The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-09-08
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, SEPTEMBER s, 1859.

could depress the public credit and obs,ruct the |
public means; it could manufacture causes of
public alarm and speculate off Of the calamties
ofthe country.
1t could secretely encourage discord and dis.
sention; embarrass the government in the pros
ecution of its plans; promote causes Of distrust
among it's own officers; exhaust it's resources in
a truilIcss war; and the seeds Of mortar
domestic strife, which might not end short Of
civil revolution.
Here are presented some ofthe causes, which
operate TO settle the conviction in our mind that
U s. Bank is an odious institution; that 1t is
coffuptine to the government and all who have
any connection with it; that it is a powerful en-
pine" in the hands of those who feel disposed to
use It: and that like prv.te banking companies
with individuals, it must share the government
or it would not be worthy of its name.
We have purposely said nothing upon the
unconsttutionality Of such an institution or the
character Of the Old Bank. We may take. this
subject up by and by, and present our views up
on those two points and especially upon the
rascality and frauds of the OLD Monster.
..pEMAGoGUE ROBINSON"
A writer in the Express Of Monday last seems
to me TO have put himself to unnecessary trou.
BILE in noticing the speech of Mr.. "Demagogue
Robinson" on the Catholic question in New
Hampshire. tits true that the Tribune OF last
week devoted considerable space to this subject,
but doubt very much whether the editor Of
that paper would not pay more regard to the
moral feelings of his readers than to give credit
to any thing which this Robinson may say,were
he aware Of the +" antecedents'' Of the man! l
have known William Erigena Robinson by rep
utation for the past ten or twelve years,and per-
sonalIy for the last twelve months lie is the
son Of Presbyterian Preacher from the norreeh e.
ireland. He finished his education at Yale
College, Connecticut, and was soon after EN-.
ployed by Horace Greely as Reporter for the
Tritune submit to any man who knows any
thing Of ireland o, its People, whether these
ssan,ecedents' in his life are such az to warrant
him in becoming the Champion Of Catholic irish
men. After he became expert at furnishing
Police reports and Street slang for the columns
of the Tribune, Greely sent him 10 Washing
ton, where he was allowed desk among other
Reporters in the House of Representatives, but
before he was there many months, he was dis
gracefully expelled by vote Of the House, tor
lying ara -'-"darous statements in regard to
Members Of Congress. re1u"r---A.. i. the on.
" time, before or since, that such disgrace was
inflicted on any Reporter, and yet this branded
liar is aow the man whose assertions the whig
pauers parade before the country TO defame
Gen. Pierce After he was disgraced from
employ ment, and Greedy had to supply his
desk with some more decent man, he still kept
lounging about Washington until Gen. Scott
| returned from Mexico. He thought it would be
.fea,her in his cap to get Gen Scott to re-
tract the Native Amercanism which he so ire
ouently advocated for thirteen years before, and
accordingly, by preconcerted arrangment IN
Nav ls43, he wrote the General letter, and
wa, informed in reply that whatever opinions
he entertained in times OF former political ex-
element, they were wiped out by the bravery
Of Irishnen and Germans in the late campaign,
as = this were the first time he knew OF their
valor Gen. Scott failed to get the n'minn'l"n
in June 43, from the Philadelphia Convention,
but Robinson was employed by Truman smith,
4 and the whig executive committee at " ashihg
ton. to write letters to every locality iere there
were lrishmen, all over the country, to distract
them from their adherence to Gen. Cass VINO,
tha, ha. read the the whg papers of the east in
5,and does not recolect the letters OF "it'ch'
el.u." which were denounced by the ~ York
Courier and Enquirer, and ether respectable
whig journals, as "vile, and anti American.
From that time to the present, this poor tool
is employed about one third OF his time oy
Greedy, another third, in election times, by the
whic pine LAYERS OF New York, and the remain
ing third is spent in ldleness and loafing-a tuil
nroof Of the estimation in which he is held by
wings themselves, for he never got an oihce
worthy of Scavenger IN return for all his dirty
work. He is despised by the lrishmen OF New
York. and known among all parties as "Dema
oouue Robinson" should have said that he
made two attempts to publish newspaper
within the last four or Eve years. One at Ne
wark. N. J and the other in the City ofN York
but boil, were failures.
The Catholic newspapers ofthe Country taks
No sides in the Presidential controversy, bu
thev defend both candidates from false charges
made by the opposite party, and they are unan'
nous in applauding Gen Pierce for his able de
fence Of the rights Of Catholics in New HamP
shire. The New York Freen'ans Journal, tho
Truth Taller -Amasiaan- lsalt and -aihars
I nave treated Robinson and his lying speech a
they deserve. The following is from the las
Boston Pilot.
WI RoBlssov.-Wc have read the lecture
Of this person, on the New Hampshire con'ro
5 yersy. It is d,agraceful production. we MAJ
notice it briefly next week. Meanwhile, w
caution adopted citizens against it 1t is tn
most dishonest electioneering document we hav
: seen this season.
s hope "Sars6eld will employ his pen in bel
! ter cause.
CARROLL.