The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-06-15
4" THE END is NOT YET"

The Herald is in agony and raves. Its sense
less clamor might well pass unheeded, but il
shall not No time serving press, no weather
cock Of the popular breath, no miserable truck
| ler to expediency, shall hide his deep sins from
the pubic eye, by wild effort to push the at
tention of the community in another direction.
The charges brought by the Herald against
this paper are, as usual, unsupported even by
ghost of proof; further than this, they have
the distinction Of being the silliest and most
puerile which that precious receptacle of vile
things has issued forth, this many a day. The
| assertions that, there is any affinity of interest
between the Express and Cedar Rapids,-tha,
any gentleman from the latter place has come
hlher to sow discord among the people of Du
buque-that the property holders of Cedar Ra
pids were anxious for the defeat of County Sub
scrip,ion on Monday last, are, in gvoss and
singiy, wholly without foundation, and without
a shadow of excuse for their utterance. They
are the gratuitous emissions of mean malig
nifty, unrestraned by any rule of reason or of
honor. The temporary conductor of this paper
assuIleo IT'S management WITH ueSlTe, SO Iar as
his means went, TO promote the public harmony
and assist the public good, nothing less nor
more. AS TO how far our efforts have subserved
that desire, the Herald is not the proper Judge
Upon the issues joined between the Herald and
the Express, we have gone to the country and
that tribunal which has decided upon our
position, we wish shall Judge the motives which
induced our action.
To show the baseess character of the charge
that those, chiefly interested in Cedar Rapids
desired the defeat of county subscription in Du-
buque, it is only necessary to state that they,
without exception, were anxious for the success
of that measure and regretted the position taken
by the Express on that question. This we
know.
Such are the miserable, the groundless char
ges coined by the Herald and preferred against
the Express. To these base uses has it come
at last At last! Rather, to these base uses
has it been devoted from the first. BY no spring
ing of side issues, by no deep planned schemes
to fix public attention elsewhere, by no sense
less and aimless clamor, by no pretence, foil Or
evasion whatsoever, shall the Herald escape the
consequences, 'sthe deep damnation,' Of its
violation of the constitution, of principle, and of
justice. We attack the public acts of that
journal we say that it has lent its influence to
destroy that protection of the rights of minori
lent its influence to violate the right of every
man to be secure in the possession of his prop
erty and to use the same according to his pleas.
ure, not infringing upon the rights of other
members of society-,hat it has exerted itself,
to the utmost stretch of its capacity, for the
erection Of monopoly-that it has used all its
force to make minority Of the people stock
holders in that monopoly against their viii and
against their rights.
These are the charges which we now prefer
against the Herald, and in support of them-in
full and conclusive vndcation of them-we
make reference to its course during the last three
weeks A journal, thus derelict to its high
duties to the public, merits the marked condem
nation of the people. For the Express, what
ever the private feelings wishes of its con
ductors may have been, it has marched forward
to the demands of its public duties, and has
honestly maintained its convictions of the law,
and of the right. The verdict of the county,
adverse to our position, we acknowledge and
we respect believing, however, that the riper
and more deliberate sentiment of the people
| will sustain, and that experience will justify,
the propriety of the views we have advanced.