The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-07-26
DUBUQUE, IOWA, JULYV26 1851

Men, 4mcr,cans, and Sons Of Sires Of SEP
eRty- sir, you ready to be degraded to- the
infamous and Hsllish occupation Of Slave
cachers' Are yon willing to leave your home
and your business, and violate your c"nsclences,
to assist in capturing, and ironing, and sending
back to bondage fellow man FL Dubuque
Tribune.
f, At the time the {. Sires Of Seuenty-sin'
framed the constitution Of this governments
document who has been lauded the world
over-crery one of the thirteen States, were
Slave States. In framing this constitution,
they had the institution of slavery-which had
been forced upon the Colonies by the avaracious
merchants Of Great Britain, sanctioned by that
Government-to dispose Of; and there was but
one course by which hey could dispose of it
and unite the States in solemn compact and
bond Of Union. That was, to pledge solemnly
not 10 interfere with the institution of slavery
and to concede the right of the slave holder, to
reclaim his fugitive, when he should escape
into another State. All this is emphatcally
aid down in the Constitution. Without such
concessions the Union never could have been
formed and withou, adhering to the compromi-
ses Of the Constitution, the Union cannot be
preserved.
Yet sprout from the soil of Great Britain
that country which introduced the curse OF
slavery into this land and was the first to plant
the seeds of Abolitionism here-is transplanted
in this country and in this very city, who in
vokes, with professions Of pious reverence
for Deity. the "Sons of Sires OF Serenity Sir, )"
to disregard the solemn earnings and pledges
Of those " Sires' and who snatches the torch
prepared by British intrigue and malgnity and
with impeous hand dares to fire The very fabric
their blood and treasure, trials and sacrifices
erected, for the benefit of oppressed and out
ragged mankind. He even proclaims the insti.
tuition of slavery, as recognized by the Consti-
rion-that sacred instrument which these very
" Sires" bequea,hed TO us-a Heliish insts-
tuition and nvokes the repeal of the only
provision in that instrument, which can bind
the South to the Union, namely, the Fugi.
tive Slave Clause
i This is the doetrne-ef one, who professes TO
speak for the whig' partyof lowa and who is
as ignorant of the insti tutons Of this country,
as he has shown himself destitute of the patri
otism which, should pervade the heart Of a citi.
7en.
Are the wings of Iowa to be daily dosed with
such treasonP bic prescriptions ard whether
the dose is paltable or not, submit to have il
daily cramned down their threats? The time
H., han tho o,ut,t of
coun;ry--those who are guided by patriotic inn
pusss-must shake off their party allegiance,
discountenance their Abolition and reasonable
eadersand with manly independence and hon
est devotion to the institutions and interests
of their country, march boldly up to the support
of the compromises of the Constitution. They
cannot serve two masters. Either they must
forsake their party-whch has forsakrn them
or their country. Can they long hesitate which
horn Of the dilemma TO take' The wings OF
1.-THE South almost to a man are coming over to
the democratic party and as Senator Jones,
(whig) aptly and .ruthfully remarked in recent
speech, if this Union is much longer preserved,
lit must be by the wings of the South uniting
with the democracy of the country. Pretty
Much the same sentiment fell from the lips OF
the departed Clay in 1850 1t is as truthful a
sentiment as ever emanated from the mind Of a
living or dead statesman and it should sinh
ideep in the heart Of every patriot in the land.
Wings of Iowa, ponder we'll on the dutie,
land responsibilities which devolve upon you, a
this particular juncture in our countries affairs
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1 The amount Of buncome brought int,
tdaiy use; by the Anti Nebraska agitators, o
T fustion arstocracy, is both surprising and am
: ing to the quiet spectator. One Of these pa
/, tent, latter day patriots, writing from Delhi t
c the Dubuque Observer, contemplates with hol
. ror the effect of the Nebraska Bill. He thinks
D or pretends to think-probably there is NOR
b pretension than reality about it-,hat the Ne
: braska Bill, is sure to devastate the whole con
h tinent with slavery.
80 If he is sincere in this opinion, his ignoranc
D is reilly to be depored; if not sincere, h
tr.achery is objectionable In either case, b
il the v;c,;m Gf self delusion.
! This writer gives an account of the Anti NJ
brsska convention selo al Delhi on the I2tI
but he says nothing about its being large ga
thering A description of these meetings
generally headed in flaming capita.s.
: TREMENDOUS MEETiNG.'-" OvEF
: WHELMlNG TRlUMPH."-"
CAUSE OF FREEDOM sAFE.'-"T
j. TRAITORS REBUKED.'
1t turns out however that this meeting was
v dead failure A gentleman direct from Dell
IT informs us that corporals guard was not
IS attendance.
We suppose our friends know how thes
. meetings are generally got up. The wings be
:, ing in the minority, get hold Of a few soft hea
ed democrats, whose eyes are exceedingly SUI
ceptible to taking the toool and who are
e many cases disappointed Office hunters ana Ut
o them as stool pigeons, to entrap honest ar
a unsuspec,ing democrats into the snares of .7b
= litionized whiggery Whenever one is e
e trapped, tremendous noise and hurrah
5 made, as though they had prosely.ed one ha
r, the world. These Abolition wings and dem
$ Gratis are hard set of christians.
The National intelgencer states that Go
a STEVENS, of Washington Territory, proposes
N grand council Of all the Indian tribes, n
included in existing treaties, and located with
X that territory Ife represents many Of the r.
g men within the superintendence as characte
10 lied by heroic yalor, good faith, and unusu
honesty. The principal tribes are the Flatheat
n Pend d'OTcilless C9ur d. 'Alenes, Spokam mt
Or Nez Perces, and Piegans. who are all report
At to be peaceful and well behaved, but mu,
Is troubled by the rascallity Blackfeet, Crows, Gr
so Ventres and Snakes, who unmitigated sa
ar ICES and incorrigible thieves
A Coon SALE.-The ST. Anthony Exurt
-, learns that Mr.. Tozef, residing ont farm
tween that city and st. Paul, for which he D,
=, about one year ago $I,700, has just sold
same for $4,000. This farm contains
acres.
SCoUNpREL ARREsrED.-The Rev G.,