The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-27
NUMBER 2,


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l'w, whrr' III. sa,c iiy "f tn pnl,,it is unpr
: 'aned by the sacril,g"us hard of viol nee, an
+. even the public bus'ings free 10 ih- hnmhI..
cn'zr" o. tn" land, where wrong. are he,rd .,
~ to be redressed b;a just public s.ntinen
""d Tree, tar and an open discussion If a
qncs '"ns is secured alike for the hu,.bl..st a n
th- grrat"st. that "rg,n,zaton aud those primo
pes "hich ok To b- vr,, as in thu dark. an
mysterious secrecy Of a bsnd OF ie n, must b.
dangerous indeed In a iand Of liberty wha
requires TO b" p!''ttsd ayains' but liberty self
o'"e' d'sP"''sm It is jn>sifibir, Tar what =
Revolutions. Accordingly it is found thnt If il,
known "iJec's the most prominent is onr for IN,
"ver'hr"w "t the dearest liberty Of our peopl.
the liberty OF conscience-a libt rty withou
which all others are worth!ess-witbout whici
all Else Is slavery. Need we cau,on you fellow
| hrmncra's, descendant. Of the Revolu,inn-off
spring OF the prosecuted refugee nf the MAY
Flower, the Arck, and tie Dove, against thi.
spirit of religious persecution? This same spir.
II which, in bIoody days. happily gone BY we
trust forever, bound III. victim to the siake and
lighted the fsgsois at his fe-i,-,hs same spirit
v hch bored Quakers ears, and drove Ro.er
Williams 10 the more hospilable h. me OF the
savage We need MT we know. 1.-THE FIRE il
eyer I" be kindled ut The altar Of Christ, aud the
fiame to lick the Cross which stands upon hi.
temple pointing the believer from earth T..
Heaven, 1t will not be a democrat who bears
the torch in his sacriligeous and parricidal hand
1t need not be replied that this is not sought.
We point to the Native American riots of Phi
ladrlphia and the more rec, mt destruction Of
Church property at Newark. Besides, all pol,-
iical disability for religious belief is religious
persecution, worse, that j. adds national
crime t. individual guilt.
Another object of this secre, political orsani
zation, hardly less dangerous as we firmly be :
lieve, TO the interests Of the conntry s their de
sire to exclude from citizenship the emiyrant
W. seeks the asyluEl Of our shores 1t has
been remarked by foreign tourists travelling
through our country, that we are the mos,
through politically educated people IN the world
Why is thls' Because the rights Of citizenship
and the vote by ballot a-erx,cnded to every nan
in the land. The right Of suffrage besets an
interest iu all political questions. They are
read in the newspapers, and discussed in the
workshop. They are familiar topics on the
highway, and by the family FIRE side. Liph,
enpip Ia ..az
lumnes the land. We hold that 10 have large
body Of people in our midst, debarred OF the
rights OF citizenship, and The vote by ballot, cut
loose from all attachment TO the government
and deprived Of the great, st of all incentives to
intelligence and love Of country. would be dan
gerous in the extreme. 1t would be policy
no less than suicidal. The evil it would Ger
tainly cause would be eyen greater than the
danger feared. 1t was said by Washington tina,
our country should be the asylum Of The oppre.s
ed of every land. Is the patriotism or wisdom Of
a Know-Nohing OF the preasant day greater
than that of the father Of his country? Tn, re
was an ancient Temple which in time of war
was thrown open to receive the offerings and
The worship Of the peo,lc. Its gates were
closed only upon the overthrow of the enemy
So let it be with this great national temple Of
Liberty in the var between Freedom and On
press'on. But it is not the poor and oppressed
emigrant Of foreigl land VIII, seek here
a refuge from the tyrant, that We have 10
fear. We will tell you fellow democrats, who
i is that you have t, fear. II Is The spy of for
eign go veri men,-ihe paid hir. ling OF a mans
Atlantic tyrant sent here ts ipment broils
among our people, that you have to fesr. They
are now in our midst, uursed vpers in our bo-
oms. Ofthe seven Jou mails in the city OF New
York. advocating the cause OF this secret organ
zaton,s'x we understand are edited either who'll
ly or in PARTLY unna,uralizsd Epglishmen. '
Thus, briefly, fellow citizens, have We ,uch
ed upon the leading topics Of tile day, and
shown the dangers ,ha. threaten The Constitu
'ion Of our country. Tie only question that
remains, is sliaIl;he Constitution be preserved
The Hero of the Hermitage said, .sMc Union
u must and shall be preserued." II cannot be
preserved without the Constitution viii the
people say.-the CONSTITUTIONS 1t mx.t and shall
be prcserrsds ifnot, a long farewell 10 sIl our
greatness! 1t found Us divided and Inpoyer-
ished people: 1t has united and enriched US
Whom with desoia,ed land, and bankrup,
a divided Confederacy, and brokea
people, when with dreary present, and hope
less future, at its talismanic touch. we sprung
forth into proud Republic, nvincihle and free
Sustained by the Demncra,ic party, from the
days of Washington and Jefferson to this de-
Tended against every assault save one, ar final
ly vindicated in that. it has gene on in the task
assigned ii by an overrnlrg Provid. nee, work
ing the enli. .htenmcnt and liberation of mankind
Under the auspices of the Democratic party, it
has secured peace and plenty at home, and car
ried hope and homer abroad While it has lrfi
home enemies to stand, in the words of Jeffrr-
with which error of opinion may be tolerated,
when reason is left free 10 combat it, it has
permitted no insult t" our fag that has not been
wiped cut in the hearts blood Of the enemy
isra,ion, il has extended its arm and rescued
from on board an Austrian Man of War, and
preserved from the horrors Of the tyran,'s dun
gcon, IT not from the more bloody scene Of the
scaffold, the man who even laid claim only to
Our citizr nship. And now in The horr OF dan
ger tn that Constitution, shall we desert the
cause in which we have SO long fought, The
cause which we have borne, and which has
t"rne US so gallantly ard so 9. .oriousIy on -
shal We now in the hour of trial, hawl down
: ur c"lors, and trail the fisg otour fathers, Or
N 'llt black political night, now spreading for
the hour over the country, crn we not discern
our Standards In the la"gtsge If deceit, we
are told l'y the enemy, there is no longer reed
oi party organz,tioh. 1t is like the siren
sorg Of the MINISTERS Of old, who lurcd " i,h mu
SIC their victims to destructinn WHrx. f,r
sixty scv'n years, was the Democrat c party
needless 10 the country, And is there apv-
thing in the pert-ntons signs Of the times " hich
makes it less nr-dful now Or d., Won meet
from dauOs.r- fE,.