The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-02-23

link. % we know them 10 be friends Of his,
hat they did.not reflect duly the position they
xere placing him in, when they made him the
PARTISAN of Mr.. Honish and his friends, and the
antagonist OF Mr.. Clark aud his friends. We
xnow Gen. dodge too we'll, to believe, that he |
would for moment countenance any such use
If his name, and we only notice il now, to place
men hereafter more on their guard, in the use
hey make Of the name of an honorable, faithful
md indefatigable public servant
ls this the language we would have used, had
creature of Gen. Dodge, or INDUCED a. claades-
tine opposition to that distinguished Senator
Let the Dispatch, or its catspaw of Muscatine
answer. We shall not insult the intelligence Of
the public by making any further reply to so
silly charge. We may be excused for indug
ing the hope however, that when The editor
desires to make another attack upon US, to glo-
riiy himself as the SELF installed leader of the
Iowa democracy, that he will realize satisfaction
sufficient in his unqualified charge Of committai-
ism against Us, and the reproaoh which is there
by secretly aimed at Gen Jones, without at
tempting to manufacture causes of dstrust be-
tween men, whose frindship has been sealed BY
fourteen years Of uninterrupted confidence.
We are unceremoniously assailed as bogus
democrat and threatened with tie exposure of a
budget of northern CORRUPTION, if we d. not
hold our tongue. Duly gFea full for all favors
heretofore received from hat quarter.ws shall Of
course be under additional obligations 70 any
fu ther iavors extended to Us; and should ,ll.,
Information communicated, assume that imp :
iance, which the lang uage of the article indi-
Gates, we may be induced to give our neighbor
"a recommendation FIR the office he is in pursuit
o., as well as forget al! unpleasant RENT scenccs
connected with the procuring Of the office, he
now participates in the profits of.
Its somewht re,narkable coincidence,
that the on'y two democratic editors in the stale,
who display an lnordnate abitlon for office, are
the very two, who seem most nsilive TO any
remarks made by their contemporaries upon the
subject Of office.
The editor of the Dispatch justifes his insid
ious Circular bid for the State Printing and
attack upon the State Ieinier, upon the ground
that the bills printed for the use of the General
Assembly, were not punctnated by the proof
reader Mr. Thomas Hughs was the proofread
er, and undoubtedly understands his business as
well as any man in the State. We understand
from him, that it has never been customary in
this state, to observe any punctuation in the
printing of Legislative bills. This is sufficient
answer to the criticism of press, which has
never to our knowledge, turned off handsome
peace Of work.
The editor of the Dispatch is no doubt smart
man, great man and fighting man for he has
been to Mexico, and for ought we know, wears
the scars Of his invincib!e campaigning, but even
the dexterity with which he handles his ,ocapon
although it might alarm more timid soldier
will never cause us moments loss Of sleep.
We have now replied 10 the gratu tous and
ungenerous article of the Dispatch, in as mild
terms as we have been able to command, and il
it affords no consolation to the editor # thai
journal, it forms justihc1.ion for ourselves
which we are vain enough to think 10 not I'M
mer.ted. We regret for the harmony Of ou'
party, that any misunderstanding should have
| arisen between the extreme North and South
but we cannot suffer our own political reputa-
ton and that Of our leading men, to be assailed
in the manner they were, in the Dispatch of the
LIST inst, without notice. Trusting that the
above may be considered but fair equivalent
for the article in the Dispatch Of the LIST inst.
we respectfully take our leave Of the editor of
that journal.
GALENA AND THE CENTRAL. RAIL
ROAD.
We extract to-daY, from the Galena Adver
tiser, an Ordinance passed by the Common
Council of that City, which breathe. the spirit
of war and determination towards the Contra!
Rail Road Company.
This Ordinance is no doubt intended to force
the Central Company to come to their terms in
passing through the corporation, or prevent
them, if possible, from crossing the Fever Ri