The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-02-27

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his memory, end the idea of "mlitary chief
tain" being President, was so grating to the re-
miniscence Of his memory, tibet ''war, pcstilencc
and famine were small matters to him, in conf,
parison to seeing Gen. Taylor President. But
to the speech 1t was n noble effort, and we
hope some compromise may grow out of the eff
forts of Mr.. Clay. Some of the positions of
h!r. G. are just and tcnable, others again, can
not subscribe to, and therefore, we must AT di
Glteram parton before we make up our opinion
on this great, this vital question.
Gen. Houston delivered his sentiments on the
same subject; and spoke teclingly in defence of
the perpetual Union of the States. The Cen
eral passed some handsome compliments on Col.
Benton, which pleased me, but you must know,
Mr. Editor, touched the feelings of other per-
sons in the South, that caused some little pleas
ant coloquy from Gen. H. with the Senators
of Miss. However, Gen H. is entirely a un-
ion man; and although from the extreme South,
disun!onists will receive no favor from him
Upon the main point at issue, viz: Northern in
terfercnce with the rights of the South, Gen.
is us ITUl us Tic rest the tcellGLOTS
on that delicate question. On the conclusion
of his remarks, Judge Berricn, of Georgia, OBJ
tanned the floor, and will speak on Monday next
Not much business has been nlaturcd in the
lower House this week, although some progress
was made on the Revenue collection bill. The
Committees, however, are very busiy engaged
in maturing bills for the action of Congress. |
do not think much will be done, until the slave
~ excitement has ceased but how can it cease,
when we have such creatures Of mschiefin high
places as Hale, Seward Giddings, Root, Will
mot & Co. Notwithstanding the desperate con-
duct Of these men, the Union unjust and will be
preserved and by 4 returning sense fproprie
ty and of duty to the quiet Of the land, VIC hope
these mon will ultimately be driven from public
life by their constituents who arc, unfortunate
ly, not yet fully aware of the mischief they are
attempting on ;hc stability of the Union. But
their designs are being developed, they will
be discarded.
Col. J. c. Fremont and DR.. VIM. Gwinn have
been elected to the T. S. Senate from the new
State Of California, and are now en- route fer
Washington. Dr. Gwinn is from the State of
Mississippi, and Col. Fremont from South Car
Gina. 1t is great triumph for Col Fremont
Truly noble comrlimcn Mt to be the first Senator
Of the State Of California; the State that his
boldncss Of enterprise, in trcading the mountain
range and the desert Wild as it WERE but yes
tcrday, now tceming with thousands upon thou
sands Of hardy, industrious citizens, all vieng
with each other in doing honor to the man who
opened the way to that vast region, maured the
plan and aided by the noble Stockton, conquer
ed with his valicnt r0(untccrs and Stockton
gallant tcrs; and held possession. The people
there will continue 70 honor Fremont lie de-
serves it at their hands And may he wear his
honors with that same modcsty in victory, as he
has heretofore boldly and ably defended himself
from charge that had no foundation in fact,
but what military etiquette engcndered, and NOR
tilted pride encouragcd by those too, who had
not the talent to undertake, or the energy to ex-
ccute the same important mission that Fremont
achieved | have, Mr.. Editor, perhaps, said too
much on tkis cxaltation of Col. Fremont Ifso,
you must excuse me, for my ardor in his partc-
ular case. For if ever military tyranny was OK
ccutCd to the fill in this land, it was more mali
ciously done in his persecution, than in any 9TH
that has ever come under my notice.
Hence it is, that wish to speak of that Court,
as the conduct of the majority justly merit
There were honorable exceptions on the trial
but pride of envy prcdomnated from the incep-
ton to the close ofthc whole matter. The coun-
try should guard against for the future such mil
itary aggress:ons
Last evening, at the National Hotel, in this
city, we had what is termed in fashionable par
lance melee between two Wing gentlemcn.-I
That is, we presume them to be gentlemen from
the position each holds in society, not from the
language they used towards each other in con-
troversy. One Of the parties to this spree, is
noac other than one Of our own citizens, the re-
nouned hero of Dcs Moincs and Henry county,
of pork mcmcry Mr.. FItz Henry Warrcn.-
You say, Is it possible' Yes sir matter of
fact! And now will tell you all about the
spree. Mr.. Levin, Of Philadelphia, is an NJ c.
and being at tic National, was accosted by Mr..
Warren, in passing, but no notice taken by Mr..
l.. Of the salutation. l suppose the dignity of
w. was wounded, for he returned and walked
up to Mr. L., calling him by name-(thcv, pre-
viously, had been on very intimate tcrns)-Alr.
L., in rather an angry tone, returned for answer
to the second sautation, "you are scoundrel
Fitz swore back again as CALAMITY as any knight
of Flanders; l.. then repeated and said "you are
a dam scoundrel,' and at it they went, hand
overland, pell-mell, both having canes in their
hands, and pommclcd each other right hand
somely. Finally, after several passes, Fitz lost
his cane, bu: nothing 10th, he kept at it but L.
would not strike while Fitz was dsarmed The
by-standers enjoyed the sport, but being fearful
that their friends did not know they were out,
and that they might be injured they crossed
over and prevented further harm to the combat
ants. No one knows the cause of the misun-
derstanding; and if they did it would not be of
much moment. have only mentioned the fight
SO that the people Of Iowa may know that the
knight of the bristlc is man of spunk in these
nars "a yvcIl as in other quarters of the r1obo ~