The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-04-13
's CAUSES & EFFECTS OF TIE AFFRAY.

we are under a promise TO reply TO an edito
rial which appeared in the Dubuque Herald 0
the 3lst ult., under the above caption w
shall.do so in all calmncss and fairness, wi'hou
desire 10 cunciliaie the good opinion of on,
class over another, or reluctance to charge er
ror and imprudence where it legltimately be
longs.
To commence This task, then, devolves upor
us the duty Of responding to charge of the
Herald, which we regard impudentIy gratu
tous and altogether erroneous. 1t is chargt
that the riot ON the 29lh ut was the natural anc
prophetic result Of the ST. Patrcks Supper
aud that those who are instrumental in getting
up these Suppers in Dubuque, have fearful
weight of responsibility to meet After dis
coursing upon the evis-in,ginary to a great
cxtent-nf what are styled 4. SECULAR ORGIES.
at considerable length, and assuming to himself
reputation for prophetic wisdom, far beyond
wha, the prophets of old believed themselves
cl 1,hed with, the editor with an air of triumph
submits the enquiry, could the riot ha1e Occar.
red on the 29M Of .Narch, 1853, had there been
!
would not, does this Justify the conclusion. that
a ga herring together Of ciuzans on that day
was the causa of the riot? As well might you
reason, ,ha the mere act Of throwing overheard
the tea Boston harbor, was the cause IF he
! Amrric,n Revolution. To suppose that the
ne.e act of destroying a little tea, belonging tn
British Merchants, without any anterior and
stronger cause for Colonial discomfort aud dis
To supp an oosUrlity which yer exts.'-t
aud could not il the ma ure Of things exist =
The act 1T destroying the iea,was mere conae-
quence of other and infiai,ely more important
acts, tending ard desi igned to produce reforms,
or change of government Precisely the
same in the case before US. Had there been no
greater cause for disturbance the 29'h ult i,
than the Supper given on the evening of the
l7lh, no such occurrence would have taken
place. There was nothing in tae getting up of
that Supper, by the Catholic Ladies Of Du-
buque, for an object purely and essentially be
nevolent, nor did any thing transpire at the
meeting, which could OF itself, have produced
this result 1, is true that Mr.. Cookery toast,
in our jud gment, was in bad taste, SO long
the company was promIscuous one but in its
worst shape, it Confined nothing, separated from
other and stronger causes, which could by any
possibility have produced the difficulty. No,
the cause, or causes, lie deeper in the public
mind and we think we can trace it., or them,
to source, which will satisfy every reasonable
member Of the community.
The Dubuque Herald was established some
two years since, for the avowed purpose OF ma.
king war upon Senator Jones, and if possible,
creating a scs n in the democratic party The
means by which these two objects were to be
brnu hit alb bout, may be termed sectional, person
al, and national, in ;heir character. Gross per-
spnal abuse of Senator Jones, and those who
were friendly to him, was one Of the means
resorsed toto accomplish this end; and we
leave it for all honest members of the conmu-
nifty to say, whether the utmost powers Of the
potitical scarengcr have not been exerted and
exhausted, in this community, 70 traduce and
blacken private character We leave it for the
community to say, whether the editor of this
journal, has not grasped at, and with maniacs
c.ung too, every local qrsstinn,
which might tend to advance his temporary
without the slightest regard to the
interest Of the place, or the weisire of The COM
muniiy. Arrayed against lncsl Improvements,
To compass political qu"sii,ns and Crafty per
s,nal malice, this man has had the unblnshing
sffrnr,erv, to repeatedly go before this commu
nifty, when N an oryan!zrd firm, and protest
that ninety nine hundredths of them were
wrong, and he was right !; and alter leavin. such
oruan z,tions, where he had the mnrtifcation OF
thrnurh his sheet, tnat his views were The
views of the community, and th:t he was the
true exp ,nent Of public sentiment in Dubuque
Such has been the case wi h regard TO almost
ntsrcs ed this community, and the adjacent
country, for the last two years. The over
throw Of Senator Jones, which has been his
darling object, involved a warfare against the
interest oil the North, which he accepted and
has carried on, with an alacr.ty, Seldom, if ever
surpassed. Rather ,haa see the man lie hated,
r.evated Ia Office, he was willing to deprive The
Nor of Senanr; was wiling to loose to the
State 1900 900 acres of land for rail road i'm
was willing to see the Capitol of
III State removed to Fort Desmoines; and was
willing TO affiliate with the enemies Of The
North, and especially Of Dubuque Rather than
gee him retain his present place, he would sa-
critic Dubuque, the interest and character of
every man whp is kn 9wn 10 be friendly To SEN
,.or jones, and destroy, if possible, ,he demo-
cratic party. His past course leads one 10 sup
posc that his opp,s ton to the present llafLor
is for purely political cnds-tnE
i"ting en- influence IN lis behalf upon local
Question, to be hereafter used for the building
ip, or pulling down, Of some political leader
! We leave it for the community 10 say, wheth
his ca ee- as the editor of a public Journal,
as no, been one OF political ntern.eddling aud
tyateering, of appeals to the passions and
teiudices of classes and parties, rather than to
j. reason of the community, of political inf
siity rs democrat, and highly dScreditable as
hman. a citizen and a journalist. The exist
hce of that journal depends now, and always
lis, upon the divisions and distractions which
10 be created in the community, upon cues
lns of political, local, or religious character.
lid now let US shew the connection Of the
itor of this ,urnal with the difficulties OF the
llh |. is well known that the Irish and he
,rman population, differ widely asto the pnli-
lof European Repnbl cani<m, and the char.
sr ard objects Of those distinge' shed foreign
alu,onsls, who are Identified with he pres
d cifjrts far overthrowlng the srong
.ernmen,s of the East. Who is right, or
; Wig upon this question, is not pertinent 70
tisubipct Of discussion before So far as
/ oindividual views are concerned, it is vel!
ltyn that we have always sympathized strong
lyith every effort in Europe to shake off the
skies of despoism aud establish republican