insult. It seems that the consul convoked at his
house all the French citizens of Guatemala, with the
view of adopting some resolutions manifesting to the
provisional government their adhesion to the republic.
At this meeting some difference of opinion occurred.
and". protest was presented to the consul against the
malevolent sentiments which the signers supposed the
editors of the Gamete had expressed towards Frame
and the government recently established. The could
adopted the protest as his own, and enclosed it to the
ctervernment of Guatemala, with the demand that his
and the protest should be published in Sr
Gamete, in French and Spanish, as the first article
is
the paper, and concluded by saying that it was bas
Arm determination not to enter into any correspond'
once nor retract from any of the conditions above ex-
=The Guatemala government have re
the matter to the French government,
and in the mean time the French consul lms
hauled down his colours and the consulate arms.
Dates from Campeachy are to the 17th July.
The Yucateco troops had been compelled to evacuate
Ticul, a town which they had recorguered from tha
Indiana. They were forced to retreat,by want of pre
visions. It was considered at Campeachy an unforte
nate move. The government was pursuing a seems
course towards all taken in arms or assisting the
diens ; they were at ono shot upon being tried by
court martial Subsequent dates from Campesahl
state that the Indians had been latterly defeated is
every engagement with the whites.
The following ia the letter of our dent :
NEW iglit2),GTErr. 5.
The great topic of the last few days in this city. le
the news the progress of the potato rot, and of the rung