Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-24

as t7OVefnOr thefeo1, ana nope the people
will elect a Delegate TO Congress anc
member Of the Legislative Assembly
Congress should not thus abandon, cxpa
triate, and disorganse any portion Of our
fellow-cltlzens or country.
PIONEER.
For the Express.
The Veto.
The Ana rch's God ia hateful. i its call.
In the red revel Of the drunken hour;
Freedom IS deaf: not hers its deeds nor her s.
its dover;
Freedom is guarded justice: that which gives
10 man fortrcsscd chart, beneath the sway
Of all, meath just laws, justly dealt.
[Judgc Conrad.
1t is truly a subec Of painful surprise,
that at this day any one should attempt
TO assail our Federal Consti,ution-that
sacred instrument, which has been our
guard and guide for half century of
unexampled prosperity. Occasional sport
has been thrown at the Veto, but it has
been rega rdcd as the ebuIli,ion Of spleen,
thus venting itself at defeat, where there
was no remedy, and was therefore for
given and forgotten
When Henry Clay, the feed Attorney
Of the q. S. Bank, made his celebrated
Veto Speech, (that speech which lost him
the confidence and respect Of all honest
and patriotic republicans, on account Of
its scurriity and personal venom towards
our Chief Magistrate, little did any one
think serious wish to repeal the Veto
would ever become party question:
Giant minds, animated by the purest pa
:::io,ism, and seeking the guidance Of
high Heaven, framed our Constitution;
and to touch, or tamper wit; i, is almost
sacriIege. They acted upon the princi-
pie that 'Freedom is guarded Justice"
Hence their success in so arranging the
governing powers, as to be check upon
each other the Veto rendering null and
void partial or mere party legislation,
and 1wo-thirjs' vote setting at nought
caprlcious or tyrannical exercise there
of. Our President may be aptly compar-
ed to the helmsman Of the Ship Of Stale.
Take away the Veto, and you deprive
him Of his rudder, and leave the vessel TO
beat about at random among the shoals
and quick sands Of party. Nobly have
our different pilots guided our gallant
barque by this rudder, causing it to brave
and outride many strong wave. Long
may we be shielded by it from the inroads
Of faction; and long, until time shall! be no
more, may Democratic republican hold
the helm.
Since VIC first took our stand among
| tho oc bo
dependent republic, our political position
and interests have never been of more
important or interesting character. The
Bank question, Tariff, Sub-Treasury, Dis.
tribu,ion Of the surplus revenue and pro
ceeds Of land sales, exciting as they were
in their day, were US naught 10 the ques-
tons which are now growing into party
tests, and sophist!cally used for party
purposes. They were but Of pecuniary
nature, and affected US internationally,
but opposition to the Veto and political
abolltionism aim blow at our very exis-
tence as confederated republic One
attempt at revision and alteration Of the
Constitution, and you enter the first
wedge--a dissolution Of the Union. Pa
triotism does not dictate this, and the cry
Of Danger! Danger! from the ,one-man
power. Think you they believe in dam
ger? l tell you, nay; neither do they
care for the condition Of the slave, or sla-
very, in the abstract; but to enlist the hu-
manity Of those who do care, that they
Il speak of office-seeking politicians) may
be enabled to influence their decision.
For this purpose, our land is flooled with
false statements, and the tocsin of alarm
is sounded. The North arrayed against
the South; sectional jealousles created,
and the bands Of brotherhood rudey sun
dered. By their violence and sophistry,
they do but rivet the letters of slavery
still more closely; because abuse and Vi
tuperation never did, and never will, &C.
complish lasting and permanent good. In
the present contest, itdoes but retard rea-
sonabe and gradual emancipation which
true philanthropsts and patriots seek az
ter and hope for.
l Democratic Republicans! are you not
holding your hands in fancied security
that you are strong and success certain
that the Wings have no vantage ground
Recollect they are actively on the alert;
in some States they established system
Of political olportuerage, visiting every
house, suiting their language and action
TO the taste and capacity Of al: they meet.
Beware, lest you lament your supineness
when too late. The coming Presidential
contest is deep-perhaps lasting veal or
woe; not to US only, but to those nations
who are striving to cast off the chains of
despotism, and looking 10 us as their bca-
con light. r-r.+ ,..
Arouse you, then, 10 the Importance Of
the contest. 1t is not a mere trial OF
strength AID popularity between Lewis