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

TUEs ID 4 Y;:::::: EBHt UARY u, Io49
orrfcE ON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SECOND
DOOR AnovE THE nANK.
IS ACTS OF ASSEMBLY,.
Weehavc received from the Secretary
OF State copy ofthe Acts Of the last As
sembly, for the relocation Of the County
Seat Of Clay Ton county, and for the organ,
ixa,ions of the county Of Alamaker, for
for publication, but too late for to-day's
paper. They shall appear in our next
ssThe Editor Of the Dubuque Express
seen, 10 be foremost in his condemnation
nf the course Of these Senators, and a
psrusal Of the following article from that
paper, will convince any one, that he has
not been absent long enough from odd
Virginia. 10 understand the feelings
andwishes Of the people, or even the De-
mocratic party, Of Iowa. Iowa States
man. - ..........; . -.....,....
The above language is taken from an
article which appeared in the Statesman
ofthe 10th inst, and which escaped our
notice until we saw it referred to. by 9TH
er papers. z..g s... ,ar gs ...
Wearc far from desiring controver-
sy with our democratic friend Of the
Statesman, or with any Of his near neigh
bors who may exercise an Esp (y) onage
oyerthe doings Of that paper, but we can
assure him that he has come very far
from producing the conviction in our
mind that his friend Espy Of tho Senate,
in his action upon the subject of the Will
mot Proviso resolutions has been consist.
ent either with himself. or with the nell
understood and thoroughly defined princi-
pies Of the party, with which he claims a
fellowship, and to which, he is indebted
for the position he occupied in the Legis.
laturc Of Iowa during its past session.
The Statesman int!mates that long
continued residence in the State is neces
sary 10 proper understanding Of the
feelings and wishes Of the Democracy Of
Iowa." and that residence in ''Ozd Vir-
ginny'' entirely INEQUALITIES one 10 give an
opinion as to what is the governing prin-
ciple Of that democracy. We do not
know, nor do we care to know, how long
the Editorof the Statesman or the Sena
tor, whose champion he is have resided
in the State ofIowa, but we have advanc-
cd and still entertain the opinion that
they arc either Ignorant. OF or Indifferent
TO the feelings and wishes Of the true de-
mocracy, no, only Of Iowa, but of the Uni
on.
Why this insinuatien, that the dcnloc.
racy Of Iowa is different from the democ-
racy Of Virginia or any other Stated
We have not so learned the principles
ofour faith. Democracy is the same ev-
cry where. lis "(eelings and its wishes"
are as changeless as the spirit Of liberty
from which it iginates,- whether in
the sunny South or the frozen North, its
principles remain the same, ever recog-
nizing and obeying those powers, confer
ed by the the Constitution, and watching
with a Jealous eye any unwarrantable
assumptions Of power, either by our own
or foreign governments. ~--. .a.a. ..
There is nothing peculiar in the dem
ocracy Of Iowa, and the Editor of the
Statesman, with the sagacity we are DIS
posed to give him credit for, ought to
have known it long ago. But says the
editor, ''al.hough the democracy Of Iowa
have never adopted the principles Of the
Wilmot Proyiso, still we would like to
know when and by whom they have been
rejected?" This is the point at issue be-
tween US. We maintain that the people
Of Iowa, did, on the 7th day Of November
last unqualifiedly and unequvocally re-
ject the principles Of the Wilmot Proviso,
and that Mr.. Espy and three Of his asso-
ciates concurIed and assisted in lha, re-
lection: And that they afterwards at
tempted to invalidate that rejection, by
instructing the representatives of the
State to speak for her in favor Of those
rejected principles, and in SO doing cxhib-
tied an Inconsistency which we are en-
tirely unable to understand"
Bat how did the people Of Iowa reject
those principles? We answer; by CIV
ing large majority Of their votes for
Lewis Cass "whose opinions upon this
subject were made par excellence the test
Of his qualifications for the Presidency in
this State" Bnt this the Statesman does
not believe, or rather MIR. Senator Espy
does not believe il for him.
II, v;a ., If this dete rmined unhelief on