The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-17
DUBUQUE:
"Tickcts Compared"

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The Telegraph of last week "could not re-
fran' from ''contrasting" the candidates of its
party with those of the Democracy of this sena-
toria] district, and thereby inhcting deeper
wound upon those whom that paper tries to be-
friend, than all the efforts of their opponents
would have been able to effect Does not that
paper know, that it's praise is but Shiny excre-
scence, which must flthify all upon whom it
may be cast? Unfortunate candidates, had you
been left to your naked merits, you would have
received the support of your political friends but
the Shiny filth of the Telegraph office, while it
covers your deformities, it makes you doubly O.
dious to your friends and enemies. Ifi be
mean spirit that would prompt man to accuse
the nominee Of an opposite party of being pecu-
lators, what kind of spirit must that be which
prompts man to falsfy the language Of an op-
ponent so as to make him say what he has not
said
We have not said, nor did we intend to say,
that the nominees of the Rockville Convention
were pecuators. We did say, that they must
necessarily belong to the peculating or Galphin
school Of politics. Will the candidates them
selves deny that they are Galphins:-will the
Telegraph do for them? We opine not.
AS to the "contrasts'' undertaken by the ar
tist of the Telegraph, if he will content himself
with portraying the characteristics of his own
candidates, as he should have done, he will have
done all that his situation requires. When we
want democratic portrait drawn, we shall know
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subject and credit to himself. We do not recog-
Mise either of these qualities in the artist Of the
Telegraph.
Now, however, that the portraits of the Gal
phin nominees have been drawn, they have be-
come sort Of public property, and are appropri-
ate subjects of criticism. We shall take them
as VIC find them delineated by their friend ofthe
Telegraph, and what do we find in them to COM
mend?'
The first sentence of the ''contrast'' Is con-
tradiction in terms-a sort of linguistical satire
upon the resolution of the convention which de-
clared that tlrers of the soil had been forgotten
by previous conventions. Hear what the Tele-
graph says to commence with. CDR. WIN. John
son is a farmer This is the opening language
of ''contrast." Why this farmer is dignifed
with the soubriquet Of Dr.. we leave the Tele-
graph to explain. The dignity, however, may
attach the other way, for all we know. 1t may
be, that DR.. Johnson is dlgnifed with the title of
farmer for the coming campaign. Of one thing
we are very certain-neither his title of DR.. or
farmer will avail him in trying to persuade the
people that he is anything the less Galphinite
So much for CDR "Farmer'' Johnson
A word with the other portraits. These are
McNamee, Heeb, and Bell The first and last
are given to as farmers again, while poor
Heeb is left without profession.
Now, as it happens that so much stress has
been laid upon professions it is but just to Mr.
| Heeb that his should be known; and since the
Telegraph has been so uncourteous as to omit
specifying in his particular case, we cannot help
thinking that Mr.. Heeb has not been fairly dealt
with. Why did the Telegraph omit telling its
readers that Mr. Heeb was brewer? Were the
Galphins afraid that brewer would not take?
"They will not allow the farming interest to
suffer while they have voice to raise in its be-
half" says the Telegraph. Who has assailed
the farming interest that the potent voices of
these political farmers should be heard in it's de-
fense? Again we ask, who has assaied this in
terest? If there be in these United States one
branch of industry which has suffered more than
another from Wing legislation, that branch is
farming! What have the Wings ever done
what have they ever attempted to do for the pro-
lection of the farmer. Nothing. That has not
been their boast. Heretofore have they taxed
the farmer to protect the manufacturer; and even
now, the leaders of that party assembled at
Washington are devising means to perpetuate
the ascendency of eastern manufacturers over
western farmers. e
"1hey will not allow the farming interest to
suffer-" Fough! Are they not in favor of a
protective tariff, which is the greatest tax upon
the implements of agriculture-the greatest i'm
pediment to foreign market for surplus pro-
duce.
Are they not wings, and will impudent as
sumptions cancel the deeds Of this party during
their existence of seventy years and more. &
Verify, the days Of universal peace-of uni
versal harmony must be near at hand when the
Wing party will even profess to think of the
farming interest. .. ..- .s 81
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SMITH OBR1EN.-The Irish friends of this
distinguished exile have called meetings in Linn
erick and Dublin to take some action upon the
cruel treatment received by him from the demon
government of England. We have seen the
proceedings Of a few Of these meetings. They
are too tame to effect anything. They are got
up with too much ceremony, conducted too
much as Irish meetings generally are-in hum
Bile, begging position instead ofassuming man
ly and significant attitude which no government
would be willing to force to extremities
If the right spirit animated the Irish heart,
Smith O'Brien would not remain long ON Maria
Island. He would soon be among the scenes
of his childhood, in his own loved llse of the o.
cean. prison wall should coop him up, nor
dungeons gloom obscure kind Heavens light;
but free as the wild bird Of bis native hills, would
light and liberty be his. gv1s.u7 H