Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-03-20
Comm llnicatiOMs.
For the Express.

lar persons. We attack no man, or mcn;-we
respect Wings as much as Dem"crats,-bc-
lcve them equally honest, equall honorable,
equally patriotic, but, politically, IN error.
That Wing Address was severe upon the De- !
,nocracv: and if VIC have shown severity in re. |
turn. ct the Address plead our excuse. Is ;
pruof needed. to show that the Address has
:deah'' severely with the Democratic purity
Here it is Speaking Of the measures and pc.
lcv OF that party, the following language is
used:-.For the purpose Of awakening public
attention the more certainly to the dangerous
tendcncY Of the action Of the dominant party
in this State;'-of the members Of the Assem-
b,v. il says:-.sirom their firm adkcrcn to
the doc,ri inc of rnle or ruin!'-and again.
sthcv possessed no heart that beat responsive
to tho heart of the State. For refusing to in
struct Senator, they (membcrs) acted dis
grace full and ridiculous; ''-''timc and time a.
"a in, they grasped with avidity the letters
that bind them undly to the Cur Of party.' Ex-
pcnses of the session are dcnoninated "prof,-
rate allowances. OF the continuance Of the
session. it says. $50 long your public SER
wants think more Of bencti,'ng some party ia
. vorte, and filing their oarn pockets Nth your
money' The adjcctlvcs, ''nc!:'rnus, ""rcck
less. "lazy," "prol'gat and the entences
''indigent hanger on, unparalleled attempt
&c, are frequently applied TO democratic
men and measures in the Address. If the De-
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NIT to indignlty-bc censurcd, and redlculed
for all II does, without the power of retaliation,
then we have nothing more to add But we
entertain no such views; the Address fired in
! to our castle, and for one, see fit 10 return
! the shot.
! The Address says, that a ma jority OF the
| people in this State are in favor OF the Wimot
| Proviso. We maintain. that such is not the
asccrtatned fact. Admit that the Free Soil
party, to a man, 90 in for the prln"i pics of the
proviso;i is it equally certain that II the W n1s
will do tho same! Is the Wimot Provso u
surely Wing measure, that the whole Wing
party should cordially espouse it? Has il
been ascertained that every Wing in iowa.
! (aud upon this hypothesis the argument is ba
scd, y would v,te for the proviso? We think
not; We are pretty sure, that we, ourselves,
hucw IL few Wings, who would not vote for it ,
md we think consderab le number more Of
the ..satne Sort my II, be found in this and o.
thcr PORTIONS OF the State This part OF the
Address, them is mere assumption, ana may
serve to show, how wrong it would nave been
! to instruct Senl tors upon measure "E!CA, as
yet, has never been properly brought before
the people of this State and whose views
thcrcupon have never, us yet, Lccn fully as
certain. When the Wing and Free Soil Far
tics unite forces ,-lnakc Provsoism an sssi;e,
cast Il ma ipri,y of votes in its favor; them, and
not til! then. can they cousstly say, that a
ma ority in the State IN favor Of it.
What next? The session was TOO long,
land now (says the Address) you will ask, as
you should do FOR what purposc?' We arc
compelled to answer, for no good onc.' 1t was
not gooa, then, TO pass School Bill. to set in
operation our common schools, and TO place
f within the reach Of the youth OF our State. the
benefits OF education; This was no good. OF
course. |. would have been better 10 'amend
the most glarng defects OF the Old law, thu Il
to have passed new ono. Why We uid IT
Would amended law be better than new gooc
; law? Would ii take less time to amend an ole
law, than to make new one? And il it take
S the Same length OF time 20 amend an old law
as it would T., make new ole, low much les:
would hove been the expenses Of tho session
f here was an absolute necessity FOR an en,r,
, new school-aw; the old one was defective r
many respects, and inca pab' Of i".gllly setting
IN motion the school S, stem al ali; and hence
the necessity for a new one. But the idea oi
Urging this as cause OF expense 10 the prcptt
c Is truly amusing. How long IS it, since Wing:
b have become dreadful cconomca? 1--WE
, are to believe the Address, the expenses Of The
. session were enormous, and that they did a,
@ they could to prevent it But how docs Thu
anxiety for retrencAh,ent Of expenses, compor
with that other Wing measure which was III
troduccd and so eluquently sustained by Mr.
Springer? mean his resolution 10 amend th
Constitution. Does the Address cry out re
,. I trcnc5ment, when it speaks of that? Oh, no
= that was Wing measure, and 1t ought TO b
deue. Who does not know. that 10 effect thi
object, Won d cost an enormous amount o
:. money? The Address cordially approves oil it
il and loses sight entirely Of retrenchment, bel
d that is presented To amend the Constitute:
n so as to allow scorporale munopoiies' plunge
n the State neck and heels into dett-give IN
, bounded scope to inlerna! improvement, &c.
' would be ali right; but to make schor! ia VS.
TO provide for the mnking Of q Rail Roud from
u Dubuque to Keotuk to authorize the Supreme
q Court to hold special terms, &c, are of Ee
g Eood-exccpt TO increase the expenses of the
h tate. and 10 prolong the session. Look also al
r the inconsiStence of this Address,; it sco!ds anc
. finds fault on the one hand with the expenses
of single session of the Leg stature: while. on
- the other hand, it urges the coAvening Of Il
! convention (uf the Whole State) which would
e cost more than the session, of which it com
e plains, has already cost, for the purpose Of Ill
teripg that with which majority Of the peo
: pie arc arca ly satisfied. But It wont DO: We
democrats understand the game exactly; we
, wish to have Rail Roads, and everything else
4 that will conduce to the prosperity of our State
but We are unwilling to be run head and ears
) into debt, and he subject to the mercy Of ca p
ilaists. We have law that will enable US 10
make Rail Roads, if the people (and we sup.
I pose they do SOY desire them; the General In
corporation La" CoiuPitueNuS this. aha VIZ
therefore see no use or advantage to alter OF
: amend the codstltutlon. But there must al.
I ways be some scarce crow started up &c fright
en- the people; this is oIc Of them, but it won
answer; the constitution is good enough asst
is: and the people kno,o it. ...-... .
fthe Address,, for wunt Of excuse. is una dc
to find fault with one thing. it is certain to hun,
up another. For example, it says Of the Office
Of State Printer, which was created .-'Irue.
h the bill reduces the prices below what they
& have heretofore been; but now. the whole print
e ing being thrown into the hands OF one man
the prices are enormously high, and such tina,
fortune can be made lherefrom in the term
! of two years" Here it is admitted, that re-
: trenchmcnt has been made; but the printer can
!, make a fortune ''in the term OF two years!
And why should not the printer make a fortune
in two years, il he gives an equivalent in Ia
Dor or material for it. Are veto understand
from the Address. that printer has not the
!, same right to make fortune as other men!
' Ii we understand tho meaning Of words, the
Address says as much. This vocal a speci
men of iberaiityj lit be Wing literally, We
want nothing to do with tiff it is not, let j,