The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-06-29
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, JUNE %, 1s5
HEAR WHAT THE CLARK ORGAN
SAYS

HEAR WHAT THE CLARK ORGAN
SAYS
In a la'e No Of the Dubuque lie aid appea
the following somewhat remarkable article:
| SHABBY TREATMENT--Now that the gre
question Of Railroad or No Railroad is decides
we can with proprety and without danger g
damaging the cause refer TO personal matt,
which must have been noticed By many p r
sons in this community, and which we wish thu
whole public 10 reh ct on 1t is well known
| that Lincoln Clark was sacrificed by the Jone:
| party T his alleged opposition TO the Ram
| !iorn Railroad prof. ct, and for his known PIE
| terence for Railroad westward with branch
norhward. 1t is equally well known that Geo
w Jones received u considerable suppoEi fol
known preference to the Dubuque aud X tokuk
Railroad and for his equally well known oppo
sion to a Railroad west with branch north
ward, yet, in forming the Directory of the Du-
bugne and Pacific Railroad Company which
contemplates such lines Of roue as Clark pre-
ferred and was sacrificed, and, as it were, tram
pied on for prefering and as Jones opposed with
all the hostility with which man Of his calibre
can oppose a thing,--Lincoln Clark the martyr
ed friend of the road was thrust aside and Geo.
w. Jones its bi,t'r enemy in Congress was
called into the Directory There may have
been policy in this, but justice and honesty
for us always before time serving policy -
We aim as matter Of justice for Lincoln
Clark that, thou IN he is not in Congress now,
he should have had the confidence Of the Du-
puque and Pacific Railroad Company in prefer
ence to Geo. w. Jones.
1t is by no means becoming to the intelligence
of this journal, hattering to the hopes and
ssnirstions of H., praa+ lo,dar IN M. Co,,l Or,
the public such an article as the above. 1t not
only betrays an evident disappointment on the
part of Mr.. Clark, in not receiving as much at
tention from railroad men in Dubuq que, as he
thinks himself entitled to, but it carries with
it conviction, strong as holy aorit, that the
charge preferred against him, and for which he
was SO strongly opposed at the last August e.
lection-to wi,--that he was, when in Congress,
friendly to railroad West fiom Dubuque, and
unfriendly 10 the Dubuque and Keokuk road
was in every sense correct Then Mr.. Clark
and his organ denied the fact and denied it
stouty, on the stump and in public print. But
the poor old Ramshorn has sunk into obscurity
its popularity has vanished-a new railroad
idea has taken possession Of the minds and
hearts of the people, and it becomes important
that some one should obtain the credit of its
paternity. A bold effort is made to confer this
distinguished honor upon the Ex Member,ev
at the expense Of awarding 10 him position Of
gross Inconsistency. 1t is denied now, that he
ever was the friend of the Iowa Land Bill -
We had expected-knowing as we die that
this was his posjtion--that the tale would be
told in due time. Our expectation has been
most amply fulfilled and we congratulate the
public, that this intelligence has been commu
nicated in an ofIicia! manner-through h the me-
dium of a public journal, whose devotion to
him cannot for moment be doubted The ex.
pose is as ample as it is voluntary, and betrays
4 deception which is no ways aattering to the
of either principal or agent.
1t is amusing to witness the efforts of the dis.
sheet, to dsparagc the cha acler Of
Senator Jones, for the part he acted i'll relation
to the application for grant of land by Con.
gress, for the Dubuque and Keoluk and Daven
port and Council Bluffs Railroad brief
will exhibit the contrast between the Senator
and Representative, which, in our judg gment, is
not very fa,tering to the latter. At the time
the Iowa Land Bill was before Congress, and
when, had there been proper degree Of una
namity with the delegation from this State, the
grant would in all probability have been Oh
tanned, our Senators were positively instructed
and our r. presen' 'atives were requested by a
resolution of the General Assembly, to give
their votes for, and use their influence to Sc
cure the passage Of the bill. They all did this
in good faith, with one exception, and it is at
tempted now, by the disorganzing sheet, to
make merit of that exception. Senator Jones
is assailed for having discharged his duty by
obeying the instructions Of his Legislature,
while Mr.. Clark is lioni4ed for faiiing to do
what his Legislature had requested and what he
knew the people 10 be in favor of, although pro.
Tossing at the same time, TO certain parties, TO be
the friend of the project
If there is any u.erit in such cou.se as this
such discharge of public duty-such total
disregard Of the public will--we frankly admit,
we are too blind to see it. There was time we
rccollect, a few weeks prior to the meeting of
the General Assembly, by whom Senator was
to be elected and before whom Mr. Clark was
candidate, when it was very desirable, that the
people of Jones, Linn and johnson Counties,
should believe that he was friendly to this MON
srER project, but the defeat and probable death
Of that measure, and the introduction of new
aud popular one, has Cd The politician to seek
new glory upon the new field of operations and
in doing this, he has placed himself in most
ridiculous position of inconsistency.
We should no, have alluded to this subject,
had not claim to merit been set up for faith
lessness in the discharge of public du'y, and
this too, in connection with an attempt to dis
parage the reputation Of public officer, whose
public course has not been marred by one single
foible. Politicians in this country must rise by
their own virtues and not upon the ruins of 9th.
crs.
fmportan, Arrest.-- Disco0ery Of Snupedous
Frauds and an Ertcnsiue Band of ForgerS.
Cincinnati, June l3.