The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-06-08

!, the expence Of an election and themselves II
ten thousand dollars
? If they cannot make the contractors secu
with all these advantages, it will not be safe fl
the county to trust them.
, The whole scheme carries deception now O
its face, and fraud hereafter, if gone into. 1t
one of the most abominable humbugs that wa
!, ever set buzzing about the ears Of any confid
ing community. We have too many stealing
already in our civil affairs, which are subnitte
to, as necessary evil, so as to present worse
; viz, Anarchy. And we should try to have til
{ handling OF as much of our own money a
possible, and en,rust no more than possible I
guardians. There have been men from all tim
claiming to exercise that power over the masses
| am satisfied with the plan we have Ion!
flourished under, and prefer to have the hand
ling OF my own hard earnings, and dispose 0
them according to my own views, and let ever
stock holders, they have the privilege to do SO
and let others that are not able or willing alone
win one fourth Of the citizens, or property hold
ers, in this county, be beniited by this Road in
proportion to taxation, or even at ALL
Dubuque will be the place for three fourth.
OF the produce to be wagoned to, and the Gen.
tral Road will be what will give them the bette,
market, at lenst for long time to come. II
any body should be taxed let it be those far
back counties and those Immediately on the
Road, when it is ascertained which way it is to
run. There is sly rumor afloat that, it is the
intention Of some that have been very potent
very oficious in this matter, being large prop
erty holders in mining lands back of Dubuque,
to propose to tunnel from the city somewhere,
to intersect Catfish somewhere, that will best
suit the mining interest of those owning most
Of the land back of town. This may be though,
too absurd to require serious consideration
Don't deceive yourselves, good people, this is
an idea long entertained and in all probability
i; the people can be stuck in for it, that will be
the plan adopted. The thing Is not only feast
Bile, bu, practicable with means to accomplish
it, and would no doubt be a great source of
wealth to the propretors of the land. 1t has
been SAID from an early day that this would be
done when monopoly of the mining lands
could be procured, that capitalists would then
embark i'll il and accomplish it. The thing is
now completely consummated. If the peoples
money can be had, those that have mineral
land and are not one Of the company, will soon
be crowded out and the monopoly complete, aud
we, the people, be made like the poems of Mex
ico or serfs of Russia and the interest Of those
confiding in the beautiful picture, long before
the end of fl teen years, will have passed away,
our sleep, or like the phantom ship Of Phillip
Fanderdecker, so beautifully described in the
works Of Capt Marryatt
There are some other things we have had
little experience in, and which are in some res.
pects, analogous to the present project, particu-
lary the bright side Of the picture, that were
held out, as to The great benefit it would be to
the property holders in Dubuque, to go into this
City and Harbor improvement. | would ask
how many have been benei fitted by this cnor
nous expenditure of the citizens money! |
can see no one benefited except those owning
flat lands in the lower end Of the town. and along
the canal. As to the Harbor improvement, |
do not think that sny one see, from what
has been done, that it will ever be any benefit
to the city. have not pretended to make an
estimate by figures, because do not consider
myself competent to do SO but will venture
an opinion that it will be made worth nothing,
with less than several hundred thousand dollars,
if it ever prove worth any thing at all.
The only Improvement that has ever benefit
ted the Harbor one cent, that can see, is the
cut made by Mr. Waple, and that made by
Captain Barney; and the contemplated inn
provement TO be carried out by him, according
to his plans, no one can now doub. will be of
great benefit to the city.
Now, my friends, how much confidence can
you have in these figures and splendid calcula-
tions so conspicuously held before your eyes p
On Harbor Improvements you were made fair
promises by the projectors of these schemes,
that your property would be greatly advanced in
value, and that you would not be called on for
any more tax. As to the value part or advance
on your property, you have not one word of
proof and never will have, perhaps.
But the tax part has proved false, except the
paying part. You who read the papers will see
a proposition from the same source for a loan Of
twenty thousand more for City and Harbor I'm
provcments, to be voted aad handed over with.
out proposing where or what kind of improve
ments are to be done with it, This is presum.
ing good deal on the ignorance or credulity OF
the people. think the good people will hardly
have the wool pulled over their eyes with either
the Rail Road or City Humbug this time
CROCKETT,
The "irrespOnSibifitu'' of the Express iudges