The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-04-06
MONDAY TIE 4,h OF APRIL

MONDAY TIE 1th VI AthlL.
This 10 the day Get apart BY law. for -lec,ins
Commissioner and Register Of the Desmo zines
liver Improvement. Drainage Commissioner Of
he county and Township and City Officers
The nominees OF the democrltic party are
,cfose the penp!e, desiring all election, entitled
o the support Of their party, aud entirely c'm-
,e,ent for the stations to which they have been |
pu, in nomination.
Josiah "A Banney the demo ratio candidate !
for Commits sioner, is man well known in the |
Southern portion Of the Safe, as one of excel |
lent business capaciti. and Of undoubt"d pro-
5ity of cliarac'er; AID George Gillaspy is the
present Register, and has d'scharged his du les
a. such, in a manner 10 earn the confidence and
nonina ion OF his pnl.sica! friends. III are
men who canno; fail to unite strong vote in
the South ani as their election contemp'ates
the directing of an Improvement, which We i'll
the North, know but little alb ut and have no
direct interest In, il w"uli be well, it in giving
our votes, we can attribute to advancing the
views and Interests Of those directly and warm-
iy interested in the improvement. So well
satisfied a.th VIII gs vi ii Mes RS. Bonney and
Gillaspy, that they have made no nominations
and il is therefore to be presumed, that their
election would give almost universal satisfaction
to the people Of the Drsmoines Valley, without
distinction of party.
No one has as yet been designated by either
party for the Office of Drainage Com missioner,
and therefore it is to be presumed, there will be
no ballot open Tor that office.
any objection 10. At least the wings Of Du-
huqne, whom we know always TO be wide
awake for nominations, when the democrats fail
to bring forward men to their notion, have made
no nominations.
True, there is now aud then an dependent
who has either been defeated by convention
or would stand po,r chance before one, strug
Cling to slip into office throu Oh the votes Of boil
parties
| As to our City ticket, we regret TO hnd, tina
in certain democratic quarters, it will be oppos
ed and opposed 10, with good deal Of warmth
and by some who were present and participated
in the convention which Nominated it. w,
regret it for their own sake, that of the part,
and those who in all justice and according t
party usage have the right to expect their votes
The objection is raised, that there are too man
Irish on the ticket. In the name of Heaven, |
the mere accident Of birth, reason for depriyin!
a citizen ofhis rights. Every man who is citizen
has right to be candidate for office, whether h.
was born in the United States Hong Kun.
and no man who seriously offers this an oh
lection, is free from the moral and political tain
Of Native Americanism This is one of tn,
nlmerous and specious ''isms,' which con,ri
butes to make up the wing creed and which tn
democratic party has always been reseutel
fighting against. Establish the principa
that foreign born citizens has no right to hol,
office and what does it lead to- While it allow
the party to acquire and hold property, it ,e
not permit him to exercise his judgnen
and voli.ion in selecting men to legslate upol
it. While it compells the foreign born either
| IA c"SSO " "uc' ScuSy3 ~ oAouAuS' "'S murray
and fight the battles of the country, it deprive
him OF the very liberty he has been drafted int
the service to defend and perpetuate. 1t de-
feats the plan of our government, by refusin,
TO grant the largest liberty to the largest mum
Der: 1t produces Jealousy, enlargement and'
destinct separation aud classification of the Ma
tive, from the foreign born citizen. It is s.ig
ma upon the character Of very numerous clas
in the country. which never could be endured i,
silence, but would be the fruitful and irritating
cause of settled hatred between classes an,
riots and blood shed the country over. Thes,
are the legitimate consequences resulting from
The encouragement ofthis depraved state of pub.
lie sentiment. We sincerely hope that no consid
cradle number of democrats will place them.
selves in this awkward position.
Let us forget our little differences and hear
burnings, and like men, controlled by higher i'm
pulses than national hatred and personal pert,
walk up to the ballot box on Monday next, ane
deposit vote which we shall never feel to re-
greet hereafter.
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