The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-01
NUMBER 4.
The Writings that are R.yoIutouy,,n,
EUrOue.

We are apt to make a great ado about the
: published opinions OF European travellers who
VISIT us for the purpose of book. making, while
f the really influential writings in relation to the
, United States, that are changing the thoughts
OF the world, opening their eyes to the advanta-
ges of our form Of government, ard the bless
, ln~s of our institutions, not one in thousand
, thinks of. No essayist or periodical re view.
er that we are aware of, has ever taken into
consideration or even alluded to the writings in
question. They have been wholly overlooked
by political spectators both sides of the At
lanic Neither has the pope nor any other po-
tentate ever thought of excluding them from his
domlnions on account of their rrpublicanzing
/ tendency. no index expurgatorius makes men,
ton OF them yet they daily multiplied,
constantly circulated, and unerring in produc-
ing the effect intended They have done more
to revolutionize opinions in the old void than
all other writings published during the present
century they operate chiefly among the litter
ale masses OF Earope, and as they make the most
eloquent and touching appeals to the feelings,
tney are The clnei instruments of filing our coun-
try to overflowing with the oppressed popula.
tion OF Europe. These writings are the humble
but eloquent and truthful letters of the poor im
migrants, who TELL in their simple but sincere
language, their happy experiences in this land
Of freedom, and, by their q lowing enconiums, in
dnce the riendsleit at home TO follow after them
we had one OF these stirring missives put in our
hands the other day, which had been written at
the dlctation of chambernlaid in a friends
family, boy of fifteen having acted as aman-
uensls. 1t ran thus
8 To Mrs Betty Rork, Bauy--in the
county .7ntrim, Ectamd DEAR MOTHER 81
arrived in--just six months ago to-day. |
Dear mother, this Is great country for the likes
OF US. have had good place ever since |
came over. and so has Jane Murray, who is !
cook IN gentleman S family, and gets good |
wages. Dear Mother, Tim Riley and Patrick |
Donovan and his sister are all DONG well. Dear |
mother. you must send over Peter; he mus, |
c. III ifom Liverpool by the ship send |
draft on the Bank Of ireland for two pounds
aud eerlihcste for his passage. Dear mother |
this is from your loving daughter.
BRIDGET RoRK"
IT requires very powerful Imagination to !
Conceive the eject which such piece Of writ
ing as this will produce whsn it is read III the
circle for which 1t was intended iii Bally--
Possibly the person to whom it was written is
unable to read il herself, but size calls In the /
aid OF the priest--or snme other learned per-
SON. and it is read aloud TO adnring groups
of hunger pinched and half clad listeners, who Il
l s contents inspire with golden opinions OF the
flu tfu!ness Of the land of freed ,m and the un-
speakable blessings Of republican institutions
z $, constantly flying, Ike winged seeds, all
over Europe, and dropping and terminating
wherever there are human beings ard human
mai, In every county of England and /
ireland, in the highlands Of Scotland, the noun
tains OF Switzerland. by the habiiations of tn,
Danube, on the shores of the Baltic, on the
plains of Italy, among the vineyards of France,
and all over Norway and Sweden, these flying
leaves are constantly dropping, md imhung the
minds of the people where they faA with cx-
travagant ideas of the glorious privileges of
free government, AID the happiness and prosper
ity OF those who make their own laws and elect
there own rulers. Is it surprising, then that all
over Europe there shontd have broken ont, with
out any consort of action, such a widespread.
coniIuenL deillaiid for the rioift OF
free government And is it likely that, while
the selfsa.ne causes still actively at work,
there will ever be abatement of that revolu-
tionary spirit which has been awakened by
such writings as we have limited at !-Easainy-
ton Rcyublc.