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

OfDubuque Co.
The ElectiOn.--Clay Move mcnt.--
Free SOilisln, &c.
This day four four weeks, the question
is TO be decided, whether or not the prin.
ciples Of the Democracy are to be sus.
tanned by the American people, or whe,h.
cr they shall be sacrificed, and the reins
Of government be relinquished to the al
lied forces Of Federal Whiggery.
In the prepa ratory skirmishes, which
have taken place in the several States
where elections have been held, we have
gained an advantage, which will be Of
essential service in the general conflict to
which they are an appropriate introduce
ton. zt......
In every State, where the voice Of the
people has been heard, the Democracy
show a firmness and determination which
is not to be moved by the free onslaughs,
orthc willy maneuverings ofthe foe with
whom they have to contend.
If the election were to take place to-
day, we have no fears, but, the devotion
with which the principles Of our party
have beeu guarded, would be rewarded by
atriumphant victory; and as every day
is adding to the strength Of our forces,
and in corresponding ratio, weakening
that Of our opponents, we confidently an
ticipate a triumph, which, in its effects,
will be felt in the political affairs Of the
nation for years 10 come.
The detection which has existed in the
Democracy Of the State Of New York,
and which has induced us. in every calcu-
lation upon the final result, to give that
state into the hands Of Whiggery, will be
almost, il not quite coun.erbalanccd by
the split which has recently shown itself
in The Taylor ranks, and which, in its eff.
fects, is likely TO spread itself throughout
The country.
The friends Of Henry Clay, have spo-
ken with a voice, which cannot and which
,riH not be hushed. The sacrifice made
at the Philadelphia Convention, Of all
that was held dear in political principles,
cannot be submitted 10. The gratitude
and veneration with which this man was
looked upon by large number Of tho
party he has so long sustained, will find
vent, and be seen and felt in the election
which is about to take place. Its effects
will be felt to a greater extent in New
York, perhaps, than in any other States,
and in all probability will have the effect
to secure 10 the Democracy the powerful
aid Of this Empire State. 1t has assumed
more Of a tangible form here than any
where else, but is by no means confined to
New York. The Wings Of New Jersey
are arrousing 10 sense Of the wrong
and injustice, which has been visited upon
their fayoriie, and are resolving to speak
out, even atthe hazard Of giving the vote
Of that State TO Lewis Cass and William
O. Butler.
The same feeling is nanifesting itself
in the State Of Ohio, and will have the ef-
feet 10 swellthe majority which will there
b "heaped up for the Democratic no.
minees. II was New York and Ohio that
induced Mr.. Clay to suffer HE name to
80 before the Wing National Convention,
and there, more than any whore else
will they feel themselves bound to adhere
10 him.
Mr.. Clay, in his letter to the public, as
senting to be a candidate, after express
ing the strong Discrimination he felt to
the use Of HE rame before the Convention,
declares that he had been induced to alter
INSTRUMENTATION, by the "strong appeals
and Hurgent entrealies" which had been
addressed to him, especially from these
two great States.
ssThey haye represented to me, to use
his own language, 'flhat the withdrawal
ofmy name would be fatal 70 the success,
and perhaps, lead to the dissolution Of the
party with which / have been associated,
especially n the free States: that at no
former period did there ever exist SO
0raaf ! probability Of my election, il !
would aonasntio the use Of my name; that
Ihs gr1At staies Of Nep Kork and Ohio
would, IL 40 human probability yeast their