The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-20

LETTER FROM AN OLD LINE WHlG.
The old line wings hive MT all lost their
self respect. There are many who steadily ad'
here TO their principles and their manhood. O
his number is James r. Stanbery, esq, oi
Newark, Ohio, whose card we copy below
Before the Ohio State Journal traied i,s banneI
in tie murky stream Of fusionisT, Mr.. Stan
berry was one Of it's especial idols. as he wal
of all the Clay and Webster wings of Ohio:
Sra: Some personal friend, without previous
consent from me, has suggested my name ~
candidate for nomination to Congress in the
tenth district by convention. l beg leave,
through your columns t. announce the follow
ing facts:
if my selection for that purpose is to be made
through the medium Of caucus or convention.
Second, will not, ON this occasion be such
candidate If am to pledge mysrlf to no other
political sen,imen, tlan that Of opposition I"
the late law Of Congress organizing the Terri
ntories Of Kansas and Nebraska
believe in that principle asserted in our
Declaration Of Independence, that the people
of every nation have right to elect their Own
form of government believe and know that
those men now most disposed to fuse with III.
wh;v party on this question have always in time
past been opposed % the Missouri Compto
mise have heard them more than once de-
nounce il a. the most ubiquitous Of all laws,
and at the same tim~ have heard them villify
man called Is Henry Clay" because he was its
advocate.
The establishment Of the Missnuri Compro.
mise, by necessary implication. pledged oil ia,
ture representatives IN Congress, from the North
or South, to vote for the I'D rission Of such
States into the Union whose territory was south
Of that line as might thereafter apply, whether
their constitutions approved Of slavery or other
wise. The late usion convention, by their
platform, adapted bu' two resolutons-the one
in favor Of the rest ration Of the Missouri Com
promise, and the other unconditional opposition
to the admission Of any moro slave States into
the Union, whether the territory out If which
the same wss to be made vas north or south Of
that line. These resolutions are - palpably
inconsistent the ole with the other, that have
NO desire to compromise any claim 10 cummon
sense BY endorsing them and rledging mys. lf
10 sustain them.
You will please, therefore, announce thst,
although st.l adhere to wha, understs nd 10
be such whig doctrine - in time past was id
voeated by such men as Clay and Webster,
am not, and cannot be o candidate on any such
platform.
JAMES X STANBERY. Il
The State Journal, although courteousIy re-
que ted to copy Mr.. s'anbery's letter. and al
though promised payment for the service, de-
cliaes to insert il even as an advertisement
This Is. indeed, shabby treatment Of an old
and distinguished member Of the ~hig party.
Iowa LEGISLATURES The House, it is con-
ceded. stands 10 Wing and Republican to 80
Lnco Foco.
The Senate has been in come doubt, il being
supposed that the district Of Polk Jasper, &c,
had elected jordan, democrat, which would
make That body stand is Loco Foco to Is OPP
position. II appears, however, that Bryan,
Why ha. the certificate Of election, though We
see it claimrd, that Jordan would have been
el,ctrd had II not been for the rejection ofsome
Irregular woes. In giving the Loco Foco
majority N the Senate. they must not only have
Jordan, but they must have Workman. from the
johnson district, who is counted in all the tables
we have seen, and who has been elected u 6ll
the supposed vacancy made BY the removal If
Dr.. Crosswaite, Wing, who il is said has for
feiscd his seat by = senoval from the district
lr Crosswaile. app ars and clamis his seat, he
viii probably hold il. -[Gai. Adv.
Bryan happens to be democrat and not
Wing. Workman is anti Dodge blu, it is no,
so sure he 10 anti. Nebraska. stI