The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-23
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, =. JUNE, ;;
TOM CAMPBELL'S EXPOSE.

TOM CAMPBELL's EXPOSE
1t will be remembered that we published
few days since, card from our Senators, Hon
A, {. Dodge and G.. w. Jones, fatty c MIRA
dieting statement made cn the iluo. OF liil
House of Representatives, by Tom Campbell
the Gaiena Representative. The Statement
was in substance, that the Iowa Delegation ir
Congress, had given their support to the I'LL
nois Land bill, for Il consideration. That con
sderation was the extension or the road from
Galena to Dubuque, as the Western terminu:
of the Northern branch of said road. At the
same time that we published the card of oul
Senators, we also published in reply card o!
T. Campbell, in which he stated, that he would
at future day, sustain his declaration by ample
testimony. That test nony appears below, over
the signature of Hon. Stephen a. Douglas
but entirely fails to conv;c; Messrs. Dodge and
Jones, of the offence imputed to them by Camp
bell. So far from proving, that our Senators
were nipelled from a consideration, to support
that bill, the testimony Of Mr. Douglas, is un-
equivoca!, that they were, and had been from
the start faithful and active supporters of
the bill Indeed the amendment of which Mr.
Campbell complains, and u on which he sought
to convict them Of the offence charged was
never offered, or thought of, until the bill came
up on its final passage in the Senate; the bill
having received the warm and ardent support
of both the Iowa Senators, and through them
in great measure, of the Wisconsin Senators,
during the whole course of its labored mean
derings through the halls of legislation.
Mr.. Campbell most signally fails to sustain
his charge, upon the floor of the House and
according to our way of,hinking, has most sue
cessfully played the penJoggger in trying to ex,
trica,e himself from the dlemam.
To the editor ofthe Union:
Your paper Of the Goth ult;mo, contained a
card issued by Messrs Dodge and jones, oi
Iowa, contradcting statement alledged to have
been made by me in debate in the House OF
Representatives, on the Iowa land bill, from
which card make the following extract:
ave are informed that the Hon. Thompson
Campbell stated in debate to- day, in the House
of Representatives that the votes of The dele
CATION in Congress from Iowa, were given for
the Illinois Central railroad bill for consider
ation'-to wit, that point opposite the city oi
| Dubuque, IN Iowa, should be made the tcrml
, nus of said road. The statement, SO far we
are concerned, is wholly incorrect, and with
out the shadow of foundation upon which t.
rest
gave notice in your paper Of the 30lh ult
mo that, as soon as could procure the docu
ments necessary to sustain the statement ''dit
make would reply to their 'scard." ! nov
propose to submit the evidence upon which m
statement was based. On the 18th INST, | ad
dressed the following note to the Hon. S.
| Douglas:
WAsHISGToS, June l.
! My DEAR Sin: | herewith enclose you
copy of card issued by Messrs Dodge AM
Jones. Of Iowa, denying statement made BY
me in debate, in the House of Representatives
on the Iowa railroad bill You may possibl,
rccollect that early in this session, at my room
| had conversation with you in regard to tha
bill, in which 1 stated my objections to the bill
and you express d tn: srong = desire that migh
find it consistent with n sers, Of duty 10 ny
constituents to waive my objections and supper
| the bill In that conversation | alluded to tn,
fact that oul Illinois road was, by the laws 0
| Illinois, to terminate at Galena, and that th'
bill introduced by yourself for tho grant Of lam
also terminated at Gaena, and that the amend
mcnt extending il to Dubuque offered b,
one of the senators from Iowa, and that | hat
always understood that one,or both of the low;
senators insisted upon lis extension to Dubuque
as cond ton Of their support Of the bill.
then asked you to state to me the facts Of tn
case according to your recollection, which yn'
did, The obiec, of this not. is to request yo,
,ot At MT | m n
you about this matter, especially we have al
ways differed as 10 the propriety of the passag
j IF the Iowa bill
/. Very truly, &c,
1 THOMPSON CAMPBELL.
Hon. S. A. DouGLAs, Washington, d. G.
In reply to the above letter | received til
following answer:
JusE 7, 1859.
DEAR SIR: In reply to your note of this dat
cheerfully comply with your request, althoug
regret the necessity of doing SO. | recolleo
the conversation to which you refer. Altt
hearing your objections to the Iowa bill, an
n having given you my reasons why ii should pa:
and especially why thought the whole lllino
> delegation should support 1t, | stated to you,
:, your request, fie facts IN regard to the exter
sion Of the road from GaIena 10 Dubuque
That statement. according TO my recollection
was this, in subs ance ThatI had prepare d ar
introduced the Illinois bill in conformity wit
: the LEGAL legislation Of oX State, termnatn
d the Road at Galena; that the Committee G
i Public Lands had reported the bill in that shape
: that tie Iowa delegation were warm advocate
% of the bill ; that just before the bill was dehl
iely voted upon in the Senate, Senator Jon,
came tc me and stated that he was going to OF
er an am ndment to extend the road from Gal
hat | tato tn hat
,. would not have had the slightest objection
such proposition, if it had been in the origin
bill and that would have cheerfully put it
the bill al first, if it had been suggested to Il,
or if had known that the Iowa senators desire
it; but | was afraid that any amendment at til
fine would enibarrass, if not cndanger, or de.e
N the bill That for these reasons | appealed
Senator Jones not 10 offer his amendmen
but he insisted that his duty to his constitucn
required him to do 81, and that he would n
dare TO return home 1t he voted for the bill as
$ was, without making effort to extend I
A. road to Dubuque that then told him, if
insisted upon it, should accept the amendmel
nd and that the amendment was accordingly pi
~ posed by Senator Jones, and agreed to by N
IS, self, and adopted by the Senate. These {
the facts as nearly as can recollect them
:, 81 conclusion, it is due to the Iowa delegation
Congress to state that they all gave the lin
for bill an active and efficient support in each hot
-, OF Congress.
nd have the honor to be,
Very truly, Yours,
S. A. DOUGLAS
~ Hos ToEpsoS CAMPBELL,
House of representatives,
In addition to the clear and expictsta'em
Of Judge Douglas, and for the purpose OF she
:, ing the agency which Mr.. Jones had in hav
BE- the original bill altered as TO exend the r
to Dubuque, ! quote from the record Ia
Congressional Cote, 3lst Congress lst Sc
l.. OF, page 552, on the 29th day of AIril, Il
the following report Of the proceedings in
Senate occurs:
ssMr. Jones submitted an amendment 10
ais, bill the object of which was understood 10 b
secure the location of b anch of the proDc
ho- road by a route via G lena, Illinois, to Dr
leni que Iowa.s He observed that it would incrt
!" q, the distance some twelve or fifteen miles o
while i, extended the road to the Mississippi
er instead of terminating it at an inland town
n,s THE question bang taken u.on the anne
s. mcnt, it was adop'ed'