The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-12-22
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.

There is no democratic paper, perhaps. in the
State, which h1s SO studiously stood aloot from
this contest as that over which, it is our prov
i,ce a, present TO preside The reasons for
this over caution perhaps, cannot but be ohvic Us
TO every impartial mind. Time aud again
charged with being the special organ of Ceni
Jones, we have carefully pursued such course
as woudat all times lift US above the shade even
of suspicion, by any one possessing the leas
vestige of common honesty, however bold that
charge might become. So reserved have we
been, ia ali that could pertain to an exclusive
preference for Genl Jones over any other man
for the IT, S. Senate, that we have, in many in
stances, incurred the displeasure of those who,
without preferring Genl. Jones, thought that ii
was the duty ofevery democratic journal to de-
fend democratic Representatives from the base
and groundless accusations of regardless and
unscrupnlous adversaries, be they whom they
may At times we could not but feel and
knowledge the force of these objections to our
tepidity, but policy which had at heart the
maintenance of position intact from the sus-
picions sought to the thrown upon US by reck-
less and unprincipled press-tha' we were the
tool The hireing, the purchased slave OF Geo
W. JONES' has often times wth-held from Us
services continued to so justly enttle him, and
to waive that defence of his public course.
which sometimes seemed TO be, not only ligi-
innate but duty of solemn and binding obliga
ton on the part of every medium of Democratic
doctrine and intelligence. Even in the con-
test which is now waging at Iowa City, we
have preserved studied neutrality, only giving
way at times to such communications our
Friends and patrons might send US, as expressive
Of their views in relation to the relative merits
of the various senate rial asprants This neu-
trality we would still preserve. were we not i'm
pelled by sense of duty, the omission ofwhich
] would admit of no paliatio1, to notice some of
the corrupt and slanderous means resorted to at
Iowa City, by the personal enemies of Genl.
Jones, in order to injure him in the good esteem
of his brother Democrats and fellow citizens of
the Senate aud House of Representatives, be
fore whom he stands as a candidate for re.elec'
ton to the u. S. Sens ter sR,
i
/ Unable to pick flaw in his public course,
the ene,pies of Genl. Jones have assailed his
priratc character, thereby hoping to effect his
standing with those members who, either from
their distance their being strang RS to him,
have not had an opportunity of SO forming an
acquaintance with him or his reputation at home
as to enable them tojudge for themselves. He
is charged with corruption of every shade and
hue, until he has become unpopular at home
that he could not be elected to fill the Office Of
sconstabIe-that he is utterly destitute of the
respect, esteem and confidence Of the commu-
nity n which he lives, and that all the friends
he had were present with him at the City
These and such like, compose the array ofchar-
ges which have been and still are preferred
against him by his enemies, everyone of whom
know them to be false. Ac'uated however by a
deep and ranking aversion-by a malgnancy
which knows no limit, and which lives ard feeds
upon the anticipated ruin Of the object of its in
satia.e hate, they stop at nothing The end jus
titles the means with them, and honestly OF dis
honestly Jones must be put down.