The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-05-26
"Thoualtts for the People,,

Some Of our readers may discover, that they
have seen the above caption before If So, we
trust they have given the text that reflection
.icular condition of things, but as applicable to
all. 1t is competent and proper for the people
to adopt this admontion OIL all subjects which
may come before them, and in all the ramifca-
especially dedicated to political parties, perhaps
We had better confne our remarks to this SUBJ
ject.
! The experience Of the most casual observer,
of past events, must have shown long ere this,
that the capital which neutral journals employ
to build up reputation is duplicty. Like the
demagngue who aspires to preftrment in any
profess sion, they seek to pull down those who
occupy a more exalted place in public estima-
ton. With the neutral journal it is always a
crusade against party. Parties are the bane of
the .untry. Conventions are humbug and a
scandal to the people. Although these very
men, who are such stcklers for political reform,
are the most noisy and actire at primary meet
if such thing is desirable to carry their ends,
and when openly repudiated by the people,
manage il possible to " worm " themselves into
power and place. Such, forsooth, are the sage
fathers, who preach so loud and long for politi-
cal reform.
But really, We cannot pursuade ourselves that
the people, when admonished to think for them
selves, are ngoing to bestwow any great conf
dence upon those, who are selfish enough to
believe, that they are exactly right, while all
who differ with them, are exactly wrong. This
might do if practice corresponded with precept.
But such is not the case. Like the Publican
they are loud in their professions of virtue, but
when 1t comes to performing, we find them no
better than their unpretendicg neighbors. We
make no pretensions to more honesty than men
generally possess, But we must remind the
voters of our country, that if they take these
office seeking eermordnts of tile neutral press,
to be sp ,tless disciples of political reform, they
are the victims Of a most fatal delusioh The
yerv existence IF neutral press, is the evidence
of disappointed Aspirations for political prefer.
ment And it will be pleasant reflection for
the people in after years, if they can 81 manage
as to take the dimensions of these men a. the
present time.
Every man in community has his political
obligation to discharge. Parties indis-
pensable to the preservation of health and v,gor
in the body polite, as food is for the health and
vigor Of the physical body. Without them laws
and forms would be nulty, order would resolve
itself into chaos and the country and the people
would sink into impotency. And when we
hear men attempting to discourse wisely against
parties, it invariably leads US to make the cnqui-
ry, what Office is that man seeking for? or
whose special political friend is he
We hope the people will think and act for
themselves, regardless Of the selfish ends which
neutral contemporaries have in view, and if they
desire their services in public capacity, let
them speak out and not follow in the wake
which their devious path has marked out.
Such, we believe, to be the duty of the peo-
pie, and thus much, is it our privilege to make
known.