Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-07-28
Correspondence of the New York Express
ANJERIc ANS ABROAD


cannot refrain from translatng few notices
from the Journals of Valparaiso, relative to the ap
pearance, conduct, and impressions which our coun-
trymen present and excite here.
1t should be borne in mind, that it is the first time
these people have seen Americans " en- masse," hav-
ing only heretofore seen Naval officers Mer-
chants (and but few of them) and seamen, and they
have now haa opportunity to see the people
g face to face" and mark what they say of them
From the Concrete of Valparaiso and other papers
of May Eth, 1S49
&c The brilliant examples OF the mass OF the people
of the United States who crowd our streets and
fill our public places of resort are the first practical
cxempfcaions which Chill has seen of the advan-
tageS which California will enjoy in being occupied
by the United States. This transition, this stream
of the North American people which now sets from
the Atlantic to the Western shore of their soil,
which now flows round South America, shows in the
most conclusive the spirit which anmates
this great people in those states created by them and
their example"
"This current will leave light, gold, ideas, exam
pie, and men, on its route"
g The books of eChevalier' and De Toquevle'
are dumb show in comparison to the lively examples
which we see daily arriving at ports, of what
that nation is composed, and destined to be the
&c Mother of Nations"
These masses of men dressed i'll broadcloth and
silk vests, who throng streets en- route for
California are of the masses of the people Of North
America
They are the very men whom the aristocracy oil
Europe denominate &c Plebeians."
" Compare these people with ours as they pass
before our eyes, and then tell us, if you can, If our
people exhibit the equality of character necessary
to make them understand and profit by institutions
like theirs the most perfect OF all representative re-
puDlcs.
To compare the capacity of the Spanish colonies
with those created by the Anglo-Saxon is to reject
the very rudiments of American History. There is
nothing more apparent than the enormous difference
which has ever existed between the founders of the
States in the North and South America.
The North Americans whom we now sec are not
the work of so years. they the result of 300 years
of civilization, they the descendants of the most
cultivated people of England in the 10th century,
removing to the new world flying from tyranny, in
search of Liberty"
"The Exchange is much frequented by them, and
causes great satisfaction to witness the number OF
distinguished persons among them. These scenes far
from diminishing will continue and increase, Judging
from the news by the last steamer, which announces
that ninety-ive ships had sailed from the Uni
ted States.
oThe unlocked for circumstances which have
called their attention to the shores of the Pacific,
must have a happy influence on the prosperity OF
Chill. We already more activity i'll our COM
merce and greater hopes for the future than could
be felt year since, and cannot doubt but that the
prosperity of California will have happy influence
on the neighboring States, since 1t Will be con-
Stunning country, and new market for our produc-
tons"
There other articles equally fattering to our
national PRIDE in the various papers, and one which
states that in instance have the police been called
upon to interfere for the preservation of order either
in the street, theatre elsewhere.
Another compliments the singing of the Orphean,
Minstrels" who volunteered to give New England
songs.
The influx of such numbers of specie paying peo-
pie has advanced every thing in the public markets
from so to 100 per cent, that the CHILEAN officers
are complaining bitterly OF the sudden tax put on
them in the shape OF market bills the other hand,