The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-04-07
Mr. CmAlRMAN & GENTLEMES :

| Mr. CuAIRMAN & GENTLEMES
1t is conceded
by all who have any knowledge of the surface
of our country, il, timber &c that we have
the means upon The line Of this projected Road,
t. constructs in the shortest possible time, If
| Congress will do unto she has to other
! states and it is also conceded, that Northern
Iowa requires and should have this road, and
that TOO, by its most bitter enemies, vet TO al
lay the excitement, they Tell us it is ioo,prema-
ture and that it is not polite, to ask 50 much of
Congress, or TO urge our grant at this session
| far by doing South. Iowa must fail in her
darling hope.
| They tell US that moderation, in the requests
of Stale for public favor, is as incumbent, as
III the case fan individual, if it is expected
tiat such requests vii. be listened to and heed
ed, then gentlemen, we AK, Why not take mod
| era'ion for motto, and give the NORTH. her
| ru Int to share in tn domain
M, We are un Wiling; rat until we have the
Iron horse to traverse the South parallel to the
Great Mississippi and Des MONIES and then,
| if we have no other Schemes of agrrandize
raent in contemplation you can 20 on with your
| Road. Alter We have all the Land that can
be granted tn the State for Internal Improve.
IN nts, then gentlemen of the North, you can
have our sympathy. Further, they tell U.s. this
great enterprise Dubuque and Council Bluffs
| Road) commands now, and ever has, the active
and uniform support OF large majority of the
people of the State.
This let us conceed. But because the
South is mighty and we are weak must we give
! to her our claims in The public domain and
throw ourselves upon the. charity ofthe frontiers
OF the North, to c. n sunmate this great work ,
The pubic Journals Of, DUBUQUE say thew are
with US, when they can do so, without violating
their obligations 10 the rest of the State We
CERTAINLY think they can, as the instructions
OF our representa- ives to Congress, does not ar
que that they shall OK 1T themselves for the in
terest of but one portion of the State, in dis
paragcmcnt Of all the X ST.
Then we take the South upe n her own mott !,
moderation IN requests for public favors, and
then we will get our own just deserts, and
until then you mu st expect we will be heard
do not believe it is in the power of our
S uihcrn friends to point out upon their proIec-
I'd read, a country more susceptible of cultiva-
ton diversified with timber and streams and
bet er calculated to meet all the wan of a rail
road. Lt,t grant be made for this northern
Ro,d and in few years every foot ofland with
III the influence of this road will be taken uu
aud large rich Praiies which are now the
home of the d er, the Fix and the Antelope
viii then hum with the busy voice of the mul
titude and the neigh Of the Iron horse will be
heard, summoning he Inhabitants the p airie
to take off the merchandise of the Fest, OF
the Goals of the West, and they will give n
return the productions of their soil unequalee
by any other portion of the earth.
Now gentlemen of the North, letus be up anc
doing, and fight for our rights, and we will sue
coed 1T we cannot get grant this session. le
it not lull our activity, but let us keep the bal
rolling, aud a short time, we will see oul
grand scheme consummated, for the race is moi
always to the stronger the victory to the
mighty. An other inducement to our activity
is, that when we get sufficient amount o.
stock subscribed, have the road survey
ed, and that survey will give its natural impet-
us 10 locating upon the line of this projected
RoAD--as every one who looks at the map o
our country, must at glance, that this roat
we must and will have. and that at no very
distant day, and in proportion to the amount q
stock subscribed, will be the per cent or vice
versa; according 10 my opinion of the cost OF
a survey, we have now sufficient stock taken tc
make il at about 10 per cent, but in short time
from present prospects, we can make safe cal
culation at or per cent am fattered with
the interest taken in this projected road-botl
by the people along the proposed route, ant
our Honorable Representatives, Clark and 9th
ers, who will have a claim upon us for the &C
tive psrt they have taken:o prosecute this grea
work, and we hope an earnest feeling will bt
acknowledged, tenderly felt, and UNIVERSAL,
and powerfully acted on, until we consumma.t
this great project. J.W. M.