Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-03

City, and Keokuk. -.
s. W. DURHAM, Pre.'t.
J. c. BERRY, Sec'y. as
W.
From, the Iewa State Gazette
A CARD. ~
The false statements Of 4 man by the
name Of William Pickett, who has had
the hardihood 10 charge me with having
offered money to certain person to pro-
cure tho Mormon vote for the democratic
party at the late election-the publication
of this charge in the shape of editorials,
by Edwards Of the ''l1awkeye" and How
ell Of the "Des Moines Valley Wing, in
their respective papers Of The 18th and
18th inst, with additions, cancellations,
and cowardly insinuations peculia RI y their
! own-are Of SO serious a character, not
withstanding the source whence they en-
anate, as to require some pubic notice at
my hands.
Howell, in his article on the subject Of
the Mormon vote at Kanesvile, says:
that Scene raj bod &c in public speech
ut Eddyville, threatened the wing candi-
date for senator with this '.wesiern thun-
DER" ithc mormon vote.) This is untrue.
In the course Of my speech, as a presiden-
tal elector, | read from the proceedings
of the Philadelphia convention the re-
marks Of Messrs. Tildcn, Campbell, and
other wing delegates from Ohio, most
bitterly denouncing the nomination Of
Gen. Taylor, and this, remarked, did
10 prepare my VIII g friends for little Of
that western thunder Of which thought
they would hear a good deal about the
7u Of November next.
Learning from Dr.. Norsler, tho wing
candidate for senator, that this portion of
my speech was understood by him as hav-
ing reference to the Mormon vote; |, in
private conversation, (he introducing the
subject) told him that it had no such
meaning, but was intended for Ohio and
not Iowa. | never alluded to or thought
OF the Mormons during my speech. | did
not then know that they had any pre-
, clncts among them, and received the first
definite information Of that fact from Dr..
Norslcr, who should have defended me
! from the charge here made.
Howell again says: s:Then Dodge and
his co-ad julo:s began 10 cast round for
some way to gel rid OF it, Ihe mormon
votc.) First thousand dollars was Of
fered to q man Of influence among the
Mormons if he could succeed in neutral
, iZing the vote" .......
Edwards says: GAS late as the barba-
cue at Monterey in Lee county, u shor,
time before tic late election, while Messrs
Dodge, J. G. Hall and other leading loco
locos were present, this same man was
offered a thousand dollars to use his in
fluencc in obtaining the mormon vote.
lie was also furnished with money a, va.
,, rious other times to effect the same pur-
pose, and pay his travelling expenses.
This cannot be successfully denied by the
leading loco locos." | am loco foco
without the prefix ''leading,'' and l am
one of the persons arraigned by these inn
maculate editors and their CONNER Pick
e''ttt,;' before the people 81 Iowa and accused
with using and attempting to use large
sums Of money to secure the Mormon
vote torathe democratic party. The &C.
cusation SO far as | am Concerned. | un-
qual'ticdly and Indignantly pronounce to
be wholly and basely false in every point
and particular, and rs fur as my know
ledge Of the conduct Of every democrat
or loco foco during the late canvass and
election extends, it is equally destitute of
truth. Edwards and Howell, because 81
personal and private grie(s, which they
have never had the manliness to attempt
redress, have ever been my ready defam-
ers. Strangers themselves to every hon
orable impulse that aetua,es the bosom Of
Il gentleman, they suppose in others the
same dishonesty which they know them
selves 10 practice. They have made these
charges against ms upon the hear-say
statements Of refugee from justice who
fled some time since from Nauvoo, where
there are, as am qredibly informed, sew
eral indictments nov pending against him
for criminal offenoes-a paid scoundrel
and scavenger, WHO has been regularly
employed by the hog drivers, not the re-
spectacle portion Of the,swhig party, to do
their dirty work wretch stepped in
crime and bloated with drunkenness -
yes, he and none other, is their fast and
willing witness, and Almon w. Rabbit,
Esq, Of Nauvoo, is the gentleman whom
he, (PicketD alleges he heard say so.
Well, we shall see, when MIR. Rabbit is
brought upon the stand, as shall bring
him, TO what a villainous extent these
men have gone in their work Of SANDER
end defamation.
1t was on the evening OF the 18th ult.,
that received the first intelligence Of the
mendacious statements of this fellow,
Pickett. 1t came TO me in letters from
my two esteemed friends Robert Cook
and Stephen Roberts, Esqs., Of Wapello
county. ........-. ..-.-.,..,r
Mr.. Roberts wrote as follows: ~,
EDpYyILLE, Iowa, Aug. II, 1848.
DEAR SlR:-l write 10 inform you that
there has been great deal Of excitement
here about the Mormon vote. Pickett,
the mormon leader, has been here making
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