The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-22

II shall be Light.

MEssRs EpIToRs-I am thankful to YOU,
that you have published the full gailimatia of
our new christened (not with the water, but
tn the silver OF the Whiys) German Wing army,
consisting Of A. Kaufman, Peter Kiene, rancis
Mangald, A. Rngatz. and even Gotsfrey Bloecit.
.lmgcr.z This is fight. Jus, give to lie and
corruption rope enough, and they viii hang
themselves, and make room, for truth and hon
esty Now, let us take Short review of what
kthe objrct ofAIny CORES pondence, to which the
galliinalia, which appears in your paper of the
l4ih is intended to relute was, and what as
serted IN the correspondence mentioned there
in. On the 25,h Of July last, a meeting was
held in the Bier aud boarding house of Peter
klene, under the management of A kaufman,
Peter Kienc, and +. Mangold, which meeting
was only attended by a small number of the
German citizens of this place In this meet
ing, those men passed resolution to throw the
Democratic party entirely overheard, and to
vote the whole Wing ticket at the coming cleo
ton. In the resolutions Of this hedge meeting,
MIR. kaufman (Whig editor of the Dubuque
German paper) had the audacity to pronounce
Vt to the world, a mass meeting of the Ger
mans Of Dubuque, which publication was
forthwith magnihed, and with great applause
heralded in the .4nzeiger dcs Westcrns Of St.
Louis, as mass meeting Of all the Germans
If Dubuque. which lie, taken from the .4nse;oer.
was Immediately published bv the St. Lou;s
Republican, Republican and Hochpaiehter Of
Cincinnati, and several other papers. BY these
means, twas proclaimed ever the whole union.
that all the German citizens of Dubuone had.
in mass meeting passed the resolution :. To
vote the whole Wing ticket, and NOTHING bu,
the Wing ticket, at the coming election, IN or
der to punish the Democratic partu for their
perfdy, as MIR. kaufman expressed himself in
his paper.
10 refate this contemplate and infamous lie
on the citizens Of German origin in Dnbuoue.
and to vndicate their honor in this respect. was
the object Of my correspondence To the German
Tribune in St. Louis, translation Of which an
peared in the Miners Express | denied that
there ever was mass meeting of the (or, as
the .anzeiger has it) Of all the Germans. held
in Dubuque, wherein they had passed resolu.
ton to vote the Wing ticket, and the Whip
tick only, at the coming election only
stated what kind meeting il was, and in what
corner Ut the city the same was held. and al so
gave guess of the number of citizens that
were present at this memorable meeting |
also stated what instgated Kaufman, Keine,
Mangold, and Ragatz to try (although in vain)
to get a respectable number Of Germans tope-
iher, and persuade them 10 vote the Whlr
ticket. bs1 =.
The Wing party of this place, by tie agency
of their srst leaders, had collected money
amongst themselves, for the purpose of buving
the printing establishment OF Mr.. Hanf, and by
these means get control over The ~ ". Demo.
crat, which purpose was effected, and the name
of the Democrat changed INTO IoDa Staats
Zcitung, and the establish nent delivered to
kaufman rs editor, with the condition that it
should advocate and support the Wing ticket at
the coming election, and make, if possible, the
Democratic nominees unpopular amongst the
Germans at the August election; which object
he tried 10 obtain by eliminating the Demo
cratic party; stating that it was reasonable,
treacherous, and rotten. through and through,
and by his lies in relation to our Democratic
nominee for County Judge, stating that if he
Mr.. Lovely was elected, he would give the
County road to plank road company so that
no farmer couid come to town without paying
these money bags toll, &c. By these man.
Gnvres the farmers who have been before De-
mocratc were tn be set against their own party.
also stated that kiene, Alangold, and Ragaz,
not only received their money by these cnilec.
lions amongsi the Wings, but they also secured
themselves for certain notes executed by the
former proprietor Of the press, and for which
they were security.
