The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-02-13
"A .Chapter on NIorals.

"A ChNpter ON MOfAss.
Some weeks since, we made, the assertion, in
rev Of the course pursued by the Dubuque TEL
graph, under its multifarious head, that that pa
Der was ssbound to respect the wishes and opn-
ons of certain leading and commanding Wing
IF this city," and in subsequent article, named
Major Mordacai Mobley, as the person referred
TO- At the time of making this assertion, we
deemed the evidences, both direct and circum-
stantia su cient to establish it's truth, and kno,o
ing that those evidences were SO palpable as not
to be mistaken by the public, we did not con-
ceive that any one would have the foolhardiness
to attempt their controversion; nor, in fact did
we entertain the opinion, that any one, but Mr..
M Craney would desire their controversion, and
he only on the score of that "pride Of Indepen-
dcnce," of which he is such a notable personifi-
cation. But in this, we were mistaken. The
pop-gun, which we aimed at the dorroaced plumes
Of our neighbor, Qfor we forbear the use of any
thing but pop-gun, while in the arena with
him, as he invariably sheds tears if we use hcao
Ter anetal)-the pop-gun, we say, which we aim
ed at our neighbor of the Telegraph, not only
had the effect to strip him bare of his feathers
as did the shot of the sporting lrishman, when he
killed the Tree toad, but, contrary to our cxpec
tations, and wholly unintended by us,-aided as
it must have been by some masked battery, that
is playing upon his rear,-did fearful execution
upon our 'spcaceable and unoffending neighbor"
of the Receivers Office.
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say, was entirely unexpected. Like the sports
man Of Erin, to whom we have already alluded,
we were but taking little recreation among the
Sand-pipcrs on the political shore, not presum-
ing on the good fortune of getting ''Canrass-
back or bringing down "GulI' nor did we
do either, but simply aroused the Major, to take
up the pen, not so much in his own behalf, as to
read US long faced lesson upon Morals, and
descant largely upon falschood and Slander
In Card, which he published in the Tele-
graph of last week, and to which we hastily re-
ferred, in last, he does not hesitate to "pro-
nounce our charge to be utterly untrue, and says
we s'cannot produce particle of proof to sustain
it, and ends with pathetic appeal to the pub
Hollis standing and pretcntons, claiming to be
governed by the best moral laws, can make a
charge seriously affecting his peaceful and un-
offending neighbors, without any proof whatev-
or, must leave the public to judge The pub.
lie will no doubt enquire, before they make up
their decision, wherein consists the graritv of
the "charge,' and in what way it can seriously
afect the unoffending Major, to have it said that
he exercises control over Wing newspaper
Where is the crime Of exercising such control
if the ostensible proprietor is toady enough to
yield himself to his say-so' But the Major re.
iterates in his Card yesterday that he has been
slandered. He says, $50 far from correcting
your Misrepresentation, find in your paper of
last week, not only repetition of your former
SANDER, but an addition of four, if not five false
statements" He says, ssyou have finally sue
ceeded in dragging me before the public, but
you have at the same time placed yourself in a
degrading position, and your friends, if you have
any, must feel mortified and humbled, with your
unjustifiable course in this matter
Had M Craney, or any such ilk, used the a.
bove language, we should have looked upon it
as natural, and characteristic, and should have
passed it in silence, or with joking rctort but
coming from Major Mobley, Cashier of the Mi
ncra Bank, member of the Wing Executive
Committee of the State, Receiver General of
the Northern Land District, &c, &c, and &C.
cupying the acknowledged position of leader,
and commander in the Wing party of the State
and country, it will be necessary, notwithstand-
ing he doubts our ability to do so, to bring for
warward some little proof, of the grierous charge
we have brought against him.
1t is we'll known, that in the Spring of 1910
George l.. Nightingale, Esq, prominent Tay-
Tor Wing of this city, was acting Editor of the
Telegraph, and from some disputing which a.
rose upon the distribution of the offices, was
writing hard things about certain Clique, which
he denominated the Fogies, of which Major
Mobley was the personifcation and "embody
ment,' and that suddenly, while in full blast
he was 'sarrested in his career" and left the pa
per. His reasons for leaving, were published
in the 'Telegraph" ofthe I'd of June, from which
we make the following extract:
ga certain clique, whose fountain head is at
Dubuque, have since the election of General
Taylor, assumed to themselves the exclusive
control and management of the Wing party in
Northern Iowa.
1t was my intention to speak of them thc clique)
freely, through the columns of this paper. THE
Telegraph This course does not meet the
oieaos of the proprietor, and in order to aroid
anyunpleasant difference Of opinion, Ihacc Mo't
best to retire.
This, it will be borne in mind, was in one
,ceek after he had suffered his name to be an
nounced, as editor of the paper, though he
had been writing editorials for months, many
of them as severe on Mobley, as those refused
admittance to its columns. This refusal it NAV
be said, was voluntary act of M Craney. But
why so sudden-after publishing cheerfully, the
most severe castigations-why this sudden fit
Of constituencies in Mohley's behalf? All, the
Major had money! He was keeper of the Bank !!
Mac would have retained Nightingale, (and it
was his interest to do 80, as no one else has ever