Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-11-28
A SUBJECT AND AN OBJECT.

DOUR ABOVE TIE n.
A SUBJECT AND AN OBJECT.
Grammarians tell US that every simpl.
sentence has subject, and If the actor
expressed be Of a transi,ise character
may have m object.
y we were called upon TO give brie
definition Of the simple Editor OF the Tel
egraph printed in this City, we would say
he was a man? irso had a subject and an
Object. Ii any one Of the few persons
who are in the habit Of reading the jun
bled up ideas which he occasionally
throws into the columns Of that sheet,
should chance to see this definition OF
that same fnot sane) Editor, they will at
once recognize the points aimed at. That
he is man, is however, problematical,
as he himself will acknowledge, that the
habilinents in which a person may be
clothed, are no: al,cays sure indication
Of the gender TO which IL may belong.
That he has subject, may be learned
by reading his paper, and an object, by
observing his course in the political
world. Ii ~ j.
Read his paper, and the only subject
upon which he ever presumes 70 venture,
is the acorrnptionof office holdersr' Oh
serve his course in life,-and the only
object he ever seems to have in view,
and the one for which he puts forth all
his energies, is the attainment Of office.
It is known to few persons, that this
man formerly edited Democratic paper
in this city, and we have been informed,
that the burden Of his song then, as now,
was the corruption Of Office holders."-
Possessed Of a narrow mind and jeal GUS
heart, he can regard those persons who
have been honored with the confidence
Of their fellow citizens, and been thought
worthy Of holding public trusts and ca
pable Of transacting public business, only
with the bitterest envy, and cnte rtain to-
wards them, no other feelings than those
Of malace and hate. ,...
We have in our possession the record
Of a most vile and slanderous attack upon
an honorable and high-minded citizen of
this place, who at one time held the re-
sponsible station Of Marshall of the Ter
ritory Of Iowa. We have seen him late
~ dragging before the public, the private
and honorable business transactions of
another distinguished citizen who is 4
candidate FOR high station, and repre-
sentng him as preying upon the sub
stance Of those who have found it TO their
interest to purchase their lands by means
of Land warrants
We hayeseen him gain, pointing his en-
ssnon1sa sAalls, al.1he present incumbent
BE- the Surveyor Generals Office and in
that the patronage Of that office
was used in corrupt and unwarrantable
'E
Lost TO all proper sense Of dignity
lost 10 those feelings Of gratitude which
should at least silence his puppy-dog bark
ing ut those who have been his bene(ac-
Lors, and who have secured for him the
only public station he ever did, or ever.
vii. hold-lost to every thing but what
will contribute to his own selfish pur-
poses, shielding himself behind his own
insignifcance, he steals forth like the mid
night robber, TO fitch from our own hon
orable and honosed citizens the fair fame
they have SO nobly won.
.Corruption Of office holders'' forsooth
lis phrase that comes with bad grace
from the Editor Of the Telegraph. We
have said that this constitutes the sub
ject upon which he wri,es--this is his
the only one which he has
any practical knoweledg Of, and the only
one upon which his thoughts are accus-
toned to dwell
He once held an Office himself, and
were his face not covered with impene-
trable brass, and his moral vision totally
extinct, he would see and feel, that the
bare mention Of the subject Of "corrup-
ton Of Office holders" before communl-
" well acquainted with mis- acts, would
be perpetual and significant index,
pointing to the deep and damning corrup-
ton that characterized the ad;ninistra-
ton Of that Office.
We will not, at this time, 60 into the
history Of that affair. 1t is veH under
stood by this community, and may form
the subject Of future article. But let
US ask how he obtained that office? Was
il conferred upon him for any merit Of his
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