The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
sf,erkiT Atmfrs Grprf5E.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, nov. u

ton Telegraph, in reply 10 one which appeaftot
m the Express, Of the s4th ul,., is really very
acceptable 10 ourselves aud we have no doubt
viii he 20 numerous railroad 'f' 'os
,l,rnnghani the State. five have 4m'sq"o'eal
the position of Gen. Mnrgen, .. miseenstrped I
his natives, we NEST eheerfully throw ourselves
upon his nasnanimity and shall expect an sx,
'ercise of that efyistian charity ut which hi is
Invariably so web stocked aud delights 50 much \
10 exercise. but If We have done the Tele !
graph iajus,'ce, in constituting humorous arts
cles designed FOR the especial benefit Of Capt |
Cunning Of the Despatch, into grave and deib-
crate decisions agains, our railroad enterprises
we certainly cannot be charged with the same
injustice, in the application Of our article to The
suawk.ye" end .,Enqnirer," whose editors
have fully committed themselves in de'ailing
their views 10 the public npon this snbject-
Here follows the article of The Telegraph.
All 4 Mistake at
The Miners Exnress, al Duhnaue--a Journal
al muci, ability and liberal sentiments. and for
which we entertain the highest resprcf--tiTds
fault with cur position in regard to certain raj
road improvements in this Silse and rreads MS
spirit as composition, but loses much Of It's
force for want Of proper application.
As TIE Exprcss is doubtless laboring under
misrepresentation Of facts, we vii! endearnr. in
the hindest manner at our co,nmand, to set IL
right. And, imprimfs--we are perfectly cool
this morning, and design TO be equally candid
We arc MT the eRcmg Of any improvement
projected within our limits, nor have we sought,
ner shall we seek, to lay straw, much less
-. pf' hon, %, fla.a
contrary, We wish them all success-anj If our
humble advocacy could avail them in The least
they need but command US *
II is true We Gid not admire the manner III
which The State Convention was gotten UP nj
Iowa Cty-tEere was an tTcfusiSeaess I'VE
shall not say "sel.ishncss y in the character Of
the call which we honestly thought bod,d No
rc0G 10 the enterprise, at the same time that Ii
was little less than offensive to the balance OF
the Sta,e-and regarding the matter in this
light we certainly ielt no enthusiasm in behalf
OF the proeositioa. We did not think that the
Jus. rights and the important interests OF the
. balance OF the State had been fairly consulted
and we proposed To harmonize all contiic ing IN
tcrests, tt, unite all influences, and t. bring
together the whole people of our matches
/. commonwealth, by asking for an appropriation
for lands fer the construction ct roads leading
from all the principal points on the Mississippi
IL Il ttifHiif0s oi lSSs
MONIES. This project would have acco,nmoda-
ted all the interests sought to be promoted by
the origiSal plan, together with much larger
ores snot in the bill, would have accomuoda
ted. IN an especial manner, the peculiar wishes
Of Du huque by connecting her almost in a
straight lin, with the head of navigation on the
pes Moins-and would have not only united
but AROUSED the whole people OF the State, and
set cur ptairl, On fire. But, to our surprise
tnI
as efforts at intrigue q when, as we have Il soul
TO be saved, We honestly thought TIA, we had,
after many years trial, at length hit upon a
pretty respectable piece of statesmapsh,p, and,
for the first time III lie felt the proinptings
of iral mortality Thus it was that our vanity
was cut short in lis iiourishes, and our magnf-
cent 81 stem of improvements, which conpre-
hended all sections of the State, knocked pre-
Ina,urely in the head. Had the project been de
feated On fair grounds, our philosophy would
= have been equal to the emergency but to BE-
killed off upon the suspicion of trick a
turn of fortune for which patriotism was
I. not prepared. However, we have learnt to be
content with the ways of the world-and if we
cannot have things our own way, it IS nothing
mprethan good Sense TO permit others TO have
them their way. Hence, while we do not even
a cnmplain of the defeat OF our own scheme, we
are entirely satisfied with the decisien arrived
III OE Tue IOWA My II ~ "
u ever come in uur way to give their hopes
helping hand NC shall cordially tender our hum
bic SCI vices, BELIEVING, as we do, that railroads
are ust iui anu that, looking to the tetare, Gun
people should besiege Congress until our 1us'
! RIGHTS shall be awarded US, Therefore, instead
oil having aug b 10 say against the keokak ant
8 Dubuque or Davenport and Council. Bluff
! railroads, we~aFe favor of them, and pray to
their speedy compleiiqn on any lines which maj
q. ~, artst
we would ta1e leave 20 say that there is not, il
all Des MONS cau2ty,a single human, beng
who is Opposes. ~ either at said reads--whlS
"a large majoriiy Vi OFF citizens, who take en-
! larged and liberal views of such matters, ar
warmly in favyr CT whatever goes to the bull
ding up OF the common Interests of our citizen
and The fair fame OF our ytung and promis,n
S,atc.