Nav you will see what the object Of my cor
respondence to the german Tribune was.
At. That there never was a mass meeting Of
or # all the germans in Dubuque, wherein
resolution was passed to vote the wing ticket
I'd. That tbe present german printing estab-
j. s'itnept with press, type &c, was bought by
the wings or by their money, and that the editor
Of the lOrG Stats ZeitMng, which is prsn-
ted with the said press and types, is a man
known by the name OF A. Katnan, bought by
he wings and therefore rotten and corrupt
subject, and now | ask, what have they this
new christened german wing army kaufman,
kiene, Mangold, Ragatz, and the Lord have
mercy on us, Bloechlinger with their gallima
tia, published in that paper proven against my
assertions Nothing! What can they prove
with the fact, that | had to punish german
loafer, for his mean lies against me, (Which lies
katman, loafer-fke publshed) with a cowhide;
what can they prove by the trial had against
me in that case, or by which | was fined $25,-l
and what with the infamous lie from note they
have against me, which is represented to be
due long time ago, and with the lie Just az
big, that Mangold had forbidden me his house.
j say, what can they p owe with all this against
the facts set forth in my, correspondence p
Nothing nothing but, the fact, that by the
silver Of the wings the whole new chrstened
german wing army have exposed themselves il.
a very unenv,ous manner, before every man of
HONOR That the mass meeting mentioned in
the Iowa Stats Zeitung was lie, is not con-
troverted by single word by the german whie
army in their galimatia. Against the sale Of
the german paper to the wings and their own
compatibility they cite Mr.. Platlt Smith what
certificate, as it one one crow would pick out
the eyes of another. One Of the s.u,y !.,s &C
that n1te had been executed nv
them, but not to Platt Smith, but to a gentle.
man unknown to us, but that the note as de- |
s'royed again. How far Mr. Smith is acquant
ed with these fac's, he will know best. But
the german wing army also brings certificate
of their innocence by Justice Of the Peace.
Gracious God let US look at this certificate
and we will see fact, the like of which has
never come under my observation during the
50 years since came into this world, to wit
That men 60 to the trouble to obtain certifi-
cate from Justice Of the Peace for the pur-
pose OF showing that they have told a lie
In their reply in No. II Iowa Stats Zeitune,
column 4, they deny (what has been very wisely
left out in their translation in the Miners E1
press) having sold the press to the wings and
say that they neither received their money due
them, and secured by Deed of Trust on the
press, from the wings, nor IN any other manner,
and also say that by the sale of the press to
k1tman, the incumbrance wss only transferred
from liant to kaiman. Imne diately after this
statement we find the certificate o. ESQ Yaper,
certifying that he had acknowledged Deed of
Truat for the press from kaufman 10 them du
ring this summer, the old Deed of Trust from
Hanf to them haring been "satisfcd" Now in
The first place they want us to believe that the
liabilities Of the old Deed of Trust had only
been transferred from Hanf TO kaufman, without
they having received their money, and for the
purpose of proving this, they procure certif
cate from Justice, showing that they had been |
paid, and that the Deed of Trust from Hanf
was sati.fed-O sancta simplieitas! But the
facts of this holy Stiffness are, after the the
printing establishment of Mr.. Hant had been
bought with the money which was colIecte
amongst the wings, Mr.. kaufman took posses
sion OF the press, and Mr.. Kiene, Mangold and
Ragatz deducted the money due them, Amount
ing to $3.50, from the purchase money, and in
this way the first Deed of Trust ,cas satisfied
1t has been certified by Esq. wager and can be
seen in the Recorders office.
In his way they show, by the certificate, pro-
cured by them, from the Justice, that they he'd,
when they published in No. II, Iowa Stats
that the first Deed of Trust (Which
,cas satisfied on the record books) was only
transferred from Hanf to kaufman. But what
,l,a ,, of tho eocord naad &c TrpSt 80