Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-02-20

people a Wing U. S. Senator was the
cause of them, and nothing more or less.
. We are told, in reference to the late
session, that quite different order Of
things TRANSFERRED; that as soon as decent
haste could be set aside, an election for
U. 5. Senator was gone into.
This is untrue; no particular haste
was manifested on the occasion-the usu.
al duties preliminary to the organization
OF every Legislature were duly complied
with, previous to the election; and no
haste inconsistent with duty, land per-
haps not as much as the int rest Of the
people of the State demanded, for they
were then unrepresented in the U. S. Sen.
atc.) was shown by any of the members.
paltry lnsinuations scarcely de-
serve notice, and would be passed over
with silent contempt, did we not know,
that it is by such meanness whigpery
sometimes triumphs; witness the last
Presidential election.
Personality through the columns Of a
newspaper, is at all times disagreeable,
and becomes especially SO, when men &C.
cupylng high and honorable stations I'm.
der the government, are the subject
Our Senators in Congress, Gems. Dodge
and Jones, are made special objects Of
criticism in this address. The one is
characterised as having great propensi-
ties for office, the other as never having
had any office oftrust whatever, from the
people Of the State: the one possessing
talents, inferior to many Of his own par.
~, the other, living without labor, and
disposing of office al. Hbitun., and both Of
them, proslavery men! The terms
which are employed in connection with
these two gentlemen are intended we in
Ter, to answer the two-fold purpose Of in
formation to the readers Of the address,
and IT possible, to create a prejudice
against and undervalue them But why
did not the writer Of this famous address
give fact. and figures instead of vulgar
surmlse, to show wherein they were gull.
ty of what he insinuates? Does he mean
to say, that, Gen. Dodge is the one who
has great propensity for Office? If he
does, will ask him how has he shown
it? Is it because he was elected delegate
to Congress, and in that capacity done
more for Iowa than any man in the State
Who has obtained as many appropria.
TOMS, grants, privileges and benefits for
her, as Gen. bod &c? What gave him
the unanimous vote Of the State, for U
5. Senator? Was it his propensity for Of
lice! No, never; it was because he had
already proved himself competent to leg
islate for the people; and had already
done so and the affections of the people
were conferred in him, and their unani
nous voice declared him worthy to wear
the Senatorial robes-Why are not the
offices specified that have been disposed
of? We wot they could not, and admit
ing they were secondarily disposed of by
way of recommendation, it clearly fol
lows, that gentleman whose recommen
dation can accomplish 80 much, is fl
parsonage to obtain lavors for his con
stituency.
Does it follow, that because Gen. Jones
never presented himself to the people Of
Iowa, as ar aspirant for office, that he
therefore had no right to aspire to Sena.
torial honors? By what process Of cir.
cumlocution are we to reconcile the rea
soning adopted against Gen. Dodge, with
that used against Gen. Jones? The one
is blamed for having too much office al
command, the other for having too little
But has Gen. Jones done nothing for the
State of Iowa? Is he stranger in the
State7 Who procured the passage Of the
bill, for the territorial organization Of
Iowa, and the privilege to assume a
separate government. Of her own? Who
procured advantage after advantag TO
her in the way Of town sites &c.? Gen
Jones, the thorough-going G. w. Jones,
then Delegate in Congress from Wis
consin. Gen. Jones may not possess tht
gift Of CAB in the same ratio with many
others, but he possesses in an eminent de-
gree, what is far better, energy and perse
uerance TO accomplish whatever he under
takes Both these gentlemen were the
choice Of the people, expressed through
their representatives in the Legislature
The Democratic party is we'll satisfied
with its choice. and | presume will con.
tlnue so, as long as their Senators are
faithful as they heretofore have been.
The Free Soil (dirD question is also
brought to bear against them. What
have they to do with that question in ref
erence to the people Of the State at the
present time? If instructed upon the
Wimot Proviso Question by majority
of their constituents, we presume they
will know how to act with reCerance to it
but as to any private opinions they may
choose to entertain, whether for OF
against slavery, we contend they have the
same right to enjoy them, as other men
have theirs. More anon.
SCRUTATOR.
Turn out Of the Factory Girls.
Some Yankee factory girls down in
Maine have struck for higher wages, and,
as they are obliged to give months no.
'ice before quitting work, they have
meanwhile issued a sort of notice or ad
vertisement to the world at large, from
which we copy paragraphs:
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