The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-17
DECLARATION EXTRAORDINARY.


DECLARATION EXTRAORDINARY.
We never recollect 10 have seen more in
genius and witty criticism upon non-paymg
newspaper Subscribers, than the following;
which appeared in the sCarlisle Democrat and
which is the exclusive property Of one Gen.
Boyer There is no question but what the Gen
eral, is an out and out Jeiiersonian- Demo.
crat.
When, in course Of rascally events, it be.
comes necessary for a hungry and halt starved
editor to Dissolve the friendly bands which have
connected him with this horde Of villanous pa.
irons ~ and 10 assume among mankind that
separate and Just station to which his poverty
and independence of spirit enttle HIM, "a decent
respect for the opinions Of his honest supporters
requires that he should declare the causes which
have impellcd to the separation.
We hold these truths To be self evident, that
editors were created like other men, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain na,u.
raj propcnsites that amongst these is a predis.
position to eat, drink and keep themselves COM
fortably clad-that tn secure these blessings,
VS. were instituted among men securing 10 his
| creditor his honest and just dues but when a
villannus $3.50 exemption act becomes destruc-
tive Of these ends, it is our right to institute
new system, laying it's foundation on such prin.
| ciples to shall seem most likely tn protect
us in future from all fraud and imposition. Pru.
depcr, indeed will dictate that friendships long
| established should not be severed f.. light and
transient causes; and accordingly all rxperience
| hath shown tina. editors are more disposed ia
suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right
themselves by abolishing the forms to which
they are accustomed.
But when long standing abuses, and a total
disregard Of every generous feeling having in
view the same object, evnces design to re-
duce to absolute starvation he who has for years
labored to supply them with mental aliment, it
is his right, it is his duty to rep udiate old friend
ships, and to provide new guards for his future
| security.
The history Of these outlaws is a history Of
repeated injuries and insults, all having in direct
| object the pecuniary destruction Of their best
friend and bcnefactor.
To prove this, let facts be Submitted to the
candid reader:
They have refused, time and again, to pay us
the first continental 'dngbat,' although repeat
cdly called on to do So
They have refused to supply Us with wood,
corn, oats, potatoes, beans, peas, pork and peul.
try-although our appeals were long, loud and
pathetic-fxins inestimable to US, and formida.
Bile to rascals only
They have refused to extend us any aid what
soever, whereby to facilitate cur business oper.
atoms; thus rendering us in measure incapa.
BILE Of pursuing with light heart and buoyant
spirit our legitimate business: the Office, in
the meantime, exposed to all the danger of in:
vasions from without, and commissions with.
in.
They endeavored to prevent the population Of
these States by depriving us of the means nee
essary 10 feed and clothe the young Narragan.
sets according to our desires.
They have combined with others, to subject
US to the worst Of grievances, foreign to our
good nature, and acknowledged by cur
laws.
For cutting off our trade with paper ma.
kers:
For imposing debts upon US without our CON.
sent
For depriving US, in many cases of benefits OF
market money:
They have plundered our pockets, cheated
our creditors; burnt our fingers and done sun
dry other cruel and barbarous acts, unworthy
the character Of gentlemen, H..
In every stage Of these expressions, we have
| p 'titoned for redress in the most humble terms
our repeated petitions have been answered only
by repeated neglect and consequent injury
Men whose characters are thus marked by acts
which may define set Of p1undering scamps
are unfit longer to be the recipients of our ia.
vor.
| Nor have we been wanting in attention to
| these men.
We have warned them from time TO time
through the paper, aud by letter, of BLACK
List
| We have reminded them of our circumstan
ces-of our emigration and settlement Of Car
Isle.
! We have appealed to their sense Of Justice
and magnanimity. and we have conjured then
b. oil the ties ofgood fellowship, to send us the
| almighty Dollar" or we would inevitably in
terrupt our connection and correspondence with
them.
But they have been deaf to the voice of jus
ticc, reason and humanity. We must, there
fore, acquiesces in the necessity which denoun
ces our separation, and hold them as we hold
all otherslike them, scamps when they don't pay
us-when they do, the best of ele1er .felloc.
and good citizens.
WE, therefore, the editor Of the "Americar
Democrat" appealing to all honest men for the
rectitude Of our intentions, do, in the name
and by the authority Of our. better half ane
thine small children with one at the bosom,
solemnly publish and declare, that these mer
are, and Of right ought to be, stricken from ou
list Of subscribers; and that all connection be.
tween them and us, is, and ought to be total
ly dissolved.
And. tor the support of this Declaration
with firm reliance on the projection Of oul
honest patrons, we solemnly pledge renewed
exertiohs 10 our pen, our PASTE POT, and oul
noble SCISSORS.
Now, Jim, get the long pole and stir up the
animals