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United States of America. thereby defeating the pre- tensions of hr. Henry Clay. Mir. Polk, who stood on the oco-foco or rabhs interest," has deeaied him sell favorable To the annexation of Texas to the Fed eIai OnoH, to slavery, and il modified iarh MT. Clay IS what the Amer Icans call "whlg," anu. slaveie, man of peace, favorable to the stiff tarl heavy customs, and unboundel protection io Ameri- can manufactures. How he 10 be beaten is raiher curious

 The false, il not fraudulent, principle upon which the American constitution Is founded is year by year sinking the republic in the nre. For instance, Il is the hw there that every fprt igner who comes has it ln hIs power, by means of declaration, to become hee citizen, and vote m tie elections. The Amer- cans thought this wise policy al the commencement of their independence, the principle that having stolen the property of their king, they had equal right to steal his other kings subjects IL is an adage that stolen property never thryes-never, m The end, benefits the thief; and the Americans have at length discovered this 10 be fact. For ma ny years, tens of thousands of Irishmen. Germans Poles, and other foreigners have landed on thei, shores, vast proportion of them in rags hungry, and homeless, ready of cou SC, 10 work, beg, fight or dc any thing for dish of potatoes, slice of pumpkin pie, and draught of sour cider. These men, have become electors; and they not only iormd Able in point of numbers, but, what is more to the pun pose every mans vote is worth from ten to fifteen dollars in all the large towns. They consequently carry all tlle elections, by force and fraud.

 From Winner and Smiths Times.

 MT. Folks success has not been favorably received m England. He is a new man-his name is strange to our ears, as until recently, t to those of his own counlrymen-and the EngIsh love not new names nor new men. His has been mainly secured by the annexation cry--an unpopular cry on ths side of Ihe Atlantic, il k associated with sa- very and s evils. He owes it To ihe cnmbined sup port o the repudators of the norh and the planteru "i the south-an o,ninous alliance. Finally the distribution of the proceeds from the pubic lands is nnf aa the tainted bonds sec chance touching their dol- lars. Nepertheless, large parly-the free trade party-rejoce at Folks election, because the, be- le,e he will popuariAr the lari and place the com- inerce oi the two c0,n,ries liberal and sat- islactory basis-Ifhe

 From tho European Times

 The "Great Western last week. brought tbe inc teligence of he election of Mr Polk as President of the United Stafes different result had been an- tcIpated. struggle so momentous must have itn- poriant consequences and, accordingly, ihe subject has been viewed and analysed every possible Eight and shape by he English press. Republlcanism in every phase, democi aiic influences, with all their advantages and draw backs, the success and other wise of the g eat North American family experiment, since it cut all connexion wiih John Bu, and set up house keeping on its own account-all tbsse topIcs have passed in review. and have been treated at great length, with much ability, and. generally speak ing, with candor during the last few days.

 No country in the world puzzles .he political econ oniss and the speculators m abstract theories so much as the Un,ied States. It i. an enigma: peo- pc here Ihe Union dty going ahead, increasing n all the elements of national prosperity, aboundng il all that constitutes wealth and greatness md yet hardly day passes that its speedy ruin is not pre-. ticted. "lt cannot possibly hang toge,her" ex- claimed one-and the Slavery of the Soulh is refer red 10 'It contains llhln its bosom the elements of dIssouton," cries anolher-and the array of ra- ces and sects agaas each other in the great cities of the North is pointed out. "A people that are too dish 'nr-t to pay their debts, can never command respact, or become permanently happy and prosper- "uS," shout. a city usurer, as he buttons up his greasy brooches pockets, and snaps ihe ngel of Penns, lyana and SC ore of repmdia,iDg sisters.

 Reasons are as plentiul as bIackherries why Am erica cannot flourish endure; hut there stands the undeniabe fart, staring the logcians and political enc0nomist in the lace, that she does thrive, and i'at every move hitherto taken by her people has been onward: that every man in the towns is an in- dependent tarmrr-that sqnald misery and death from st rvatiou-unhappily, no novelties in England are unknown on the other side of the Atlantic, where destituton, unless produced by intemperanos or by idleness. has no existence.