The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-08
MORNING, OCTOBER,
A FOOLS License.

A Fools License.
! On Monday we published an article transla
ted from the German Tribune of st. Loui,
over the signature of Mr.. Koch, with comment
as mild and conciiatory as could have been dc
sired. This article, as it contained some prett
important Developments, not in all respect
credtable to the whig leaders in Dubuque, arous
ed the leathragic feelings of these immortal de
positaries of the countrys honor and welfare
and called forth, through the columns of tina
'ncaluabte chrOnicier ofthe marvellous in politics
as well as miscellany, perfect avalanche of ar
gument, knocking the sand from under Mr.
Koch, and sending storm of invective towards
us. As this article is not in all respects a fail
comment, either upon the article of MIR. Koch
or the editorial accompanying it, we will be ex
cused forgiving it brief notice:
LIST. Then, the Tribune man is made to say
' that the German paper here had recommend
cofocos, and that we had publicly acknowledged
it. This declaration commands no importance
whatever, except that so far as we are implica-
ted in having made the above assertion, il
no such public declaration as is attributed to US
I'd. The manner in which the German press
was obtained, as given by the Tribune, seems to
be wonderfully at fault. If we have been cor.
rectly informed, (and we certainly have no rea.
son to doubt our authority,) the money did not
come out of the pocket of Plat Smith, Esq, but
was raised in this city by subscription 1t is
susceptible Of the clcarest demonstration that a
subscription for the purpose of raising this mo-
ney, went the rounds among the wings of this
city and had the parties who were engaged in
this work of love been little better posted up
oPS.. 81" political predictions of the people,
we suppose thas a..rcrtant fact would have been
lost to the public, and fistcsy of por-
ton of its political interest. But we are giaa
to know that Mr.. Smiths political brethren di-
vdcd the responsibility with him, and that while
he was not required to invest money in an en-
terprise which had always been sinking money,
his party was not deprived of the political bene-
fits of an enterprise, for the want of a few hun
dollar sums.
Sd. We are reported as having congratulated
democrats before the election, "that they had
got the money back which they had loaned to
the German editor" This is another charac-
texistc blunder of that sheet We never con-
graduated Democrats for this reason-we never
knew that any such business relations existed
between Democrats and the German edtor-nor
do we believe they ever did. The editor must
have arrived at this conclusion from an exercise
of the same prophetic wisdom which informed
him that the reputed correspondence of the Dem.
ocratic National Committee was genuine
The fourth and last branch of the subject we
desire to notice, is reference to ourselves. In
speaking of the offers made by Wings to Mr..
Koch, to change his condition in life from that
of German expounder of Democratic princ-
pie, to a stuffed champion of Whiggery, the
editor Of the Tribune is made to say:
8" But really, for the life of us, we can't see
how it was any worse for Wings to make over
lures to Capt. K. for his services in the German
paper, than it was for Democrats to treat with
lowing upon its purchase by the friends of Gen.
Jones; or, subsequently, for the services of
Mr.. Jennings, to assist in the editorship of that
paper.
Again, in another place, we find the follow
ing reference to the same subject
" We doubt not that our neighbor of the Err
press had far more glowing representations of
advantage made to him before he decided to
&ol,o holJ of @l hot <b,,
had held out to him as a motive to assume the
editorship of the German paper.
We have had frequent occasion to contradict
statements of this kind, made for the express
purpose of detracting from our character, and,
from their constant and malicious repetition
through the columns nf tho 9ft6Ane, we are
forced to the conclusion, that its editor is deter.
mined upon falsehood and detraction. A man
who will obstinately persist in falsehood, after
the charge has been denied, and the offer made
to publicly disprove his error, would, if in his
power, obliterate every vestige of moral prin-
ciple in society,-dsgrace the very divinity he
processes to worship-enter the sacred portals OF
the grave, and plunder the dead, if it would con-
tribute to the attainment of his object-spread
his internal contagion throughout the world, and
then, like Alexander, squat himself upon his
launches, md weep bitterly, because there were
ne more to destroy. more cowardly, mali
cious, and corrupt falsehood was never uttered
by the most detestible malefactor that ever dis
graced prison or q gibbet; and the miserable
green worm who would crawl about to collec,
such herbage for the purpose of scattering his
poison abroad in society, deserves the severesi
cxecration that community can visit upon him
But what are we about, and who are we talking
to- A cowardly image of a man, who suffered
himself to be publicly cowhded in broad day.
light in the streets of Dubuque.
| Those who are in doubt as to who owns the
Express, can easily satisfy themselves by going
to the Recorders books, or applying to Mr.
Keesecker.
| This mean and contemplate attack upon oul
character has been INDUCED in so often by thi.
vagrent editor, that we have felt called upon te
resent it in plain and merited terms. In ourinter
course with the Tribune man, we have never
sought to detract from his character-our allu
| sioIlS W Hd|e uSeH Ol an innocent ana nu
morous kind, and, although he appears devoid o
sense to perceive or appreciate it, or, concedins
him this intelligence, lacks the manlness an.
dccency to acknowledge it, nevertheless on
Course towards him shall be respectful one
when, in his illusions to us, he will conform t.
the common courtesies and decencies of the pro
fcssion.
A one legged man and his wife, who hav
been strolling about our streets some days, ap
piled yesterday to the county court, for mean
to carry them fiom hear to Chicago, on thei
way to New York, where they say they resid
,ohen a. home and Judge Lowell, we think, di
we'll for the county in granting their request.
i McCrany, our vigilant watchman, in thi
ward discovered a man, night before last, tryn
| tn force his wav into the Waploo Hou.o ~