The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-07-14
To The Editors, Dated,

+ The wires have long since informed you o
the final dnings of the Baltimore Wing Canven
] ton, and how it was that the Seward portion o
: the Wing party triumphed over the Flllmore
and Webster DIVISION. Gen Scott is tn,
f Wing Candidate, and he wishes it TO be distinct
y understood that his wing 'principles are con
: vctons' on his mind, and that The wings must
; notexpcct hm to abandon his" principles even
if he should be, he is, their nominee tor the
Presidency.
The President of the late Wing Convention
having written a letter to Gen. Scott, notifying
him that he was duly nominated, the General
answered Mr. Chapman, under date oath ult.,
which answer appeared in the National lnteli-
gencer of the 29th, This letter is characteristic
of the man. His opinions, as formerly express,
ed against the emigrant who seeks an asylum
from the tyranny of the old world, are well
known to your readers. But lest they may have
of late in part have been forgotten, would ad-
wise the publication Of Gen. SCOTS on natural
zation, dated Nov. 10th, 1S41. That letter
would be of great service to the worthy emf
grants 1t would let them know the violent and
vindctive feelings which Gen. Scott entertain
ed for them ; and opinions, as expressed in that
letter, would 60 far to show off the Wing Can
didate in his proper light before the whole peo
pie of the Union, as well as to lay bare before
the sturdy and industrious emgrant what are
his feelings of sympathy entertained by Gen.
Scott for them, and their rights as citizens
they who have fed to this land of liberty Here,
according to the expressed wishes of General
Scott, they might reside, but no privileges as
citizens could they enjoy aoiM his consent; for,
he expressly says, his principles are coavic-
tions," and every man who holds to has opini
ons, is more than whig in feeling as well as
sentiment.
The General, in accepting his nomination.
| lugs in paragraph, as bait for votes, TO the
| foreigners, and recommends new idea to en-
able them, on their arrival in the United States
to take short cut, and by which cut he can
metamorphosc them in twelve months into citi.
zcns yes, the very persons, who, in his letter of
| Nov. 10th, 1541 he said Congress should repeal
all laws on the subject, and prevent them from
becoming citizens upon any terms. No asylum
would be afforded them but as serfs, citizens
should not be their position in the community
Now, however, Gen. Scott in his letter Gath
| June, 1852, says he ould be for giving TO all
foreigners the right of citizenship, who shat!
faithfully serve, in time of war, one year on
board of our public ships, or in our land forces
Here is a new principle truly. From one ex-
treme to the other the General has flown, to
make citizen of foreigner but, guess, he
will find that the hardy agrcuturalists from Eu
rope, who are seeking home for themselves and
families, will not thank Gen. Scott for his COM
sea and land service for twelve months, to en-
| able them to be citizens. They will argue tha,
it would be better to become citizens first, and
then, if their new homes required to be defended
they could then be ready and willing to perform
service under "tbe stars aud Stripes Of their a
dapted country.
The citizens of your State, Messrs. Editors,
can well ponder on this question, for ell
know that Iowa and Wisconsin well peo-
pied with as wealthy emigrants, and as good
citizens, and who willing at all times to
defend their country, as any that are to be found
in the United States. The Whig Candidate for
the Presidency has had his oucn opinions Of all
foreigners, and at one time engaged t'co friends
in New York, to help him to write an " "Appeal'
against them think it would be no breach Of
trust on the part of all emigrant citizens, (and
their sons and daughters too } if they would ap
peal to the ballot box in an eftctual manner,
80 as to put their seal of condemnation on the
prospect of the Wing Candidate for the Presi
dency He certainly deserves some such no.
tice at their hands, for his erireme solicitude in
their behalf, as expressed in his letter 10Th Nov
! lS4l and his opinions above taken from his let
ter 24th June, 1859, for, he says himself in the
same letter, that he is firm IN his " adherence
to the principles of the Whig party The yeo.
manry of the land,th industrious emisrants can
} form their own opinions of the whig principles
of the country when their nominee for the Pre-
sidency entertains such opinions as he has here
tofore expressed and now promulgates in his let
ter of acceptance
On Tuesday, June %, 1852, at 20 minute.
|, past Ii O'CLOCK, ain tle pride oI tlie west, t!lt
distinguished Henry Clay, of Kentucky, breath
ed his last at The National Hotel in this city
MIR. Clay was long afflicted, and the public hat
heen somew hat prepared for the sad event o
! his dissolution from the nature of his disease
be, the great orator and statesman, is gone. Hi
was noble, generous heart-open and fire.
in dispensing blessings the noon-day sun; h
knew no party when his country called him t
the rescue May the virtues and patriotism o
: the great Kentuckan be beacon light for age
to our countrymen.
r The papers will inform you Of the public man
ifeslatons Of respect to his memory. Yours,
LEWIS.
i Mr. GAYS CoFFIN.-ln pursuance of re
quests from friends Of Hon. Henry Clay, de
: ceased, (received per telegraph Mcssrs. w
6 nj Raymond & Co, this afternoon forwarded
: sarcophagus; what is styled "Fisk' S Metal
/ lie Burial Case for the inclosure of his re
mains.
In addition to the adaptl,ion of these case
for the preservation and transpor tatlon Of bod
n les, the provided on this OCCASION surpasse:
n in richness of style and finish, anything of III
kind ever produced in this country, doing grea
, tha for Ok