The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-23

the ''card referred to is IN any way lpPca abb ,
and embraces The entire issue between
"No foreign State derived greater benefit
from that road than the genlicmen's own state.
By the urgent rcqIts OF at least one uf her
senators, " hn moved The amendment hisnsrl', :,
the road was extended from Ga.eua ts legal,
jnst and commercial terminus, to Dubrgua, in
The State OF iowa, which considering the injury
il 'nfiic'cd upon Galtna, was in every way Il
equivalent and u'l consideration Tor the support
y Ehlch The measure received from the $ ate +
Iowa. The construction of this part oi the ro d
wall cost more tn III five times the distance on
any othrr pirt OF the route, and will be worth
less, in poni .! revenue, after it is completed
which | am still disposed to think ub,-
i'u question. Aud, Sir, if had had The honor
OF representa- : the six h congress onal district
then, as have now, the road would have ter
minated where the laws Of Illinois and the laws
o: commerce had fixed its termlnation-at Ga
lena, the great and only C numerical depot tor
the extreme Northwest
MIR. IIenn. On behalf of those gentlemen.
denny they were influenced by any such con-
sideration.
"Mr Campbell. | state, si-, that | have
understood from honorable men that it was in
sisted upon, as have already stated, by one OF
her represent atves, that the road should termi-
nate at Dubuque, and not at G1lena."
The language here used, and the idea [ in
tended to convey by the word considerations 9.
do not, even by implication, charge that the
votes OF The Iowa delegation were purchased for
a cons deration, but merely That the bill t.elf
furnished san equivalent and full consideration
which the measure received from the Stale OF
iowa, by ex ending the road to Dubuque in
stead Of terminating 1t at Galena, and re leased
the State OF lllionois from all obligations which
4 I'll Sb, ,.yht
were still resting upon her TO the State of Iowa
tor her support of that measure. But, even tax
ing the language used in the srnse assumed in
their "card," do not the letter of Jud re
Douglas and the record, taken either singly or
together, Justify the conclusion that the amend
ment offered by Sena or Jones was insisted up.
on by him as a ssc0nditsOn precedent to receiv !.
ing his vote for the bill The bill, as originally
drawn by Judge Douglas, terminated the road
at Galena, where the laws OF Illinois had ter
minated it bul just before the vote was about
to be taken, and at a most critical point, Sena-
tor Jones, for the first time, proposed to offer
an amendment making material alteration IN
the bill; which amendment Judge Douglas
appealed to him not to offer, as 1T might en-
danger and defeat the whole measure; but his
determination to Offer it and insist upon its
adoption was unalterable, and he expressed his
intention in the following strong language
stiiat he could not dare to return home If he
r0tcd for the Till as 1t 1oas, aotthOut making an
effort to crtend the rOad to DMbaque." Does
not this'languaga express, IN the clearest terms
that he demanded the extension OF the road
to his own town, the place of his residence, as
an indispensable condition to his support OF the
bill? Judge Douglas, finding that he was de-
.ermlned to offer the amendment, which he did
offer, and which was adop;ed, and is now tn.
law, agreed t, accept it. | have made pla n
unyafnishcd statement of facts; and it must ap-
pear strange to every one that Senator Jones,
with full knowledge Of his own STATE nients
and acts in the premises, detailed in Jud re
Douglas letter, could make public declarati-
on that my statement, taxing it III its broldesi
sense, and giving to it the precise meaning as
samed in his card, twas wholly incorr CT, and
without the shadow Of undatlon upon which to
rest" 1t is most true that h., together viii
his COLI aguas, gave the bill their undivided
support, and why should they not? The bill
after the amendment was ad pied, was theiI
bill. Their Safe had a deep interest in its
passage 1t terminated on her borders, ard the
Importance of the measure in 4 personal pom
Of view was not overlooked by Senator Jones
himself | am incapable of Intentionally ms
repre- senlino any geihl, man, either upon the
floor Of Congress or off it; and if ! unhn,wing
ly do injustice to any one, | am always ready
10 coriect it. But in the present case, | fee
that the evidence has more than sustained tn
statement contained in my speech, and to which
the Iowa senators have seen fit to except.
THOMPSON CAMPBELL.