Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-01-26

subject under consideration, and voted
down, by large majority, proposition
TO insert q clause granting this power;
When they bring experience to their aid,
and review the course and condition Of
many Of the STATES, which have INDUCED
TO their sorrow and modification an in
ordinate appetite for this species Of enter
prize, Or rather speculation; they cannot
but regard the course Of Mr.. Polk, upon
this great question, as enlightened and
judicious fact, the only course recom-
.mended BY wisdom, justice and prudence.
UP, AND TRY IT AGAIN.
a communication appears in the last
Tribune, over the signature Of "Nons
Vsrrons," which complains very bitterly,
Upon the authority Of a mere casual re-
port, of the burning Of petition, by two
members Of our present General Assem-.
bly,. This correspondent first says, that
it was "petition of the members Of the
"Dubuque Bar" demonstrating against
the appointment Of Geo. Greene, as being
unqualified for seat upon the Bench Of
the Supreme Court and sums up by
giving very eloquent dissertation upon
the rights Of petition. We have heard
SO much Of the Dubuque Barr within
the past year, that we are almost ready
to die with arc and generation, and we
must be permitted to ask the question,
for infornation's sake alone, how for this
wonderful power Of the dubuque Bar
extends, and how long this terrible thral-
dom is to last? Why, it would really
seem tina! a man is not permitted to exer-
else the common rights Of a citizen, or
raise his voice above whisper, unless
he first get permission Of the dubuque
Bar And in fact, we begin seriously
to question whether man has right to
associate with his ncighbors, or to pass
one Of these legal Luminaries without
making a low bow. We sincerely trust
that our General Assembly will take
this subject under consideration, and
pass law defining the powers OF the
dubuque Bar But question Of fact
arises here, which it may be important
to notice, and that's, how many profound
legal men it requires TO compose the sDu-
buque Bar There are fifteen practicing
lawyers in Dubuque, and but five out of
those fifteen demonstrated against the
appointmentof Mr.. Greene-four Wings
and one "unimpeachable Democrat Do
these five men arrogate 10 themselves all
the legal ability Of the place, that they
should represent themselves the Dubuque
Bar to the exclusion Of ten others, who
depend upon this profession for liveli-
hood? ltoccurs to US, that they are pay
ing these ten gentlemen very poor COM
p!lment, by denying them the right of
membership and excluding them from
any right to sit in judgment upon broth
er Of the profession.
Now as to the probability ofthe impu-
ted offence. This correspondent says,
that he learns from respectable source,
that the petitions were burned. Ifsuch
be the fact, it was evidently wrong; for
the RICH, Of petition is sacred privilege,
grantedtothe citizen, which should new
er be abused. But is the mere rumor Of
such fact good and sufficient reason to
request and direct public attention to the
subject2 A thousand rumors were afioat
at Iowa City, during the excitement at
tendant upon the first and second weeks
assembling Of the Legislature, which
we're treated with no more notice, than
allowing them to pass in one ear and out
the other. The burning of petitions was
one among that long list Of flying reports,
and we presume entitled to as little con-
iidence, as many others, which were con.
tfadicted before they had time TO get
stones throw from where they omanated.
We doubt very much whether the said
petitions Of the Dubuque Bar" were
even scorched, much less burned; and
we loub. still more the propricty Of ma
king the charge upon the authority Of
mere rumor.
"LEAP YEAR, Our readers are doubt
less aware, that the year we have just
upon is Leap Year. Every 4th
year contains, by the calender, 366 days
.-one day being added TO the month of
February. II may be interesting, if not
new to the reader, to call to mind the ori-
gin Of this fact. The calender of the