The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-30
TIE IOWA JOURNAL OF EDUCA-
TION

The 9Th No ef the end Vol. Of this period
leah issued on the last Of me present month,
10 now on our table. At The outset Of this work
were told that il was to be solely and en-
,irely devoted to the purposes Of edccation, and
that il was to have nothing to do with party
politics. Wings, Dem ,crats, and all othar pol
itical denominations were appealed TO for it's
support, with the unders' andIng that il was to
tax. sides with none; but in defiance of its pro
fssed neutrality, we find the last lumber takes
very decided antidemocratic ground on the Ne
brarka question; retailing the slang and false
hoods that the coalition wing papers and orators
have been prolific. of for some months past.
The administration" and othe office hoiders
"aso come in fnr their customary share ot viii
iica s,on, in short this ..Journal of Education
shows itself an apt scholar of the low flung,
lying sheets that have but too successfully bus
led themselves Of late in poisoning rh- public
mind. The lies of the 'Journal OF Education.
and kindred papers, about the Kansas and Ne
braska bill introducing stapery into those ter
ri ores, are short sighted lies, the people will
soon find tina, slavery does not and cannot %
there under the p. election of the organic law,
for it gives no sanction to the institution aud
then the retailers Of this falsehood will be &c
tsced and brought to shame. We presume
they do not calculate very largely upon the
future /; If their inventions now procure them
the spols they are in want Of, they will dep end
upon their ighuc:y to hatch up something else
Tor the future. The following is the way the
neutral "Journal OF Education treats the
Nebraska question and the Democratic party
-"the old Democratic rule or ruin" as il says:
The great question. that, like Moses. Rod,
swallows down every o'her, is the introduction
Of sidrery into the Territories. Of Kansas
and Nebraska in consequences Of the passage Of
the Bal orga1iziag those territories the entire
North as the elections approach, Is boiling over
with excitement and equation the natural con-
sequence of the passage ofthis bill The CON-
mssaries Of the administration are sent in every
direction" and the office holders, execptants and
THAR hackers, are bucklng on their armour to do
battle with the cohorts oftreedom. Argument
is added TO argument PelIon is Pulled upon
Ossa political demagog les are tearing agonies
tn rags the country over. But the people. the
voters, give them the cold shoulder, and Ant
Nebraska Meetings draw overlooking houses.
Resolution are pissed, demnatory Of the action
ot the late Congress refusing to endorse the
Action of the called repre- sn.atives and SOUND
ing their death knell
Never was Iowa excited upon any political
subject; she has always been democratic, but
the oidteaders Of the democracy and the few
slavery Wings, t,em5te In oiew Of their
approaching political annihiiatioM The friends
Of The Anti Nebraska party, which is made up
OF men from all parties, are elated with the
fatterlng prospect of The speedy d,sodgment Of
the old Democratic rule or ruin, and confident
ly Look forward to the time when slavery shall
be the exception Of oar national policy, and not
The rule a. at present.
When, under the pretext Of serving God and
the cause Of morality, preachers and teachers
| misrepresent fact deal in Islander and abuse,
aud use every artifice to misead the public, we
cannot be surprised at the latter going astray.
Our consolation to try to set them right.
We believe the editor of the above journal is, or
has been, both preacher and teacher and he
- gust such one rs hun reds have shown
themselves t" be-canting hypocrits that
| &c steal the livery ofheaven to serve the drvil
in. They are the wolves sleeps clothing
| that we cautioned against in holy writ.
| We believe the IS Journal Of Education wa
an applicant for a large grant of money from
the last legislature though it tailed to get it
A democratic legislature refused to prop or
such trumpery concern with the people.
money. 1t remains TO be seen what the en-
suing legislature will do towards it, 1t viii
now have a, least the merit Of partisan service
to recommend it, In the mean time advis,
democrats TO have both ng to do with it.-lowi
State Gazette.
This is the same advise we gave to demo
Gratis yesterday and we hope they will corside
themselves obligated as democrats to pursu
this course. We understand that many Of tn
leading democrats in this city, have discontin
ued the paper and that many more are prepa'
ing to do SO. 1t is but justice to themselve
and their party that they should do so.
II the child will presist in running its hand
INTO the FIRE, it mutt Expect TO be burned.