The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05
VOLUME XIII.
tJ3r 4peeklq Grprrss.
BY WIN. H. MERRITT.
wEbNEsDAY MoRNING, OCT. $, 1853
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. $, 1853
PAY UPs PAY UP!
We hte few words to say to subscribers w
have kge number Of little claims for subscriptio
scatieredll Overt the state, which need, but whic
would inNve great deal of time aud expense to 20 al
ter Them We would like TO have those who are indebt
ed us, ce forward this fall and square the books
We hopshey will duly appreciate the situation Q
matters, anrelicve from harsh measures
DEMONSTRATORS AGAIN.
The lastsnmber of the Minnesota Demoera
contains sob additional facts relative to the re-
moval Of th@Vinnebagoes, which though some
what unimpS,ant, are yet not without interest
1t, besides, points out some particulars in
which it sug4sts we were mistaken. These
particulars artnos,ly however, of very iln-
material natuf. For example, We mentioned
that there had ken three attempts TO treat with
the Winnebagss. With pardonable degree
Of ostentation, he Democrat puts this down in
its bills receivale, as an error, because there
were tonr. Il certainIy of very little im2or-
lance, and we Ire willing to concede 10 the
Democrat that laj Harvey's journey was an
$ attempt to treaty. Our object was to show
the perfect spirit Tequity which pervaded al
the Transactions 9, our Government, and the
Harvey matter onlHnakes our case stronger
Il is true, we omittelto state many exciting de-
tails OF the various ttemps to treat, but how
these omissions canbe reckoned errors, we
really do not perceive We are ready 10 grant
although we confess ut the relevancy to the
argument does not kadily appear-that the
senior Chief, Whirlin{ Thunder, appeared be-
fore Commissioners CAmbers, I" in a red mill
tary coat, bespangied, "a, at his side hanging
a sword, &c and we hall admit without
murmur that sshis head ws encascd in an enor-
nous fur hat, surmount4 with huge POM
poon.'' We see sill a2 reason to put in a
formal denial of The De,poat' triumphant as
sertion that several Sstincuished citizens
were present" among wbm, the editor of the
Democrat is set down. lAll these things are
possible.
In like manner We adsit that Maj. T. p
Andrews was also Commissioner at the time
Of the inal ireaty in 1876 We certainly never
that he was no We said that
e Gov. Parras, Of Maine, an Col. J. J. Albert,
the head OF the TopograpiaI Bureau, were
Commissioners on the part pf the General
Government" And SO they NeIe. If we di.
rected attention 10 them partictaily. it was be-
cause they were well known io1 1e country, as
men of the strictest integrity bkwhose hands
the welfare Of the Indians nigh nfely he en-
trusted. Maj. Andrews without i6tbt is gen.
lle,nan Of similar character, but hsra,ne is not
SO widely known.
The Democrat has simply mistken our OBJ
ect. 1t certainly was not our aim b give de-
!ailed account of all the minmtid connected
With the affair. This would be itermnable
md useless. II is little difference tsus wheth-
r Col. Albert wore white or buff dlorcd vest
hat day.
Our intention, which We have fully carried
,us, was 10 show that the actions of The Gener II
Government were in strict accordance With
ligh and noble philanthropy. This the DEM
raj admits, and our object is entirely aitaied.
There is only one point which demandAany
urther notice, which is our statement that The
ands had been surveyed prior to the removal Of
nc Indians. Ne iuust insist that our orsyihl1
is correct. The Democrat is uni
correct so far as the first removal ii
concerned. But it will remember that the.
indians returned after their first removal, am
,etween the first aad the final removal, we
nus, beg to repeat our original assertion that a
portion Of their lands had been surveyed tits
point, however, not worthy of very long de
'ate. The graCnmcn of the whole matter is in
he question as to the fair intentions of the Gov
.rnment, which we had supposed were impugn
ID bv the Democrats article. We are glad to
ind that we were mistaken as to its object. In
IS present article, the Democrat has spoken
70 fully and SO well ON that point that it gives US
great pleasure to annex its remarks
The great error, however, into which the Ex
press has fallen, is in supposing that we have
made !" q serious charge against the Govern
nent, which if true, should disgrace it in the
syes Of the civilized world" On the contrary
he whole tenor Of our article which has arous-
ID il to this vindcation, was TO show that the
Government was disposed to deal literally with
the Indians, and that the seeming oppression
md fraud which has been alluded to, was the
result of disposition on its part to perform
faithfully and thoroughly, its part as q guardian
over its ignorant and uncivilized wards.