The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-08-01

ton AZ Iowa City the Wing papcrs Of the State
have been bufdened with lengthy articles upon
the enorm;ties Of Slavery. They have discoy.
cred IN The features Of that wicked old sinner,
the Slave-Powcr, something far more hideous
than they had ever before beheld. Their sen.
sibilitics are shocked. and they hold UP their
hands in very horror, in view Of the enorm.
ties Of that awfully ..pecaliar Institution
Even the Editor Of the Dubuque Tribune
that modest little Organ. J" that holds its ..po
sition" 50 far down upon the tail end OF Wing
gerry. as 70 have been entirely lost sight OF for.
some time past-has .come OUT upon this
dark subject. and threatens tho total oxtinc-
ton of the sstother end" 81 this mighty coun-
nv, unless people will sote a. his mast cr Maj
Mobley, wishes them 70. 81
4 is very seldom that we have occasion to
NY any thing about Tho Tribune, one why o.
the ether. and never take Il up without think
ing II. tho recegimard lion Of Pope in his i'm.
mortal essa
Lsugh svhsn you mnst, bc sober when you can. I
and sre geneEally constrained 10 follow the
phrt u Vie rscomnendation Some things.
|h6wever, appeared III the last number, which
induce u % make TIE sort at being sober
lnspcaking 81 The Address, adopted by the
Delno atic -ony sntiois, Tho Editor says Of the
Delegates u that Gonv ention, that they are
IS ssn vho, yhsn eiessI proclaim their own IN.
wiling ness come forward ID the public coun.s
|eila 81 ihc Republic and DO what may be in
|thsirpowsr towards removing from her escutch-.
son abe plague spot of human slavery -nay, ,
who vii not even raise their yclcesin opposi-
tion u afarther extension ofthe blightlng curse.
Judging from this, nd similar Language used
by the Tribuue we Gun bnt presume that he
is either entirely ignorant Of the subject upon
which he ati empts to write,or that he has most
egregiousiy mistaken the intelligence Of his
readers. 81
We feel confident. that the Tribune has not
a reader 50 profoundly and stupidly ignorant as
not TO kno that slavery, az il exists in this
country. is u State, and not National Institu-
ton, and therefore that Il is impossible for any
person rightfnlly to rcome forward in the
Councils of the Republic" and attempt to re-
move it from the "esculcheon" ofhis country >
honor-plague-spot though il be.
We feel confident that this sentiment Of the
Editor of the Tribune, will produce none other
effect upon the minds Of his readers, than con
tempt for his ignorance, and indignation al the
insult offered 70 their Judgment and intclli-
lgsDce.
But they (the men Of the Convention twill
not even raise their voices in opposition to a
further extension Of the blighting curse"
| Extension where? Who asks that slavery
shall be extended What opportunity is af-
forded for any one to raise his voice against the
extension Of Slavery7 The Editor of the Tri-
bune ought to know, and any man Of ordinary
Intelligence, who has the opportunity of see
/ ing newspaper once month, does know, that
no attempt,on the part of any one from any sec.
ton of the country, has ever been made in the
"Councls of the Republic to extend the in
stitution OF slavery into territory now free
nor is there the least probability that any such
question ever ,ciN arise.
If the readers of the Tribune were as ignor
ant as the Editor appears to be, they might, by
reading his sheet, be betrayed into the belle
that the Democracy Of Iowa were in favor Of
the extension Of slavery into California and
Now Mexico! while to every intelligent reade,
it is we'll known that nothing can be farther
from tic truth. Tho Democracy of Iowa, in
common with the Democracy Of the North.
and we may almost say of the entire country,
arc in favor of Freedom, wherever that free
dom can be properly, safely, and constitution.
ally secured. They regard the Territories of
California and New Mexico as free Territories,
as little likely to be cursed by the institution
Of slavery as is the Territory of Minnesota, or
even tho State of Iowa itself. The question Of
| the existence or non-exstence Of slavery in
these Territories has been settled by law, and
| settedto the entire satisfaction Of large ma :
jority Of the people Of the country. So long as
they shall exist as Territories, so long will they
be free from the "5lightng curse of slavery
and from the opinions already manifested by
| those who have gone there, and still continue
| to go, no possibility exists that 1t can ever be
| recognized as one Of their institutions, when
they shall assume the dignity of States.
As we'll might the Democracy Iowa BE
represented as in favor Of the introduction Of
slavery into their opn State,as into California
or New Mexico; ~; in ssepinionssof that
Democracy, it would be no less ahsurd and use.
less to ask the Genesal GoS eminent " gislate
for its exclusion from the one, as from the other.
Why pass law confrmatory of an eA istinf
law? Why prohibit what is already psehibit.
cd! As we'll might you establish by, lav tlie