The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-07-18
DUBUQUE, IOWA, JULY Is, 1849.

previous to his election. In no one of his let
tiers, which were published, did he give in hi
adhesion to the wing party, or acknowledge
himself the advocate Of wing principles. Or
the contrary, he pledges himself, Overland owe,
; again, that if elected, he would be the "Pre
sldent Of the people," and mot the Presidcn,
OF party" Was ever pledge more plainly
gwen? and was ever pledge more plainly, sud
Nenly and unblushingly violated? No soone,
was he inaugurated than he called around HIM
as his constitutional advisers and Cabinet off.
lcers, the most ultra wings, the most invetcr.
ate partizans and the most merciless proscrip.
tionists known to the wing party! This was
his first step towards bringing back the gov.
eminent to the quiet. no party DAYS of Wash
lngton, when we should be "ali wings and al
democrats" The contrast between The pruc.
lice and the promise furnishes its own iIlustra.
ton. With an assurance in advance that there
should be no prescription for opinions sake
the Taylor administration has sig nulized itself.
IN the short space Of four months, for having
made moro removals without cause, and moro
appointments without moral than can be found
IN the four years of any administration, even
the most partizan, that has ever been in now.
er. ~ have no friends to reward-no enemies
to punish was the emphatic and seemingly
generous declaration Of Gen. Taylor previous
| TO the election. TO what extent has this sen.
|
Let the weekly list of column after column OF
democratic removals and whig appointment 6
answer. Upon what principle professed, or
what sentiment advanced before the election
was certain bureau officer taken from the
wing ranks Of this State? Was it because no
REWARD had been offered, or acknowledged to
be due, for tho most INSCRIPTIONS partizan
services extending even to the very verge, if
not the gerry act Of bribery. Upon what ground
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for electors in this State-one wing editor
and three defeated whg candidates for of1ic
before the people, been provided for so liberal
~ under the s-dspensing patronage of the
present administration? Is it because they arc
more competent-more ust-worthy.--morc
pectable-than their predeccssors?-E
the most INSCRIPTIONS Of the rank and file of
whlggery within our borders will not be 30
shameless as to affirm that it was upon either
OF these considerations. Why, then, these re.
movals and appointments? Were they based
upon the principle Of re,Dards and punishmcnts,
or not? Let the wings answer. |: even thew
Will not admit, and charge home upon General
Taylor that he has, in the most unblushinr
manner, grossly falsi6cd his own professions,
we at least, will be compelled to admit that
we have placed an undue estimate upon their
candor. We challenge them to vindicate the
conduct of the administration in this respcct-
and dare them to endorse, in public con.
yentIon, the action of the appointing power at
Washington.
we have dwclt upon thcse.,iolated pledges,
not ior the purpose Of giving utterancc to COM
plant on account Of the mere removal of our
friends from oflice-for these matters, Of them.
selves, neither we nor they care ought-but
we nave lnstanced these repeated and rcck less
violations Of repeated and solemn pledges for
the purpose Of illustrating to our friends tbro'-
State he ~, H.
iesslons, and the complete ubsurdtv of givinp
credcnce to any pledges or promises they may
utter And, for the future, when they shall be
found as fruitful Of cxpcdicnis and as liberia as
ever IN Their promises, we trlst they will be
promptly reminded Of the past, and their in.
su!t!ng ovcrturcs met with pcrcmptory and
indignant rel ection.
Fellow Citizens: We would prefer to let pass,
IN silence, the vexed question of slavery, as u
matter belonging more to moral ethics than
to political principles, and as question, strict
~ speaking mot Jig timatcly connec tcd wit the
pohcy OF The democratic party But as recent
events nave made it an element of more or less
Importance and excitement in the political dis
cussions Of the day, we deem it hi gh time, and
the present fitting occasion, TO declare our
views fully, freely and frankly on the subject
we 90 ths upon our own motion and response
blllty as individual members Of the Convention
~, the fervcnt hope that our views will be en-
t're!y agreeable to the feelings and acceptable
TO the judgment of those who sent us hithcr.
we are no alarmists-anG we deprecate.
as next to treason, the familiarization Of the
pubic mind with the unholy idea Of dis
solution Of this Uuion. We hold as equally
reprehensiblc and unpatriotc the fanaticiem
OF the north which goads to frenzy, at the
hazard Of disunion. and the unchasten ed
and uncurbed spirit of southern nullicat on,
which threatens US with the dire aterna-
tive. We hold TO the Union and its perpe-
tulsy as above party, and dearer to US than
any and all party considerations. We there
tore mold, as unpatriotic, the prosecution of
any policy which, in its resulting conse-
quences, would tend to impair the Integrity
of our great political compact, and put at
hazard the liberties oft people. In this
spirit, in times that are past, but too men,
ornble ever to be forgotten, have the demcc.
racy of the land, with the lamented Hero of
the Hermitage at their head, successfully
met, and driven back, and defeated the arch
schemes of the disunionists ofthe south who
struck for notification, and the equally rep
rehensible designs but less efficiently organ,
lied plans of the fanatics ofth north who
~ " N'SSuAE tn0 VI lU6 Ty,I
and by poisoning the public mind, to weak
en- the bonds of the federal Union We hold
1t to be the duty ofevery American citizen,
who carries about him an American heart,
to guard with jealousy and to protect with
his life, the inyiolability of his liberties and |
the permanency ard perpetuity of the Un-
ion; and as democrats, we plant ourselves
upon the BROAD PLATFORM OF THE
with firm determination to de-
fend it, at all times, against the assaults,
from the north or from the south.
and whether direct or insidious in their
character. As patriots, we dcplole. deeply
and unfeigncdy, the existence and agi:a-
ton ola question which has arrayed our
brethren ofthe north and of the south, the
one against the other in an attitude OF appa-
rentlv incorporating hostility; but we
find it impolitic, to even affect to svmpa-
thise fully either with the one or the other
There is truer, and a nobler, and a more
patriotic ground to occupy than either of
them stand upon. We would point their
attention to it, and in the spirit of patriot
ism implore them to bury their quarrels in
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