The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-12-01

say so- But jealousy and envy were again
called into requisilion, and ~ s.raws show which
wsy the wind blows, he abandoned the chase
early on "quarter stretch.'' Bot worst Of all 1
am sreved to say, that he then and there made
4 solemn vow that he would leave a, 10 our s,d
fate and to bcwail the irreparabfe loss we had
sustained in his political demise, in Io,oa a,
Eleast
During the SANG ysay l<Is5I } having renoup.
ced all allegiance TO The Hawkeye democracy
Esnd committed il body, sQg.s. and breeches TO the
tender mercy Of its enemies, my much abused
friend set ovt for Washington. where he design
ed rendering one more service as candidate,
to wit, by making trial for the chief Clrrksh'p
Of the House Of Representatives. at which placs
I he founded his hopes of success upon tae.
tchances Of getting up quarrel bstweea TIE
respective friends Of Coils. Forney g. Young
But my poor friend was unable to make The
desired schism and consequently received tut
t,oo 1o,es for clerk-and they as am cred.bly
informed only out Of compliment to the noble
state from which he hailed, could anythin. ts
more exceedingly aggravating'
He then tried hard to get into the Union Office
assistant editor, but Gen. Armstrong It's stupid
old proprietor but laughed him to scorn-inst
as E.s,E-RA Mmes ~ Morgan of Iowa,
was perfect nobody.
Our Hero by this time adhecome thoroughly
disgus,ed with the democracy as we'll as will,
"thc rest Of mankind" ana was about taking
up his shoes to walk when, his inventi~e mind,
aided BY that Of our experienced friend Bangs,
struck upon plan that should enable him to
pull the wool oye- the eyes Of his old friends at
B. and thereby enable him 10 '.worm himsef in
as an anti Rams Horn Lobby Member of corr
gress, position which he filled with go maah
honor CD to himself and incaculable advantage
to his constituents. II this didn't show my
friend to be. a man Of rery decided genius, Itaa
aooutd' at all events he was shrewd enough to
fare sumptuousy on Burlington money
might hint at the system. of levying "Biack
Mail, and writing of, "Puff," on the one hand
and CENSURES on the other, which. when
resorted to by ths "suARr SHOOTERS" are Of.
ten,imes made fruitful sources Of profit; bu, I
believe that enough has been said TO satisfy
every impartial mind that 10 the title of "Ths
Office seeker of Iowa" my friend GEN Err.
AL JAMES NJ. MORGAN has pEy strong
Gains.
trust that the magnanimous and generous
motives which actuate me in yndcati,g the
claims Of General Morgan TO- this title-which
he no doubt esteens SO honorable to himself and
which he labored so zeaously and increasingly
to merit will not ba m;scon 7truad into n nera
desire OIL, my part, to gain notoriety, from being
the frat to do honor to Senator @ Morgan-that
is to Be. On the contrary, render this act Of
justice to corporal-beg pardon, mean General
Morgan because of my conviction that his
t,lure to assert his rights in this respect, pro-
ceeds from that natural ditfdence and retiring
modesty-for which he is 50 proverbial-and
not because Of any doubts in his mind as to his
indubitable right to the said title.
have said much Mr.. Editor in commenda-
ton of my friend and his public course as an
aRee seeker, yet would not be understood az
one, considering him entirely without fault or
blemish. On the contrary |, EVEN l, am free to
admit that he possesses osE fault or quality
which in point Of QUANTITY forms no inconsid+-
erable ingredient in his compostion-l mean
his unaccountable delight in everything like
Ii is claimed by the admirers
of one "Dennis Vulgarity" of these diggings
that in the other "dark virtures' he is infinitely
the superior Of Morgan, bu. | utterly repudiate
the clam.
vERETAs.