Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-17
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Our AdanfnistrntiOn.

ceived. F ounded in justice and right, it
seeks to elevate man to his proper Dig
nifty, and 10 cloathe him with that attri-
butte freedom which nature and natures
God, destined him to enjoy. Where, of
all the governments that have ever exis-
ted, do we find one which has adapted it.
self so admirably to the wants and neces-
sites Of our moral and physical being
our political and social happiness, as the
one which has adopted the glorious stars
and stripes as lis motto y
None, and whether we search among the
faded and musty records Of bye gone DAYS,
or into the hidden and more stud
led machinery and appliances Of mod
ern governments, we shall find them
all deficient, utterly and essentially de-
fective, and incapable Of rendering man
truly happy, truly free-that govern
ment alone, under which it is our hap
piness to live, secures this.
We need not enter into arguments to
prove this-the fact is before us, and we
have but to open our eyes and see, and
we shall be compelled to acknowledge it.
Look to England numbering by whole
sale as noble and generous hearted a peo-
pie as the warm hearts.blood Of hu-
manity ever coarsed through starving
Observation-Disclosures them
to abandon the home Of their irth,--the
graves Of their sires,--the haunts of their
childhood, the wives Of their bosoms,
and the children of their loins,--to seek
refuge Of safety,-a home,-in that
land, which in truth, is The land of the
Free and the Home Of the Brave" And
yet, that same England boasts Of her
noble "British Constitution and glorious
magma Charta.' Oh! shame, where is
thy blush? Look to France, --factionized
and convulsed,--now the victim Of fran
tic and infuriated mob,--in the pos
session OF a soldiery accustomed to scenes
that sicken the heart-Germany, Italy,
Spain, all convulsed, and playing the aw-
full game Of life and death, liberty or an
initiation.
While these things are transpiring
across the dark seas foam,' our glorious
Republic is exulting in the plenitude Of
National greatness. The star of her des-
tiny never shown out brighter and fairer
whilst from aEar she is hailed as the SAL
GATOR Mundi Of the down-,rodden and op-
pressed. Under the guidance of wise
and patriotic administration, blessing af-
ter blessing has showered down upon US,
making every valley to rejoice,and every
hilltop to smile. Ye men of little faith,
why do we doubt? Why is it yc are en-
deavoring by word and by speech to in
duce the belief, that the Democratic par
ty is opposed to the true interests OF this
our common county? Why is it that in
the very face of all these facts, you still
cry out ruin! ruin ruin! Why are we
tainted as political Ioafers,' 'office hold
ers' &C., with these things before you?
We have time and again, reasoned with
you,-warned you Of your errors but it
seems Of no avail! We have shown you,
that under democratic ADMINISTRATION,
Texas has been annexed to our glorious
confedcracy, adding $500 square miles
to the territory Of the Union. 4 tariff
just and equal in its operation has been
established, yielding more revenue than
could be raised under the prohibitory sys-
tenn of the wing party. The indepen-
dent treasury has been re-estabished,
and thus preserving the currency Of the
country in sound and wholesome condi-
ton. We have brought 10 successful
termination, war commenced by an act
Of Mexico herself, thereby proving, that
we are as energetic in the field as in the
forum, besides having added to the ma.
tional domain some 100000 square miles!
More than half a million of dollars have
been realized to the treasury in premiums
upon the sale Of national stocks under
the present administration! These, and
many similar facts have we from time to
time laid before the public, in answer to
the charges proffered against the demo-
cratic party and administration. We
have no regrets for the past, no anxious
forboding for the future; our aim is on
ward and upward, and our career shall
terminate only, where eternity begins.
p II MECHANIC.
DEs MONIES IMPROVEMENT LANDS.
The office Of the Secretary Of the
Board Of Public Works for the improve
ment Of the Des Moines River, has, we
are informed, been permanently located
at A gency City, Wappello county. These
lands, from the security which their guam
tity gives to the final success of the work
together with the fact that in its compile
ton vast amount o: money must be ex-
pended and labor performed, aside from
the beauty and fertility Of the country,
vii! attract many visitors, and thus secure
their early sale at the stipulated prices.
10 an emigrant, who has grown tired Of
cultivating the unproductive hills and
brushy valleys Of the eastern and south
ern States, no part Of the Eden Of the
West offers so many inducements for their
settlement, as does that district of country
watered by the river Des Moines, nor
will in our day and generation, another
period arrive so opportune as the present
for their migration hithcr. We should
feel disposed to enter into an argument to
prove to the farmers Of the old wooden
States the advantage to be gained by i'm
migrating to this new and favored region
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