The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-10-30
Position of the Double Organ.--Savc me
from my Friends.

late fugitive slave law, has the following re-
marks "But how has it been settled? We re-
ply, by violating the most cherished prime, ,,lcs
of the Constitution that we live undcr' Now,
we would ask the Tribune to be So good as to
inform us what principle of the Constitution is
violated by the recent act? Docs the recent law
give the Shareholder more rights than he pos
sessed by the Constitution; or does it take from
the slave any privileges guaranteed by the same
instrument lfit be violation of the Const
tuition, as the Tribune says, why does not the
Tribune censurc the President, who by his sig
nature, gave it the form of law? The Tribune
charges the President indirectly with having vi
olntcd the Constitution, will that paper have the
manly consistency of making it direct charge'
Remember, if the late law be a violation of the
Constitution, those who approved of the law,
approved Of that which violated the Constitution
approved of the violation itself, Now, Mr.
Tribune, we have placed YOU in position, from
which there can be no dodginr or flinch!nr-
Speak out like man, and let us understand YOU
Lest you may forget the question, We put it a.
ton, by approving of the fugitive slave law
Remember, you have asserted already, that the
law violates the Constitution
GRAHAMs MAGAZlnE.-.IOrcmbcr numbcr.
We have just opened IT.: 1t looks so clean,
so bright, that we are almost ashamed to soil its
virgin leaves by the touch of our inky fingers.
But it must be done. The first article which
meets our eye, is the "!Suu Fcwcr,' a true tale
Of the North West, by the Majcr Richardson.
Let us read it. The scene is laid some few years
prior to thc late declaration of war against Great
Britain. Uhitc Bear was one of the most hon
orcd ofthc Saukic tribe, and San FIower, his wife
was tall and graceful, besides being good sing
cr. White Bear, matter of course, loved
his Sun Flower, and for all we know, Sun Flow.
or loved the White Bear; but there was another
who loved her moro; one 'who hung upon heI
lock, fed upon her glancc-nnd whose soul melt
ed away for love of her. This new lover was
Wahwandah, who, i'll his youth, had saved the
Sun Flower from the hug of Il bear.
The White Bear did not fail to perceive tho
current in which Walwandah's 5 thoughts were
flowing; nor could he be inscnsbe to the mean
ing of the soft, languisI,ing glances returned by
the Sun Flower. Instead Of getting Jealous
however, like men would be likely to do, if 81
mlarly situated, he invited Wahwandah to come
and live in his w;gwan, whore he could enjoy
the company Of the Sun Flower to his heart 5
content This was Il dangerous proximity for
th" n1iawl'ul lovers to be placed in; but i, was
| lndlair-likc. Let Us skip over few necessary
| intervening incidents, and we behold Wal,-
wandah and the Sun Flower mounted on two
swift horses flying from the wigwam Of the
| White Bcar;-what else could be expected
| They were both Young, loved each othcr-and
neither of them cared an eagles feather for the
White Bear, who, by the way, was over forty
years old. But alas! the "coursc of true love
never does run smooth,' and so it happened in
this cnsc. During their flight, they calnc nigh
a Canadian trading post, where several horses
were tied up. Wahwandah thought it would be
no harm to make an exchange Of his and Sun
flower $ for two fresh stccds; but an old Chippc-
wa Indian, who had charge Of the horses tho t
otherwise, and just WaElwandall was about
to make the transfer, he received the contents of
the old Chppcwa's rifle somewhere in his body
lImselfand Sunilowcr were brought 20 the post,
where al explanation took place. The Chippc-
wa was rcprimandcd but it was too late Wal-
wandah had resolved to end the life, whose pros
poets had already been blightcd; and being re-
assured Of the love Of the Sunnower, he buried
| H.. =, 1
the recking knife from the body of her atlianccd,
and buried it deep in the bosom of the Chippewa;
then, before her intention could be anticipated,
she dealt upon herself an untalterng and mortal
blow. One grave was dug for the lovers, in
which they were placed with due solemnity and
appropriate ceremony, and over the place was
raised mound to mark the resting place Of The
Sunhower and Wahwandah
This is Il mere skeleton of one of the beauties
of Graham. There are many others, well wor
thy of pcrusal Besides the literary contents.
the present number is magnifcenty illustrated
by engravings of beautiful design and elaborate
finish One Of these is illustrative Of the can
gels Whisper well-known ballad. 1t is the
first time we have seen or heard of this design
and we like it extremely we'll. We think it
would pay, if it were executed on larger scale
THE LADY's BooX-for .Norcmber, is full.
varied, and interesting as ever. Besides many
other pretty things, it contains pretty poem
entitled "The Estrangemcnt," which we shall
take the liberty of transferring to our columns
The embellishments in the form of engravnes,
are very pretty; but if suggestion from this
source would meet with any favor, we would
say to Mr.. Cooley, leave the artificial alone, and
copy the natural. The same amount of money
spent for natural, life-looking pictures would be
worth much more to the owner, would be more
easily executed by the artist, and afford more
profit to the publishers than such pretty things
as the "Evcning Star" We don't say this by
way Of complaint. Not at all. "The Book"
as it is, is worth much more than is asked for it.,
andis deservedly popular, but we think it could
be made more so, without additional expense.
N. Y. SUNDAY MERcuRY-This paper has