Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-03-06

der OF that body, and could have been
passed at any time: and it is Furthermore
well known, that there was determine
tlon, on the part of that body, not TO pass
1t, throug bout the entire period occupied
IN discussing it. And yet, notwitbstand-
ing these facts, the address saws: SIN this
we speak but TRUTH" This last declara
ton, "aoe speak but truth,'' [.if it be truel
is an anomaly in the history ofthe Wing
party. If they have really been telling
the truth, and "bm the trutl,' verify a
reformation has commenced in the world,
from which we may hope to reap some
benefit. 1t may be, however, that our
friend A. P. w., for he sometimes makes
mIstakes] has inadvertently omitted tn e
wold all before the word but; with this
amendment, the phraseology would be by
no means Objectionable
The reader, unacquain,e1 with the
facts in the case, would naturally con-
c|ude from the great length Of the Ad.
dress, that it contains full history of the
late session Of the General Assembly;
but, there are some things it fails to men
ton. 1t refers to the session Of 1847, but
does not tell US of the violent and unpre-
cedented acts Of the party who held rho
sway in the popular branch of that body
oil their positive and repeated refusal,
IN defiance Of the cypress language of the
Constitution, to allow democratic men,
Der 10 place his protest against their
hlga-handed proceedings upon the Journ.
ai-of the reckless expenditure Of money
IN the protracted investigation Of the pre-
Tended Bribery case, and unnecessary in
cldental prlntng--of their refusal during
the entire extra session Of 1848, regard
less Of the avowed will Of the people, to
90 into an election far Senators and Jud-
es;-nor does it advise "thc citizens Of
Iowa" of the days and weeks Of the late
session consumed by their long Bunhum
speeches upon the Wimot Proviso rcsolu-
tlons, La measure which they knew had
been condemned by the people the Con-
vcntlon Bill, the Mormon Bill, and the &C.
LIBERATED "Boar Biz' Of the Senator from
Cedar; while some Of them adrocatcd and
roted in faror Of the Indefinite postpone
nsent Of The School Bill, and other meas.
ures Of vital importancc;-no yet does
it say anything Of their acknowledged at
tempt; and partial success in bribing the
"tour thousand [unnaluralized] citizens
of our State" in Potawattomie county,
during the past summer. No, these arc
facts, which the Address does not men-
ton, for they would place its author in ra-
thera ridiculous attitude before his con-
s!ituents; not more so, however, than his
pledge to the people Of Linn county to
support the Dubu1 ue and Keokulz Rail
Road, in order to SEIZURE his election; and
his attempt, afterwards, TO appease the
people Of Cedar county, by advocating a
project for one from Davenport, Through
Cedar, to Council Bluffs. Indeed, there
appears to be but one sentiment embraced
in this extraordinary document, which is
"Oh. how we apples swim'' in this littlo
puddle Of political capital-par ticularly
I myself the Senator from Cedar.
One would naturally conclude, that
persons holding the exalted stations occu-
| pied by the nineteen, would exhibit at least
some degree of modesty when speaking
Of themselves; but in the present case,
everything calculated to promote tho in
ferest of the dear people, has emanated
from "one of u.s." ave alone, although
in an almost hopeless minority, have vim.
dictated and protected the rights of the
people!!" was about TO question the
consistency Of such al assertion, but re-
membering that it came from GALL the de-
cency,' especially the infazHble ninelecn,
| must let it pass.
In conclusion, | would say 10 these gen
tlemen, that it is too late in the day to at
tempt TO hood-wink the people with such
tissue Of bolderdash as they have put
forth to the world. In this enlightened
age, the people are competent 10 nvesti-
gate for themselves; they have sat in
judgment upon your statements before,
and have rendered verdict of guilty
more than once, and will not hesitate to
do it again.
A CITIZEN OF IOWA.
Dubuque, March 9Th, 1849.
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