The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-07-26
CASSiUS M. CLAY.


The Iowa State Gazette, published at Bur
lington, announces the contemplated visit of
M. Clay, the ranting and traiterous Abolition
aeitator, in the following well timed and ap
propriate remarks.
This is the man, whom the editor of the OBJ
server invites to visit this town and upon whom
he bestows unmerited praise
"The anti Nebraska faction tell us that tbi
rampant demagogue and ubolitionist is to b.
here to-morrow, to prepare the way for the
meeting on Saturday, and to assist in thei
work Of usorganizing the democratic party, SC
as to insure our defeat at the August election
That our readers may be prepared for the ad
dress Mr.. Clay is tn favor them with, we pub
lish below few extracts from recent letter o.
his to the N. Y. tribune. He tells us in il.
THUS far our repubcanism is failure. Sha
we "g give up the ship?" Shall we return as
the dog 10 his vomit, and clothe ourselves once
more in the cast-of rags of despotism, admit
ting ourselves incapable of self government
and national existence %
Here he denounces our form of government
-one that every true American heart is proud
of-as a failure; and suggests the idea of re
turning to monarchy, 'sas dog TO his vomt. y
The following mild sentence is passed upon
those truly republican members of Congress
who upheld the sovereignty Of the people by
voting for the Nebraska bill.
81 honestly believe that every man ofthe free
states who voted for The repeal Of the Missouri
restriction deserves death! But there is no
wayof inflicting the penalty-the halter then
they mustescape. But one thing can be done
break them on the wheel Of public opinion.
Let no man,d deal with them in business Danish
them from the social circle, and disfranchise
them practically forever This seems hard,
but the race o. traitors must die before we can
i've"
The following is the way in which the cold
blooded traitor speculates upon the destruction
Of his country:
We must therefore calculate what is to be
the result of our success. Suppose then Re-
publican elected President, on the issue above
stated, and that the ultras Of the South in their
madness overawe the more thoughtful citizens,
and secede from Congress, and declare the
Union dissolved. Then either we must whip
them in, or allow a peaceful separation as cir
cuns,ances shall warrant lf we fight her,
we have the advantage OF being the Govern
ment de facto: We have the organization
The treasury-the navy, and the army If vic
,orious, we could compel emancipation:. II de-
feated, we would be abundantly able to maiH-
tain our national existence against the world.
And with Canada, Western Virginia, Kentucky
and Mississippi (which would probably unite
with us) annexed, we would form more pow
er'ul people than even now."
He thus concludes his reasonable TRADE
"For myself am ready to complete the sac
rifce and triumph of our fathers of 1776 at ali
hazards. am for no Union without Liberty
it need be through dissolution and war. !"
sand bu the declaration" trusting ever, III III
Repubcansr1 is vindicated and the liberties of
mankind achieved.
Very respectfully your friend,
& M. CLAY.
He may thank his stars that he lives under
our mild fern Of government; under any other
he world have been long since strung up like
dog had he pursued he treasonable course ne
has here. Some o.. his apologists suppose him
To be a monomaniac, and that he is courting the
crown Of martyrdom. This may be true; thai
he has not received il is proof at once of the
moderation of our people, and Of the stability
of our institutions, that lean solely upon the
popular heart, and need not to be propped NJ
by laws against a.itafbrs and traitors.
We may guess wha' the Anti Nebraska fac
ton is driving at by the kind OF men they cal
to their assistance: