The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-07-21
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WEDNESDAY MorN,NG-...-.-au Fl
Our Course ana Position,

general state of harmony in the Democratic
party of the Pad Congressional District. We
were fully aware, when we resolved upon TINS
course, that our enemies, both wing and demo
cratic. would attempt to crush Us, by denounc-
inr US as 5o'ters, disorgaaiscrs, and traitors to
the democratic party. We have not been DIS
appointed. Every exerton, both pubic ana
private. political and personal, fair and oul, mas
been put forth, in ORDER if possible, TO compass
this object We have beea denounced IN the
n,s, un.neasure.i terms as boiterS, although
there has not been the slightest reason for such
an accusation. We had duty to perform,
higher aud hnlier, than mere party policy and
success which was, to reconcile and harmunise
the democracy of this district, and we re-
solved to discharge that duty, if we lost every
subscriber to the Miners Express in the State
OF Iowa This task we have performed, and TO
our own satisfaction. In the article to which so
much exception has been taken, we have moth
ing to add or recall 1t was what the occasion
demanded, aud it was freely written and fearless
" published. And, let US remind these time
SERVING politicians and journalists, that the
day is rapidly approaching in this State, when
politics will be viewed with more conscien.
tious eye, and politicians shall BE- rated accord
ing to their intrinsic merits.
But the time has now arrived, in obedience
to our pledge of the 9Th inst, to take our posi-
ton The Cedar Rapids Convention has been
held, and we are not ignorant of The opinions and
feelings OF majority of the democrats of this
district Rumar informs us that this Conven-
ton met on the 18th inst and disapproved Of
the course of the Muscatine Convention, but
made no nomination. The only expression
then, that we have, of public and collective
character, in favor of candidate, is that of the
Muscatine Convention, which nominated Judge
Clark.
We have, therefore, this morning hoisted his
name at the head Of our columns; and although
our views have not undergone the slightest
change, either with regard TO the propriety of
his nomination, or the course of the Conven-
ton, which conferred this distinction upon him,
we shall give him our support from this 10 The
election, desiring to see him re elected 10 his
present post, rather than see our district repre-
sen,ed in Congress By whig
A faithful attachment to our political princi-
pies, desire to see those principles carried out
in the administration of the government, and
consciousness that they are safer in the hands
of democrats than wings, impel US to this
course.
Before closing this article, we may be allowed
TO make brief reply, to many false allegations
and Misrepresentation, which have been freely
and constantly lavished upon US, through the
columns of the Dubuque Herald and Burlington
Telegraph, and to which thus far, we have
made little or no reply. In answering the OBJ
iections urged 10 our course through the
columns of the Herald, we shall necessarily
meet all the objections raised by the editor OF
the Telegraph; rnd, as we regard him beneath
the notice, or even contempt OF respectable
Journalist, we shall be excused for leaving him
in all controversies, where such worthless and
unprinc;pled time server should be left, entirely
out of the question.
Nv referring back to the Herald of the 9Th
inst communication from 6 Observer, (who
we take to mean DR.. HolD and one from L. A.
Thomas, will be found, censuring Us for our
c,urse. The communication from " Observer
is better than two columns long. II quotes all
that we have uttered upon the subject OF Con-
pressional Convention, and attempts, through
these extracts, to prove inconsistency while
the communication of Mr.. Thomas, by inuendo,
imputcs to us 5ack5itiag. As to the backbiting,
nd that We
stated to his face the morning after his return
from Muscatine, precisely what we thought OF
his course at that Convention, and what we
have stated upon all occasions when necessary
We are not generally troubled with c00ardiy
misgirinys, aud therefore have no occasion to
utter behind ones back, what we would be
afraid to say before his face.
"Observer" makes t,co points in his commu-
nication, upon which he relies, to prove our
course inconsistent; is, our opinion
expressed on the 18th, the 25ih, and the 9th
of May, that the Congressional candidate should
receive his nomination at least month before
the election /; and the other, that we kept at the
head of our columns, a notice Of the Muscatine
Convention up to the 18th ult. To the first we
reply, that up to the 9Th of May, the day that
the chairman Of the State Central Committee
issued his call, we were in favor of holding the
Convention a month before the election; but
when we found that this arrangement was OBJ
iected TO by the interior counties, and finally
protested against in the strongest terms, We
thought it proper and prudent, for the sake OF
harmony, to put over the day, and acted
accordingly. If there is any Inconsistency in
this, we certainly cannot discover it. So far
from being inconsistent, it was consistent with
Democratic harmony and usage; and, had this
Recommendation been adopted, all would have
been peace aud harmony, instead of bitterness
and war.
To the second proposition we rep.y, that
although we did keep call in our paper for the
Niuscatine Convention, were almost daily
urging upon our neishbors south, TO change the
day-not the piace-to suit the interior counties.
And we did expect, up to FIVE days preceding
the time for holding that convention on Both
u,t in view of the 6issalisfaction and danger of
division and distraction in the interior counties,
needed We used every effort to bring about
This result; and the mere fact, that we KEEP! that
cali a. the head of car columns until the 18th
nit. while we were constantly protesting
against the day, and urging postponemeni, is
no evidence TO The mind of any candid man, that
we were bound by the call, or that we have
exhibited any Inconsistency.
Thus r,ucl we have felt called upon to say,
il justification o. our position, and IN reply TO
the attacks upon US.
We understand that the Congressional dele
ra.ion win publish card setting forth their
nosiiion in its true gh., immediately after the
3 August election
Error Corrected.
We understand that the name OF .. I. Ste
vens which, has appeared IN our columns, as the
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