The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-09-07

Mn. EDlron You viii greatly obligc me-
by giving this an early insertion in your daily,
as the Herald has on several recent occasions,
cast out various piiiful inuendocs, and contempt
ttibie slurs, on which it became necessary for
me 70 put the stamp Of my condemnaticn.-
The verest stranger would be blind indeed, not
10 rec !" vengeance to G.. W. JONES'" sticking
out Of every number Of its issues, and this ran
Il coufof course descsnds to all whom that gem
tleman may be supposed TO favor land as it is
the general opinion that the Genl secured the
appointment Of cur present Post Master, he is
Of course immediately entered on the black book
OF that drlectable office
And We are driven to the opinion that n"
ability, no purity of heart, or inte ton, no man
whatever his character may be, if only he has
the audaciiy 10 differ from these would be ora
Giles, in opinion, is safe from the venom of the
conductors of that nondescript Journal, severally
known as the " Daily Herald and weekly Iowa
State Democrat and Dubuque Herald.
/ The editnis Of the azores lid sheet make pub
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learning, it was not the intention Of Mr. Wood
to make known; VIZ that during his sickness
and absence from town, during the Summer,
have temporarily occupied the slnc,um of the
Tribune. Now wish i. to be distinctly under
stood lint never asked, nor is it probable
ever shall ask, any one to divide with me the
responsibility of any thing that ever wrote,
and consider myself just as respons BILE for
every article, in the Tribune which have writ
ten during the Summer as | shall hold myself
for all the statements contained in this article
Inrtgard to my article in the Tribune, refer
red to in Tuesdays Herald, would state. that a,
that time, we had much less cause Of complaint
than formerly. Our mails seemed to be gener-
ally well and properly assert, d, and complaints
from our country subscribers, were not so fire.
quen!, and as We were beginning to hope, that
our new Post Master and his clerks were becom-
ing more famliarized with their duties, we
thought it nothing more than right, that we
should give them credit, for what-we recogniz.
of interest to serve but the assertion of what we
supposed TO be the truth ; hoping that the oil
which we sought to pour upon our riley waters
would have some effect.
And sir, it has had some effect. 1t has had
the effect of emptying sundry walls of wrath
which the Editors of the Herald have had all
ready corked up, upon devoted head
We had hoped that these gentlemen would
not protrude their hoofs, so far as we were con-
cerned, but if oil will not answer their purpose,
we have got little hot shot on hand, which we |
can let them feel from time to time, if such is |
their preference.
BUTT becomes my duty, 10 take notice of
sundry remarks, slurs, and inuendoes, which |
these Editors, Il was going to say gentlemen,)
these grotesque neutral (save the mark) Editors.
have from time to time thrown out with regard
to my supposed belief in spiritualism.
would merely state to the public, that
thought proper, some time ago, to consider the
phenominon, popularity called "Spiritual Mani
festations' worthy of calm and patient investiga-
ton; and at one time thought they might even
be what they were represented; about this time
senior editor of the Herald, expressed himself
willing to publish, signed an" Embodied Spirit
which these bunglers rendered embodied
Spirit" and otherwise by their carelessness
made me contradict myself. at this time was
as scientific gentleman, whose con-
illusion on this subject would be valuable.
would here remark that have written much
md at various times and on various subjects for
which were always glad enough to publish any
hing with which saw proper to favor them
And SO long as it was not necessary for me to
ross their path, always seemed TO consider me
t least gentleman. But no sooner, do they
ind that the same rancour and political and ap-
'arently personal spite, does not fill my breast
owards Mr.. Cookery (whom scarcely know
md have never spoken to half dozen times)
han they suddenly uncork the vial of their re
erved wrath, and visit me with, their pitiful in
lendoes about my supposed belief in spiritual
SIN, which herewith expose. These editors
ire aware of the conclusions to which arrived
my investigations on the subject of " spirit
aPpings &C.; For just so soon as | arrived at
! definite conclusion on the subject, published
N their oacn paper, my firm belief that the spirits
'f the departed had nothing to do with these
nantes tations, and at the same time | warned
Ill persons who might be carried away by the {
exciting nature of the experiments, to be eau
Eious how they committed their faith to such an
unsatisfactory and rudderless bark as this same
subject o." spiritualism." Do you see anything
IN this my course to condemn! Is it not lust
hat we should rather condemn, the wilful at
tempt TO excite the minds of the preiudiced.
against me, now made by that Sounding brass
and tinckling symbol known as the " Iowa
State Democrat and Dubuque Herald which
is neutral forsooth every other day in the week,
but first rate democrat, in Its own estimation
on Wednesday.
Lastly we have no disposition to shield Mr.
Cookery from merited censure If he can not
Or does not properly perform the duties of his
office we are as much in favor of his removal as
any one can be. As ! stated in the editorial re-
ferred to in Mondays Herald, have no prefer
ances, nor prejudices about the matter, and care
not WHO'S Post Master, SO long as the office is
properly conducted, or we have a reasonable
hope that it . soon to be so.
EDWIN KIRKUP.
LIST OF APPOINTMENTS FOR IowA.-To those
Of our readers who are unacquainted with the
TACT, we would state, that the Hon. Geo. w.
Jones, has been absent at Washington CITY.
some four weeks, laboring to increase the mail
facilities Of Iowa, and has thus far succeeded in