Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-02-27

TUES DA Y::*:*FEBRUARY2 q, ls49
! OFFICE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SECOND
DOOR ABOVE THE BANK.
For the Express.
| Mr.. EDITOR If there ever was time,
since the days Of Federal misrule, John
Adams tyranny and monarchal apeing,
that man ought to feel proud, that he is
democrat, it is now--now, when old
lack, covered with all the honor and glo-
ry which an unprincipled, inscriptions
band Of politicians could bestow upon him
in order to his present elevation is about
TO be inaugurated as President of the U.
States, the great conservator Of tho Amer
lean people and their liberties! 1t is
now say, tina: Democrats, notwithstand-
ing their defeat, glorious in itself, because
it was defeat for principle, have cause
to rejoice, and with a fullness Of heart
too, that honesty ever begets: Open your
eyes Democrats, and look at the men who
defeated you, or rather their actions and
who, few short weeks ago aroused the
dead Of night, with cries Of the people,
the peoples candidate, and not office-hold-
er's and the spol's Cllque!! Look at them
| say, and contrast their professions then,
with their actions now! Office seekers,
office hunters forsocth! was the watch
word then; the whole democratic party
was then the spoils-party and they wings
and rough and readys, the pure patriotic,
dislnterested, no office wanting party
No, they didn't want office, nor to be fed
at the Government Crib, as the Loco's
had been; they only wanted Old lack
elected President, because he was honest,
and would put an end to this office-hunt-
ing business, and turn out all the office
holders. And so they sang, and so they
shouted; Monterey and Buena Vista, Pa
10 Alto, were painted and portrayed in
colors and in words; the bones Of the ve-
ny battlefield were terminated again, to
trumpet forth the glory of the peoples cam
didate-Zack is elected, and if the "Gods
permit will be inaugurated before
month expires.
Democrats look at the scene now be-
fore you; look at these same no office
wanting party here in Dubuque, the We
ry same fellows that harranged their
molly crew night after night, (and 10 the
sound Of musc,) about Office hunters
and Office seekers, now breaking each
others necks to obtain office! How many
Of them are applicants for office? How
many want and are now petitioning for
the Post Office alone? No, less than a
dozen!-I1ow many Of them want the
Land-O Office? Not less than cight--and
oh, shocking! how many of them would
be Generals (Surveyor) the number is
incredible. Who is there here in Du-
buque that does not know this to be the
case, and that some Of these modest no
office hunters are comparative strangers
here, and others Of them of such paltry
abilities, as to be scarcely competent to
turn spit in cook-shop. Look at them
| say, quarrezling and acranglimg in their
misrepresentation even holding con-
vention to distribute the offices, for fear
| suppose old lack will think they meant
what they said about office hunters before
the election,) one portion of them, the
Trough and readies) in favor of it, and the
other portion (whigs) opposing with all
their might-Wood editor of the Tribune
(whig,) says, in reference 10 holding a
convention to distribute the offices, that
'such are not the observances Of we'll or.
dered business, whether in public or pri
vate circles" From this the Telegraph
trough and ready inlers, that Wood
: means that the mass Of the wing party
have nothing to do with the selecting
Of officers; it is enough for them to vote,
and leave such matters (the Distribution
Of ofices) to editors and central clique.''
, OF course the Biographies will submit
; 10 no such dictation, and are in high dud-
geon and we'll they may be, inasmuch as
the prospects of reward (,he obtaining Of
offices) for apostacy from the democratic
ranks are now very obscure indeed. Nor
is Wood unmindful Of this; he seems dis
posed to hasten them, the rough and rea-
dys into nothingness as fast as possible,
and very coolly asks them, what title the
rough and ready club has to be consider
ed as having political existence at this
time?" From this wo infer, that the
wing party, now that old lack is elected,
stands magnifcently and gloriously alone,
determined to claim old lack and all the
offices too, as special property, and the
rough and readys, who actually elected
old lack, are no ,chere, gone and broke
up.-But they have no idea Of being ex-
terminated so suddenly ;-they claim to
have voted for Gen. Taylor, and are en-
titled to his patronage; and in fact, it
seem to us, that their claims are quite
plausible, inasmuch as it was they, that
kept up all the excitement and hurrah
during the Campaign: But it matters
little to us which Of them prove vic,ori-
GUS; we have now seen enough Of both
parties of them, to satisfy US, how very
sincere they were in their professions a.
bout office-hunters and office holders; and
how far they would be from accepting
offices, were they proffered to them.
1t is amusing to observe the various
phases through which the wing party