The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-05-29
Wing Arguments Refuted by their .sPro-

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Locofocoism is evidently troublesome affai
to our neighbor of the Telegraph, if we may
judge by the space it occupies in his columns
In his paper Of yesterday the Telegraph mar
gives us articles on locofocsism in three differ
cnt aspects, viz: Locofoco arguments, Locofoce
meetings, and Locofoco expectants. In the two
latter articles he is rather pleasant than other
wise, and being as fond ola joke as the mex
one, we have laughed in this case, albeit at oul
own expense. IA.
q But when our neighbor affects to be serious
and while in that state, when he does the very
thing which he affects to condemn in another
when he makes a "mess Of twaddle' Of the
English language, and cloud of fog out Of the
plainest propositions of logic-he may well say
that he does it at the expense of "dignity o
character" always provided he has any to lose
In his article on what he calls Locofoco Argu
ments, the Telegraph finds fault with our man
ner of treating the resolutions adopted by the
Wing State Convention, recently assembled a
Iowa City. We have given our opinion Of the
resolutions in our own way; and if there be any
thing in this opinion which can be controverted
not denounced, by the Telegraph, let be done
The Telegraph says we have taken care to a
void discussing them the resolutions) in man
ly, fearless manner. If by manliness and fear
lessness, he means to say that we have not dis
cussed the resolutions as he attempts to refute
our arguments, we plead guilty to the charge
But as we understand manliness and fearless
ness, we have not hcsitated to express our opin
ion Of the resolutions in manly and fearless man.
ner. Had we done otherwise the Telegraph
would have been silent
But the Telegraph himself informs us, that
'thesc resolutions are the product of body OF
men, assembled from different, and nearly all
sections of the State So much the worse, say
we. They have had toe many fathers, and had
we known this much last week, we might have
spared ourselves and the Telegraph great deal
Of trouble. All we need to have done was to
give the resolutions of the Wing Convention and
told the people they were the offspring or "pro-
duct of ia body of men from different and
nearly all sections of the State
III DdITenucSS OF lue RESOLUTIONS WOulu nave
been understood at once, without resort to ar
gument, if we had had this information about
their being ''the product Of body of men," &c,
a little sooner
In the midst of his seriousness the Telegraph
becomes quite facetious, but at his own expense
this time. He says, s'if they had no Wing mea-
sures to strike at, they would no longer exist
Il party, the whole secret of their organization
being sworn opposition to whatever emanates
from the wing ranks .u 49,
H When the wings had measures to strike at,
they were so struck and battered up, that moth
ing was left Of them but the epublic plumber
which they are now appropriating to themselves;
vide the Galphin, Ewing, and other claims.
The absurdity of the Telegraph's say so is on
ly equalled by his cool impudence and brazen
effrontery. These are his arguments, and with
these he comes before the people to sustain the
barren Iowa City resolutions. But we must ex-
cusc him, as we understand he was one of the
body of men who performed the great feat of
producing the 'sproduct." We will merely say,
the offspring, or "product,' is fair representa-
tive Of their sires, especially of their father of
the Telegraph.