The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-30

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HARD TO EXTRACT THE TRUTH
FROM AN ADOLATfONlsr.
Il l. renarksble win what studied befsever.
ence, the Addition agi,atoss Of the country,
nisrrpr-sent the history - their parry and the
acts Of those who oppose 4. While Abolition
ists falsity every man and every party,
who Oppose their corrupt schemes and
expose their venal purposes 70 tie tight OF
the world, they do not fail 10 clsiM % their
own special property all The virtue df NE land
and ingrniously attempt 10 screen from public
observation their own crimes and inieuties,
which are numerous ~ the leaves IT the
forest and ~ perverse as fessering corruption
these scsdics To .Alolit"nsm declsres. The
editor OF the " Chicago Journal paper more
'Aevoted 10 Aboi,ionsn and less devoted to the
general good, than any other paper N our sis-
t-r state, makes use Of the following lam
guaee
"Had this Missouri compromise been kept
invioiat~. there wuuld have been M disposi,, on
in any quarter Ia disturb the compromise III
1850, or any Of the measures Of which it was
somposed."
This 70 whit may be styled spisadid trssk,
magnificent fsissAeod. Va, more; il is sriiliaat
and Incorporating stupidity. Il bears false
hood 30 strongly spon IT. very face, that the
most casual observer, az stupid ass in he coun
try, cannot fail to detect it. If he gives any At.
tsntion 70 what 10 going ON around him. All
know tina, las, January was the time, tina, the
proposition Tor repeating the Miss",ri C"npro-
thise. W. brought forward: and all know equal
y vell. th,t from the adoption Of the Compro-
mise III 1850 to the present time, riots have
been Consistently occurring in the New England
and Middle States, between the Aboli,ionists
and the officers Of the law, in attempts to enforce
the Fugitive Slave Law. Go to B ,s.on, Phi
lstslphia, New York, Busf,lo, Auburn, Syra.
euse, Albany, Chsistlana and Milw sukee, and
ask the Ab"li,ioaists Of these several cities,
whether they have adhered IN che compromi ice
Of 1850, or in the iangsage Of their grea, lead.
81 sa'nner whether they regard any obligation
in the federal Constitution a. binding upon them
to aid in returning Fugitive Slave to his mas
tr, and the answer will be ~ it has been, 10 the
dogs with your conpromise Of 1850 and Con.
stitution which recognizes human slavery. Has |
A1,ne~ hx>o> = ~ n
that proPosii,oa has been ia,r"dsced IN Con
gress to organic Territory OF admit . State.
that the Abolitionists have not msde war upon |
the institution Ut Slavery and attempted 20 f"is,
their peculiar sectional views Upon the csaa,<y
No, by the rss1 there has not. /
Again this ri.k Of consistency remarks
" But when the same men who called upon
the country TO acquiesoe in and sustain the I'm
atty were the 6rst To break The pledges and
promises they had made. and renew agitation.
over ride oomPac,s and break dawn the Mosti
pacred Of oil compr 'mises, Il was very natural
that feeling Of hostility should arse to all
compromises.
Here again We have the same i'd stale mis
rsprsssatstich, that the democracy were the
First to b-eak their pledges Of adherence to the /
compromise - = knal,t3." 70 establish the |
inter falsit5 Of this declaration, It Is only ne
oessary 10 revive the recollection df the reader
to the fact, that the nosAent bill wss intro.
duo. for The organita'idh Of Netrsska, without |
containing one solitary word ~ to the repeal ofA
the Missouri e I'm .ronise, Chase, Wade, Sum.
sncr and their Alb ,!tion c,nfeierates, set to
work to get up their base and Icing Abolition
manifesto. which they accomplished day 1
held slcrei to the worship Of CID, and distri-
Autsd broad cost over the country. After the
6,untry was literally a ..d-d with this incssdi.
sry SsIyst Of sask Alb ,iition falls hpod and |
venality- asserting that the bill propos.d to
repeal the Missouri Compromise when il did no,
contain ~ord upon the subject and imploring
tho aid Of the Clergy Of the country TO defea,
tho organisation of the Territory, unless ito
sriends would permit the oiiou. Wilmn, Pr"vi-
so'to be engrafled upon its organic law-th-
ffiends If eQlai rights ana constitutional ,ver
eighty determined to raeet the issue presented
In this manifesto and therefore offered an
amendment to the bill, ssrcgatiny the odioa.
geographical discrimination contained in The
viii, If strictly adhered to, forever preclude
ahs exciting subject from ea'erins the Tails 81
Congress and restnre peace aud harm my 10 the
'eeuasry.
This 10 . truthful anil accurate history ofshis
matter. which every candid nan, familiar with
1he subject, must admit ahd which all tn. want
'en misrepresentation Of dishonest. trucking
and time serving pst,isans eshnot overthrow.
Whenever public sentiment in this country,
10 moulded to conform to the opinions Of such
men - control the columns Of the !" New York
Tribune," /" Chicago Tribune" and Chicago
journal our Republican institutions will no,
BE- worth talking abodt and the Devil" will
'bs the biggest man ia she country.