The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-31
Citizensi Electors.

The day is coming-it will soon be here
when the veal OF woe Of Iowa must be decided
by you. There ia no alternative left;-upon each
one Of your votes will depend the decision of the
pteat question, whether the Executive and Lee
vslative officers Of this State shall be men pro-
Tossing and acting in accordance with the prin-
ciples which proclaims us all to be free and e.
qnal or whether they shall be men who belong
to that party, whose actions speak their princi-
PIES ODE those which are inimical to free, cheap,
and honest government. --...
Next Monday that choice must be made
whether by few or by many, it will be of bind
ing force upon the whole. Now is the time to
rehect-now is the time for every elector to in
form himself Of the good and evil principles ad.
vocated by the great parties of the country-and
having done so, then will have come the time to
choose between the good and the bad-between
those whose object md effect is to protect his
rights and interests, hnd those whose effect is
now, and always has been, to build up chosen
few, at the expense and to the prejudice of the
down-trodden many.
Let the parties be judged by what they have
done in times past, by what they have been do
ing within a few months.
Let the candidates be judged by their own de-
clarations, made in your own hearing.
Do not forget, that in times past the Wing
party Of that day was opposed to the survey and
settlement Of the west. That whenever bill
has been before Congress to graduate the price
Of the public lands, 1t has been opposed by the
majority of that party in Congress- That the
interest and welfare OF the West, no matter by
what means the democratic party has undertaken
to promote them-have been opposed ALWAYS
by majority of the wing party in Congress-
That the plan of Daniel Webster, advocated by
Col. HENDERSON for dsposing Of the public
lands, is calculated to establish SERFDOM
in the West, by which no man can dispose of his
property without forfeiting it to the general 60
vernment-by which the odious law of entail is
sought to be revived-by which man is bound
to the spot which the general government points
him to occupy, in which he holds similar re-
lation to the government do the veriest serf:
of Russia to their lords The people have heart
this doctrine advocated by the wing candidate
for Congress, and to them it belongs to decd
whether they are ready to send him to Congress
prepared to enact such law. Where is tn
man in Iowa who would be willing to take tn
government land on such degrading conditions
aye, where is the man. Where is the man VIII
is ready to toll on and improve quarter sectio
ofland, and never be allowed to call it his own
We proclaim boldly, and without fear of contra
diction, that Iowa nourshes no man SO base, up
on her bosom.
Col Henderson may be such man, but eve
that we doubt. If he is, citizens, you know i
what estimation he should be held; if he is no
then is he ready to impose such degrading term
upon you, as he would scorn to submit to him
self.
And have not each of you rights as we'll a
Col. Henderson, Has not each of you an hon
or and character, which is as dear to you il
Col. Henderson's to him?
The Col. does not think SO. He has proclaim
ed in the streets of our city, that THE GREAT
MAJORITY OF MANKIND WE'RE DISHONEST, THAT
1rwAsoNLY HERE AND THERE AN HONEST MA.
COULD BE FOUND; THAT THE MAN WHO
COULD NOT PAY FOR EIGHTY ACRES
OF LAND, SHOULD NOT BE ALLOW
ED TO OWN 1T IN HIS OWN NAME
BUT SHOULD BE PREVENTED FROM
DlSPOSING OF 1T. The same language he
repeated IN other places, as our fellow citizen:
through the country will remember
Leaving this candidate for moment, let.us
look into the dongs of the late Wing Cabinet
and what do we behold The treasury of the
nation is under their control, some old and lille
gal demands against the government are bough
up by them, and casting aside the sacred char
acter Of their office, and placing the public opin
ion at defiance, they allow themselves not onl
the full amount Of their illegal claims, but ais
an enormous amount of interest far beyond tn
original claim, which Congress has decided
be against claw and precedent and which tn
House of Representatives has officially condemn
ed.
In the face Of this solemn condemnation {
this nefarious swindle, Col. Henderson and tn
Wing party of Iowa have approved ofthe actlo
Of the Cabinet by which these enormous sums
amounting in the aggregate to nearly $1,000
600, have been distracted from the Treasury
without authority of "law or precedent
These and many other important facts shout
be remembered in making up your decisions o.
Monday, before voting for Congressman.
&
The Candidates for Governor.
The Wing party, as sort of offset to thei
villiany offers you preacher for your suffrages
the Democratic party, having no GALrHI
crimes to atone for, present you Mr.. Hampstead