The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-06-22

a THE wing papers have been trying to
manufacture little capital against the president,
because he has selected a gentleman of foreign
birth (Augus.e BelmunU to ill a" important
diplomatic station. MIR. Belmont sis not and
never was, to use his own language in letter
to Horace Greedy, written in October last, "an
Austrian subject or citizen" How, even il it
were so, could the fact Of his being born in the
German Empire affect the propriety Of his
appointment If naturalzed foreigners are
honest competent, and worthy citizens, is ii not
unjust TO exclude them from all share in the
honoEs Of the government which they help TO
support But this narrow, selfish policy has
always been iayorite with the whis party, ex-
cept when elections were pending. Then, there
is differe nee: then, none can be equal to our
foreign population in all the qualities Of good
citizens. We all remember how loving the
'universal wing party became towards our for.
eign citizens, during the last presidential elec.
ton +; how they bedaubeI them with fulsome
praise, and sent around Irish and German ora.
tors, here in Iowa aud elsewhere by which
they hoped to produce the impression that there
was some sympathy between the wing party
and the foreigners. How they did "loye that
rich brogue," to be sure and ''those deep Ger,
man accents" were more dulcet th1n celestial
music. But, the game wouldn't win. No per-
sons were more quick to detect and despise the
object Of all this, th,n the foreigners themselves
Now, the election is passed, and the animosity
Of the wing politicians to the e,al rights Of
foreigners, is again revived. There is no popu.
lation more intelligent and worthy than the for
eign citizens who compose so large portion of
the people Of Dubuque county and city. They
know how to reason from facts, and we de ire
that they remember these things which, 70. the
present, We have merely limited at.
Hero is handsome tribute to Mr. Bel non
from the New York Sundiy Mercury (no- party)
a paper conducted with spirit,interest and ability
Mr.. BELaoNr,--ln these days when lawyers,
lucky fellows, monopolize the offices and honors
of state, It is pleasant now aud then TO record
an instance in which something hand some ia i. to
the lot OF an 'outsider; for this reason, among
others, we are inclined to think President Pierce
has made hit LII the appointment Of New
York merchant as our minister to the Neither
lands. MIR. Belmont. the successful competitor
for the honor of representing this great republic
at the good old Knicke booker court of Holland,
is a gentleman in every way qualified for the
post. and as he is about to re ire from business.
with pocket full Of rocks, he is Just the man
to take hand in politcs-if he begins rich and
comes out poor, the public don't suffer-the
aldermen sometimes reverse this rule, beginning
poor and retiring with pile There is some
growing among the wing papers over the fact
of appointing an adopted citizen to diplomatic
station, but they forget that Gen. Scott slowed
that rich brogue Adopted citizens serya the
public on the bench, in the senate, and in the
army, why not in the diplomatic CORPSE For
our part, we have no doubt that Mr.. Belmont
will prove to be one Of the most patriotic, as
We believe he is one Of the most accomplished,
Of our representatives abroad.
~ THE General Assembly Of Wisconsin is
now sitting as a court for the trial Of the i'm
parchment Of Judge Hubbell for otsieial crimes
and misdemeanors, as judge OF the End judicial
district of th,t State. The managers on the
part Of the assembly have seiee.ed Mr Ry an
to conduct the prosecution, ana on the 18Th
inst, that gentleman opened the case with con.
siderable display. AS ten columns Of the daily
.7rgus and Democrat a.e occupied with his ex-
planaion of the principles upon which imprach
ments of public funciionaries are based, we
may sslook with confidence" for a second edition
of the Gardiner trial These long speeches are
nusances-public bo!ea. In these busy, pract-
cal times, we caa't afford to wade through huge
vosnss for the sake of an idea or SO, which
generally is hid in such cloud Of rhetoric,
repetition and application, that you are by no
means certaia that you have got it, even
after you hive found it. Every judicious
lawyer, if his case has merits, refrains from
straying from the records for the mere purpose
of display He states the points of his Gaze and
the law bearing upon them. with clearness and
precision, dc duces his conclusions and rests the
matter. In his he helps his case and obsires
The court for courts hate windy lawyers, and
with reason.
MIR. Ryan doub less understands his duty bet
Ter than We do, but our remarks are true, never.
heless
E' We are waiting patiently for some action
IN the part Of our Democratic central committee |
or this county, relatiYe to calliag democratic I
convention to nominate candidates for the offices |
0 be filled by election in August There
carceiy appears the proper disposition among
he members to come up 10 the 2romp, discharge
# their duties. We are asked daily, when is
he county convention to be held: OF course
ur reply is that, that depends on the central
Mr. o Hailoran notified the mem |
ers TO meet in this Office last evening, and in
uc time, he was at bis post; hut, after waiting
n hour or 50, and the others not appearing, he
dispersed. The members of the committee cannot
e ignorant of their duty, and it was unnecccs-
airy negligence in them not to attend the call
f their chairman, Mr. O'Halloran Shall no
ction be had in the matter.
HAVE WE MAN NAMED JAMES GILBERT
AoNo Us!-An interesting specimen of the
enus homo, bearing the above appellation, sailed
'to our office sometime since and got US to
rint him some three hundred hand bills; which
ills the said James has never called for, nor {
Inch is vastly more TO the point with us-paid s
'r These hand bills detailed the extraordinary
leri's of a "corn planter" and among other
rings related the startling fact that s.ths a
lachine "-being not one whit behind .sthc I
st Of mankind in lorGly Acknowledgements
y itself" We regret exceedingly that it will &
ot vouch safe to speak for Mr. Gilbert also.-lI
he bills Likewise contain philosophical re fec. t
on as to the manner Of saving money which. o
would seem, our friend Gilbert has studied to n
Vantage. The perora,ion Of the bills ends U
18th an invitation to "ca,l Oh the subscriber. >. /.
his we would do with s,acEty, if we knew e
here to find him; but, not knowing, we are $
d to enquire, Have we man named James Ii
ilbert among u.s. u
RAILROAD DEBTs.-We annex The debts /.
each individual, in some of the PROMINENT
lies Of the Union, for corporate subscriptions
railroads.
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