The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
Col. Henderson Mt Delhi.

For the Express.
Mr.. Editor.-Having had the pleasure of lis
tening to the speech Of Col. Henderson, dev-
cred at Delhi, on the 18th, instant, send you
a brief sketch to lay before your readers
The Col. was speaking when l arrived; and
was endeavoring to make his hearers believe,
that the existence of Parties was dangerous to the
institutions of our country and to his position,
quoted from the farewell address Of Washing cton
where he warns his fellow citizens against the
existence Of faction: quite difference, ! appre
hend.
He next took up the subject of the tariff, and
wasted much time and breath in trying to make
his audience believe, that high protcclirc tariff
was just the thing for the consumer. Why,
said he, it was under the operation Of high tar
iff that the price of goods has come down to the
present low rates. Shccting, which once cost
40 cents per yard can now be bought for TO-,
and this, then is the kind of protection the man
ufacturcr is continually praying for! According
to the logic this valient colonel, reduction of
three hundred per cent in the price of goods in
crcascs the profits ofthc manufacturer.
Now Col. Henderson certainly knows, or at
east ought to know, that the tariff had nothing
to do in this reducing the price of manufactured
goods of which he speaks, and he insults the in
diligence of the farmers of Dclcwarc county,
when he attempts to cram such absurdilics down
their throats. He and they know that this re-
suit was brought about by the introduction Of
1C hv fl,r
ing and transporting the raw material, and still
more by the approximation which has been made
to the principles Of free tfndc
He noxt took up the Jnitcd Suites Bunk!
yes, actually ra<cd up this ''obsoctc idea and
made it one OF. the principal pillars on which he
! rested his hopes Of success
The Galphin claim took up a considerable
portion ofhis time. The claim was lust, he said
and should be paid, but in all his long talk upon
this subject he forgot even to aludc to the part
which Mr.. Secretary Crawford has played in the
matter! He seemed entirely ignorant of the re-
al mysteries Of gniphini-ing, and knows not
that its beauties consist in the abstraction bv a
cabinet officer, of the comfortable sum Of enc
h"ndrcd Mou&and doIlnrs from the treasury OF
the United States, ut one gr0J! The truth is,
this claim IS eye sore to the wings, which is
found very difficult to heal, and therefore have
4 great desire to cover up
The Col. gave us his views on the free land
bill, by saying that he prefers the plan SUBMIT
cd by Mr.. Webster and gave his reasons as fol-
lows:-mcn, who will not save $50 to buy forty
or $780, to buy al eighty acre farm, would not
be likely to take of their land, even if riv-
en- to them by the general government; there
tore he was opposrd to conveying title to the
land, but would give occupancy merely which
| should descend to the heirs Of the occupicr-
This is quite hit at the industrious poor of our
county! Why not say at once, that govern
mcnt ought to appoint gnardin"s for them and
their heirs forever! This looks IA little too much
like hereditary bondage to my notion, and mis-
take the intelligence of our industrious poor, if
they do not come out at the polls and show that
they are american .trecmCn and do not govern
ment to appoint guardians over them What
person wants his labor, and that Of his children
bonnd down to one spot of earth forever.
A HEARER.