Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-10
GEN. CASS ON THE DISSOLUTION
OF THE UNION.

"LA\' CA'oO Wv ILL DAOOOAO lON
OF THE UNION.
The following beautiful extract, from the
speech Of Gen. Cass on the Oregon question,
we commend to every lover Of the Union. 1t
brcathes throughout, tho spirit of exalted pat
riotism.
1t pains me, sir, to hear illusions to the
destruction OF tho Government, and to the
dissolution Of this Confederacy. 1t pains me,
not because they inspire me with any fcar,
but because we ought to have one unpronouce.
able word, as the Jews had of old, and that
word is Dissolution. We should reject the
feeling from our hearts and the name from
our tongues. The cry of 'Wo, wo, to Jcrusa.
lem CRATES harshly upon my ear. Our Jeru.
salem is neither bcleaguercd nor in danger.
1t is yet the city upon hill. glorious in what
it is, still more glorious, by the blessing of
God, in what it is to be--u landmark, inviting
the nations of the world E, struggling upon the
stormy ocean Of political oppression, to follow
us to a haven Of safety, and of rational libor-
ty. No English Titus will enter our temple
Of freedom through breach in the battlo-
ments, to bear thence the ark Of our Constitu-
ton, and the book Of our law, to take their
stations in a triumpha procession in the streets
of 4 modern Rome, as trophies Of conquest. and
proofs Of submission.
Many raven has croaked in my day, but
marched onward. Many a crisis has present.
ed itself to the Imagination of our political
Cassandras, but we have still Increased in po-
litical prosperity as wo have increased in years,
and that, too with an accelerated progress un.
known in tho history of the world We have
4 class Of men whose cy es are alway vs. upon the
future, overlooking the blessings around Us,
and forever apprehensive Of some great poiti.
cal evil, which is to arrest our course some.
where or othe: on this side of millennium. 10
them VIC are the image Of gold and silver, and
brass, and clAy, conirariety in unity, which
the first rude blow Of misfortune is to strike
from its pedestal.
'For my own part, I consider this the strong
est government on the face of the earth for
good, and the weakest for evil. Strong, be-
Gu use supported by the public opinion Of peo.
pie inferior to none Of the communities of the
earth in all that constitutes moral worth and
| useful knowledge, and who have breathcd into
I their political system the breath of life; and
who would destroy it, as they had created It,
if it were unworthy Of them, or failed to fulfil
tn cir expectations. And weak for evil from
this very consideration, which would make its
| tOllics and faults the signal of its overthrow.
1t IS the only government in existence which
no revolution can subvert. 1t may be chang.
ed, but it provides for its own change when
the pnblic will requires. Plots and insurrcc-
ton, and the various means by which an op.
pressed populace manifests its sutfcrings, and
seeks the recovery Of its rights, have no place
there. We have nothing to fear but ourselves
GTJudge Cookery, Secretary of the
Board OF Internal improvement, left this
city on Thursday morning last. for the pur-
pose of again opening his office at some
convenient point, for the sale of rhe lands
donated to the State for the improvement Of
the navigation of the Des Moines river.
ny the provisions of the act making the do.
nation, the Board is restricted from making
further sales of land while there are $50,
oOo dollars III the treasury and that limit
having been reached some months ago, the
further sale was suspended until the pay
ment, to contractors, of the first estimate
VIII en- took place few days ago.
Although the stay Of the Judge was but
short one, twas long enough for his many
good quallties.to endear him to large circle
OF friends and acquaintance, who will long
bear in remembrance the evidences they
have seen of his generous heart and noble
soul.-[ keokuk Dispatch.
Mr.. STEPHENS & JUDGE CoSE.-A dis
patch to the Reveile. from Macon, Geo,
Dated Sept 5th states, that at the close of
the examination at Atlanta, Judge Cone
was put under bonds to the amount of $40,
600 on the charge Of assault, with intent to
murder. Mr.. Stephens is considered out of
danger, and agrees 70 the prosecution of
Conc.
JUDGE BREESE.
Judge Breese is the first choice Of four
fi(ths Of the people in northwestern ILL.,
nois for election. No man has ever SER
we'd the State more ably or more faithful
ly. All accounts from Washington agree
in ranking him in the first class of Sena-
tors. His constat attendance n:the Sen
ate chamber, and upon the committees has
become proverbial And who has ever
entrusted to his care, business of private
nature, either with the Department, or be.
fore Congress, and not had it promptly at
tended to?
Besides the important measures above
alluded to, in which Judge Breese was
the prime mover, or active agent, we
would mention one or two other items Of
no less importance to the public. He in.
troduced and carried throug h the Senate
IN one day, and which on the same day
passed the House, the joint resolution fol-
the speedy payment to the volunteers the
three months extra pay voted to them by
Congress and which he supported. Un-
der the operation of that resolution, pay
masters will be sent by the United States,
to all the Stats where there are voluntee rs
who will there receive their pay speedi-
ly, and without expence to them, there be-
ing about ninety thousand such claims, it
would have taken ten years to settle them
thereby subjecting the, claiments to the
rapacity Of spectators and shavers, who
would have obtained them for the mcrest
trife. He has also rendered efficient aid
in the passage Of the Post Route bills. He
also, as chairman ofthe committee on Pub.
lie Lands, reported in favor of, and car
ried through the Senate, bill, granting
alternate sections Of land to the State Of
illinois, to finish the Rail Road from Cal.
70 &c the Lakes, and the Upper Mississip-
pi. In short, the whole State has ever
found in him faithful public servant. and