The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-09
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BY VIM. H. MERRITT.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. Arc g. 1854.
THE DOCTOR OF TIE TRIBUNE IN A
COLLAPSED STATE.

am Of that journal in most hopeless sta'e
alarm This is caused by the great Nebrasl
demonstration, Of the democrats Of Dubueu
las, Saturday afternoon and evening For sou
six seven hours, the anti Nebraska agi,ato
| received an incessant fire from the d.mocra,
guns of Dubuque, which shattered the hop,
and prospects of whiggery considerably, it n
more.
The extraordinary course OF the Doctor
the Tribune, in commenting upon the proceed
upon his article. He says that Mr.. Vandevs
successfully replied to Mr.. Griffith and demol
ished every position he took We hazard notl
ing in sayin that no candid whg, present o
ed to reply to the positions laid down by NJ
G. Mr.. Vandever made very fair ora,orics
effort, but We presume he himself will admit
that he aid not pretend to disprove the position
of Mr.. G
But, let us refer 10 the black fuard languag,
used by the ad interim towards the democrati
speakers on that occasion.
He says Of Mr.. Rogers:
No less a person than Tho's Rogers the rel
wire puller; the prime minister of modern d IN
ocracy in northern Iowa, mounted thu rosirum
and no doubt, he used all The sophs'ry, of which
man is capable, so TO slick over ,hs Nebrask,
Biil,-this stencil in The nos,rels OF all good anc
true patriots, as to induce hi, thunder stricken
and gaping audience, to swallow it down.
Esq, the character of ssarch ,oire puiier,' hs
shows himself, as might be expected from one
who is comparatively a stranger in the place
and we may add in the county, entirely igno.
rant of the character of Mr.. Rogers There is
no man in the state of Iowa, who deserves more
credit for his uniform honesty and candor as a
than Thomas Rogers Esq We defy
his young sprig of the profession, to point to
|, single act of Mr.. Rogers since he has been a
resident of Dubuque, some sixteen years, which
ian justify the remars he applies to him His
remarks ON the occasion referred 10 were, as
usual, forcible and convincing, appealing to
The reason and not to the passions; aud his ,rea,-
nent of his opponents was courteous. He can
rot be injured in this community, by any SLAM.
lers of two year old resident, who seems not
wanting in disp ,slion To siander the oldest and
,urest inhabitants we have.
Again. he says, in speaking of the democra
~ and the meeting
sit was well xno wn to these men, that the
4 nti- Nebraska men of all political parties were
% meet in the evening at the Court House.
Very well, why did you not meet at the
Court House' You may be assured that no
democrats would have gone there to disturb your
Meeting, as wings came TO ours To disturb it,
rhe democracy of Dubuque had no disposition
o interfere with your meeting. 1t would be
lc reason because you might see fl to appoint
meeting every night in the week, Tint the
democrats should deny themselves the same
privilege Had you held your meeting at he
court House, according to appoin,men. and
lad the democrats gone there and disturb
d the meeting, then We grant that You
would have been justified in charging un
airness upon us; but in place of this, you
md a,temp' t. choke down our speaker, as you
lad choked down Mr.. Samuels the night
'efore, in utler violation of arrangement
which had previously been made between Mr..
Grimes and him.
No candid whig in Dubuque, who has any
egard for himself or the privileges of honorable
discussion will justify the treatment which both
Wr. Samuels and Mr.. Griffith received at the
lands Of portion Of the wings of Dubuque.
But, this complaint of unfairness comes with
in exceeding bad grace from the wings Of
Dubuque. Do they remember the treatmen n;
which one Of our Presidential Electors in 1852
Geo Fl. Williams Esq received at the hands
IF the wings in Dubnqne' Without any pre-
vious notice or arrangement, when MIR. Viii.
iams commenced his speech before the city
Hotel, platform was erected at Globe Building
corner, and this same MIR. Vandever mounted
upon the box for speech, for no other purpose
han to interrupt and if possible break up the
democratic meeting. Finding that ths would
not accomplish the object, unearthly howling
was raised and fire crackers were set on fire
md thrown into the crowd TO disturb the meet.
ng; but as Mr. Williams appropriately remark
ID. such arguments " ould never drive him from
he stand These are the men, who are now
because the democrats of Dubu.
que, called meeting on the same day, in the
same year and generation, that whig meeting
was called
Again this writer says:
'sThe meeting that was TO have been held al
The Court House. was adjourned and at = clock
Mr.. Griffith dareing young demaguoge from
the slave State If Mary land, accredited we TN
ders,and by our re-creant Senator Dodge and
Jones, mounted the stand in front of the City
Hotel, and for two hours, undertook to I. ach the
f eemen Of Io,oa, that their duty to their coum
try and its constitution required that they should
support Pierce and Douglas in introducing
slavery ino the Territories Of the U. s. and re.
taining 1t there.
For two m / al hours did this sprig of south
ern Chiralry, preach up the Freedom destroying
doctrines OF his masters! Patiently did the vas,
audience, wat for him to conclnde! Until so
ure6 and disguised did they become, SO insult
ed were they, that with yell Of execrstion the
inct nsed multitude, insisted upon his ieavi 10
the stand He attempted 10 go OF; but he had
alreacy spoken two hours and the understanding
was that time should be given for Mr.. vand-ver
to reply; and cries of Vandever! vandever'-
We have heard enough. SIT down! Down
with him. Vandever. Vandever! rent the sill air
The voice o. ;nsul,ed public feeling, of out.
raced ,rer,r- OF Democrat and Wings
Foreign born and native bor,r--'Re offended dig
nifty of the State, the free soil of Iowa, r,..S ~
aloud, and siiencec this Slavery defending dem
ocrat and demagogue
The empty headed cry of daring young
demagogue from the S ace State Of Maryland y
will not silence the yoce of Mr.. Griffith, or
add TO the reputation, for courtesy and dacency
Of the whig o:gan of Dubuque. Mr.. G. was
throughout his speech, gen,emanly in every
sense of the word, and although in the conclud
ing part Of his remarks, the attempt was made
as it had been the night before in the case o.
Mr. SamueIs to cry him down, it did not sue
ceed. Even such Of the wings as had any res
pt CT for themselves, frowned down the rabble
cry. W.. !. Barney Esq, mounted the stant
and implored his friends as whg, no, 10 in
terrupt the speaker. Mr.. G. was requested tt
finish his speech and was assured that he woule