The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-10

1t 10 a subject of no little wonderment to Us,
when considering the proceedings Of the present
Congress, 90 far they relate to the western
or new States, to find that in the only question
which has been raised and discussed involving
materially their interests, Western Senators, or
at least Senators representing those States
whose interests have hitherto been considered
and identified with the West, are among the
most prominent in opposing them. We know
that heretofore the, New States have been look
ed upon kind Of Egypt, spo. about which
it was time enough to legislale, when every
other subject either Of utility or for buncombe,
had been worn threadbare but we never had
supposed that when the question Of grant ct
lands for the purposes If internal improvement
in any of the younger States had been SO favor
ably reported as to render us passage matter
of certainty, that it would find its chief opposer
in ia Western Senator. We need not say that
we allude particularly to Mr.. Underwood, of
Kentucky, supported by Mr.. Bell and Gov.
Jones, Of Tennessee.
These gentlemen all repre- sent, comparatively
| speaking, New States, and must know, if their
elastic memories can reach period OF such re-
mote antiquity, that there a time when
| their own states were ameng the loudest in their
demands upon their General Government, for
assistance in the shape not only Of alternate
grants Of sections of land, but even Of direct
|
their own borders II might probably be well
if MIR Underwood, in his ofiicious Zeal to leg
isate for the entire West, prOrided that legisla-
| ton shall inure to the benefit of Kentucky,
would remember what has already been gone
for that are, and would think what a united
action on the part Of members from the Valley
Of the Mississippi might still effect. We do not
make tins statement in any spirit of retaliation oil
feeling OF unkindness, because we believe Mr.
|, A,~.,, Is H..
the mass of his constituents, whose interest,
are too intimately connected with our own
whose early history is too similar 70 them eve
to attempt the "dog in the manger" policy
That MIR. Underworld amendment, permittin!
the Old States to come within the borders o
the New, and appropriate lands, under the SAM
restrictions under which they are granted to thu
.Nen, should ever have been entertained, is t
us matter of some astonshmeLt and we Cal
only account for it under the supposition of hi
determined hostility to all grants for purpose
of internal improvements. The injustice an
!, iniquty Of such proceeding must be apparen
= at once to all, and we think these gentleme
: have evidently mistaken the spirit ofihe peopl
> the Middle States, ifthey for moment suppos
!" that they need bride to do simple act of jus
tice to their Western brethren. The followin
. extracts, which we make from speech Of tn
;, ), Hon. Charles Sumner, Of Massachusetts, pre-,
ents this subject in such a clear light that W
cannot refrain from giving them We wi
again alude to the subject, and keep the peopl
of Missouri, Iowa and Illinois, who mo-
deeply Interested in the fate Of these measure
u accurately informed of the course of those VIII
o oppose and advocate them.-.uissouri RepuJl
- can.
e As we have already published the speech
= Mr.. Sumner, it is unnecessary for US TO tai
n up room, by inserting the extract