The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-04
THATSMALL SPITE AGAIN.

THAT SMALL SPITE AGAIN.
The Herald or yesterday tries to escape the
forgery in which have detected and exposed 1t,
by vile insinua,irns and inuendoes against me,
as if that had anything to do with the qt:"s''nn
"a, issue between US. The Mexican Guerrilla
who attacked Gen. Taylors army in the rear,
on tie march to Burna Vista was not III ire ex
pert at "Bnshwhacking" than our Guerrilla oi
the Herald but neither "thc gentlemans self
is the worst enemy he could possibly have, or
"albeit an old and respectable citizen, may be
discussed at ano her time | taunot now be led
cfs' INTO the chapparel by this Indian mode Of
warfare bu. after this ''rap is nailed TO the coun-
ter | am prepared to meet him, or any other
pimp Of his political br otheI, in regard TO my
character in this community for the last nlne-
teen years. The Herald has been firing It's
poisoned arrows at me, and al many of my most
Intimate friends, with entire imp"r.ity, for the
last twelve uoi,ths, but this the first time that
1t singled me out as the object OF attack or that
I had special occasion to appear in self defence
"Oue of the contrigidy"''a disorganiter ga
Jones man. any other name that this by brld
print may designate ME by, is now in the field
and they are dared to come with their worst.
Blu, warn them that the record is on hand, ard
ma be made to thundes at their fancet citadel
until daylight shines through their catHp.
! He says "If the Council directed him to
furnish Us with copy Of the proceeding,
why did he not Go So answer, he hid do
So, and they were published in your paper Of the
l7th, inst, and on the same paper which con.
tanned them, was note from The Recorder, ex-
pa; ming the rcason why they were not published
before, but this you maiiclously withheld from
| the public alt the council made no such order
let him say so, aud bcdone.' Yes, yor would
be Glad To sbe done, or that had nerer be Gun
| did "say 50, and proved from the proceedings
which you published that you stated a ta!schood,
I showed and insist, that yonr quotation, marks
and all, was forgery, coined for a wicked pur-
pose in your own prolific mint Mr.. Adams "says
that the Recorder did not report it as 1t passed tie
board Why did not Mr.. Adams say 50 when he
! printed it or for week afers The time to ma ke
the proper Correction had not yet passed, and he
knew WnPTS MS IcllituJ u iiC IL y"
But d, not believe that Mr.. Adams says so
and If he does lie says what is not a fact, for he
4 knows that | hcsitated to furnish two copies,
and that he said it was not necces ssary, as the
paper which rot them first could supply the
other with the proof, so that IT may appear II
both the daily papers on the same DAY
This w,s the condt ion on which the order was
made II was the condition on when gave
them iirst to the Herald and it was the condi
ton which Mr.. Ade,ns was the first to violate
I bv falling to give the Express cory, WIZ
Y tells tie truth now Perhaps the council cal
.cna The councl has told, for it approved
r the record as published in the Express Of las
: week. and all the dex,eri,y Of the Herald "ttic
: cannot make il stulfy itself. If the proceed
Z ings are published at all, the council cares yer
r little where or how.
!, beg pardon of my fellow citizens FOR occu
pyinc 81 much of their attention N my "w
defenec. and horc it will not be necessary t
II recur to it again
y CliAS CURKEHT.
: P.S. llrarn. since writing the above, tlIa
i. was Mr.. Adams, and not Mr.. Mahony, wh
2 first made this uuprovoked attack on me. II
. subject would have been treated differently ha
d | known this two days since, but the article |
n Yesterdays Herald leaves me nothing to rcrac
For tn, Express.
;. MIR EpIroR.-Amongst others, haa tn
=, privilege of listening to the appeal OF }.
e Cook Esq to the democratic portion Of h
: audience on Friday last, fr their support
It preference 10 his oppo nen, Mr.. Clark in I'll
e coming election for congress In the course
e his remarks, Mr. c. thought it proper
, introduce al explanation in par. OF his actin
= mon the ,de, as a 'nitor in the last scssl
X o. our State Legislature, to rep'l as he said, a
) objections made to'him of voting for il, on
~ final passage in that body. To sustain h
st assertion Mr. Cook, referred to a vo'e record
- On tie rorrnal page 3li On examining Il
20 20 ournal i, is trrc as Mr. G. stated, that on q
ta question, "shall the act pass Mrssrs Coz
V, Es2v and Eyers N voted in the negative 3
immediately following this vote, it further a
pears motion was made to ndd TO the title t
words, swith an appendix on which Mr..
il recorded rs 80 ing ID the GE3rmH &c. n"
ask What was ,l,c consistency Of this vot
what you'd have been It's effect If s;fccrssfi
would it not hgre made The oprend'r 1 part
the act No person who was present Cdn In
forgotten tie character Of thS appendix a c
on plaine1 by Nit G. himself far whicf. he th
ce' voted And l ask what consistency there is
tn- claiming t, be opposed to The code, when
iig could vote for The app 'ndix Ii these vo
as IRE a ssi- +nr,.sf,,dswirg -rt'a'heT c,nss'er
il" which Mr. Cook, EXERCISES in the dtsch1rge
nd his duties As l4a ,isI, w.ien en- rustd with
Isl power, there Is but 4 poor show Tor any c"r
be ,ience in that line, particularly tr IN his p'lti
md opponents, on all questions except perhaps :
ofa purely 'c II u,t ,r', an MT OF p"iih
a.. character Perhaps some of MIR. Cs. tric'
re- can show him consistent III the votes tins
al. corded If So, they can overcome one object
to him in the mind of DEMOCRAT
'rd From, the .,-ockport Insis} Telegraph" :" July
hig Mr.. Whicher, the Unrcd States District
,ornev inr low a, on his way here from Mns
Tho tine his place # IT. idencr, i'll ere at J. Fl
4 Cos pest c0Gches, when near Cra'i
'''" Grove, accidentally had his ara, broken
on will be- detained here seine days III Col
d to qlrncc.
be We rerrt, to laarn this n"ws. Afr
lisr. threats which have been made to d. Mr.
5ard personal injury, it is le surprising tha
,rdi- W Ii place hi.nsc.f in the power of the
breakers.
4. Bosros, july 2