Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-31

@ We commend the following 10 our a.
dopted citizens. 1t is from that Sterlsng
Democratic paper the Pit,sburg Mercu-
ry:
TO ALL ADOPTED CITIZENS. .
FELLow-ClTIzENs:-
Beloved and respected guardians Of
the sacred altar of Liberty,-you who
have felt the sharp pangs of oppression
in your native land:-you who have en-
countcred the perils of the ocean, to Sc
cure, for yourselves and your children,
in "lhe land of the free and the home Of
the brave" that liberty Of speech and OF
action, which you all we'll know how to
prize:--you, to whom must be made the
last appeal, when danger threatens the
Constitution of our country to you we
appeal, and ask you to read carefully the
following extract from paper published
in Philadelphia, that sus1ains Zachary
Taylor for the Presidency, and urges the
claims Of William F. Johnson for Gov
ernor Of this State. The editor of this
paper, referring to the efforts that are
being made by the Democratic party to
elect Gen. Cass, most emp hatically asks
"Shall this effort be successful? Shall
free-born Americans, whose fathers have
shed their blood as the price Of price
less freedom, be forced to surrender that
freedom to Ike hands OF a corrupt faction,
wh9 haze no sympatdiss for america, and
whose sole thought is the domiaion Of the
MlTRED TYRANT OF ROME? Shall
the problem Of freedom, now so nearly
approaching demonstration, be checked
by such means? The answer of these
questions lies acith the Native Americans
They have already given their answer
in the noble sacrifice they have made,
even in this city, where, for the preser-
walton Of their civil and religious rights
t:.ey haze shed their blood as freely as ever
did martyrs at the stake.
''BuT THEIR WORK, it seems, is ONLY
HALF DONE. The sacrifice of 1914, GLo-
R1oUs as they mere, have perhaps to be Of
fored again. The INCENSE THEN BURN
ED upon the altar Of freedom has been
swept away, and the dispersion Of the
cloud has revealed the hideous form Of
the enemy in nearly its original strength.
Ne,c o0erings are demanded, and ut doubt
not WILL BE FREELY GIVEN, upon
the same holy altar.'
This is the language Of wretch, who
boasts Of having aided in desecrating
Temples dedicated to the Most High; and
who tells you, that those who were gull
ty Of this act, are ready to enact the same
scene perhaps even in Pittsburgh-if
they shall but be encouraged to do so.-
This is the language Of a supporter of
William +. johnson for the Office Of Gov
crnor-a man who is sustained by those
desecrators Of all law, because he is
pledged to sustain cir nc(arious shcmcs
This is the language Of those who are in
sid!ousl y working among you, in order
to make YOU believe that the democratic
party are adverse to the adopted citizens
Of this country. This is the language of
Infamous towards, who hno1u that, bat for
the uniform course Of the Democratic par
ty, in relation to your admission to the
full rights Of citizenship, from the admin
istralion Of the elder Adams to this day,
you would long since have filled posi-
tloE in our country, little more exalted
than that Of serfs; and who are, natwth-
standing, secretly striving to induce
belief in your minds, that they are your
friends. Friends truly they arc! But
it is the friendship Of the cat, for the
mouse the friendship Of the hawk for the
gentle dove; the friendship Of the tiger
for the lamb!
Fc!ow-citizens:-I In the first messuagc
TO Congress by Thomas Jefferson, the
great Apostle Of American Liberty, and
the Father Of American Democracy, you
may find the remarkable language:-
"SHALL WE REFUSE THE UNHAPPY FUGI-
TlvEs FROM DISTRESS, THAT HOSPITALITY,
WHICH THE SAVAGE OF THE WILDERNESS EX-
TENDED TO OUR FATHERS, ARRIVING IN THIS
LAND? SHALL OPPRESSED HUMANITY FIND
NO ASYLUM ON THIS GLOBE?' This was
the language Of Jefferson in 1900; and
the sentiment then uttered by him, has
been that Of his humble followers, in ev-
cry contest which they have entered in
10 since that day. Jefferson was then de-
nounced as demagogue, who sought to
be elevated to power by making appeals
to the ignorant foreigners; and so have
been his political dccipIes, from that day
to the present. So was the venerable
and beloved jackson; so is the noble and
gallant CAss; and SO will be every man
who dares to assert your ri ghts, against
the wishes Of the would-be lords, and prn-
ces and mayhap kings Of our beloved
country. Let US not be thought un Just
or ungenerous, to our political opponents,
in throwing out this intimation: nor is
it based upon mere idle imagination.-
There were many men in our count; y,
at the organization Of our government,
who believed the mass Of mankind inca
babIe Of self:government; and who there
fore deemed it indispensibly necessary
that there should be permanent aristo-
cratic interest esta blished in connection
with it. The idea is not, even at this day,
too Anticipated TO find advocates; and
those who hold it as part of their polit-