The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-24
That Speech Again.
GARNAvILLo, July 10th, 1850

| Editor Of Express
DEAR SrR.--I arrived at this place yesterday
about noon, in tour through this beautiful ane
delightful county, and whilst resting my weary
limbs, and partaking of the Inequalities of my
Landlord, a runner entered the room IN breath
less haste announcing the fact that Col. Hen
derson the Wing candidate for Congress in this
noon.
Curiosity to see assembled together the big
men of Clayton, which county | had always
heard celebrated far and near for race of Giants;
and also to hear for the first time the competitor
Of my old friend Clark speak led me to stop
and listen what this great man of the nineteenth
century had to say to the mammoths Of Clay
ton
| was not kept long in suspense, before it was
announced that the Col. was on hand, and all
hands ready. | repaired to the Court House,
to take a survey of the crowd with both eyes,
and ears, open; and sure enough there were as.
sembled some twenty or twenty-five sturdy,
hard listed, weather beatin looking fellows, that
would have done honor to Northumberland in
days that gone by. With the exception of
two funny little fellows, whom the balance
seemed to take delight in tormentng on account
of their size; better looking set of men could
county that Capt. Jack Turner raised his cele-
b-ated company of Rangers during the late war,
and that after keeping in check hostile band
of Indians, they returned again to the peaceful
abodes Of domestic tranquility.
But to return to the COL who mounted the
stand with very polite congee and l must con-
TESS that could see nothing about the man that
denoted either talent intellect or ability, there
was nothing remarkable peculiar about him cx-
ccpt he carries, with him the appearance of
very fine fellow which have no doubt he is
He commenced by telling the audience that
there was great deal ofparty spirit in the coun-
try-too much oft; that it grew out of our in
stitutions and the nature of man; that he himself
was possessed of this spirit, which he very much
regretted: and concluded this subject by quo
tation from Washington Farewell Address.
He now made the announcement that he was
now going to touch upon the interest of the au-
dience IL AN III favor, said he, ''of giving to
every family home on the public land, and
like Mr.. Websters plan the best, for Mr.. Web
ster's plan prevents the settler from ever SELL
ing his farm after he has made it," What kind
of country, Mr.. Editor, do you suppose it would
be, covered over with beautiful farms that neith-
er the owners nor any power earth could dis
pose of, sell, convey.
Does not every man know that it is the sale
and traffic of farms and improvements. on lands
in this country that makes poor men rich What
a State Of things would present themselves in
this country, if the farmers here were now pre-
vented from selling their hrms-cven suppose
they were given to them by the government
Suppose Mr. Webster, Henderson g. Co., were
% pass law giving to the settler one quarter
section, provided he would never sell it. Well,
our settler goes on, and makes good farm of
t. A man comes along, and asks, Chow much
r, will you take leave your farm, and let me 90
lpon it," "One thousand dollars, sir" The
money is paid down, and the settler is off. Can
uch this be prevented? or, will Hen
lerson & Co., make it penitentiary offence for
lin to leave or sell? Perhaps they will station
lragoons or rangers, to prevent them, and make
he settler stay on the land that has been given
lin. There is peculiar class Of men who are
lways first to encounter the dangers and perils
If frontier life; and these, in few years, give
,lace to another class that follow in their wake;
bo,I
md selling out to advantage to the class who
omc behind; and truly, Mr.. Henderson, you
IRE Il ''Webster man, if you can stop this spirit
If adventure
Our profound la~-girer and legislator next
old that he would go for another law, If elect
d; and that was, that no person should ever be
llowcd to enter land, where another had made
improvements upon it. This knocks the sand
rom under Webster, and his bill.
There will be no use for Mr.. Walker, Mr.
,nds, after Mr.: Henderson gets into Congress-
There were some three or four lawyers in the
ouse " hen MIR. Henderson concluded his learn
d DISC uisitions these two bills, and you ought
D have seen them acink at each other.
But, MIR. Editor, if you have tears to shed,
rcparc to shed them now! 81 am,' said this
Webster man, Of forty years standing," in ia
or Of 'sinternal improvements; but am Oppos-
d to the Dcs .Noincs Rirer Improuement."--
Here he almost fanted.) THAT" said he, "is
scheme Of Extravaganza and fotly.' All nature
ave pause. "And don't you think continu-
d this aw-giver, ''that they are coming into
his Congressional District and taking the land
MT oft to Improve Nat part Of the riuer achich
Toes not belong in this Congressional District.
acarn you, jellow- citizens, Of the injustice hut
lie other Congressional District is heaping up-
M you. Come to the rcscue!'
'sThe State will, in few years." continued
his "Farmer," ''abandon the Des Mones river
because Kentucky abandoned her
liver improvements. ssThere is no improve
nents that are good for anything, except rail.
Dads, and they can never be built continued
his "Wcbster man Of forty years standing"
Except by chartered companies. don't care
f Congress does make an appropriation" said