The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-07-28
BENEFITS LAND BlLL-AGAIN.
The Proceedings Of the Meeting on satur-
day Night.

The Proceedings of the Meeting on Stature
day Night.
The democracy of this City, had very full
and spirited meeting on Saturday evening
Mcs,rs Anderson, Lowell, Burt, Holt and Rng
ers addressed the meeting, and it is but justice
to say, that the speeches We're all temperate and
conciliatory in their character.
1t is unnecessary at this time, to enter into
an elaborate report Of the several speeches that
were made on that occasion. We have not the
space at our command, if we were inclined to
do it but we must be allowed few remarks.
touching the remarks Of MIR. A. d. Anderson
whoi is a candidate before the democracy for the
lower House the Legislature. This gentle
man fully, frankly and fairly defined his position
upon all questions, in which the people seem to
manifest particular interest After eDulnera
ting the various unjust charges, which had been
laid at his door, touching both his views upon
the Code and upon temperance, he stated frank
Iy, that there were many things in the Code,
which he could not subscribe to that while he
was in favor of amending the Code, he not
in favor Of destroying it; and that if, SO fortu-
nate as to be elected he should endeavor to ac
quaint himself with the wishes of his consti,u-
ents and promptly and faithfully carry them out
in the legislature.
lie said he had nothing to conceal upon the
subject OF temperance; that he had been freely
charged with being "Maine Liquor Law man
and no liquor law man that his enemies had
been industrious in attempting to fasten both
sides of the question upon him that as he could
not make our German fellow citizens under
stand him in his own language, he had felt con
strained in justice to himself and them, to com
municate translation of his views, for publca
ton in the German paper in this City; that
although strictly temperate in his habits, he
never had but one opinion upon the subject Of
its agitation, and that was, that it was strictly
suasive eloquence and zeal of each family and
community; that such had been the view which
Father Mathew, the greatest apostle for temper
ance that the world had ever produced, had taken
of it, and he was satisfied that his view was the
correct one !; that lie was wholly and emphatic
any opposed 10 Tie principles coHtdHeu III tie
Maine Liquor Law, or to any Legislation pro-
hibiting the sale of ardent spirits; that as the
highest officer ofthe Grand Division of,he Sons
Of Temperance, Of The State, he had opposed
any action of that body, tending to interfere
with the subject and in Convention had publicly
stated, that if any action Of the kind washad, he
would feel it his duty 10 separate from the in
sttution that whenever the question had been
presented at the ballot box, he had always voted
for license and that he believed this, TO be the
correct view to take of the subject.
+ Such fellow citizens are the opinions Of a
man, who has encountered more bitter, unrelen
ting aud INSCRIPTIONS opposition and misrepre
senta,ion upon this subject, than any man ever
did before.
We regret to such an unfair course pur-
sued by his opponents and if we not much
mistaken in the intelligence and Justice, which
governs the action of this community, rebuke
will be visited upon those men on Monday next,
such as they wilt not soon forget
We may here state, that Mr.. Benson views
upon the Code and upon the subject of temper
ance, correspond precisely with Mr.. Ander-
sons