The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-25


LITTLE sTuBBY ALIAS LITTLE RED"
We find an article from "Lit,le Rcd" in
late No. of the Burlington Telegraph, which
we insert below ia dc .achcd parts. First we
have The following.
WAsm,sGroS, Jan. q, 1852
81 do not pretend l." keep you advised Of the
current news, even "f Com rcsS, but must refer
YOU to the papers Engaged as am chiefly in
the task Of making friends for cross raul
roads, have scarcely time left me to notice
more than What may relate to our local inter
ests.'
Engaged as you are in favoring the mercen-
airy schemes, OF money iotber Bangs, Of course
your engagement does not contemplate de-
parture from his instructions. Of deadly "ppos-
ton to the Dubuque and keokuk Railroad and
Lees plan for l,npr vim, the Rapids.
''Jnd.. Clark has just got through with two
day spe, ch on the land warrant bill, in the
c .nrsc OF which lie shed more light upon the
subject gene rally than all other speakers put TO-
gethrr The Judge is IN agreeable speaker aud
formidable, IN argument, and is rapidly winning
for himself, both BY his abilities and his moral
worth, c"mmandin. position in The House.
think it would confer Il favor upon the readers
Of the paper by publishing PORTION It not all
| of his speech. F"
! All ri.ht-fri.ndships should be recprocated
"Mr N,.il, the President of the Illinois Cen
al railroad, has r turn from Europe without
having eff clcd the loan of even shilling in
aid OF that Improvement. MIR. Ex-Secreiary
| Walker Is expected in the next steamer. So
much TOR that matter
This is untrue aud from the fact that Mr. Neil
visited Washington City, on his return from
Europe, We mus, think that Study had some
motive in m,kins thu $ atement. Read the
following and 1t is e,sly explained.
| sour ci,rz ms vi i'll in this untoward result,
/ a still greater Necessity for moving en- p,asse
md with will behalf of the La Faye'te
aud Missouri, river road The Central being
thus p,sp ,nrd indrtn,t iy, our Peria road vii
be OF bu li,tie value II us unless we can secure
connection by some other channel"
Every body see g in this imaginary untoward
result, the dipiomaey Of Burlington politicians
with Little Red on the rostrum.
sThe "Des Moines River Improvement Con
structon Stock" drags heavily in the marke
Tor thu want of seitem n's or such Con gre ssion
al legislation as will induce settlements in tn.
north western portion OF the State. The fact
too, of the p-nden: y before Congress of tn,
Dubuque and keokuk railroad grant, the route
't Which will certainly run parallel for sixty
miles and perhaps one hundred and fifty miles
with that work, also operates as a serious draw
hack-and yet Keokuk. if you have not mis-
} quoted the "Valiey Whg," would still seem t
cling to ITS old hopes. Strange infa,uaton =
The bill introduced By Judge Clark, should i
PASS ; trust it will, would have powerful
inilmrnc, IN inducing settlements in the north
west. and thus Create demand and ready sal,
or the river lands, whic h must otherwise rcmai'
valuctsS for many years t" come. With thi
liver made navi gable I" For, Dodge, and a rail
road due north from that point To the Grea
Bend of the St. Peters, should suppose tina
krokuk usy ht afford 10 feel herself perfect,
independent. W. not such an arrangement
be worth uiore to her than forty such railroads
hat for which she has been expanding all he
I power and all her progress for years past
. Here is one of the grand secrets why MOI
.an is kept 1t Washington. Blng's Desnoiue
: River Improvement stock is low, and ther
= must BIZ some desperate means put forth, t, de
;, eat all railroad improvements. The Kroku
> Railroad project, will run parallel with the De.
$, moines improvement, which in the estimatio
Q of Bangs and his CLERK Morgan, is a sutficier
< inducrnrnt for killing it off Then agai
y Judge Clark s bill, should it pass he trusts
: Wtst, and thus create demand and ready sa
: for the rirer lands, rhich must otherrise rcma,
ea'"e.ess for many years to come The mon.
jobber Bangs, then, is to be the party consulte
= md 10 EtaI IL, th, ~. G.,
: " Strange intatuation.'
s.These facts are stated briefly, in order that
IS may see at glance the position in which o
improvements stand, and what is likely 10
4. the result if old prejudices sh,ll continue to
! adhered To. If nothing shall be done to thro
settlements into the northwest Keokuk aud Il
De State must wait long-a very long time-t
v. the complexion OF the work above Fort Dc
nj M"ines. A railroad from this latter poin,
ke"kuk, would, of course, put an end 10
'e hope, both present and future, SO far as the II
$, proveInent Of the river is concerned
y, As triJ as they are stated, they are sui
s. GENTLY extended to give all an idea of WI
OF you are driving at and how you are paid |
IL your services.
"Judge Clark is quite enthusiastic on the 81
irct of Dubuque and Missouri road and bran
4, 10 ST Peters-regards it as the most importa
scheme ever conceived for the henefit of /
ID northwest, and will doubtless battle it trump
ID antlY through Congress-
"A M doubt his enthusiasm is on the increase a
~ will never stop short of the Big Sioux. Ho
~ ever, the programme has little changed, stu
!, the date of your epis:le. 1t Is now the Dut
j, que aud PemLiaa with branch 10 the
Sioux
MS "The Dubuque and Keokuk bill will prol
bly, pass the Senate for the reason that in thu
!" tcklsh times Of President making it rcqu
OF much courage, in small body which is CLOSE
e, watched, to s,y "no. Besides, a very sup
IN fine sentiment of 'scouricsy'' has grown up
that body which, is likely ere long to take I
's place OF the constitution and mems oa,hs of
O. fee. But, in the H ns.., where they are CT
Of tent with a reelection I" their present plac
4, where courtesy is subservient to the wild den
crncy Of CHI, and where unsophisiicated h.
VI csiy is accustomed To .sspeak right out in me-
n. ing, It Will be- knocked as cold as a wedge
H. All that is needed is, to let the smallest par tic
OF daylight upon it..
A. BANGS
sc Br JAMES Nj. MORGAN,
nj Attorney
80 HIRE we hive the last paragraph and t
n. mos; ridiculous part of this remarkable ep
=. tie.
/. II will be news to the honest and discrimin;