The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-02-09
A VOICE FROM PENNSYLVANIA.


Below we publish an article from the Penn
sylvanan OF The lllh Jan, descriptive Of the
recent Senatorial contest at Iowa City and CON-
plimentary to the gentleman whose popularity
out weighed that of all others.
AS this contest was a somewhat bitter one,
exciting aspe.ites which il is no doubt difficult
to overcome, and as i, is desirable on all hands
that old heart burnings should be removed and
harmony reign supreme in our ranks, we are
not disposed to revive this subject with compla-
nts at home or abroad.
Bat the article of the Pennsylvania is so
mild in its terms and so entirely accurate in its
detail of facts, that we have thought it could do
no harm and might do some good by republi
cation.
TIE SENATORIAL ONTEsTlN IOWA.
The recent senatorial contest in Iowa, in which
no little interest has been felt both in and out Of
the State, and which resulted in the re election
Of Gen. Geo w. JONES, deserves, from its
peculiar character, more than ordinary notice
from the Democratic press. Gen JONES hav
ing served as Senator from Iowa, for four years,
as delegate in Congress from Michigan and
various posts of public trust with honor to him
self and satisfaction to the people Its not sur.
prsing that the poisonous shafts Of envy should
have been directed towards him by those who de-
sired to succeed him. Being warm and zeal
Gus Democrat, and having taken hold stand
among the Union men during the exciting
session Of 1850, of course he had to meet the
combined forces of Whlggery aud Abolitionism.
This was not ALA corrupt Neutral press (two
in number0 conducted by pseudo Democrats,
who sought to supplant Gen. j., and sustained
and supported by wings, under pretence of
patriotism, waged most infamous personal and
Sian .erous warfare against him.
These neutral editors, having once acted with
the Democracy, were enabled the better to sow
the seeds of dsafe ction and both bad great hopes
of dividing the party and becoming coaliuen
candidates in opposition to the Democratic nom,
inee. Successful at the Congressional election
in August, i'll diving the Democracy on local
question, and thereby foisting Wing into the
House of Representatives from largely Dem
ocratc district, they fought with great confidence
and boldness. One of them had taken for his
prototype late coalition Senator from another
State, who had been successful in similar con
test and the other was fresh from trial TO OBJ
tain place and power at the National Capital
through division of the party there.
contend with. Not less than twenty candidates
for Senatorial honors were arrayed against him,
and were at the seat of Government urging his
defeat with the view of concentrating majority
of the Democratic votes on themselves, should
he be dropped.
This was the situation of things when, on the
Goth Of December, caucus of the Democratic
members of the Legislature was held. The
first ballot was an informal one, and was had
for the purpose partly of ascertaning the pref
erences of the members, and partly to enable
some to give complimentary uotes to focal eandt'
dateS OF the sixty-two Democratic members,
30 voted for Gen JoNEs, % scattered their votes
among ten other candidates, and three were alb
sent Gen J would have received about As votes,
or three -fourths of the whole number. But the
feeling was SO decided in his favor that it was
deemed unnecessary to no into another informal
ballot, and he was therefore on the first formal
ballot, unanimously nominated as the choice OF
the Democracy. On the succeeding day dec
2ls) the two Houses were in joint convention,
and on the ballot Gen ]. was elected, receiving
the entire Democratic vote, and also the vote OF
one Wing member.
The result, we trust, will have the effect to
deal death blow to the faction of disorganizers,
who, not for the first time, have tried TO saddle
upon that young State "no party alias Wing
Senators. 1t therefore cause OF graduation
to every National Democrat, as we'll as to the
rany personal friends of Gen. JONES. But the
Democracy of Iowa, and the people Of Iowa
have other causes for joy. For 10 person that
has ever filled seat in the U S. Senate seems to
have been more successful in beneftiing his
State, than has Gen. and certainly no one
has been able to secure to himself more ardent
and warm personal friends in Congress. May
he long continue to enjoy the confidence Of the
people, and may his career ever be as success
full as it has been.