The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-11

The Cons ,irsiors &c ,aspired a 7uiase--D Deie-;;
4 gites Re.;4ae - ChA,rmen Rtpndieted-'
The Wh0'e Ordrr Caviny fa-Jehnny Reeres
.Maki"g Track. .fsr Life
Never in the history Of polite II factions has
there been collected tng. ther snch a ,nedy of
plotters aud count r-plntters rs that nf BUsr-
LiSrEs This fact was boldly tvidrncrti ON
Thursday evening at the co ner ~ Ceurt and
Walnut On that evening BUSrLiS.su encaunt
1ered a tornado. The confl.c ng ernehis ofi;s
compos ons collapsed, ahi scenfusion worse
:ont"undrd' took full sway The result Of all
was, terrible rrbuke4being admir- isierd 10 the
tricksters aud demagogus who, inside Of that
order. hnve hc. n managing Ia conlrl The rank
and file, and direct their votes az they please.
We will lint the veil slightly 10 the outer world
Afer the minutes Of the last meeting had been
read ~ Of the members rose tn his feet and peo
tested against the course pursued by The dei.ga-
ten which cou"cl hadspht 10 the H. minaiing
Convention TT young Democratic friend, W.
1T Forrest, Esq !, ~ Iia possesses the element,
IF manliness a. love of the fair thing, .ock the
J." near an opea window, and administered a
-co,ching rebuke to the delegates Messrs
Reeves, Winans and Hunt, charging them with
,,rtsan tricks and dishonesty, which made them
| all, especial v Johnny Reeves, iremb.e in their
ho"ts. After Forrest had taken the pa tisanWhis
hides off o. thes pnor Victims OF their wiIcs
he N we'd TINT hey b. requested t. resign It
with This like shooting six pounder,
| loaded with gropesh"t, into Fl ok of canvass
hack dacks. Such s6uallng, quacklng and
fnt,erng is only seen when g. cd shooting is
! d nc
A little chap in the crowd ASKED Forrest for
whose benefit he was mak.n hi. speech; wether
'or insidrrs or outsiders @Ht
'F"r the outsiders, by c. responded For
'es. and th' outsiders pricked Up their ears.
More hut rring and -quawking arose than before;
crhs "f "rurn out the traiors. "Duwn with
the Whigs!' '.Out with the Abpitonists!' &c,
were heard I"uo and deep, confusion reiyniht
for some time. in tile height of the tumult
johnny Reeves, timid man, whose pious idens
did not harno,z' very well with such rabb'e-
rousing, yelled out at the tnp # his dice, tht
he no longer would act with such an execrable
crew, and, srxng hic hat, biokc for The door
like rat scanipering from celolr filing with
water, declaring that he would trus, his life no
'o'g-r among such men. - tl
So.onn as the blue streak had dispeiled, which
| Johnnry Reeves left behind in making his exit,
his collrngH Of the delegation to the Nomina- s
ting Convention, Winans and Hunt, handed in +,
tIier designations. These being read, Forrest
again got the floor; and moved that ! G.. VIM
ans, the resigned delegate, he requested also I'd
resign his pos, as chairman ot that council:
Winans.-"And move that you are aG--
d id fool
Forrest -"And move that you are Id
lar.'
(Grca animation among the outsidtrs-and
il is hard to tell which took the lead--the shouts
and laughter and ,kes outside, or the tIirt ats,
curses and imprecations inside.)
Ofdt being restored, a resolution was offered
and passed, some dozen vofes only opposing,
HAT the whole proceedings of the Convention,
as " ell as the ticket selected by il, be repudia-
ted. This was followed by another resolution,
calling upon all the several councils. in city
and cointry, 10 make like protest, and thus
brand rs base coin the ticket rade at the Me-
chanics, Institute on the Cd inst. We know that
seven Of them responded, and have it from
good authority that all had done so, condemn
ing the ,ricksiering intriguing; which brought
forth th-t misc fable ab. rtion: in unmeasured
terms a tr.s 4s.l - ..ss
Gregory, Brashears and Robinson; Burgryne,
Hand ard Clemmer; Cox, Buffner and Birney,
all must come down, "gin ecut." hummix, and
give way TO those who have seen the elephant
in time to escape the point Of its tusks How
much better off their successors will be, can be
easily conjec,ured The repud;ated, however,
should not cry very loud over such pot Of split
milk-their good stars were but protecting them,
for by the 10Th Of rext month, when they
but grease spot here and "a tip Of the tail there,
Of the weak headed fellows who take their
Places, they Will thank Their s'srs that they
were not that! Never did tricksters get such a
lanlbasting, they can fnreshadowed now,
a. this foul gang Of political drbauchees will
tIi.n receive from an incensed and disgusied e
people. IF any one, taking counsel from his
hopes, imagines that morlifostion and defeat
will not oyerwhelm this elan OF conspir,tors,
let him enter one Of these council-rooms and
see the sea,s that have been vacated forever by
scores Of good citizens, who were induced TO
enter by one profession Of character, and who
soon discovered that they are but whited Sc
pulchrec, filled with demagogue designs, and
he dead bones Of dead and dying political
hacks. While many refuse ever 10 return to
The clan, others are formally leaving, denounc-
ing it as vile and rotten, boarding the
ayers in their teeth, and branding them as
by yprocrites and knaves, intent only on Office
und spols, and intriguing to make homes, men
their tools Of all-work -(Cin. Eng.