The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
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AN UNscRUPULoUs coTEMPoRARY.

AN UNsCRUPULOUs COTEMPORARY.
In the Herald of yesterday morning, we fine
the following unscrupuous paragraph.
fY Are we to understand our neIghbors OF
the Express and Tribune as being opposed to
asking for grants Of land, for the Dubuque ant
Pembina Railroad until grants for other route:
shall have been refused secured? If no
why do they cast censure upon our advocacy o
this project?
You never advocated the project. We kceE
a regular file of your daily pa per, and we def
you any else, to show us any thing OF
said file defining your position upon this subject
| We desire those, whom the editors of the
Herald, seek to blind by their unscrupulous and
vindictlve prevaricatioH, to understand distinct
ly, that they never have uttered word in ia
vor of the Pembina railroad. Indeed, it Is
boldly asserted by those who have good op.
portunity to know, that the Senior editor of the
Herald, is strongly in favor of the "Bg Sioux
project. If he is in favor of this, it is no,
strange that the Herald should have remained
silent upon the other.
Now, let US sec. how we stand upon this ques.
ton. On the 10th ult we published the pro-
ceedings of the railroad meeting held at Globe
Hall, on the evening of the 9th inst, and took
ground in favor of that project, for which we
have been severely criticised by the Burlington
this PROJECT; but we freely admit, that we have
against the Morgan schemes, among which is the
"Big Sioux" and to which the Herald besto VS.
it's cordial approval. The effort therefore, OF
the editors of the Herald, to injure US with the
people of the North, Will fall to the ground.
But there is an other point in the above para
graph, which demands some little notice. The
editors desire to know, whether we are opposed
TO grants Of lands, for the Dubuque and Penn
bina road untu grants for other routes shaliha
been refused or secured, We have repeatedly
given our opinion upon tins subject, and we
again affirm, that the various railroad schemes,
which have been projected for the last six
months, in this State, asking Congress for grants
of land are well calculated, while an important
and favorite railroad measure is maturing IN that
body, to defeat that measure. This opinion we
have expressed in vindicating the State, against
the wild schemes cf Burlington, but have never
lost sight Of the procticabl,ty and future impor-
tance of the Pembina project.
But how do the editors of the Herald stand
upon our Dubuque and Keokuk and Davenport
and Council Bluffs railroad grants. In the early
part of last spring, they commenced the agita.
ton of diversion of the Dubuque, and kco
kuk road west from Cedar Rapids. For days
weeks and months, were they laboring through
their journal, to make public sentiment conform
strong diversion in this immediate vicinity in ia
vor of that proposition. What was the object O
that manouvle? 1t was political. 1t was C
create local strife and jealousy along the line
of these proposed roads, which would result in
their final defeat. But some inquistivc person
may ask, what object could they have in defeat.
| ing this important measure of interest to the
State? We answer again, it is political. A
deadly animosity exists in the breasts, Of the
editors of the Herald, towards our Senator, G
w. Jones. They know that he is an infexble
advocate of this project, and is determined to
use every effort to secure grant to the State
for il.
They think, if they can kill the project, that
it will politically destroy him; and for this rea-
son, they endeavor to throw every obstacle in
his way for procuring this grant. For a month
past, have the journals of all parties, in every
quarter of the State, except Burlington, been
deeply absorbed in vindicatlng this project and
in defending the State, against the Vaccinations
of Burlington; and yet the Dubuque Herald
has renamed as silent as the house of DEATH
Not word do we see in that journal, now that
Cedar Rapids, in vmdication Of this all impor-
tant project So far from it, the absurd proposition
Of Morgan, for three grand railroads through
the interior of the State-one from Burlington
to the Missouri, one from Davenport to the Mis-
Souri, and one from Dubuque to the sBig Sioux,
is copied into that journal and approved of in an
editorial article. Any and every scheme, nc
matter how absurd, they fall in with, in order te
ing before Congress.
Let The friends of the Dubuque and kcok uk
and the Davenport and Council Bluff roads, un
derstand the position that these gentlemen oc.
cupy, and let not our friends in the North, be
deceived into the belief that they can with any
propriety and consistency, advocate the Big
Sioux humbug, and at the same time do justice
to the friends of the Pembina road.
These men viii bear close watching.
The Herald remarks with regard to the "Big
Sioux" railroad, as follows
GAS to the road west we have spoken of ii
only in case of the first grant being denied
You have spoken of it in no such light and
we challenge you to the proof.
MORGAN ON THE STOOL OF REPENTANCE
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 3, 1859.