The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-09-15

| SPLIT TIcKErs-A great deal of buster hn
been created against the Miners Express be
eause that office is suspected 0.Shaving printed
| Democratic Tickets without Inserting the name
Of Judge Clark. It is farther alleged hat SOC
| Democsatic votes were lost by ,his What ar
admission for thr intelligence of the democracy
For our part we are ready to print any ticket:
that are ordered, and we hope the day far dts
tant when the whg party will not know 70
whom they vnte. The Express had right Il
print, say, but not 10 circulate. We
vast difference bstv'aea the two acts.-PraH,'
Star.
We de- not precisely agree with our neign~,r
Should case arise, where portion Oft demo
cratic party of county or District, repuiat'
nomination fairly made, We cannot conceive
that We would be acting in good faith to thu
party ana ttsrsa-ss. hy aiding aud abetting sucf
ufsafrsscrssn k----s~s-s-s- vs.--.A.4.k a part,
journalist, is as much bound to protect rne-s-.-
terest and contribute to the welfare Of his party
as an Agent or Attorney is, to regard the inter
/ est af his employer or client Yea, more; be.
cause he rests under the two fold obligation, o.
dischargng his duty faithfully to those for whom
he is directly acting and TO an mate sense o.
justice to himself and country, man and a
cilzen. Honestly and uniformly adherng tc
the principle here set f'rth, we are free to say,
that we have never during the course of our life.
knowingly devated from it.
That there may be, and that there are cases
frequently arising, where il becomes proper
and necessary, for the JOURNALIST to be guided
by the wishes aud feelings ofthe people OF par
ticular localities, is true. The soun9est pai.cy-
,.s-szr-ssEsl WITT rs.s-st sincere devotion
for the interest and predominance Of our politi-
cal principles, will dictate at times precisely
such a course. Those living at remote points,
from the interior are MT presumed at all times,
to know the wants AMI wishes Of their neigh
bors and must be guided in great measure by
what they Direct and even if they did know,
refusal To conform their action, TO the wishes
Of their interior friends, would not probably help
the case because the people are sovereign, and
acting in this capacity, it they cannot have
their wishes respected among political friends,
it is T., be presumed, that tn y would seek their
qualification, at the fist favorable point, regard
less Of friends.
If thrn, political friend, In whom we have
every confidence, writes To US from rem tie
county, desiring ticket prin.ed, leaving Ger
tain names blank, we can discover inpropri-
ETY. in obeying his wishes. Because, IN the
absence Of any knowledge of the peculiar cir
Gu instances which render such request neces-
sary, we are baund to believe tina, the fidelity
and iud rinent of our friend, who has charac-
ter both citizen and party man to save,
will protect the party from any prsmed'tated
design to iniare and destroy it, or disgrace its
friends.
Here then, Is precisely our case. A letter
was written from one Of the prominent demo-
Gratis of a N.rthern county, (p,ll'ng little over
$50 votes,) to prominent democrat of this
county, ani know n t, him to be man of ster-
ling integrity and une.paated democracy, reques-
ling a few tickets printed with the IA mes of the
State officers and Congressman left blank -
Our friend in this City, brought the letter con
tanning the request to the Office aud desired the
tickets printed. The .icksts were printed
Had the request come directly to us, with no
knowledge of the party, we certainly should not
have prime the tickets but coming to Us IN
der the sanction of as high authority as one OF
our State Senators, it would have been a direct
insult to the intelligence and fidelity Of that
gentleman, and very silly act in US, to have
refused the request. Had the result of the cleo.
ton in that 'uaty, proved, tina. out friend was
deceived in the effect of his policy upon the
vote, or had he betrayed the confidence reposed
in him here and produced unanimous wing
vote, we humhIy submit, it could hive Meth r
changed the general result, or aft p.ded any
reasonable ground, for calling our fidelity, or
judgmen in question But, 80 far from this, the
ballot blk exhibits a majority of for Judge
Clark and from 10 to IA FOR tae State ticket, al
though wing county.
Here then, is the cause and the effect, IF an
act, which cousi ms u.s. in the estimation Of some
very as,ute den cratic journalists South, to
moral and political drgrad ition.
We envy no man, political glory, acquired
by res ,rt to such means as h4ve been adopted
to destroy Us.
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