The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-05-10
Hon. A. P. BUTLER.
COMMITTEE Room,

Washington, April 20, "a.
GENrLEMEK :-Your communication of the
22d instant has just been received. You call
my attention to certain extracts which you
quote from circular letter addressed by james
w. Grimes to the people of Iowa, connected
with the gubernatoral election Of that State.
The remarks Of Mr. G SO far as they are ap-
pcable to myself are a1holiy without founda-
tioa. | here notice one of them as 4 sample OF
the others Mr.. G says: :" abhor the state
ment announced by Senator Butler, that io,oa
,o0uid be more prosperous mah the institution
of slarery than 10Th her Industrious and pa.
triotic German population have never said
| anything wh ich would authorize such remark;
| and think it will be seen that this gentleman
has 1ndulI ed more in the license of attribntlon
than a disposition 10 consult the truthful state
men, of fact. presume / must presume)
| that he never read my remarks made in the
Senate upon the only occasion on which spoke
of Iowa in connexion with the institution OF
slavery. 1t would seem that Mr. G has found
it i..ore convenient to rely assumption than
to consult accurate information. The remark
TO which alude will be found The eighth
page of my speech delivered the 25,h of Febru
airy last and is as follows:
"Some Of my friends have supposed that in a
playful remark which made yesterday, as
simulated the Germans coming from Bremen
and other ports of Germany to the black men,
and regarded them as equal. My intention was
exactly the reverse What | did say, what
intended to say, and what, as a southern man,
will maintain, is, that an intelligent and judc-
Gus master, having his slaves around hun, in
Missouri or Nebraska, would be acceptable a
neighbor to me, and. as thought, would be IL
Iowa, as one OF those new emigran,s. hope
now, that am understood on that matter
Now, it must be apparent to any fair-mindet
In n C,n1r0fpd
non -slaveholding northwestern States, because
OF any supposed difference between her anC
her neighboring sisters, but she was selected
simply as an illustration, because of her proxtm
!! ty and neighhorhood to Missouri and Kans.s
) The remark was intend-a. 10 illus rate the opini
on that gentleman Of good character in Mis-
snHri or Nebraska, understanding he he'll
slaves, would be as good a eighbor wi
inning rated foreigner from Germany. | neve
had il in my mind to think of Iowa as a Stat
that would allow or introduce the institution @
slavery in her limits.
S | am, gentle men, with true respect, yours
\ A r. BUTLER.
$ Hon. A. G.. DoDaE and G w. JoNkA
81 As if. however, more completely TO forfeit th
1 respect of all fair and upright men, Mr.. Crime
goes on to say-adding one falsehood 10 anothe
4 in order to give color to the reckless opinio
e which closes this second assumption:
n 8 In the boastfulness of anticipated triumph
e the citizens of Iowa have been ,old by south
n ern senator how much better would be the cor
e dition of our State with negro slaves than wit
q our foreign population. A distinguished re
d preventative from Georgia has announced til;
r in fifteen years Iowa will be slave State:
$ sincerely believe that, should the Nilsson
8 Compromise be repealed, there will soon be
contest fr the mastery between freedom an
5, slavery on the soil of Iowa.
if What sort Of credence should be attached
d any statement of such man, when we assul
the render and tie people of Iowa that Ever
: Georgia representative in Congress unequiv,
IS cally aud Indignantly denies having used tt
e language here pu, into the mouth of one
e them! They have, and all, been Gale
n upon to answer, and such is their positive ar
!, peremptory reply
TT The following correspondence speaks Fl
N itself.
SENATE CHAMBER, April 26. 1854.
= GENTLEMEN: 1t is asserted by James v
% Grimes, esqr., the wing candidate for govern
.. of lowa, that a distinguished representa-,
!, from Georgia has declared that Iowa will be
II slave State in fifteen years " viii you do
\ the favor to inform if either of you has ey
4 made such declaration, or has ever heard
a any of your colleagues in the House of Repre-
70 en,atives giving uteraace to such an opinion
Very respectfully, yours,
a A G. DODGE,
!. GEO. w. JONES'
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