The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-01-12
Ep,ToRIAL CORRESPONDENTS


EXPRESS And how does Dennis and our Sir
Knight of The quill from Bellevue, get along
amalgamating Democracy and neutrattty togeth-
err? We have heard of the amalgamation of
almost everything, but this is the first time we
have ever eheld the attempt to amalgamate
something, with nothing. man democracy
or neutrality must sit very easy upon his shoul-
ders. when he can shuffle between the two, ride
one a while, then the other and finally straddle
the two. But we suppose Dennis and his illus
trious pupil from Jackson, think that some things
can be done as well as others and that they are
the very fcliers to do them Well, we spose
they are, and ii they don't set the world afrc by
producing an anomaly in news paper editing,
they will do it in some other way. Tell Dennis
thct the Big Sioux is in danger and If he wants
to save it, to come down immediately. 1t has
run against the Rams Horn and been awful!y
gored Indeed the fear among its friends is,
that it has got one of the horns in 1t and the
horn is SO crooked that there is little hope of
getting i, out before the poor old Sioux fiekers,
faints and expires for want Of a little aid from
its friends
But to an other subject, OF a little more i'm
portance. We suppose that rcry fe,o of our
readers are converslnt with the fact, that there
IL such a paper in existence as the Muscatine
Enquirer and such parsonage at the head of it,
as Mr.. In Cossitt, or De l., Cossitt as the case
may be,and that this said gentleman is the assis-
tant Clerk in the House of Representatives. 1t
may be known too, that he is corresponding from
this City for his paper and that he says some
good things, as well great many foolish ones.
Among the foolish things which have crept into,
or out of his added brain, is an uncalled for and
unwarrantabe attack upon the State Printer
The article we find copied into the Burlington
Telegraph of the both inst, and bears date Iowa
City the 22nd inst. 1t is in the folio wing Ian
guage.
The House this morning pas ed resolution
inquirinr into the delay in the execution OF the
public printing 1t is a fact, that the important
documents accompanying the Governors Mes
sage, including the Treasurer Aud tors, and
Penitentiary reports, ordered 10 be printed Oh
the second day of the session, ARE NOT YET
PRINTED. Neither is the census returns, or the
printed This being the third week of the sess.
ion the public business is retarded by this delay
1t is being ed as plea for locating the office
of State Printer at the Capital, on the ground
that is he rs located at distance he cannot
provide to do the printing well and expedi.
tiousiy as if located here. This is merely a
question whether he will or not; and not, can
he ? In the present instance the delay is not
attributable to any other cause than bad man.
ayement, and want of sufficient force. The
State Printer has leased all the suitable matcri
al, in this city-aad had he the necessary force,
could, of course, do the printing as well and
with as little as the owner of that material, who
is loca'ed here. AT least, l., for one, shall not
quietly submit to a rule, based upon the faults
of the present State Printer, which cuts off the
craft in all other parts of the State from any
hope Of participation in the patronage of the
party, and gives it Internationally to the printer
located at the Capital whether his course de-
serves commentator or not. No matter where
the State Printer is located, if he does his duty,
as he may, the public interests will not suffer.
Now, it may not be improper TO note, as cue
and sagacious gentleman from Musca!ne, is a
candidate for State Printer and finding his chan
ces rather slim fer an election unless he can
manufacture tremendous bugbear out of what
he styles delay in the public printing, he has
adopted the medium Of his own paper and the
position conferred upon him by the lower branch
of the General Assembly, to assal the Public
Printer, and falsify the Legislative records, that
he may advance his claims for this post
Not satisfied with holding one Office and dis
charging lis duties as become a modest man, he
must take advantage of his position to carve out
a road to still higher honors and that too by
msrepresenting the facts which have transp,-
red under his own observation and which 1t is
made part OF his duty to keep correct record
Of In the first place, no such resolution as he
speaks ofever passed the House. Grimes, OF
Burlington, who is the acknowledged leader OF
Iowa whiggery, and !who is always conjuring up
causes for censuring democrats and the demo
cratic party, offered such resolution in the
House, but an amendment offered by Mr.. G
Folsom, ins;ructng the com nittec to enquire,
not why there was such delay in the public
printing, but whether there was any unnecessary
delay, almost unanimously passed that body
The Committee made the necessary enquiries
and were entirely satisfied that no unnecessary
d.lay existed So much for the first bid for the
State Printing.
Again, this immaculate candidate for public
honors, says, iT is AFAcT THAT THE IMPoR-
TANT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE
GovERyoRs MESSAGE, INCLUDING THE TREAS.
URERs, AUDITORS AND PESITENTIARY REPORTS
ORDERED TO BE PRINTED ON THE SECOND DAY
OF THE sEssIoN, ARE NOT YET PRlN-
TEDi' "NEITHER is THE CENSUS RETURNS
OR THE REPORT on EDUCATION AND COMMON
SCHOOLS YET PRINTED although three weeks
of the session have passed This let it be I'M
derstood, is the language of the would be State
Printer. This, l,t US be understood to pronounce
the veriest issue OF fabrication, that ever ema
mated from even that prolific source.
Now, what are the facts in this case. They
are what follows and we defy contradiction
Among the first days of the session committee
of the two houses was appointed on printing, to
whom all printing, except the printing bills, is
referred The printing of the Governors Mes
sage and the accompanying documents were re-
ferred 10 this committee. AS there was but one
copy of the Message, it became necessary to
wait for it until after it was read before the
Gen. Assembly, which was done on the 2nd
day of the session, being the 9Th day ofDecem-
Der. On the 10th inst the Message was printed
folded and laid before the General Assembly,
being two days after it was placed in the hands
of the printer. Some days after, the report oil
the Commissioner and Register of the Desmoi
mes improvement and Of the inspectors Of the
Penitentiary were ordered printed, but owing to
failure in procuring paper, which should hav
been here on the LIST day of the session, accord
ing to the provisions of a contract, and some
little delay caused by the Commissioners TAX
ing portion of the manuscript copy out of the
Office, while the report was being set up, these
reports were not out quite as they should
have been, but quite as soon, and a little before
the General Assembly, were resdy to act upon
any measure, requiring information contained
in them. From the delay in the County School
Fund Commissioners forwarding their reports to