The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-17


70 return to his cherished obscurty upon tn
banks ofthe Iowa, to continue the Rip Van Win
kle sleep, from which he was so suddenly an
go rudely, awakened by the Wing Convention
at Iowa City.
He devoted the first ten minutes of his Lee
turc, to Jeremiad upon the existence of PART
and partyism in the political management ofth
affairs of our country, and would fain have in
duced his audience to believe that he had scaugh
an idea,' when in fact, not one of them, wv
mean the Wing portion Of them,) but squirme,
in their pantaloons at this rude reference to tn,
ridiculous position in which their party has beer
placed before the country and the world, by thu
hullabaloo upon this subject in 1S45. Upper
ceiving, that he was sticking pins into the side
of those he came all the way here to tickle, hi
went on, wasting his eloquence, his tears, ane
much bad grammar in deprecating the existenc.
of party, until he thought it time to define hi:
own position, or, as he expressed it, to make hi
'pints," when, to the establishment OF all who
heard him, he actually boosted that he had la
bored for ''quarter of century, "a favorite
expression Of another great man in our country }
i'm building up and Strengthening the Federal
party Of the country. In his own inimitablt
style, he asks "why does good men appreciate
the existence of party? and at the same rehear-
3sal, puts in his claims to be considered the very
war horse of party. Was this Inconsistency a
want of perception in him, or an underestimate
( of it in his audience? Was this sheer tom fool
Eery, or an insult to those who were listening to
Ehm?
In strange contrast to the antiquity of his speech
was the distinct avowal of Col. Henderson, that
The was in favor Of the construction of Railroads.
! He seems to come TO the conclusion that they
AYE pretty good things! He seems to wonder
whether or not his audience had ever heard niue h
about them.
He thinks Railroads ought to be built in the
State of Iowa, and that the General Govern
lment ough to make grants of land for this pur-
pose; but doubts whether it will be done until
The is returned to Congress, and Wing MAORI
|ty secured in the Legislature of the State Hell
sees no difficulty in obtaining the requisite do
he ever sees difficulties in anything
Of the two contemplated roads in our State L
Col. H. gives decided preference to the Dav-
export and Council Bluffs road, and says dis
tinctly that he considers the Dubuque and Keo- ]
kuk Road of secondary importance
He travelled long distance out of this Dis
trict to vent his spleen upon the Des MoincsE
Improvement, and abused the opinions advanc- I
ed by Col. Curtis in his last report, as to theE
practical utility Of that magnificent work.
He was in favor of an appropriation Of money /
for the improvement of the Mississippi Rapids, !
land made thrust at Mr. Polk for vetoing bill
lof abominable extravagances containing an ap-
preparation for that purpose.
He referred to the different bills which hayel
been introduced both by Wings and Democrats, j
donating limited quantities of the public landsI
Ito actual settlers, and minated that he had al
plan much better than any yet offered, but be
llleved that neither would ever become law
He made a Don Quixote attack upon the
Constitution of Iowa, and said he would not vote|
for any candidate for the Legislature, unless he
were previously pledged in favor of Conven-
|tion for it's amendment
Without showing in what particular the pros
perity of the State was retarded by our present.
Constitution, he would make it's amendment al
sine qua non to her onward progress to great
ness. Those excellent conservative featuresf
which are being incorporated into almost all thek
ae'o Constitutions of the day, prohibiting the :
granting Of bank charters, the creation of State
debts beyond fixed sum, he secuted at, as al
blight and midew upon the prosperity of Iowa
In this respect, as in many others, he scemedk
% have forgotten that we live in different age
rom that in which our fathers flourished, andE
'coffed at the provision of our Constitution, 3
which refers the propriety of State Indebtedness
o the will Of the people themselves.
He openly avowed himself in favor of the I'M
limited chartering of interpretations of all kinds,
md tor all purposes, mil ht suit the interests,
he whlms, or the caprice of the Legislature, +;
md turned up his nose in significant contempt,E
1t the provisions of our general incorporation
aw, which makes individual stockholders liable !
or the debts of the Company. Every improve
nent in constitr tional law, which has been de- !
7ised tor the last twenty years, for the protec
ion of the rights and property of the people a
yainst the entertainments of corrupt Legislators,
ne regarded as an unwarrantable and dangerousI
But now comes the opening of the Political :
Mummy Not content with damning himselfin
The eyes of our citizens, by his wanton attack
upon the beautiful fabric of the Constitution oil
he State--not content with insulting them, by t.
reducing their favorite work of internal i'm.
must needs offend their veryt
by holding up the d;s,ntered remains
# the United States Bank! Regardless of theb
avs and customs of maodern society, and care
ess of the tastes and refnements of his own po-
itcal friends, he must needs rob the graveyardE
# its buried dead, and drag forth the rotten car
,ass of an obsolete idea to regale the nostrs 1
If modern WhiggeEy!o Out, we say, upon all =
uch contemptuous disregard for the progrcssiveE
'pirit of the age! Out, upon such ignorance of
he will and wishes of the people, say the WhgsE
# Dubuque! and, @~