The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-30
49,, e,,o.o orr uer,as.asie BRETHREN


A word a.t,goto orr Democratic Brethren
As the re.ations of ,ih the Miners Express
and Dubu1,e Herald have materially ch,nsed
within thu last few days, we feel called upon Ia
addf,ss few plain re.narks TO our democratic
brethren
Il will be born in mnd that the Herald has
taken down its flag OF neutrality and become a
political paper, while Nh Jones has ret red from
the Express Office and the fa'sc clainors ~ re-
lation to that ren,leman connection VITA 'h'
establishment, must necessarily erase.
When we entered into tins establishment in
Ap-il 1851, it was upon the urgent solicitation
and prntf red support oc nearly all ot the lead
nr democrats of this City The only pledges
we made, were, that VIC would exercise an ex
clusiye control over, and devote the columns Of
the Express, t. advancing the interests Of the
democratic party. We have faithfully and uni
frmly adhered to these plsdges, although there
has been a determined and unscruonous effort
on the ptrt Of some few Journalists ana t"eH
plant to1ls, by every species of undermined
uations, t. sacrifice Us to whatever pr.JudicFs
they could mannt.ctu-e, by their repeated and
vennl .T,r.s To poiaon the publ mind against
US.
The mon,rnt il was ascertainad by Holt and
Mahoney, tlat we were t. rc-enter the Express
Office, the purpose was ovnwed to establish o
Neutral paper, Ia remain neutral, just so long
as we should display no special regard for Sen
ator Jones, which could not according to the
profound calculations of these wiley po'i'iciins
be. TO exceed a few weeks, when they would
pouncr down upon US, Ike Daeh upon Jaat
bug and send the Express, Proprietors, editors
comp ,sitors, devils and all, Kiting TO another
hemisphere We entered the establishment and
pursued the even tenor of our way, advocating
| such doctrines as we believed to be right, ex
hibiting no flvortism to individuals, striving tc
reconcile conflicting interests among politicians
resolved to elevate the character and tone OF ths
democratic organ, aud defending democratic
principles, democratic conduct and democratic
Office holders, when we felt called upon as
democratic journalist to do it. This course was
neither anticipated, or acceptable TO our polite
enemies Unmistakablc symptoms of dissatis
faction began in the second months issue o
the Herald, to manifest themselves. Consulta
ton was had, grave questions OF policJ wer'
freely discussed, and it was fina'ly determined
il we would not ooinntariiy become the specia
champion Of, to them certain antagonistic inter
ests, that they would drive us 10 it, by politica
Itntcrmeddiiag AMI personal attacks upon a Ger
tain Senator and ourseif The craft and ingen
uty Of the cool and compla;sant Doctor, wa
brought to bear upon US, through the instrumen
tally Of his fs.c plant worshippers, and reg
ularly organized system of guerrilla warfare
was resorted TO-, in both City and country
Among a certain clique in the City, we wcr
charged with being the toot Of that Senator ant
opposed to every railroad on earth, except III
| Dubuque and Keokuk and in the country, will
being the enemy Of a certain Representative
and especially opposed to the Pembina railroad
Irish and Germ,n prejudice have been appealed
to- local and personal feeling has been aroused
against us, every store, grocery, shop ard hove
/
country have been ransacked, for the purpose
of deprvin. us Of the patronage which woul'
naturally fiow to this office, the prices of worl
have been reduced far below a proper value, on
hands IN the office have been solicited to leav
our employ, emissaries, under the guise of pre-
tended friends, have been sent TO US, to pump u
on matters Of politics, AMI every unfair advan
iage has been taken to endeavor to destroy on
influence. The last years City printing wa
taken from us by fraud, an effort was made t.
rob US Of the state Printing after we had pur
chased it, and the most INSCRIPTIONS Islander
and attacks have been constantly and ingeniusl
perpe,rated upon us. To help the work along
men Of ,lilical influence in the City have bee
brought under the ban of the Doctors satire
and awed into quiet o5cd cNce; aud count
officer has been prevailed upon, to take larg
portion Of the county printing from the demo
cratic organ OF the County and give it to sl.e5
which has opposed every well settled inte rest q
the party, State and City and scandalized ever
class and many of the wofhiest citizens of on
place.
1t is to such an organ as this, aud such in
finences as these, fellow 'mocrlts, that WI
have been compelled to struggle against, 70
the last fifteen months. Wehave thus far live
it out and that too, without murmur True
we have met their attacks upon the party an,
4 individual members of it; their attacks upo,
the State ard its policy their att acks upon tn
rtio nit hal fab
relations, and sophisiicai clamors, in spirit o
proper resentment; bat we have never made
direct appeal to the dem ocratic party until now
and we should not have done it at this time, ha
not the editors Of that sheet put aside thei
neutrality, for the palpablc purpose Of dsorgan
izing the democratic partyin this City and cour
ty. In view ofthis result then, we ask it Of tn
democratic party as pecial favor, although W
have the right to expect il as a solemn duty, I
come out and take bold stand in support of tn
democratic organ. We make this appeal j
view Of all the difficulties we have had to en-
counter and The mlsapprehensions that may hav
heretofore existed a'uong democrats, with tn
canfident hope that different state Of fee!in
will be speedily established and that we ma
approach the period OF the fall elections, impo,
tant as We all must regard them to with mu
tual good understandings and determination t
achieve triumphant victory.
tY Morgan, Of the Telegraph, threatens t
make some startling developments concernin
our prirate character, unless we hold our tongue
Why, bless your soul Jenny, we are the yer
last men to be alarmed by any such threats.
you can put more bullet ko'cs into charac'e
than we have the materials TO put in yours, W
shall be very ready to pronounce you an AZ
scholar and well posted up in small matters
We know you Of old long before you mad
your track in Iowa and we have known 20
tolerably we'll in your midnight excursions since
Crack your whip Mr.. Morgan, we will be wit
you from the first to the last leaf of the cha,