The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-02-01

This undertaking | regarded as a pledge on
your part, tn conduct the Era on democratic
principles. | regarded it as pledge on your
part that you would neither oppose those prin-
ciples, nor those public servants who have been
Endorsed and approved by our party. Had they
done wrong, had they done violence to these
principles, or elected the trust reposed in them
by the people, there would have been some
foundation for your impuiations against them
While public servant is faithful TO his trust,
he should be sustained by the plr'y which placed
him in power.
You assert that my grounds of objection TO
ysur article in NO. 8, were all for reasons per.
sona 10 myself except one, and that IN 'de no
obj ctinn as a democrat or member ct the parry.
INV Sir, the very reverse of this is true. !
expressed TO you my surprise tina, such an article
should appea, in the Era,a democratic paper.
| expressed my fears that it would result in an
unpleasant controversy between the Era and
other democratic p,pers of The State. which
might produce discnrd and dsaifection IN our
party, tina, wished the Era KEEP, free fram such
controversies, that had been the friend
and advocate Of G rs. Dodre and mes, that
| consid, red them true democrats and iaithtal
Senators, and that | wish, no impu,atiors cast
| against them in the Era, gave you these di
rec,ions, Sir. ! acted for my party and my
| friends, and not for myself. You say traly that
! requested you 10 answer the Gazette, but it is
| not true that | desired you t. aim at the
]" Gcanl Solar" Your answer 10 the Gdzet C
was satIsfacory and mastery, and far as it
appalled, To that paper, il met my approbati II, be-
cause the attack made by that pap, upon my
b. other and mys was unjus; and unf 'und d.
When told you that your answer was god,
also told you that you shonld not have imp!i-
Gated Gen. dodge, and s. ated that l presumed
| Gen. ID. had as little TO do with the article IN
the Gazette, as Judge Greene had to do with the
ar,ic,e you wrote for tho Era, 1t is not true,
SIR, that ! ever threatened Gen. Dodge with
my personal "ppo i,ion on account OF the course
taken by the Gazette. When | was told that
the Gazette was the special organ Of Dodge, and
that il published nothing but what met his APP
probation. remarked that from my knowledge
of Gen. Dodge, | did not believe i, possible,
and in the same conversation, did remark that
/ had never received favor from Dodge or
Jones, and that never expected TO. still re,
peat the fact.
| came to Iowa in 1911, and from that time
to the present, have faithfully served my par
ty without fee, favor or the hope of reward. l
have had, it is true, little very Improbable
surveying 10 do for The government, but did
not receive the contract, or do The work, be
cause | democrat, but because 1 was a
surveyor. Be assured Sir, have no desire To
sacrifice you any other friend, at the shrine OF
patronage. | admired you as writer, and ad-
mired many traits in your character as man,
but could not approve your unauthorized at
tacks upon worthy Senators. You did vio-
lence to my repeatedly expressed views on that
subject, and hence | could mt do otherwise
than place myself and my paper in true posi-
ton wi: h our party.
However unpleasant the alternative, it was
| your conduct that forced m. into it, You can
not, nor can any man who knows me, believe
that self interest desire Of 'patronage' in
huenced my conduct
j. GREENE