The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-03
JONES County, Feb. IL.


GENTLEMEN:
In the Dubuque Herald Of th
lth inst find wh,t purports to be copy
the bill for the Iowa grant, and substitute fo
the ore introduced by Senator Jones. ! though
that The bill published in a number of your pa
per OF of the last month was the one before tn
present Congress. As myself and some Of IN
neighbors have got things a little confused, an
as we take deep interest in the fate OF our pc
tition for grant of lands, we wish to knoy
whether the bull published in the Herald, or tn
one which appeared in the Express, is the on
which came up in the Senate on the 2ls
ult
j The above communication presents a yer,
natural enquiry, and perhaps the best way o
answering it will be by giving the caption o
the bill "whch came up in the Senate on th'
2lst ult., as that caption appears in the cop,
as printed by order of the Senate.
"32d Congress.--lst SESSIONS. LIN the
Senate of the United Strtes Dec 2, 1851
Read and passed to a second reading Dec.
1851 read the second time, considered as in
Committee Of the whole and laid on the table
Dec. 9Th 1851 Referred TO the Committee on
Public lands. Dec. %, 1851 Reported with ar
amendment"
Strike out all afte the enacting clause and in
sert what follows printed in italics.
A BIZ granting the right of way &c. etc.
From the above it will appear that the bill
which was read on the End Of Dec and passe
TO second reading, is the same switch came
up in the Senate on the 21st ult., in its amend.
ed form, and which was published in the Ex-
press.
We had intended to notice the course Of our
nelghbors on this subject at the time they pub
lished their called substitute, but the present
affords an ample opportunity for a passing re-
mark. When the editors of the Herald pro-
nnunced the bill which is at present before Con-
gress substitute for the one proposed by Gen
Jones, they pronounced what they know to be
false; utterly and absolutely false.
The bill now before congress is an amended
bill. An amendment has reference either t.,
an actual or proposed addition to the original,
a substitute has reference to taking the place
Of the original, thereby substituting one thing
for another. If then, according TO the Sen
ate file, the bill now before Congress is
an amended bill, it cannot be a substitute
Herald, the reason for its unprincipled pre-
varicatlon is plain and comprehensive. The
firm Of 'sMorgan, Holt q Co.. entertain to-
wards Gems. Jones' and Dodge deadly person.
al ani,nosity. Morgan at Washington, and Holt
at home, are straining every nerve to accom-
plish their political annihilaton; and in order to
effect this, any means resorted to, that will
withhold from them the mede of praise which
may be their due, from their active participation
in our great railroad interests. Thus is account
ed for, the hostility Of this firm under the name
and style of Morgan, Holt & Co.. to the sue
cess Of our Dubuque and Keokuk Railroad
They hope by defeating this road to defta
Dodge and Jones, because they think that with
it, they must either stand or iall
Vain hope; there is virtue in the hearts of
the people, which will give to them the reward
that is due to sleepless vigilance; mistaken Fl
deity; indefa,igable zeal and un,iring industry
in the service Of grateful and emil shtened con-
stituency.
We are we'll aware, that in the spirit of The
true coward and covert traitor, we will be char
ged with echoing the praises of these men, but
it will rest with the assertion of the unprinci
pied braggadocia, whose moral corruption has
deadened his soul 10 every honorable impulse,
that would spurn the rejection of the challenge
which, time and again, has been laid at his feet,
to make good his charge. The political ami
hilatIon or preservation Of Dodge and Jones has
no share or part with our sole tude beyond their
representative capacity; but so long as they oc-
cupy the position of Democratic Representatives
and discharge their duties with honor and fidel-
ity to the State, so long are they under our spe
cial protection, as one Of the organs ofthe grea'
Democratic party which they represent. The
anticipation Of charges from those conspirators
who have p.otted the ruin of the State, and who
still seek to imolate upon the altar of personal
people, has M fears for the honest Journalist,
and, therefore, can, in no wise, restrain the pro
mitigation OF unclouded truths.
The bill then, before the present Congress, i,
asking an appropriation from the public domain
in aid OF the construction OF the Dubuque and
Keokuk, and the Davenport and Council Bluffs
Railroads, is the original bill, with the amend
ment of Dodge, and not a substitute for the one
introduced by Jones.
Such is our answer to our correspondent, and
such is our final disposition Of the point involv
cd