The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-10
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A FORCED ADMISSION.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING., - MARCH ;
FORCED ADMISSION.
r. ltis true that we have some few itlrones i
tins community, who appear to be with Burline
ton IN any schemes they may propose, but the
do not reflect the sentiments OF this cnmmunit 1
and are fast dwindhng down to nothing, in tn
estimation Of our railroad men, Dubuque Er
press. enas .at aIaa y alt tga - z sef
This is the reluctant acknowledgment the
Express makes of the fact, that a large majority
Of the Citizens Of Dubuque look with disfayo
upon certain railroad scheme which would al
ways divert from that city the best trade OF it.
back country. The citizens of Dubuque coun
ty, we know upon unerring authority, believe
with their representative, MIR. Clark, that their
interest lies in bringing the greatest scope OF
interior and western country in connection with
the city OF Dubuque at The Mississippi, as a
point of Eastern and Southern shipment The
Express does not doubt this propostion-it has
never dared 10 discuss il. But that great and
meritorious individual, SENATOR Jones, has
concluded that his best show for saving the
country from loss of his services in the u S.
Senate after 1853, is by fastening himself TO one
set of public Improvements, and villitying his
fellow citizens as the enemies Of their State,
who may advocate other projects The Ex
press which he has paid TOR at least three times
over sustains the Hon Senator in his political
railroad projects, for the sole reason that its
owneri is clingin2 to them for the salvation of
his threatened greatness. The Express will
discover in the end, that without benefittinp Mr.
Jones it will have reaped the disgust Of lis own
community, whchiit now attempts te sacrifice
to MIR. jones supposed political INTEREST,"
State Ga=. ofhe 25M.
IS It's with deep regret and notification, that
we are compelled, member of the demo-
cratic party and democratic journalist, to re-
spond to such an iU-adr;sed, iilidcrat, squcamish
sectional, disorgani=ing, faitniess, demo
cratic and reckless article, as the above which
e1nanates from the Burlington Gazette. And
we cannot doubt that every intelligent and
high minded man and democrat in the State,
will feel the same deep sentiment of regret,
when they come to peruse the above pronun
c,amento from the theatre of heated local am
b,tton and jealousy. There seems to be fore
gone conclusion, with the maddened few about
Burlington, to denounce and sacrifice every man
and every interest, not willing to consgn the
public improvements of the State, to the exclu-
sive management of berry Of self installed
of the Law and the Quill And to
accomplish this purpose they have linked them
selves to a neutral influence in this quarter.
which has sought to sacrifice the dearest inter
ests Of our State and City, and has lost the. al
most entire confidence of the community; and
they are now laboring daily and hourly, to pro-
duce the impression in the Southern counties of
the State, that the Dubuque Herald is the faith
ful exponent of public sentiment in the North
and Centre. The editor Of the estate Gazette"
commits Craze error, when he lmpu,es to us,
4 "rctnctants acknowledgment that a large ma
Iortty Of the c,tizens Of Dubuque look ,citA dis
Far0r upon' the Dubuque and Keokuk and Da.
genport and Council Bluffs Railroads. And he
utters an unqualified untruth when he States,
hat ''thc citizens Of Dubuque county, belieec
oih their Representatives., Mr.. Clark" in run
linga railroad to the Big Sioux. He utters an
'ther unqualified untruth, when he states, that
We never have; s'dared to discuss the mer-
is Of this road. We have discussed it on ev
'ry occasion where it was necessary to do it
nd have done it in bold and unequvocal
manner. This PROJECT Of road to the Big
SIOUX, is regarded by the mass as pre- mature,
ust at this time, and it is well understood that
Burlington conceived it, and is endeayoring to
AIRY it out, for the express purpose of attach
ng to it the La Fayette and Burlington Road
Bill, the effect of which would be, to sacrifice
he Central, Northern and extreme Southern
'ortions of the State, to the crclus,cc and local
interests of that town and an imaginary line
rom it to the Missouri. The grant once OBJ.
aimed for these roads and what does the "Bur-
lngton Gazette" say? 1t says jan 2lst-"OfI
he 3 Vest lines, the Burlington acould proJa-
ty be the first completed, BEING MOST RE-
aUIRED; the others ,oould be pushed for,oard
$ rapidly as the settlement Of The sereral Sec
ions CREATED. A DEMAND
And when let us enquire, do the Burlington
Gentry expect that settlement on the Big Sioux,
viii create a demand, When town on the
Mississippi, between its Upper and Lower Rap
ds, has sacrificed the interest and convenience
# the people and laid three quarters of the en-
ire State under tribute to it.
But we now come to another matter, personal
. ourselves and essential to the democratic par
y. "7Ac Express sohieh he, s(Senntor Jones)
as paid for least three times orer, susntns $
:e Hon. Senator IN his political railroad pro l
'cts, for the sole reason that its orner is cling
ag to them for the satration Of ms threatened $
reatness.' So long as this charge was con- y
ned to Wing and Neutral Journals, we gave it
but little notice, regarding it as the offspring S
political and personal malice: bu: now that a g
emocratic Journalist, has seen fit to lay aside s
: dignity and moral decency, and reiterate this a
atc caiumny, we cannot restrain passing no. n
ce of it. 7
Gen. Jones has never had dollars capita! in ;
lis office, and nireteen-twen.ieths of the peo- c
lie of Dubuque, would do us the justice we be- =
eve to say so, were the question put to them
He was not within four thousand miles Of .
lis place, at the time of the purchase Of the :
'xpress by the present proprietors; was never
onsulted upon the subject, and knew nothing
bout the transaction, or even the return of the
ditor from California, for months after the
.ansfer had been made. We are not under the
ghtest pecuniary obligations to Gen. Jones;
e has not dollars interest in the coucern, nor !
ever had; and has no more control over its
olumns, than he has over those of the Capital
reporter, Keokuk Dispatch, Davenport Ban
er, Progressive Fra, or any other Journal, :.
hose editors are the fearless and faithful cham
ions OF democratic principles. We purchased ,
lie Express at the suggestion and upon the So :,