The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
From the keokuk Dispatch.
SHOWING HANDS-A TRAITOR
SHEET THROWIN3 OFF THE

! AVA ADM
II has long been known to the democracy o.
this EN- ire region, and pretty generally, We
suspect, throughout the State, that there is pub
hshrd at the seat Of justice Fort Mad'son,) o
This, it's Empire County" a sheet which claim
m. TO be Democratic, IL, in truth, the mere
| sppropria orsrn Of an unpnncpied and
d-spara'e ciiqrr # Disappointed aspirants for
.'fice, who have bull, 1t up as The infamous inc
dun thr"ush which, If possible, I, pull o hers
down.
Powerfully wretchedly weak, wishy washy
concern without efficient force to be- of The
slightest rvie- TO the party, even il it had the
honest viii, and not enough TO harm any one,
unless It be the rira'ical crew by whom j, is
.nann, d. and who have embarked heir desperate
fortunes upon tive have hitherto, given but
iI,,le heed to The crossings Of the craft referred
| o, perfectly confident that the time was nnt r..
mote VI, en- il would d-monStrate satisfactorily
To The public that, if distinguished Cor nothn.
| else, il was possessed nj least Of remarkable
:. alacriy tor sinking !"
Al h"ugh. therefore, the griefs, whether real
imaginary, as W. II as the base aims end OBJ
| J cts, ut the men who control tive speak not
IT the nominal Editor, Of whom personally we
know nothing, but VIII Sc sheet is made the
m. Re calls paw OF others, and who may himself,
very likely, he wholly innoc-nt oil aims and ID
jecis OF a,.y rt--alilnush, therefore, we say,
the whole DRIFT of these meS, for upwards Of q
year past, with the end at which they have
steadily aimed, has been as perfectly understood
as Is il had been written down in characters OF
living lieh but little has been said upon he
subject: not hall that should have been, 10 ex-
pose their bascness-and this, simply for the
| sake of peace
| The ,.urse which they have marked out for
themselves, and pursued, thus far, with a vim
dc,veness that is little short OF fi-ndish, is very
we'll known 10 have had it's origin, soely and
xcius,vely, in embittered rhagrin at not being
able 10 c"mmand Office ri he hands ofthe present
National Administration and is prompted by a
d-velish determination to reek their vengeance,
If they can, first upon those who supposed
to have stood in the way Of their getting what
they sought; and faaiiy, upon that Administrs-
ton Itself!
Such. we say, is thoroughly understood here
10 have been the sole origin Of the griefs Of the
sorely disappointed and desperate clique referred
to; and such their base aims and objects for the
future; the portrayal and proper illustration of
which, from the incipiency Of the disafection to
the present day, with all the ontecedents Of the
dlssffrcted, and the various and variegatcd ram
i6cations Of their most delrctahle doings, would
make such a volume Of political history as
would cause honest men, and especially old
to open wide their eyes at The ext-nt of It's
mendacity, and infamy! Ample materials are
on hand for the writing Of such volume as
would send down to posterily, with the uner-
ring certainty of fate, and the notority of Gaia
line, IN The future anals of Iowa, the personages
who figure in it; and il may yet have 10 be done
but the time, perhaps, has hardly vet come.
ID Rome had its characters who were fl subjects
tor the PIN of the historian and the brush OF the
painter, 40 already has lowa-young she still
il. The former may have been more bold, but
scarcely more base, as facts will indsputabiy
demonstrate.
What we wish to do at present, however, is |
simply to call the attention OF the democracy o,
the State to an article contained in the last is
sue OF the Traitor sheet referre d to, (Ths Lee
County Painds aler,) which. setting out with
the shallow pre,eSt Of indicating q single in
d,v:dua, FIRST scatiers its foul and enveomed 9Th
at a hnst of the old and we'll tried democracy Of
This c"u try who could not he dragooned into
quite all the dirty doings Of it's masters, then
sends shot or two al one OF the democratic
Senators in Congress from Iowa; and finally
az has long been anticipated would be the case,
whenever pretezt however groundiess, and
dishonest, could be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. out,
in bold and "ubove b. ard" attack. upon the |
Democratic National Administration
How msgnanimous this how like Demo
crat ~ in the very first hour when the combined
hords of the opposition with bragg faced
Aholtionism prominently in the van, n,odestly
claiming TO have done the ,ohote ,oork Itself |
are Illuminating their thunders against il, in ex
ultant and tanning tones OF victory
Democratic reader would sheet with tire
democratic instincts pursue such a course as
this? Never. 1t is the conduct Of the Traitor, |
Who. with pro essions Of friends hip upon his lips
tears off the mask, and turns and qui Q his as. |
= ciate, or companion the very frs, moment he |
may conceive him to be in the power of his |
enemy! True hearted democrats, of the old |
school. bred in the faith from childhood, and
acting with the party all their lives from prin-
cipe, will We apprehend, fail to recognize ih
such sheet, and it's hackers, ought else than
rcc.iess renegadrs. with whom RuLE OR
RuIs" is VIGOROUSLY the motto.
The following evtract from tine article referr.
ID to, in the - Piaindealer." will serve to show
where is prompiers stand, in tho presen, emer-
yeDcy
mot content with the passas Of the Nebr
lska Bill, its supporters in Congress required
Is endorsement al home. The WAsuIsG ron
UHIoE down to the smallest papes in Iowa that
eceived ten cents Of G ,vernne mt patronage,
made it next to, and some quite, party treason
or democrat 10 think act other rise.
Hundreds upon hundteds of Anti Nebraska
democrats voted notwithstanding for Mr.. Bates
ind Mr. Hall determined that thattes should
rot be forced down them, and yet what 10 the
esuIt: a wing Governor, Wing Legisla-
ure, and two Wing Congressman.
Upon tho heels of the Nebrasxa business
:ame the veto ~ the President, of the River
md Harbor Bill. This Bill gave U. 100000
Or clearing the Lower Rapids. Well it was
or the fe administration democrats elected III
owa, that this news was not received before
he election.
IT the democratic party must cut their plat
orm to every act IT the President and our
Senators, from the Veto Of the INDECENT Insane I
Bill, - il was passed, the Veto of the River
Sill, down to the appointment Of boilers and
isorganizers in our our own country, then we
~ there 10 more trimming to be done than our
ack knife was made to white.
We shall not bolt the jackson platform Of
he National Democratic Convention OF 1852,
'EcAusE rHE NAN We ELECTED on THAT
LATFoEM HAS DONE 50. We shall stand BY
line shall come, shall leud our humble aid to
0 expound democratic principles and platforms
trough democratic men.
President Fierce VAGUELY HlNGgs HIS VETO
1 the River and Harbor Bill upon the un-
Of few items Of appropra- {
ion ~ no, being national IN their character. {
Mr.. Pierce can ask Congress for Ten Million
nllars to purchase a small strip of land from ?
Mexico. Upon this Mr. Jefferson said. in {
urchssing louisiana that there was no express :
"wer delegated by the Constitution t. do SO. : !:
ut that it was through necessity or expe.
iency that the power was exerc sed-it being .
eemed important to our government to own q
be mouth of the Mississippi, &c !, So il appears
hat we are asked to step up N the plank that
Ks Ten Millions for a measure, Of only i'm ,
lied Consiitu,ionality, and which Ve,oes Nil.
ions Of appropriations OF necessity, under the !
reie It OF few thousand lars OF question:
Bile nationality. We want the land from Mex I
20 bnt We expect, from ,hi, out, for the move
nent Of the National waters to the West and J
y the safety Of lives and property constantly :
loating upon them f
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