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

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The Aissouxi Repahlica.-s.P Position.
We eomnend the following, able and conclu-
sive article of the Missouri Republican, to those
fsU persons, who hive doubted the propriety Of
our course, upon this great Rail Road question.
Tie Republicans views, are elevated above the
mere prejudice Of locality and faction, and de-
served to be treasured up carefullys
IOWA RAILROADS.
| To do full justice TO our friends in Burng.
ton, Iowa, we give place to the article signed
"Nonintervention, which is in reply to our ar
ticle on the subject of Iowa.
| 1t was stated in our former article that the at
titude assumed by Burlington seemed to haz-
ard other interests besides those of Iowa. and
for that reason we felt ourselves justified in thus
referring 10 what might at first view appear on
| " of local interest. The writer does not con
trovert this. and the assault which he makes on
the Dubuque and Keokuk Railroad shows that
his mode of operation is not only to present the
importance of Burlington improvements but to
cast reproachful ephithets on ncighboring works
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rs bad taste. Bv the writers own showing the
| Dubuque and Keokuk Railroad has been for
years RECOMMENDED to Congress by the Iowa
Legislature, and because that Legislature did
not Mt its last sessio, provoke Congress with
another repetition of the matter, the writer ar
CUES that the State had abandoned it. After
SO many urgent appeals there was no occasion
for another expression, and the constant efforts
Of the Congressional delegation, the conven-
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nencement of the work, sufficiently attest the
continued confidence and energy Of the people
Of Iowa in the Dubuque and Keokuk Railroad
1t was not our purpose to advocate any particu-
lar scheme Of Railroads in Iowa but we know
the projected route OF the Keokuk and Dubu.
que Railroad curves west from Dubuque
to run through th, Capital cfthe State, Iowa City
and through other important towns on the
best settled portions of the State, including
Marion and Fairfield, to say nothing of Dubuque
a nd Keokuk at the termini of this road. 1t is
not therefore, parallel, to the Mississippi, which
curves in its general course east. while this road
makes long curve west and we do not be-
leve the Iowa Legislature would at leust three
different times recommend what the writer de
dominates the dubuque and Keokuk hum.
bug
We give the writer the full benefit Of his arti-
Gle to show that the "citizens of Burlington are
not hostile to any of the proposed improvements
in Iowa Without this averment on the part of
the writer, we would suppose the main object
of his article, is to illustrate the spirit OF those
who advocate the starring and conflicting prop
ostions, to which we referred in our former edi-
toria, and which, we fear, are calculated to
retard or perhaps defeat our common interests.
If the writer considered our article unjust to
Burlington, it was right that he should cor
rect our statements, and W would gladly pub
plish an apology; but we do not see from his
own showing that Burlington is disposed to
cooperate, but for himself at least he denounces
in the most severe terms those works Of Iowa
that are now pending before Congress.
We have not presented the Dubuque ard
Keokuk Railroad as our project, but as one pre-
scented By Iowa herself and after all the writer
has said, he has not shaken our confidence in
the certainty and consistency of the public will
| in favor Of that work. As we wish to see
Iowa prosper, we advocate her plans which
she has presented and we do 50 without much
regard to ca1ro about 81 g-rolling alliance" and
"amalgamation," which is only founded on the
fact that two roads of Iowa are presented to
| Congress in one bill
THE great enterprise in which Burlin gton is
SO deeply interested" the connection of the east
and west, is the same "great work that every
town from St. Paul to New Orleans has special
" in view. ST. Paul must have her road to
Milwaukee or Chicago, Dubuque will so on have
hers to Chicago, anc Rock Island has herroad in
full progress. Burlington has commenced her
efforts. Keokuk and Warsaw boast Of their
road as partly graded. Quincy is in full tide
Of progress. Alton has her ro1d in active pro-
gress. We have contracted and commenced
our road to Cincinnati. Cairo is connecting
with the Central and all other Eastern roads
Memphis has her lines progre ssng towards the
Atlantic and casts an ANXIOUS eye to the Pacific.
New Orleans has determined her lines from New
York to Texas and thence to California. All
these are proposed "shortest and best" lines
from the East to the West. We have no feel.
ing of hostility to all or any of them. We have
the Mississippi, and we expect to have on. east
and west roads, which we think will connect US
with all sections of our country. In due time
we rejoice in the prospect of so many arms to
our great river, and we regard all attempts to
divert trade as the certain cause of great in.
crease in our commerce. At the proper time
we would advocate each and all these proposed
works; but those whichare first presented and
wisely pressed at this time before Congress,
deserve our first efforts, and we hope they will
be first accomplished. To divide and differ
among ourselves is worse than madness, and
those who attempt to use hostile weapons can
not justify their hostility by charging eamalga-
nation" because others do not think fit to quar-
rel with each other.
We disclaim all possible attempt to influence
other than great common terests. We have
united our destiny with the Mississippi Valley,
and shall fearlessly advocate those objects that
seem best calculated to extend and foster the
general welfare. We have traversed the broad
and almost bound:ess region Of our rich inner.
itance, and cherish the fondest hopes of glo-
rious future.
INDUCING no feeling of hostility, we take an
interest in every cause in every neighboring
State that is designed and calculated to secure
to the great West that success which united
energy is most certain to accomplish.
In "s'; tic 20 iowa, and to oursclves,we there
fore defer all subsequent PROJECTS. ana trust the
bill pending before the United State Senate,
granting lands to the Dubuque and Keokuk
and the Davenpart and Council Bluffs, Road,
may soon receive the signature of the President,
and become law of the land.
i A Great Surgical operation.
A most extraordinary and, we believe, unpar
alleled operation was lately performed by J. NJ
Carnochan, head of the surgical department of
the New York Emigrants' Hospital, upon the
entire lower jaw Of Nicolas Donegan, aged 43,
farmer by occupation. This mans jaw be-