The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-09-22
Col. WntsOm q. Whig
Tricks.

We stated last week the fact that Col Hay.
mes, who delivered the Pierce speech tn The
Free 6olConven'ion, in Pittsburgh had turned
ont 10 b. wing emss sent there for the pur-
pose OF helping the Scott cause, by placing the
democratic nominee in . false position We
were not mistaken. We have since seen his
letter to the New York Tribune, Protesting a
gainst the nomination Of Hale. in which he stat
es hat he desired to see Gen. Nilsson nominated,
and that had far expression of opinion ben
allowed, that gentleman would have been the
nominee.
MIR. Haynes is n. I, however, the only "wolf
in Sleeps clothing that was in that conven-
ton. Many other persons went there to elecii-
onecr for the nhi1s. Some were to pursue one
course and some another, but all had a com
mon object in view, and was to "givs the de.n-
ocrais whiI ping
The land refnrners held q meeting in New
York, on the l7.h inst, in refer nee 10 the Pre-
sidential election, in which the ''cat was let
out Of the bag" We extract from the Herald
an account OF two Of the speeches delivered on
that OCCASION. II will be seen that the speakers
dis inctly state that they attended the Pitts
burgh Convention tn secure the election OF
Scott, by procuring the nomination Of 8. r.
Chase
MIR Young said he was at the P,ttsbure h
Convention, and it was one Of the greatest tn I
ever was set on foot in the country, and it would
be the only opposition party with campaign ale
ter thrpresent election. It's platform was all
that was just and beautiful Now it was their
duty to vote for the candidate OF that party if
not, to vote for Scott, and give the corrupt dem
ocra,s a whipping that would cure them of their
wees. 1t required two defeats succession
to bring them to their senses
"Mr William West said he went to Pits
hnrgh az q land refurmer, and therefore to get
Scott nominated. The platform at Pittsburgh
was perfect, but the nominee was imperfect He
was No, the right man for the wings. II it had
been 9 P. Chase, it would have damaged the
democrats, particularly in Ohio, and land re-
formers would have gone for HIM, but as he was
not nominated, and John P Hale got the NOM
nation in spite Of himself, there was NO other
alternative left than to go directly for Scott,
VIII, was not wing on whig platf,rm-{roars
of laughter,-but stood on a platform he had
formed for himself-a good land reform plat-
form. (Renewed laughter. Gen. Scott had prov
ed himself land refbrmer. Where was Gen
Plerces Hewas s,lentasthegrave. Heaas nowhere
twas pretty we'll understood why hc(Mr WeAt)
went to Pittsburgh. lie ,oent there expressly to
| aid the election Of Gen Scott; bnt he was de
fea,ed. He would tell them how the thing was
done. The .'ltJc giant" Douglas, wrote let
Ter 70 Jadge Spaulding, of Ohio, to the effect
that John +. Hale was nomil ed, ONO
would go for Pierce, but if Chase was nomina-
t d The State would 60 for Scott, Spaulding, who
prefessed to be no party man, or rather, to be-
long to the third party availed himself Of the
hint, and secured the nomination of John r.
Hale. 1t was their duty, therefore, to 60 now
for Scott. There was another reason why they
| should do so. Scott was backed up by Billy
Seward, and they all know what Stewards prn
ciples Somebody referred to the tone Of
the articles in the wing papers on land reform.
There was powerful ar ce on the subject in
a magazine for the month OF June. and though
there was name at the head Of it, he happen
! ed to know that Horace Greeley was the wri-
ter. 1t had been said he that he (Mr West J
acas bought by the ,ohigs, and went to Pits
burgh to do their bidding. This he would not
reply to-he would only say that he avowed
he went there tn secure the election Of Scott, by
| nominating 8 P. Chase, Of Ohio.