The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-23
,r,.,a n. washington Union Of the ~ inst.
rnTrJE PUBLIC.

TO THE PUBLIC.
Having en- informed that one IF he Illinois
Delegation lin, T. CampbeiD had ST aied on
tn. floor OF tn House that s.ihe votes OF lie
a Ic4ra,inn in Cnngress from Iowa were given
for the Illinois cen raj railroad bii'' for con-
wit: That Il point opposite To
the city of Dubuque, in Iowa, should be made
the terminus of sad road my colleague and
myself published card, dltsd 2ist May, ut,
in which we stated that s.the statement, so lar
as we are concerned, is wholly incorrt Ct, ard
without the shadow Of foundation On which 70
r ST - That member now GENES forward IN the
Republic Of day, and endrasors to give coi"r
I his false and luminous accusation, by pup.
lish,nu letter from Judge Douglas, IN which
he SAYS that he acccp ed an amendment offered
nv m extrndny that road from Gtlena TO
point On The Mississippi opposite 10 Dubuque
and that said that du,y TO my constituents re
uuirsd me t3 propose the ana ndinen', and tnat
j would not dare to return home + voted tor
the bill as is, without making an effort ex ena
the road to Dubuque. The member inserts
what he says part Of his published spt ech
as follows:
s.No foreign State derived greater benefit
from that road than the gentleman 5 own State.
BY the urgent request OF at least one OF her
senators, who III we'd the amendment himself,
the road was extended from Galena, ITS legal,
,he State of Iowa, which considering the injury
1t inf cteG upon Gnlena, was in every way an
eauiva ent aud full consid ration Tor the support
which the measure received fr.m the SAFE 1T
| Iowa. The construction Of this part Of the road
will cost more than five times the distance on
any other part Of the roue, and will be worth.
! l. 81 in point Of revenue alter it is completed;
which | an still disposed to think is a doubtful
question. And sir, if | had the honor OF re-
presenting the sixth congressional district then,
| as haze now, the road would have terminated
where the laws Of Illinois and The laws Of COM
merce had fixed its terlnination--at Galena, the
great and only commerce al depot FOR the extreme
Northwest.
.sMr Hem. On behalf of those gent emcn,
dcny that they were influence by any such
consideration.
sMr Campbell. state, sir, that have
: understood from Ii norable men that it was IN
s:st, upon, as | have already stated by one OF
: her representatives, that the road should
terminate at Dubuque, and not at Galena.
have buta word Of comment to add. The
, charge rs, that the votes of the delegation IN
Cong css for that bill were given for consider
, alton which was the extension oe,he road to tho
Mississippi river. The proof r,led on 10 sustain
that false accusat on is, that had told Mr.
: Dou..las that would no: dare 10 go home Z
voted for the bill as it was, ,cithoM making a.
: effort to extend the road to Dubuque.
: tie bascly charges honorable men with cor
;, rupt motive in the discharge Of their officia
;, duty he alleges that our votes were given s'io
:, consideration" which he labors TO prove wa
:, improper. How does he sustain that charge ?
!, ID :. he bring forward the least shadow OF cvl
4 dence to Justify the suspicion that our vote
were given for the bill because the road was cx
>, tended to the Mississippi, nhe whole extension
being within the limits of his avn State, district
;, and The county of his res,dence,) or that w
:; would have voted against it if it had net bee
:, so extended He does not but, on the con
trary all that he does do is, by retailing privaf
:, conversation to show that | told Mr.. Dourla
: that dare not 90 back to my constituents it
:. voted FIR the bill as it was, 'trithout mating a
+ effort to extend the road to the Mississippi
- Can any one relieve that the member from Hi
=, nnis is so ignorant as not to know that 1t was m
duty to move the amendment, and that it by n
- means followed that and my colleagues woul
- =, oppose the bill if that amendment had been re
i ected The records of the Senate, the rarioa
!, amendments and test questions for which m
: colleague and uniformity voted with the Ill
:, nos senators, show that we gave an active ar
=; efficient support to the bill ,cithout the amend
=. :. ment and no one who knows me or my CT
~ league can belive that either of us would hav
=, voted against the bill if the amendment had NJ
. been adopted These facts were known to TIL
- eember from Illinois when he made his Offer
:, sive charge The repetition of that chang
under the crcumstaa ces, proves that there al
=. CONSIDERATIONS which pervert his judgmen
- and entiile his conduct to the Reproduction of
- honorable men.
- Mr.. Camp5ell's assertion "hat the constru
=, ton of this part of the road from Galena to d.
huque) will cost more than FIVE times the distant
4 o any other part of the ute, and will be wort
~ less after it is completed, is wholly gratuitou
~ | am, and have been for the last twenty-fo
= years, well Acquainted with the country, and
. hesitate not to say that the rad from Galcna
:, the point on the MISSES ppi opposite to Dub
- que VII not Gust half IS mach for its cDnstru
~ ton the distance east Of Ga.ena.
- 1t is easy TO what motives govern him.
- Hear him He says: I'll had had the hon
!. Of representing tie sixth congressional dis RI
y, then, as ! have NOW, the road would have te
=, minated where the taos Of Illinois and the Law
az of commerce had fixed its termInaton-at-Gai
90 m, the great and only commercial depot for Il
eItrcBe North scest
The member lives at Galena, and believ
that he can make himself popular by such SIT
as this Does the law of Illinois make Galer
the terminus Of the road in question: 1t DO
not !; and he has, therefore, mlsrs presented
Mat particular. Gatcna was, by the law Of II
ncls, made the terminus Of the Chicago q,
Gaicaa Taiiroad. The acts Of Congress and
Illinois make point in that State opposite :.
Dubuque the terminus of the Central rdilroa
en-, = oes he believe that '.Galcna is the great al
oalg cc'amcrcial depot for the extreme Mort
C. vest Docs he suppose that he can persua'
any one to believe this Does any man WI
can have tie folly to make declaration on Il
floor Of Congress which upon its face is 50 ute
y ridiculous deserve to be treated as perst
ms responsible for what he says: think not al
;, therefore apologize for this notice OF his condu
by referring TO the use which has been made
him in opp sing the iowa railroad ILL, contra
ID, TO the unanimous wish and entreay of his &C
ed leagues Of the Senate and House now in Co
gress. | confess that | darc not meet my CO.
;. stitncnts, if do not fearlessly and faithful
nc protect heir Interests by holding up to meritt
u contempt the malignant and selfish moiv
~ which have regulated his conduct.
oil GEO. w. JONES,
\ Of Dubuquc, Iowa.