We have, on or two former occasions
endeavorcd t. vindica,e citizens as well a
ourself from the slspicons and inputttions $
uaiustly cast upon Is,--and sisceiely trus
that the plan statements a6oye gwen viii pro
tect us for the future against both isapprehen
sion ard misrepresentation. Burlington HIS n
enmites-no observation-disclosures lealuusles. W
are asking nothing from Conerrss-we are alb!
10 stand alone, at least we feel able to run tn
risk of the xperment-hence We have no r
son to be envious of tavnrs bestowed elsewher,
ard if giving is the game, We shall rejolce
learn that any portion OF The State has receive
share. We claim that Congress should dona'
lands for the building Of railroads within c,
State, as she has in other States; and, as I'll
people, through the press and Otherwise, hav
sgnified their wish where the appropriate
n shall be expended, it is bu, right and proper an
the dictate of good neigborhood that their wisi
s-es should be carried out. Can Burlington sa
mores Can Du buque or Keoduk ask more:
II is probable that in various tthe wit
the public press, and especially with hat VIII
chap, Captain Cunning. we may now and the
have slightly lost cur balance and given bac
lick which did rot snack particularly OF frienc
Z, ship for eriain measures-bu, we opine that tl
gentlemen of the Express well as others ma
Z have given to this by play significance whic
it did not merit, and that many innocent fling
have been magnifed materially aeyand the
intended dimensions. Ia other words, the E.
press has probably mistaken our little limerick
with the Keokuk dispatch as ..crack.ng down
in particular on one of the afyresajd rail roads
a. One point more, and We shall have dane fl
the present. We notice with regiet that til
Express adopts the uncrhnnied charge fir:
preferred against us by the Iowa ;,isy Republ
can, to wit, that the late Rapids Convention
this place had been gotten up pnrpasely to ki
off the iowa City Rail Road G invention. w
had hoped that our former statement in regal
to this matter, though not satisfactory To II
gentleman who, having sworn that ssthe hors
was seventeen f ct high, felt bound to .'stic
to IT, would at least have been satisfactory
all intelligent and candid minds. We than
our friends for the honor which they would col
fer IN making US the main instrument in gettr
up the late most important convention, but "
cannot thank them for the injustice which the
do in mpugning our motives. But. the tru
is we feel SO very comfortable and well statistic
Just about these days that the milk Of huma
kindness pushes from US in very torrents, ar
we would rather bestow favor than resent
lnjury-and of such sentiments is all Burngto
at this present writing!
The Express. has something to say abo
s'politicel graves This part of the subie
we hand over TO Bro. Stockton, who is in tn
line of business, and abundan,ly able to bury a
that he don't eat. As for o1rseif. we have M il
tention of being crammed into any such dirt
place and if our friends can make more d,
cent disposition of our ssremains,' they wi
confer favor by letting them remain where the
are