The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
DEMOCRATIC TEST OF CONSISTEN.


,ne or two other Admin, tation orga ms in
State, that persist in termns the people
Iowa Aboliiionis's because they would NJ
endorse the repeal Of the Missouri Co,nprt
mise, the Cedar Co. Advertiser which 10 edite
by Democrat, saws I'll av. Gazette.
But some may wish TO know how to condut
themselves SD as TO be considered consisted
democrats and avoid the reproach Of an aboli
ZIONIST We can only answer by referring
Gen. Dodge, who is free FROM blemish, an
who has been crowned with eulogies-not fror
Free States, but from organs in the extrem
South where his course meets with appreciation
The following clip from the Iowa Stat
Gazette, the known organ OF Gen. Dodge an
is the heading Of an article in that paper, take
from the N. o. True Delta:
More thar cnce we have had occasion to re
fer, in erns of warm praise, to the noble del
ega,ion from Iowa in both branches in Con
grpss in CONNIE ciion with Southern rights"
Thus It will be seen that the test in thu
matter is, to SD deport to win the praise
slave. holding interests, when acting in CON
uection with Southern rights. Yes, TO be IT.
20 southern rights, is the test, and # you
to do your duty in this, the storm will col
down upon you, and Abnlitionist' will b
your name.
Perhaps when the Gazette learns that III K
Cuhoi Vi TIC nuNcItccI 'onS" usS'AA
to Gen. Dodge from some trivial cause, he
will be better able to appreciate his oppositio.
to measures Of government, which take root is
the soundness and consistency of democfaticy
principle. The beauty OF the physical world
consists in its variety and order and il woul
unques'ionably be difficult to properly appre.
ciaie the intellectual world without its variety
also. Mind is as much the subject OF this rule
as matter One class 10 modest, without ciffi.}
denee; bold, without ostentation; profound,
without vanity; and Independent without being
insolent. Sucn men generally ornament what /
ever sphere they may be placed in. But. there
is another class, which is ignorant, without
responsibility; bold, without sense or discre.
ton: valiant, when no enemy is near; vain,
supercilious and bigoted-too stupid to excitsk
reproach and too obstinate to deserve pity. Thu
class almost universally seeks notoriety by
affecting a superiority of intellect, dignity an
patriotism, which leads them to assail those I
who occupy positions infinitely above them
as the only means of provoking recognition
Such too, affect to be oracles-to lay down print
ciples for the government Of others. Thee
never accede to any proposition correct, un
less its paternity can be traced to them, or they
have been consulted ,pon its propriety. They
never imagine that their obscurity has rendere Z:
them the victims Of unintentional neglect; fol
they think everybody in the wide world ought
| to be familiar with what is matter Of every.
| day reflection to them, namely-that they are
| the possessors of rare endowments-Giants in
the intellectual hemisphere and models Of prac.
teal excellence.
We hope our friend Of the "Advertiser'' 10
not one of these, although he seems to brush
aside with the utmost Indifference the obliga-
tions and responsibilities Of party faith and dis
cipline and to select targets for his pass time
men of mark and distinction.
| Does our friend as democrat, find consoils,
ton in the self delusive reflection, that the neg.
lect Of the democratic party of Iowa to concli.
ate him and the success Of the Abolition Wing
party in administering to his vanity, 10 the
cause of the unexpected defeat o: the one and
| the triumphant success OF the other? All, lay
not this flattering unction TO your soul. The
| result is to be attributed to other causes and to
greater men than yourself 1t is reserved for
| such as you to reflect, that, while you have not
been permitted to behold the Generals who
have commanded you in this crusade against
yonr party and against your country, you have
like submissive recruits, who reported your
selves and absorbed your own bounty, trailed az
supernumerary servants and slaves in the ranks
of your political enemy. And what, let US
enquire, have you gained by this humiliating
sacrifice? Nothing-absolutely nothing. You
have not even the poor reward, which stimulates
the birds Of prey, who follow in the rear IT an
army-the privilege Of feeding upon the dead
corcasses and the offal left upon the field Of
battle. Already are the whig Generals and
Journals proclaiming the recent result as whg
victory. This is ingenious, if not Just. 1t
is an evidence of how the offices are to be dis
posed of. To the victors belong the spoils and
as the victory has been achieved by the wings,
the leaders of the wing party of Iowa, this is
! a foregonc conclusion it is one worthy of their
history and suits us to charm.
! We do not rank all, who voted with the " co
slition party in the recent election, as willing
instruments in the hands Of Abolitionism.
| There are periods in the history of all parties,
when extraordinary excitement, clamor and
Misrepresentation, may accomplish its work OF
pervertirg the judgment and misleading the
understanding of the masses and thereby con.
tribute to the temporary defeat Of long cher
ished principles. This is an honest departure
from the path of duty, which is brief in lis
duration and which requires but an opportunity
-an eIection--to rectify it. Such never neg
ect to right themselves and therefore excite
respect, rather than indignation, for an error of
the head and not the heart. 1t is the traficker
in politics. tho constitutional migrate, who, like
the soldier of fortune, protesting unbounded
attachment for country, fights merely for pay,
that exctes our adherence
The editor of the Advertiser insinuates
that Gen. Dodge has given the democracy OF
Iowa test and that it consists in playing sc
cond fiddle to the politicians and policy
Of the South. Gen. Dodge is an admirer
and advocate of the constitution OF the I'm.
lied States. He plants himself upon the
| institution and there remains TO defend it
against the Vaccinations of foreign enemies and
the assaults of domestic foes. He is as impreg-
| nable to the seductsns of pretended friends,
as to the tricks and articles Of brawling Abo-
Iitionists. The constitution is his political Bible
and ne respects no party, or individual, who
treats it with Indifference or disrespect. If this
entities him to the cognonen Of Doughtace,
he will be very apt to retain it as long as hs
liyes and If we mistake not. the democracy Of
Iowa will be very apt to reinstate him in po-
siton where he can defy the malice and venge-
ance Of his personal and political enemies This
is our sincere and heart felt wish and is san
guine expectation.
JSGEsloUs Tribune Of this city says,
ssa direct charge is made against Gen. Jon es,
and we publish it to give him an opportunity to
refu,e i, if he can and will" This proposition